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Deuteronomy 27:16
“Cursed is he who sets light by his father or his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 27
14
The Levites shall answer, and tell all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
15
Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' All the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.
16
Cursed is he who sets light by his father or his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.
17
Cursed is he who removes his neighbor's landmark.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.
18
Cursed is he who makes the blind to wander out of the way.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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