Deuteronomy
Chapter 27
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1Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep the whole command that I am commanding you today.
2And it shall be, on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones for yourself and plaster them with lime.
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Sid is lime. Vesadta is to plaster with that lime.
3You shall write on them all the words of this instruction when you cross, so that you come into the land that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God is giving you, a land oozing milk and honey, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., the God of your fathers, spoke to you.
4And it shall be, when you cross the Jordan, you shall set up these stones that I am commanding you today on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with lime.
5You shall build there an altar for God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God, an altar of stones. You shall not swing iron on them.
6You shall build the altar of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God with whole stones, and you shall offer up whole offerings on it to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God.
7You shall sacrifice sacrifices of well-being and eat there, and you shall rejoice before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God.
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Shelamim are sacrifices of well-being. Olah, in the verse before, is a whole offering.
8You shall write on the stones all the words of this instruction, made plain, well.
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Ba’er hetev is made plain, well, the same verb as in Deuteronomy 1:5.
9Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, Be quiet and listen, Israel. This day you have become a people for God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God.
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Hasket is be quiet, pay attention.
10You shall listen to the voice of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God and do his commands and his Rules that are meant to last., which I am commanding you today.
11Moses commanded the people on that day, saying,
12These shall stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you have crossed the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
13And these shall stand for the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14The Levites shall answer and say to every man of Israel with a loud voice,
15Cursed is the man who makes a carved image or a cast image, an Something God hates and will not accept. of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., the work of a craftsman’s hands, and sets it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
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Pesel is a carved image. Massekhah is a cast image. Amen is the people’s word that the curse stands.
16Cursed is one who makes light of his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
17Cursed is one who pushes back his neighbor’s boundary. And all the people shall say, Amen.
18Cursed is one who leads a blind person astray on the road. And all the people shall say, Amen.
19Cursed is one who bends the judgment of a A person living in a land that is not their own., a fatherless child, or a widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
20Cursed is one who lies with his father’s wife, for he has uncovered his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
21Cursed is one who lies with any animal. And all the people shall say, Amen.
22Cursed is one who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
23Cursed is one who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
24Cursed is one who strikes his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
25Cursed is one who takes a Money paid so that someone will do wrong. to strike a life, innocent blood. And all the people shall say, Amen.
26Cursed is one who does not raise up the words of this instruction, to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.