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Deuteronomy 27

Bible in Basic English (BBE) - 1949

26 verses - Simplified vocabulary - Public Domain

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Deuteronomy 27:1

Then Moses and the responsible men of Israel gave the people these orders: Keep all the orders which I have given you this day;

Deuteronomy 27:2

And on the day when you go over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, put up great stones, coating them with building-paste,

Deuteronomy 27:3

And writing on them all the words of this law, after you have gone over; so that you may take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said.

Deuteronomy 27:4

And when you have gone over Jordan, you are to put up these stones, as I have said to you today, in Mount Ebal, and have them coated with building-paste.

Deuteronomy 27:5

There you are to make an altar to the Lord your God, of stones on which no iron instrument has been used.

Deuteronomy 27:6

You are to make the altar of the Lord your God of uncut stones; offering on it burned offerings to the Lord your God:

Deuteronomy 27:7

And you are to make your peace-offerings, feasting there with joy before the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 27:8

And put on the stones all the words of this law, writing them very clearly.

Deuteronomy 27:9

Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, said to all Israel, Be quiet and give ear, O Israel; today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 27:1

For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

Deuteronomy 27:11

That same day Moses said to the people,

Deuteronomy 27:12

These are to take their places on Mount Gerizim for blessing the people when you have gone over Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;

Deuteronomy 27:13

And these are to be on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 27:14

Then the Levites are to say in a loud voice to all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 27:15

Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 27:17

Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 27:18

Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 27:19

Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 27:2

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 27:21

Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 27:22

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 27:23

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 27:24

Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 27:25

Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 27:26

Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.

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