Old Testament Bible Reading 07-27-2023
Deuteronomy 27-28
New King James Version
The Law Inscribed on Stones
27 Now Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: “Keep all the commandments which I command you today. 2 And it shall be, on the day when you cross over the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, that you shall set up for yourselves large stones, and whitewash them with lime. 3 You shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have crossed over, that you may enter the land which the Lord your God is giving you, ‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ just as the Lord God of your fathers promised you. 4 Therefore it shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan, that on Mount Ebal you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, and you shall whitewash them with lime. 5 And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall not use an iron tool on them. 6 You shall build with whole stones the altar of the Lord your God, and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God. 7 You shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before the Lord your God. 8 And you shall write very plainly on the stones all the words of this law.”
9 Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, “Take heed and listen, O Israel: This day you have become the people of the Lord your God. 10 Therefore you shall obey the voice of the Lord your God, and observe His commandments and His statutes which I command you today.”
Curses Pronounced from Mount Ebal
11 And Moses commanded the people on the same day, saying, 12 “These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin; 13 and these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14 “And the Levites shall speak with a loud voice and say to all the men of Israel: 15 ‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’
“And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen!’
16 ‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
17 ‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
18 ‘Cursed is the one who makes the blind to wander off the road.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
19 ‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
20 ‘Cursed is the one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s bed.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
21 ‘Cursed is the one who lies with any kind of animal.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
22 ‘Cursed is the one who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
23 ‘Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
24 ‘Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
25 ‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
26 ‘Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by observing them.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ ”
Blessings on Obedience
28 “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
3 “Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
4 “Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
5 “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
6 “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
7 “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
8 “The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
9 “The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you. 11 And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 14 So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Curses on Disobedience
15 “But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
16 “Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country.
17 “Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
18 “Cursed shall be the fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
19 “Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
20 “The Lord will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me. 21 The Lord will make the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going to possess. 22 The Lord will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with severe burning fever, with the sword, with scorching, and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish. 23 And your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron. 24 The Lord will change the rain of your land to powder and dust; from the heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.
25 “The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them; and you shall become troublesome to all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 Your carcasses shall be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and no one shall frighten them away. 27 The Lord will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, with the scab, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed. 28 The Lord will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of heart. 29 And you shall grope at noonday, as a blind man gropes in darkness; you shall not prosper in your ways; you shall be only oppressed and plundered continually, and no one shall save you.
30 “You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall lie with her; you shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but shall not gather its grapes. 31 Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat of it; your donkey shall be violently taken away from before you, and shall not be restored to you; your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have no one to rescue them. 32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all day long; and there shall be no strength in your hand. 33 A nation whom you have not known shall eat the fruit of your land and the produce of your labor, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually. 34 So you shall be driven mad because of the sight which your eyes see. 35 The Lord will strike you in the knees and on the legs with severe boils which cannot be healed, and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.
36 “The Lord will bring you and the king whom you set over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods—wood and stone. 37 And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where the Lord will drive you.
38 “You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for the locust shall consume it. 39 You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off. 41 You shall beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for they shall go into captivity. 42 Locusts shall consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
43 “The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. 44 He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
45 “Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. 46 And they shall be upon you for a sign and a wonder, and on your descendants forever.
47 “Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything, 48 therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you. 49 The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a nation of fierce countenance, which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young. 51 And they shall eat the increase of your livestock and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed; they shall not leave you grain or new wine or oil, or the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you.
52 “They shall besiege you at all your gates until your high and fortified walls, in which you trust, come down throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you at all your gates throughout all your land which the Lord your God has given you. 53 You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters whom the Lord your God has given you, in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you. 54 The sensitive and very refined man among you will be hostile toward his brother, toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the rest of his children whom he leaves behind, 55 so that he will not give any of them the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he has nothing left in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and sensitivity, will refuse to the husband of her bosom, and to her son and her daughter, 57 her placenta which comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of everything in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates.
58 “If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD, 59 then the Lord will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues—great and prolonged plagues—and serious and prolonged sicknesses. 60 Moreover He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. 61 Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in this Book of the Law, will the Lord bring upon you until you are destroyed. 62 You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven in multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God. 63 And it shall be, that just as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good and multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you and bring you to nothing; and you shall be plucked from off the land which you go to possess.
64 “Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known—wood and stone. 65 And among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have a resting place; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and anguish of soul. 66 Your life shall hang in doubt before you; you shall fear day and night, and have no assurance of life. 67 In the morning you shall say, ‘Oh, that it were evening!’ And at evening you shall say, ‘Oh, that it were morning!’ because of the fear which terrifies your heart, and because of the sight which your eyes see.
