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22 May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing your belly to swell and your womb to shrivel.”

‘And the woman will reply, “Amen, Amen.”

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12 ‘When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. 13 And these tribes will stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.(A) 14 The Levites will proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:

15 “The person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.”

And all the people will reply, “Amen! ”

16 “The one who dishonours his father or mother is cursed.”

And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

17 “The one who moves his neighbour’s boundary marker is cursed.”

And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

18 “The one who leads a blind person astray on the road is cursed.”

And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

19 “The one who denies justice to a resident foreigner, a fatherless child, or a widow is cursed.”

And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

20 “The one who sleeps with his father’s wife is cursed, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.”[a]

And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

21 “The one who has sexual intercourse with any animal is cursed.”

And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

22 “The one who sleeps with his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter is cursed.”

And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

23 “The one who sleeps with his mother-in-law is cursed.”

And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

24 “The one who secretly kills his neighbour is cursed.”

And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

25 “The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.”

And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

26 “Anyone who does not put the words of this law into practice is cursed.”

And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

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Footnotes

  1. 27:20 Lit has uncovered the edge of his father’s garment; Ru 3:9; Ezk 16:8

13 I also shook the folds of my robe and said, ‘May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn’t keep this promise. May he be shaken out(A) and have nothing! ’

The whole assembly said, ‘Amen,’ and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.(B)

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20 For every one of God’s promises(A) is ‘Yes’ in him. Therefore, through him we also say ‘Amen’(B) to the glory of God.(C)

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18 and the Living One.(A) I was dead, but look – I am alive for ever and ever,(B) and I hold the keys(C) of death and Hades.

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