¹ And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I^▵ command you today.

² And it shall be, in the day that you shall cross·​·over the Jordan to the land which Jehovah thy God gives to thee, that thou shalt raise·​·up for thee great stones, and lime them with lime.

³ And thou shalt write on them all the words of this law, when thou hast crossed·​·over, so·​·that thou mayest go·​·in to^▵ the land which Jehovah thy God gives to thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as^◦ Jehovah the God of thy fathers has spoken to thee.

⁴ And it shall be when you cross·​·over the Jordan, that you shall raise·​·up in Mount Ebal these stones, which I^▵ command you today, and thou shalt lime them with lime.

⁵ And there shalt thou build an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt not move^* any iron tool on them.

⁶ Thou shalt build the altar of Jehovah thy God of whole stones, and thou shalt offer up burnt·​·offerings thereon to Jehovah thy God.

⁷ And thou shalt sacrifice peace·​·offerings, and shalt eat there, and be·​·glad before Jehovah thy God.

⁸ And thou shalt write on the stones all the words of this law to make· them good and ·plain.

⁹ And Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to^▵ all Israel, saying, Take·​·heed^◦, and hear O Israel; this day thou hast become the people of Jehovah thy God.

¹⁰ And thou shalt obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do His commandments and His statutes, which I^▵ command thee today.

¹¹ And Moses commanded the people in that^◦ day, saying,

¹² These shall stand upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed·​·over Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin;

¹³ and these shall stand on^◦ Mount Ebal for the cursing^◦: Reuben, Gad and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.

¹⁴ And the Levites shall answer and say to all the men^◦ of Israel with a voice lifted·​·up,

¹⁵ Cursed be the man^◦ that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a hidden place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

¹⁶ Cursed be he that reviles his father and his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

¹⁷ Cursed be he that takes·​·away the border marker of his companion. And all the people shall say, Amen.

¹⁸ Cursed be he that makes the blind to wander in the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

¹⁹ Cursed be he who distorts^◦ the judgment of the sojourner, orphan, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

²⁰ Cursed be he who lies with the wife of his father; for he has uncovered the wing of the garment of his father. And all the people shall say, Amen.

²¹ Cursed be he who lies with any beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

²² Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

²³ Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

²⁴ Cursed be he that smites his companion in a hidden way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

²⁵ Cursed be he that takes a bribe to smite a soul having innocent blood. And all the people shall say, Amen.

²⁶ Cursed be he that secures^▵ not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

² "Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.

³ "Tell them, 'If anyone of all your seed throughout your generations approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh.

⁴ "'Whoever of the seed of Aaron is a leper or has an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goes from him;

⁵ or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;

⁶ the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water.

⁷ When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

⁸ That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.