Deuteronomy 27:1-26 VOICE

[1] Moses (commanding the people, with Israel's elders supporting him): Obey all the commands I'm giving you today, and listen to the elders when they help you enact them. [2] When you cross the Jordan into the land the Eternal your God is giving you, set up some giant stones and whitewash them with lime. [3] Write each word of this law on them when you cross the Jordan to enter the land He is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey that the Eternal, God of your ancestors, promised you. [4] When you cross the Jordan, you will set up these stones on Mount Ebal and whitewash them with lime just as I've commanded you this day. [5] Build an altar there to Him with stones that iron has never struck; [6] with stones you find whole, build an altar to Him. Offer burnt offerings on the altar to Him. [7] Then sacrifice peace offerings and have a celebration feast in His presence. [8] And remember, write a complete copy of the law on the large stones. Make it clearly legible. [9] Moses (to all of Israel, with the Levitical priests supporting him): Keep silent, and listen, Israel! Today you've become the Eternal's very own people, and He's become your God; [10] so listen to the voice of the Eternal your God and obey the commands and regulations I'm giving you today. [11] That day Moses charged the people. [12] Moses: When you cross the Jordan River and settle in the land, hold a ceremony to ratify this covenant with the Lord. The tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin will stand on the slope of Mount Gerizim to bless the people, [13] and the tribes of Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali will stand on Mount Ebal, representing the curse that will fall on anyone who breaks the covenant. [14] The Levites will shout in a loud voice, so that every Israelite can hear them and respond to the curses. [15] Levites: A curse on anyone who carves or casts an idol, something so horrifying to the Eternal, and secretly worships what human craftsmen have made! People: Let it be so! [16] Levites: A curse on anyone who treats his father or mother with contempt! People: Let it be so! [17] Levites: A curse on anyone who steals his neighbor's land by moving a boundary marker! People: Let it be so! [18] Levites: A curse on anyone who leads a blind person down the wrong road! People: Let it be so! [19] Levites: A curse on anyone who deprives a foreigner, orphan, or widow of justice! People: Let it be so! [20] Levites: A curse on anyone who has sexual relations with his father's wife, who violates the sanctity of his father's intimate relations! People: Let it be so! [21] Levites: A curse on anyone who has sexual relations with an animal! People: Let it be so! [22] Levites: A curse on anyone who has sexual relations with his sister-his father's daughter or his mother's daughter! People: Let it be so! [23] Levites: A curse on anyone who has sexual relations with his wife's mother! People: Let it be so! [24] Levites: A curse on anyone who murders his neighbor when no one else is watching! People: Let it be so! [25] Levites: A curse on anyone who causes the death of the innocent just for a bribe! People: Let it be so! [26] Levites: A curse on anyone who doesn't live by and do all that is written in the law! People: Let it be so!