Deuteronomy 27–30

And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. ²And it shall be on the day ^awhen you shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: ^3band thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, ^ca land that floweth with milk and honey; as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee. ⁴Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, ^din mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. ⁵And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: ^ethou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. ⁶Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of ^ewhole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God: ⁷and thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God. ⁸And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

⁹And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; ^fthis day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. ¹⁰Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

¹¹And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, ^12gThese shall stand upon mount Gerizzim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: ¹³and ^gthese shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. ¹⁴And ^hthe Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, ¹⁵ⁱCursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. ^kAnd all the people shall answer and say, Amen. ^16lCursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^17mCursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. ¹⁸ⁿCursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^19oCursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^20pCursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth ^qhis father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^21rCursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^22sCursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^23tCursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^24uCursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^25wCursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^26xCursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

XXVIII.And it shall come to pass, ^aif thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on ^bhigh above all nations of the earth: ²and all these blessings shall come on thee, and ^covertake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. ³Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be ^din the field. ⁴Blessed shall be ^ethe fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, ^ethe increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. ⁵Blessed shall be thy ^fbasket and thy store. ⁶Blessed shalt thou be ^gwhen thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. ⁷The Lord ^hshall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. ⁸The Lord shall ⁱcommand the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou ^ksettest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. ^9lThe Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. ¹⁰And all people of the earth shall see that thou art ^mcalled by the name of the Lord; and they shall be ⁿafraid of thee. ¹¹And ^othe Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. ¹²The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven ^pto give the rain unto thy land in his season, and ^qto bless all the work of thine hand: and ^rthou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. ¹³And the Lord shall make thee ^sthe head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: ^14tand thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

¹⁵But it shall come to pass, ^uif thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and ^wovertake thee: ¹⁶cursed shalt thou be ^xin the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. ¹⁷Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. ¹⁸Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. ¹⁹Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. ²⁰The Lord ^yshall send upon thee cursing, ^zvexation, and ^arebuke, in all ^bthat thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. ²¹The Lord shall make ^cthe pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. ²²The Lord shall smite thee with ^da consumption, and with ^da fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with ^eblasting, and with ^emildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. ²³And ^fthy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. ²⁴The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. ^25gThe Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and ^hshalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. ²⁶And ⁱthy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and ^jno man shall fray them away. ²⁷The Lord will smite thee with ^kthe botch of Egypt, and with ^lthe emerods, and with ^mthe scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. ²⁸The Lord shall smite thee with ⁿmadness, and blindness, and ^oastonishment of heart: ²⁹and thou shalt ^pgrope at noondays, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. ^30qThou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: ^rthou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. ³¹Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. ³²Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and ^sfail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be ^tno might in thine hand. ³³The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; ^uand thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: ³⁴so that thou shalt be mad ^vfor the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. ³⁵The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore ^wbotch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. ³⁶The Lord shall ^xbring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and ^ythere shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. ³⁷And thou shalt become ^zan astonishment, ^aa proverb, and ^za byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. ^38bThou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for ^cthe locust shall consume it. ³⁹Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. ⁴⁰Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. ⁴¹Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for ^dthey shall go into captivity. ⁴²All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. ^43eThe stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. ^44fHe shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: ^ehe shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. ⁴⁵Moreover ^gall these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to…