Deuteronomy 27 · Parashat Ki Tavo

And Moshe with the elders of Yisra᾽el commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.

And it shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Yarden to the land which the Lord thy God gives thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and cover them with plaster:

and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this Tora, when thou art passed over, that thou mayst go in to the land which the Lord thy God gives thee, a land flowing with milk and honey; as the Lord God of thy fathers has promised thee.

And it shall be when you have gone over the Yarden, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you this day in mount ῾Eval, and thou shalt cover them with plaster.

And there shalt thou build an altar to the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings upon it to the Lord thy God:

and thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God.

And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this Tora very plainly.

And Moshe and the priests the Levites spoke to all Yisra᾽el saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Yisra᾽el; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.

Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

And Moshe charged the people the same day, saying,

These shall stand upon mount Gerizzim to bless the people, when you are come over the Yarden; Shim῾on, and Levi, and Yehuda, and Yissakhar, and Yosef, and Binyamin:

and these shall stand on mount ῾Eval to curse; Re᾽uven, Gad, and Asher, and Zevulun, Dan, and Naftali.

And the Levites shall speak, and say to all the men of Yisra᾽el with a loud voice,

Cursed be the man that makes any carved or molten idol, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Cursed be he that dishonours his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that removes his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that lies with his father’s wife; because he uncovers his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that lies with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that lies with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that smites his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that does not maintain all the words of this Tora to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.