¹⁶ Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say “Amen” ^(A)at your giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you say?

¹⁴ Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the ^[a]twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped ^[b]Him who lives forever and ever.

And all ^(B)the people said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord.

²⁴ and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ^[a]“Take, eat; this is My body which is ^[b]broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

⁶ and the prophet Jeremiah said, ^(A)“Amen! The Lord do so; the Lord perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the Lord’s house and all who were carried away captive, from Babylon to this place.

^15 (A)‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image, ^[a]an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’

^(B)“And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen!’

^16 (C)‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

^17 (D)‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

^18 (E)‘Cursed is the one who makes the blind to wander off the road.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

^19 (F)‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

^20 (G)‘Cursed is the one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s bed.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

^21 (H)‘Cursed is the one who lies with any kind of animal.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

^22 (I)‘Cursed is the one who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

^23 (J)‘Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

^24 (K)‘Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

^25 (L)‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

^26 (M)‘Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by observing them.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ ”

^12 (A)saying:

⁶ And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God.

Then all the people ^(A)answered, “Amen, Amen!” while ^(B)lifting up their hands. And they ^(C)bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.