The Curses of Mount Ebal
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" So it shall be on the
day when you
cross the
Jordan to the
land which the
LORD your
God gives you, that you shall
set up for yourself
large stones and
coat them with
lime
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and
write on them
all the
words of
this law, when you
cross over,
so that you may
enter the
land which the
LORD your
God gives you, a
land flowing with
milk and
honey, as the
LORD, the
God of your
fathers,
promised you.
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"So it shall be when you
cross the
Jordan, you shall
set up on
Mount Ebal,
these stones, as I am
commanding you
today, and you shall
coat them with
lime.
5
"Moreover, you shall
build there an
altar to the
LORD your
God, an
altar of
stones ; you shall not
wield an
iron tool on them.
6
"You shall
build the
altar of the
LORD your
God of
uncut stones, and you shall
offer on it
burnt offerings to the
LORD your
God ;
10
"You shall therefore
obey * the
LORD your
God, and
do His
commandments and His
statutes which I
command you
today."
14
"The
Levites shall then
answer and
say to
all the
men of
Israel with a
loud voice,
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'Cursed is the
man who makes an
idol or a
molten image, an
abomination to the
LORD, the
work of the
hands of the
craftsman, and
sets it up in
secret.' And
all the
people shall
answer and
say,
'Amen.'
16
'
Cursed is he who
dishonors his
father or
mother.' And
all the
people shall
say,
'Amen.'
17
'
Cursed is he who
moves his
neighbor's boundary mark.' And
all the
people shall
say,
'Amen.'
18
'
Cursed is he who
misleads a
blind person on the
road.' And
all the
people shall
say,
'Amen.'
19
'
Cursed is he who
distorts the
justice due an
alien,
orphan, and
widow.' And
all the
people shall
say,
'Amen.'
21
'
Cursed is he who
lies with
any animal.' And
all the
people shall
say,
'Amen.'
22
'
Cursed is he who
lies with his
sister, the
daughter of his
father or of his
mother.' And
all the
people shall
say,
'Amen.'
23
'
Cursed is he who
lies with his
mother-in-law.' And
all the
people shall
say,
'Amen.'
24
'
Cursed is he who
strikes his
neighbor in
secret.' And
all the
people shall
say,
'Amen.'
26
'
Cursed is he
who does not
confirm the
words of
this law by
doing them.' And
all the
people shall
say,
'Amen.'