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Curses Pronounced from Mount Ebal

11 And Moses commanded the people on the same day, saying,
12 “These shall stand aon Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin;  
13 and athese shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.  
14 “And athe Levites shall speak with a loud voice and say to all the men of Israel:  
15 a‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image,1 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 a‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’  
17 a‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’  
18 a‘Cursed is the one who makes the blind to wander off the road.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’  
19 a‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’  
20 a‘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 a‘Cursed is the one who lies with any kind of animal.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’  
22 a‘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 a‘Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’  
24 a‘Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’  
25 a‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’  
26 a‘Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by observing them.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Deuteronomy 27:11-13

THE TRIBES DIVIDED ON GERIZIM AND EBAL. (Deuteronomy 27:11-13)

These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people . . . these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse—Those long, rocky ridges lay in the province of Samaria, and the peaks referred to were near Shechem (Nablous), rising in steep precipices to the height of about eight hundred feet and separated by a green, well-watered valley of about five hundred yards wide. The people of Israel were here divided into two parts. On mount Gerizim (now Jebel-et-Tur) were stationed the descendants of Rachel and Leah, the two principal wives of Jacob, and to them was assigned the most pleasant and honorable office of pronouncing the benedictions; while on the twin hill of Ebal (now Imad-el-Deen) were placed the posterity of the two secondary wives, Zilpah and Bilhah, with those of Reuben, who had lost the primogeniture, and Zebulun, Leah's youngest son; to them was committed the necessary but painful duty of pronouncing the maledictions (see on Judges 9:7). The ceremony might have taken place on the lower spurs of the mountains, where they approach more closely to each other; and the course observed was as follows: Amid the silent expectations of the solemn assembly, the priests standing round the ark in the valley below, said aloud, looking to Gerizim, "Blessed is the man that maketh not any graven image," when the people ranged on that hill responded in full simultaneous shouts of "Amen"; then turning round to Ebal, they cried, "Cursed is the man that maketh any graven image"; to which those that covered the ridge answered, "Amen." The same course at every pause was followed with all the blessings and curses (see on Joshua 8:33-34). These curses attendant on disobedience to the divine will, which had been revealed as a law from heaven, be it observed, are given in the form of a declaration, not a wish, as the words should be rendered, "Cursed is he," and not, "Cursed be he."




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