68 “And the Lord will take you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you, ‘You shall never see it again.’ And there you shall be offered for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
Footnotes
Deuteronomy 27:6 uncut
Deuteronomy 27:15 a detestable thing
Deuteronomy 28:4 offspring
Deuteronomy 28:11 promised
Deuteronomy 28:12 storehouse
Deuteronomy 28:13 listen to
Deuteronomy 28:18 offspring
Deuteronomy 28:21 pestilence
Deuteronomy 28:22 blight
Deuteronomy 28:25 a terror
Deuteronomy 28:32 nothing you can do
Deuteronomy 28:37 a thing of horror
Deuteronomy 28:38 devour
Deuteronomy 28:42 possess
Deuteronomy 28:45 did not listen to
Deuteronomy 28:53 offspring
Deuteronomy 28:54 Lit. tender
Deuteronomy 28:54 Lit. his eye shall be evil toward
Deuteronomy 28:56 sensitive
Deuteronomy 28:56 refined
Deuteronomy 28:56 Lit. her eye shall be evil toward
Deuteronomy 28:57 afterbirth
Deuteronomy 28:63 torn
Deuteronomy 28:65 anxious
Deuteronomio 27-28
Reina Valera Actualizada
Moisés inicia su tercer discurso
27 Moisés, con los ancianos de Israel, mandó al pueblo diciendo: “Guardarán todos los mandamientos que yo te mando hoy. 2 Y sucederá el día que crucen el Jordán hacia la tierra que les da el SEÑOR tu Dios, que se levantarán piedras grandes, las cuales recubrirán con cal. 3 Sobre ellas escribirán todas las palabras de esta ley, cuando hayas cruzado para entrar en la tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da, tierra que fluye leche y miel, como te ha prometido el SEÑOR, Dios de tus padres. 4 Cuando hayan cruzado el Jordán, levantarán estas piedras en el monte Ebal , como yo les mando hoy, y las recubrirán con cal. 5 Allí edificarán un altar al SEÑOR tu Dios, un altar de piedras. No alzarán sobre ellas herramientas de hierro. 6 Edificarán el altar del SEÑOR tu Dios de piedras sin labrar. Sobre él ofrecerás holocaustos al SEÑOR tu Dios, 7 y harás sacrificios de paz. Allí comerás y te regocijarás delante del SEÑOR tu Dios, 8 y escribirás en las piedras todas las palabras de esta ley, con toda claridad”.
9 Luego Moisés y los sacerdotes levitas hablaron a todo Israel diciendo: “Oh Israel, guarda silencio y escucha: Hoy has venido a ser pueblo del SEÑOR tu Dios. 10 Escucharás, pues, la voz del SEÑOR tu Dios, y cumplirás sus mandamientos y sus leyes que yo te mando hoy”.
Proclamación de las maldiciones
11 Aquel día Moisés mandó al pueblo diciendo: 12 “Después de haber cruzado el Jordán, estos estarán sobre el monte Gerizim para bendecir al pueblo: Simeón, Leví, Judá, Isacar, José y Benjamín. 13 Y estos estarán en el monte Ebal para pronunciar la maldición: Rubén, Gad, Aser, Zabulón, Dan y Neftalí.
14 “Los levitas hablarán y dirán a todo hombre de Israel en alta voz:
15 “‘¡Maldito el hombre que haga una imagen tallada o una imagen de fundición, obra de mano de escultor (lo cual es abominación al SEÑOR), y la guarde en oculto!’. Y todo el pueblo responderá y dirá: ‘¡Amén!’.
16 “‘¡Maldito el que trate con desprecio a su padre o a su madre!’. Y todo el pueblo dirá: ‘¡Amén!’.
17 “‘¡Maldito el que cambie de lugar los linderos de su prójimo!’. Y todo el pueblo dirá: ‘¡Amén!’.
18 “‘¡Maldito el que haga errar al ciego en el camino!’. Y todo el pueblo dirá: ‘¡Amén!’.
19 “‘¡Maldito el que pervierta el derecho del forastero, del huérfano y de la viuda!’. Y todo el pueblo dirá: ‘¡Amén!’.
20 “‘¡Maldito el que se acueste con la mujer de su padre, porque descubre el manto de su padre!’. Y todo el pueblo dirá: ‘¡Amén!’.
21 “‘¡Maldito el que tenga cópula con cualquier animal!’. Y todo el pueblo dirá: ‘¡Amén!’.
22 “‘¡Maldito el que se acueste con su hermana, hija de su padre o hija de su madre!’. Y todo el pueblo dirá: ‘¡Amén!’.
23 “‘¡Maldito el que se acueste con su suegra!’. Y todo el pueblo dirá: ‘¡Amén!’.
24 “‘¡Maldito el que hiera de muerte a su prójimo en secreto!’. Y todo el pueblo dirá: ‘¡Amén!’.
25 “‘¡Maldito el que acepte soborno para matar a un inocente!’. Y todo el pueblo dirá: ‘¡Amén!’.
26 “‘¡Maldito el que no cumpla las palabras de esta ley, poniéndolas por obra!’. Y todo el pueblo dirá: ‘¡Amén!’.
Las bendiciones de la obediencia
28 “Y sucederá que si escuchas diligentemente la voz del SEÑOR tu Dios, procurando poner por obra todos sus mandamientos que yo te mando hoy, también el SEÑOR tu Dios te enaltecerá sobre todas las naciones de la tierra. 2 Cuando obedezcas la voz del SEÑOR tu Dios, vendrán sobre ti todas estas bendiciones, y te alcanzarán:
3 “Bendito serás en la ciudad, y bendito en el campo.
