Deuteronomy 27

A command to set up stones for a remembrance an Dan altar on the other side of Jordan and for what end verse1 &c. a command and order for performing the blessing and the curse there with the pattern or platform of the curse 11.

1. And Moseh together with the eldest of Israel commanded the people saying keep all the commandments which I command ye this day [Heb. All the commandments which &c.]

2. It shall then come to pass on the day when ye shall have passed over to Jordan into the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee then thou shalt set thee up great stones and plaster them with lime [Heb. Lime them with lime and so below verse 4.]

3. And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law when thou shalt have passed over that thou mayst enter [others because thou entrest] into the land which the Lord shall give thee a land flowing with milk and honey according as the Lord God of thy fathers spoken unto thee.

4. It shall the come to pass when ye shall be gone over the Jordan that ye shall set up these stones concerning which I command you this day on mount eyeball and thou shalt plaster them over with lime plaster.

5. And thou shalt built there an altar unto the Lord thy God an altar of stones thou shalt not move an iron upon them [that is shalt not use an iron tool about the stone to prepare and fit them artificially that is may not tend to an abuse for this was but for a time until god should please to reveal his will concerning a certain place of his worship.]

6. Thou shalt built the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones [that is rough and unhewed so as thou shalt find them] and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God.

7. Also thou shalt offer thank offerings and shalt eat there and rejoice before the face of the Lord thy God.

8. And thou shalt write upon these stones all the words of his law expressing them well [so that they may be legible and last a long while.]

9. Moreover Moses spake together with the Levitical priests unto all Israel saying hearken and bear o Israel this day thou art become a people unto the Lord thy God [compare above chapter 26 on verse 17.]

10. Therefore thou shalt be obedient unto the voice of the Lord thy God and thou shalt do his commandments and his statutes which I command ye this day.

11. And Moses commanded the people that day saying.

12. These shall stand upon mount Gerisim to bless the people [compare above chapter 11.29] when ye shall have passed over Jordan Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin.

13. And these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse Reuben Gad and Asber and Zebulon Dan and Naphtali.

14. And the Levites shall protest and say unto all or every man of Israel with a voice lifted up.

15. Cursed be the man that shall make a carved molten image an abomination of the Lord [see above chapter 17 on verse 1] a work of craftsman’s hand and put it in a secret place ] and all the people shall answer and say amen [see numbers 5 on verse 22.]

16. Cursed be he that dispiseth his father and his mother and all people shall say amen.

17. Cursed be he that removeth his neighbours border and all the people shall say amen.

18. Cursed be he that made a bindman to wander on the way and all the people shall say amen.

19. Cursed be he that perverted the judgments of the stranger fatherless and widow and all the people shall say amen.

20. Cursed be he that lieth with his fathers wife because he hath uncovered his fathers skirt [see above chapter 22 on verse 30] and all people shall say amen.

21. Cursed be he that lieth with any beast and all the people shall say amen.

22. Cursed be he that lieth with his sister the daughter of his father [that is half sister as the following words declare] or the daughter of his mother and all people shall say amen.

23. Cursed be he tat lieth with his mother in law [that is his mothers wife] and all people shall say amen.

24. Cursed be he that smites [that is killeth murdereth] his neighbor secretly and all people shall say amen.

25. Cursed be he that taketh a gift to smite a soul [that is a man] the blood of an innocent person [that is so as the blood of the innocent person by his means or procurement be shed he that taketh a gift or a reward to do this is cursed whether he be a judge or witness or murderer hired for that purposed &c.] and all the people shall say amen.

26. Cursed be he that shall not confirm the words of this law doing the same [practicing and performing them with heart and mouth and deed compare Jeremiah 35:14, 16] and all the people shall say amen.