e commandments and justices
which I command thee.

27:11. And Moses commanded the people in that day, saying:

27:12. These shall stand upon mount Garizim to bless the people, when
you are passed the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Joseph, and
Benjamin.

27:13. And over against them shall stand on mount Hebal to curse: Ruben,
Gad, and Aser, and Zabulon, Dan, and Nephtali.

27:14. And the Levites shall pronounce, and say to all the men of Israel
with a loud voice:

27:15. Cursed be the man that maketh a graven and molten thing, the
abomination of the Lord, the work of the hands of artificers, and shall
put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say: Amen.

27:16. Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother: and all
the people shall say: Amen.

27:17. Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmarks: and all the
people shall say: Amen.

27:18. Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way: and
all the people shall say: Amen.

27:19. Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the
fatherless and the widow: and all the people shall say: Amen.

27:20. Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, and uncovereth
his bed: and all the people shall say: Amen.

27:21. Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: and all the people shall
say: Amen.

27:22. Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his
father, or of his mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.

27:23. Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law: and all the
people shall say: Amen.

27:24. Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour: and all the
people shall say: Amen.

27:25. Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and
all the people shall say: Amen.

27:26. Cursed be he that abideth not in the words of this law, and
fulfilleth them not in work: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Deuteronomy Chapter 28

Many blessings are promised to observers of God's commandments: and
curses threatened to transgressors.

28:1. Now if thou wilt hear the voice of all his commandments, which I
command thee this day, the Lord thy God will make thee higher than all
the nations that are on the earth.

28:2. And all these blessings shall come upon thee and overtake thee:
yet so if thou hear his precepts.

All these blessings, etc... In the Old Testament, God promised temporal
blessings to the keepers of his law, heaven not being opened as yet; a