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And Moses with the ancients of Israel commanded the people, saying: Keep every commandment that I command you this day .
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And when you are passed over the Jordan into the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, thou shalt set up great stones , and shalt plaster them over with plaster,
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That thou mayst write on them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over the Jordan: that thou mayst enter into the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey , as he swore to thy fathers .
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Therefore when you are passed over the Jordan , set up the stones which I command you this day , in mount Hebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster:
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And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord thy God , of stones which iron hath not touched,
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And of stones not fashioned nor polished: and thou shalt offer upon it holocausts to the Lord thy God :
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And shalt immolate peace victims, and eat there, and feast before the Lord thy God .
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And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law plainly and clearly,
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And Moses and the priests of the race of Levi said to all Israel : Attend, and hear , O Israel : This day thou art made the people of the Lord thy God .
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Thou shalt hear his voice , and do the commandments and justices which I command thee.
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And Moses commanded the people in that day , saying:
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These shall stand upon mount Garizim to bless the people, when you are passed the Jordan : Simeon , Levi , Juda , Issachar , Joseph , and Benjamin .
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And over against them shall stand on mount Hebal to curse : Ruben , Gad , and Aser, and Zabulon, Dan , and Nephtali .
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And the Levites shall pronounce, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice :
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Cursed be the man that maketh a graven and molten thing , the abomination of the Lord , the work of the hands of artificers , and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say : Amen.
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Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother : and all the people shall say : Amen.
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Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmarks: and all the people shall say : Amen.
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Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way : and all the people shall say : Amen.
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Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow: and all the people shall say : Amen.
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Cursed be he that lieth with his father 's wife , and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall say : Amen.
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Cursed be he that lieth with any beast : and all the people shall say : Amen.
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Cursed be he that lieth with his sister , the daughter of his father , or of his mother : and all the people shall say : Amen.
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Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law: and all the people shall say : Amen.
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Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour : and all the people shall say : Amen.
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Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say : Amen.
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Cursed be he that abideth not in the words of this law, and fulfilleth them not in work: and all the people shall say : Amen.