Be careful not to say, “My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.”

‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

He will say, “Where are their gods, the rock in whom they sought security,

For I raise up my hand to heaven, and say, ‘As surely as I live forever,

In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ And in the evening you will say, ‘I wish it were morning!’ because of the things you will fear and the things you will see.

Now if you say to yourselves, ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?’ –

‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

You go near so that you can hear everything the Lord our God is saying and then you can tell us whatever he says to you; then we will pay attention and do it.”

‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

As you move forward for battle, the priest will approach and say to the soldiers,

‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

However, if the servant says to you, “I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,

But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say, “Our power is great, and the Lord has not done all this!”’

The young woman’s father must say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her.

Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, “I don’t want to marry her,”

‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’