Curses Pronounced from Ebal

11 On that day Moses commanded the people: 12 “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. 13 And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

14 Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:

• 15 ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’

And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

• 16 ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’

And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

• 17 ‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’

And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

• 18 ‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’

And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

• 19 ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’

And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

• 20 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’[fn]

And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

• 21 ‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’

And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

• 22 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’

And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

• 23 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’

And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

• 24 ‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’

And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

• 25 ‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’

And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

• 26 ‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’[fn]

And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’