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18 ‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ 19 ‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ 20 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with[a] his father’s former wife,[b] for he dishonors his father.’[c] Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 27:20 tn Heb “lies down with.” The verb שָׁכַב (shakhav) “to lie down” can be a euphemism for going to bed for sexual relations (cf. NASB, NRSV “who lies with”; NIV “who sleeps with”; NLT “who has sexual intercourse with”).
  2. Deuteronomy 27:20 tn See note at Deut 22:30.
  3. Deuteronomy 27:20 tn Heb “he uncovers his father’s skirt” (NASB similar). See note at Deut 22:30.

18 “Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.”(A)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

19 “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner,(B) the fatherless or the widow.”(C)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

20 “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed.”(D)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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