Deuteronomy 27:14-26
1599 Geneva Bible
14 And the Levites shall answer and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
15 ¶ Cursed be the man that shall make any carved or molten [a]image, which is an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place: And all the people shall answer and say: So be it.
16 Cursed be he that [b]curseth his father and his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it.
17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s [c]mark: And all the people shall say: So be it.
18 Cursed be he that maketh the [d]blind go out of the way: And all the people shall say: So be it.
19 Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow: And all the people shall say: So be it.
20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife: for he hath uncovered his father’s [e]skirt: And all the people shall say: So be it.
21 Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: And all the people shall say: So be it.
22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it.
23 Cursed be he that lieth with his [f]mother-in-law: And all the people shall say: So be it.
24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor [g]secretly: And all the people shall say: So be it.
25 (A)Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shall say: So be it.
26 (B)Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this Law, to do them: And all the people shall say: So be it.
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- Deuteronomy 27:15 Under this he containeth all the corruptions of God’s service, and the transgression of the first Table.
- Deuteronomy 27:16 Or, contemneth: and this appertaineth to the second Table.
- Deuteronomy 27:17 He condemneth all injuries and extortions.
- Deuteronomy 27:18 Meaning, that helpeth not and counselleth not his neighbor.
- Deuteronomy 27:20 In committing villiany against him, Lev. 20:11; Deut. 22:30; Ezek. 22:10.
- Deuteronomy 27:23 Meaning, his wife’s mother.
- Deuteronomy 27:24 For God that seeth in secret, will revenge it.
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