Deuteronomy (The Speeches of Moses) - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 202
The Five Books of Moses
Israel commanded the People, say- 111 ;—~ Q Preserve all the commands which
I have ordered you t0—day. And at the time you pass over the jordan to the country that your EvER—L1v1NG GOD will give to you, set up great stones, and spread them over with plaster, and engrave upon them the whole of the commands of these laws, when you pass over and arrive in the country which the EvER·L1vING, your GOD, has given you ;·—a land iiowing with milk and honey,~—as the EvBR·x.1v1NG Goo promised to your fathers. ‘And when you have passed over
the jordan you shall set up those stones,. as I command you to-day, upon the Hill of Aibal, and plaster them with plaster. You shall also build an altar there to your EvER— Livmo GOD,—·—a¤ altar of stones, you shall not use iron upon them. You shall build the altar to your Evan-1.1vmo Goo of whole stones, and shall offer upon it a burnt-offer- ing to the EvER—L1v1NG, your Gon. You shall also sacrifice thank-offer· ings, and feast there, and enjoy your- selves before the EVER-Livmo. Then write upon the stones the whole of the words of this Law, engraved deeply} (Moses and the Levitical Priests
also roclaimed to all Israel,. say- gmg;·—- ‘To—day be silent, and listen,
Israel. You are to become the People of the EvE1z>L1v1NG, your GOD! Therefore listen to the voice of your Evan-Lxviuo Gon, and put· in practice the Commands and Insti- tutions that I command you to—day.’ (And Moses further commanded the People at that time`, saying ;-·)l These shall stand. upon Mount Gherezim to bless the People; 1 Ch; xxvii., vv. r, g, and 11 are an editorial
noée gf Aliazer to explain the proceedings. Simeon, and Levi, and }udah, and Issakar, and joseph, and Benjamin. And these shall stand upon Mount
Aibal, for the cursing ;·—Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulon, and Dan, and Naphthali. And the Levites shall speak with a
loud voice and say to every man of Israel ;—- ‘ Cursed be the man who makes a
statue or a casting, hateful to the LORD, the product of the hands of a mechanic, and sets it up in secret.’ (Then all the People shall answer He shall be. ‘ Cursed be whoever insults his father or his mother! (Then all the People shall say;) ‘ Cursed be whoever removes his neighbour’s land mark. (Then all the People shall say;) ‘Cursed be whoever misdirects a blind man in his road. (Then all the People shall say;) ‘ Cursed be whoever refuses justice to the foreigner, orphan, or widow. (Then all the- People shall say;) ‘ Cursed be whoever commits adultery with his father’s wives; who raises the covering of his father. (Then all the People shall say;) ‘ Cursed be whoever copulates with any beast} (Then all the People shall say;) ‘ Cursed be whoever fornicates with
his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. (Then all the People shall say;) 'Cursed be whoever fornicates with (Then all the People shall say;) ‘ Cursed · be whoever strikes his neighbour in secret} (Then all the People shall say;) ‘ Cursed be whoever takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. (Then all the People shall say; 16 18 20 21 22
