1 Then Moses, with the elders of Israel, gave the people this order: "Keep all these commandments which I enjoin on you today.
2 On the day you cross the Jordan into the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.
3 Also write on them, at the time you cross, all the words of this law, that you may thus enter into the land flowing with milk and honey, which the LORD, your God, and the God of your fathers, is giving you as he promised you.
4 When, moreover, you have crossed the Jordan, besides setting up on Mount Ebal these stones concerning which I command you today, and coating them with plaster,
5 you shall also build to the LORD, your God, an altar made of stones that no iron tool has touched.
6 You shall make this altar of the LORD, your God, with undressed stones, and shall offer on it holocausts to the LORD, your God.
7 You shall also sacrifice peace offerings and eat them there, making merry before the LORD, your God.
8 On the stones you shall inscribe all the words of this law very clearly."
9 Moses, with the levitical priests, then said to all Israel: "Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD, your God.
10 You shall therefore hearken to the voice of the LORD, your God, and keep his commandments and statutes which I enjoin on you today."
11 That same day Moses gave the people this order:
12 "When you cross the Jordan, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin shall stand on Mount Gerizim to pronounce blessings over the people,
13 while Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses.
14 "The Levites shall proclaim aloud to all the men of Israel:
15 'Cursed be the man who makes a carved or molten idol--an abomination to the LORD, the product of a craftsman's hands--and sets it up in secret!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!'
16 'Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!'
17 'Cursed be he who moves his neighbor's landmarks!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!'
18 'Cursed be he who misleads a blind man on his way!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!'
19 'Cursed be he who violates the rights of the alien, the orphan or the widow!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!'
20 'Cursed be he who has relations with his father's wife, for he dishonors his father's bed!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!'
21 'Cursed be he who has relations with any animal!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!'
22 'Cursed be he who has relations with his sister or his half-sister!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!'
23 'Cursed be he who has relations with his mother-in-law!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!'
24 'Cursed be he who slays his neighbor in secret!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!'
25 'Cursed be he who accepts payment for slaying an innocent man!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!'
26 'Cursed be he who fails to fulfill any of the provisions of this law!' And all the people shall answer, 'Amen!'
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Deuteronomy 27 is a chapter that presents instructions on the ceremony of consecration of God's law in the promised land. The people of Israel should perform this ceremony when entering the earth that God had promised them. The ceremony consisted of writing the law on large stones and erecting an altar to the Lord. Half of the people should stand on Mount Gerizim, and the other half should stay on Mount Ebal, while the priests gave blessings and curses. Below are five verses related to the topics addressed in Deuteronomy 27:
Deuteronomy 6:6-9: "These words that I command today will be in your heart. You will teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you are sitting at your home, when you are walking the way, when you lie down and when you get up . You will tie them as a sign in your hands and will be like tracks on your forehead. Write them in the batty of your home and in your gates. " This verse emphasizes the importance of teaching God's law to future generations, the central theme of the ceremony described in Deuteronomy 27.
Deuteronomy 31:12-13: "Gather the people, men, women and children, and foreigners resident in their cities, that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord, their God, and carefully follow all the words of this law. Children, who do not know her, will hear her and learn to fear the Lord, your God, as long as you live on the earth you are going, crossing the Jordan to take it as inheritance. " This verse again highlights the importance of teaching God's law to future generations.
Joshua 8:30-35: This passage tells the realization of the ceremony described in Deuteronomy 27. The instructions given in Deuteronomy were followed by the Israelites, which shows the importance they gave to the consecration of God's law.
Nehemiah 8:1-8: This excerpt describes another occasion when God's law was publicly read to the people of Israel. Again, the goal was to teach the law to listeners and renew the people's commitment to it.
Psalm 1:1-2: "Blessed is the man who does not follow the Council of the wicked, does not stop on the way to sinners, nor rest on the wheel of mocking! Before, his pleasure is in the law of the Lord, and in this law Meditates day and night ". This verse highlights the importance of following the law of God and constantly meditating on it, central theme of the ceremony described in Deuteronomy 27.
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