Curses Pronounced from Ebal

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.

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

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• ‘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!’
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• ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And {let} all the people say,‘Amen!’
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• ‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And {let} all the people say,‘Amen!’
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• ‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And {let} all the people say,‘Amen!’
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• ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And {let} all the people say,‘Amen!’
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• ‘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!’
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• ‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And {let} all the people say,‘Amen!’
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• ‘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!’
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• ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And {let} all the people say,‘Amen!’
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• ‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And {let} all the people say,‘Amen!’
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• ‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person And {let} all the people say,‘Amen!’
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• ‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice And {let} all the people say,‘Amen!’[’’] 28