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; and that gross and sensual people being more moved with present and sensible things. But in the New Testament the goods that are promised us are spiritual and eternal; and temporal evils are turned into blessings. 28:3. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed in the field. 28:4. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the droves of thy herds, and the folds of thy sheep. 28:5. Blessed shall be thy barns and blessed thy stores. 28:6. Blessed shalt thou be coming in and going out.