Deuteronomy 27:12-22

12 these shall stonde vppon mount Grisim to blesse the people, when ye are come ouer Iordayne: Symeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, Ioseph and Ben Iamin.

13 And these shall stonde apon mount Eball to curse: Ruben, Gad Asser, Zabulon, Dan and Neptaly.

14 And the Leuites shall beginne ad say vnto all the men of Israel with a loude voyce.

15 Cursed be he that maketh any carued image or image of metall (an abhominacion vnto the Lorde, the worke of the handes of the craftesman) and putteth it in a secrett place: And all the people shall answere and saye Amen.

16 Cursed be he that curseth his father or hys mother, and all the people shall saye Amen.

17 Cursed be he that remoueth his neghbours marke and all the people shall saye Amen.

18 Cursed be he that maketh the blynde goo out off his waye, and all the people shall saye Amen,

19 Cursed be he that hyndreth the right of the straunger, fatherlesse and wedowe, and all the people shall saye Amen.

20 Cursed be he that lieth with his fathers wife because he hath opened his fathers coueringe, ad all the people shall saye Amen.

21 Cursed be he that lieth with any maner beest, and all the people shall saye Amen.

22 Cursed be he that lieth with his syster whether she be the doughter of his father or off his mother, and all the people shall saye Amen

Deuteronomy 27:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 27

In this chapter the people of Israel are ordered to write the law on plastered stones, and set them on Mount Ebal, De 27:1-4; where they are bid to erect an altar, and offer sacrifices on it, De 27:5-8; and are charged by Moses and the priests to obey the Lord, and keep his commandments, De 27:9,10; and a direction is given to each tribes which should stand and bless, and which curse, and where, De 27:11-13; and the curses which the Levites should pronounce with a loud voice, and the people should say Amen to, are recited, De 27:14-25; and the whole is concluded with a curse on all who in general do not perform the whole law, De 27:26.