Deuteronomy 27:14-26
Deuteronomy 27:14-26 MSG
The Levites, acting as spokesmen and speaking loudly, will address Israel: GOD’s curse on anyone who carves or casts a god-image—an abomination to GOD made by a craftsman—and sets it up in secret. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. GOD’s curse on anyone who demeans a parent. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. GOD’s curse on anyone who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. GOD’s curse on anyone who misdirects a blind man on the road. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. GOD’s curse on anyone who interferes with justice due the foreigner, orphan, or widow. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. GOD’s curse on anyone who has sex with his father’s wife; he has violated the woman who belongs to his father. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. GOD’s curse on anyone who has sex with an animal. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. GOD’s curse on anyone who has sex with his sister, the daughter of his father or mother. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. GOD’s curse on anyone who has sex with his mother-in-law. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. GOD’s curse on anyone who kills his neighbor in secret. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. GOD’s curse on anyone who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. GOD’s curse on whoever does not give substance to the words of this Revelation by living them. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. * * *