(Joshua 8:30–35)
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Then Moses with the Elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keepe all the comandements, which I command you this day.
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And when ye shall passe ouer Iorden vnto the lande which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt set thee vp great stones, and playster them with plaister,
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And shalt write vpon them all the words of this Lawe, when thou shalt come ouer, that thou mayest go into the land which the Lord thy God giueth a land that floweth with milke and hony, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
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Therefore when ye shall passe ouer Iorden, ye shall set vp these stones, which I command you this daye in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
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And there shalt thou build vnto the Lord thy God an altar, euen an altar of thou shalt lift none yron instrument vpon them.
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Thou shalt make the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones, and offer burnt offerings thereon vnto the Lord thy God.
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And thou shalt offer peace offrings, and shalt eate there and reioyce before the Lord thy God:
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And thou shalt write vpon the stones al the words of this Law, well and plainely.
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And Moses and the Priestes of the Leuites spake vnto all Israel, saying, Take heede and heare, O this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.
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Thou shalt hearken therefore vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God, and do his commandements and his ordinances, which I commande thee this day.
Curses Pronounced from Ebal
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And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
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These shall stand vpon mount Gerizzim, to blesse the people when ye shall passe ouer Simeon, and Leui, and Iudah, and Issachar, and Ioseph, and Beniamin.
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And these shall stand vpon mount Ebal to Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
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And the Leuites shall answere and say vnto all the men of Israel with a loude voyce,
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Cursed be the man that shall make any carued or molten image, which is an abomination vnto the Lord, the worke of the hands of the craftesman, and putteth it in a secrete And all the people shall answere, and So be it.
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Cursed be he that curseth his father and his And all the people shall So be it.
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Cursed be he that remoueth his neighbors And all the people shall So be it.
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Cursed be he that maketh ye blinde go out of the And all the people shall So be it.
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Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the And all the people shall So be it.
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Cursed be hee that lyeth with his fathers for he hath vncouered his fathers And all the people shall So be it.
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Cursed be he that lieth with any And all the people shall So be it.
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Cursed be he that lyeth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his And all the people shall So be it.
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Cursed be he that lyeth with his mother in And all the people shall So be it.
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Cursed be hee that smiteth his neyghbour And all the people shall So be it.
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Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent And all the people shall So be it.
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Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the wordes of this Law, to do And all the people shall So be it.