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Blessings and Curses

11 And Moses charged the people on that day, saying,[a] 12 “These tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you cross[b] the Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin. 13 And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for delivering the curse: Reuben, Gad and Asher and Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 27:11 Literally “to say”
  2. Deuteronomy 27:12 Literally “at/in crossing your”

11 Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day: 12 “The following tribes[a] must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. 13 And these other tribes must stand for the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 27:12 tn The word “tribes” has been supplied here and in the following verse in the translation for clarity.