1Then Moses with the Elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments, which I command you this day.
2And when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster,
3And shalt write upon them all the words of this Law, when thou shalt come over, that thou mayest go into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee: a land that floweth with milk and honey, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
4Therefore when ye shall pass over Jordan, ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.
5And there shalt thou build unto the Lord thy God an altar, even an altar of stones: thou shalt lift none iron instrument upon them.
6Thou shalt make the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones, and offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God.
7And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there and rejoice before the Lord thy God:
8And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this Law, well and plainly.
9And Moses and the Priests of the Levites, spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed and hear, O Israel: this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.
10Thou shalt hearken therefore unto the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his ordinances, which I command thee this day.
11And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
12These shall stand upon mount Gerizim, to bless the people when ye shall pass over Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
13And these shall stand upon mount Ebal, to curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14And the Levites shall answer and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
15Cursed be the man that shall make any carved or molten image, which is an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place: And all the people shall answer and say: So be it.
16Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it.
17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s mark: And all the people shall say: So be it.
18Cursed be he that maketh the blind go out of the way: And all the people shall say: So be it.
19Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow: And all the people shall say: So be it.
20Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife: for he hath uncovered his father’s skirt: And all the people shall say: So be it.
21Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: And all the people shall say: So be it.
22Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it.
23Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law: And all the people shall say: So be it.
24Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly: And all the people shall say: So be it.
25Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shall say: So be it.
26Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this Law, to do them: And all the people shall say: So be it.