Deuteronomy 27:14-26

New International Reader's Version

¹⁴ The Levites will speak to all the Israelites in a loud voice. The Levites will say,

¹⁵ “May anyone who makes a statue of a god and sets it up in secret be under the Lord’s curse. That statue is made by a skilled worker. And the Lord hates it.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

¹⁶ “May anyone who brings shame on their father or mother be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

¹⁷ “May anyone who moves their neighbor’s boundary stone be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

¹⁸ “May anyone who leads blind people down the wrong road be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

¹⁹ “May anyone who treats unfairly outsiders, widows, and children whose fathers have died be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

²⁰ “May anyone who sleeps with his stepmother be under the Lord’s curse. That man brings shame on his father by doing that.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

²¹ “May anyone who has sex with animals be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

²² “May anyone who sleeps with his sister be under the Lord’s curse. It doesn’t matter whether she is his full sister or his half sister.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

²³ “May anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

²⁴ “May anyone who kills their neighbor secretly be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

²⁵ “May anyone who accepts money to kill someone who isn’t guilty of doing anything wrong be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

²⁶ “May anyone who doesn’t honor the words of this law by obeying them be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”