10. Obey the Lord your God. Keep his commands and laws that I give you today.”
11. That day Moses also gave the people this command:
12. You will cross the Jordan River. Then these tribes must stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin.
13. And these tribes must stand on Mount Ebal to announce the curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.
14. The Levites will say to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:
15. “Anyone will be cursed who makes an idol or statue and secretly sets it up. The Lord hates idols made by man.”Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
16. “Anyone will be cursed who dishonors his father or his mother.”Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
17. “Anyone will be cursed who moves the stone that marks his neighbor’s border.”Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
18. “Anyone will be cursed who leads a blind person away from the road.”Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
19. “Anyone will be cursed who is unfair to foreigners, orphans or widows.”Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
20. “A man will be cursed who has physical relations with his father’s wife. It is a dishonor to his father.”Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
21. “Anyone will be cursed who has unnatural physical relations with an animal.”Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
22. “A man will be cursed who has physical relations with his sister. She may be his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter.”Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
23. “A man will be cursed who has physical relations with his mother-in-law.”Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
24. “Anyone will be cursed who kills his neighbor secretly.”Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
25. “Anyone will be cursed who takes money to murder an innocent person.”Then all the people will say, “Amen!”