Moses charges the elders of Isreal to cross into Jordan and . . . Post the 10 Commandments!
Cursed be:
- Anyone who makes an idol (15)
- Anyone who dishonors his parents (16)
- Anyone who moves his neighbor's boundary marker (17)
- Anyone who misleads a blind person (18)
- Anyone who deprives an alien (illegal immigrant?), orphan and widow of justice (19)
- Anyone who lies with an animal, his father's wife, sister, mother-in-law (20 - 23)
- Anyone who strikes down a neighbor in secret (24)
- Anyone who takes a bribe to shed blood (25)
- Anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by observing them (26)
Question of the Day: How do the curses relate to the 10 commandments?
2 comments:
When they cross the Jordan, go to Mount Ebal and build a stone altar for burnt offerings and display all these rules on large stones covered with plaster.
1/2 the tribes will be on one mountain to pronounce blessings on the people and the other 1/2 will stand on another mountain to pronounce curses.
The Levites will loudly proclaim the mentioned curses. After each proclamation the people will shount, "Amen".
Answer: 15 relates to creating idols which would violate the comm. to not have any other god
16,20,23 violates "honor your parents"
17,18,19 violates "love your neighbor as yourself"
21,22 could be a form of adultery
24,25 violates the law to not murder
26 doesn't relate to a commandment but requires that we honor God and prove our love to him by obeying his law.
Good summary of the curses.
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