Deuteronomy · Chapter 27

[ edit] Moyſes forſoþe haþ comaundid, and þe eldren, to þe puple of Yrael, ſeiynge, Keep ȝe eche maundement þat I comaunde to ȝow to day. Whanne ȝe han paſſid ouere Jordan, into þe loond þat þe Lord þi God ſhal ȝyue to þee, þow ſhalt arere greet ſtonus, and wiþ plaſtre þow ſhalt dawbe hem, þat þow mowe wryte in hem alle þe wordis of þis lawe, Jordan ouergoon, þat þow goo into þe lond þat þe Lord þi God ſhal ȝyue to þee, þe loond mylk and hony flowynge, as he haþ ſwore to þi fadres. Whanne þanne þow ſhalt ouerpas Jordan, arere þe ſtonus þat Y to day comaunde to þee, in þe mownt of Hebal; and þow ſhalt dawbe hem wiþ plaſtre.

And þow ſhalt bild þere up an auter to þe Lord þi God, of ſtonus whom yrun haþ not towchid, and of ſtonus vnfourmed and vnpoliſhid; and þow ſhalt offre vpon it brent ſacrificis to þe Lord þi God; and þow ſhalt offre peſible ooſtis, and þow ſhalt eete þere, and make metſhip before þe Lord þi God. And þow ſhalt wryte vpon þe ſtonus alle þe wordis of þis lawe, pleynly and cleerli. And Moyſes and þe preeſtis of Leuyte kynde ſeiden to al Yrael, Tak hede, and here þow, Yrael; to day þow art maad þe puple of þe Lord þi God; þow ſhalt here þe voice of hym, and do þe heeſtis, and ryȝtwiſneſſes, þat I comaunde to þee.

And Moyſes comaundide to þe puple in þat day, ſeiynge, Þes ſhulen ſtoond to bleſſe þe Lord vpon þe hil of Garyſym, Jordan put ouer; Symeon, Leuy, Judas, Yſachar, Joſeph, and Beniamyn. And forn aȝens þes ſhulen ſtoond to curſe in þe hil of Hebal, Ruben, Gad, and Aſer, Zabulon, Dan, and Neptalym. And þe Leuytes ſhulen pronounce, and ſeye to alle men of Irael, wiþ an hiȝe voice, Curſid be þe man þat makiþ grauen þing and ȝotun, abomynacioun of þe Lord, þe werk of þe hoondis of crafti men, and ſhal put it in hidils; and al þe puple ſhal anſwer, and ſeye, Amen! Curſid þat honoureþ not his fader and moder; and al þe puple ſhal ſeye, Amen!

Curſid þat ouerberiþ þe teermes of his neiȝbore; and al þe puple ſhal ſeye, Amen! Curſid þat makiþ to erre þe blynde in þe weye; and al þe puple ſhal ſeye, Amen! Curſid þat peruertiþ doom of comlynge, faderles child, and widewe; and al þe puple ſhal ſeye, Amen! Curſid þat ſlepiþ wiþ þe wijf of his fader, and opneþ þe couerynge of his bed; and al þe puple ſhal ſeie, Amen! Curſid þat ſlepiþ wiþ eny beeſt; and al þe puple ſhal ſeye, Amen! Curſid þat ſlepiþ wiþ his ſiſter, douȝter of his fader, or of his moder; and al þe puple ſhal ſeye, Amen! Curſid þat ſlepiþ wiþ his wyues moder; and al þe puple ſhal ſeie, Amen! Curſid þat priuely ſmytiþ his neiȝbour; and al þe puple ſhal ſeye, Amen!

Curſid þat ſlepiþ wiþ þe wijf of his neiȝbour; and al þe puple ſhal ſeye, Amen! Curſid þat takiþ ȝiftis, þat he ſmyte þe ſoule of þe innocent blood; and al þe puple ſhal ſeye, Amen! Curſid þat dwelliþ not in þe wordis of þis lawe, ne hem in deede fulfilliþ; and al þe puple ſhal ſeye, Amen!