4 “Benditos serán el fruto de tu vientre, el fruto de tu tierra y el fruto de tu ganado, la cría de tus vacas y el aumento de tus ovejas.
5 “Benditas serán tu canasta y tu artesa de amasar.
6 “Bendito serás al entrar, y bendito al salir.
7 “El SEÑOR hará que tus enemigos que se levanten contra ti sean derrotados delante de ti. Por un camino saldrán hacia ti, y por siete caminos huirán de ti.
8 “El SEÑOR mandará bendición a tus graneros y a todo lo que emprenda tu mano. Él te bendecirá en la tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da. 9 Si guardas los mandamientos del SEÑOR tu Dios y andas en sus caminos, el SEÑOR te confirmará como pueblo santo suyo, como te ha jurado. 10 Todos los pueblos de la tierra verán que eres llamado por el nombre del SEÑOR, y te temerán.
11 “El SEÑOR hará que sobreabundes en bienes, en el fruto de tu vientre, en el fruto de tus animales y en el fruto de tu campo, en la tierra que el SEÑOR juró a tus padres que te daría. 12 Él te abrirá su buen tesoro, los cielos, para dar lluvia a tu tierra en su tiempo y para bendecir toda la obra de tus manos. Tú darás prestado a muchas naciones, pero tú no pedirás prestado.
13 “Si obedeces los mandamientos del SEÑOR tu Dios que yo te mando hoy para que los guardes y cumplas, el SEÑOR te pondrá como cabeza y no como cola. Estarás encima, nunca debajo.
14 “No se aparten de todas las palabras que yo les mando hoy ni a la derecha ni a la izquierda, para ir tras otros dioses a fin de rendirles culto.
Maldiciones de la desobediencia
15 “Pero si no escuchas la voz del SEÑOR tu Dios a fin de procurar poner por obra todos sus mandamientos y sus estatutos que yo te mando hoy, todas estas maldiciones vendrán sobre ti y te alcanzarán:
16 “Maldito serás en la ciudad, y maldito en el campo.
17 “Malditas serán tu canasta y tu artesa de amasar.
18 “Malditos serán el fruto de tu vientre y el fruto de tu tierra, la cría de tus vacas y el aumento de tus ovejas.
19 “Maldito serás al entrar, y maldito al salir.
20 “El SEÑOR enviará contra ti maldición, turbación y reprensión en todo lo que emprenda tu mano, hasta que seas destruido y perezcas rápidamente a causa de la maldad de tus hechos, por los cuales me habrás abandonado.
21 “El SEÑOR hará que se te pegue la peste hasta acabar contigo en la tierra a la cual entras para tomarla en posesión. 22 El SEÑOR te herirá con tisis, con fiebre, con inflamación, con calor sofocante, con sequía, con tizón y con hongos, los cuales te perseguirán hasta que perezcas. 23 Tus cielos que están sobre tu cabeza serán de bronce, y la tierra que está debajo de ti será de hierro. 24 En lugar de lluvia el SEÑOR dará a tu tierra polvo y ceniza, los cuales descenderán del cielo sobre ti hasta que perezcas.
25 “El SEÑOR hará que seas derrotado delante de tus enemigos. Por un camino saldrás hacia ellos, y por siete caminos huirás de ellos. Así serás objeto de horror para todos los reinos de la tierra. 26 Tu cadáver servirá de comida a todas las aves del cielo y a los animales de la tierra, y no habrá quien los espante.
27 “El SEÑOR te afligirá con sarpullido de Egipto, con tumores, con sarna y con comezón, de los que no puedas ser sanado.
28 “El SEÑOR te afligirá con locura, con ceguera y con confusión de la mente. 29 Palparás al mediodía, como palpa el ciego en la oscuridad, y no tendrás éxito en tus caminos. Todos los días serás oprimido y robado, sin que haya quien te libre. 30 Te desposarás con una mujer, y otro hombre dormirá con ella. Edificarás una casa, y no la habitarás. Plantarás una viña, y no la vendimiarás. 31 Tu buey será matado ante tus ojos, pero no comerás de él. Tu asno será arrebatado delante de ti, y no te será devuelto. Tus ovejas serán dadas a tus enemigos, y no tendrás quien te las rescate. 32 Tus hijos y tus hijas serán entregados a otro pueblo. Tus ojos lo verán y se desesperarán por ellos todo el día, pero tu mano no podrá hacer nada. 33 El fruto de tu tierra y de toda tu labor lo comerá un pueblo que no has conocido. Serás oprimido y quebrantado todos los días, 34 y enloquecerás a causa de lo que verán tus ojos.
35 “El SEÑOR te afligirá con úlcera maligna en las rodillas y en las piernas, y desde la planta de tu pie hasta tu coronilla, sin que puedas ser sanado.
36 “El SEÑOR te llevará a ti, y a tu rey que hayas establecido sobre ti, a una nación que ni tú ni tus padres han conocido. Allá rendirás culto a otros dioses de madera y de piedra. 37 Serás objeto de horror y servirás de refrán y de hazmerreír a todos los pueblos a los cuales te lleve el SEÑOR.
38 “Llevarás mucha semilla al campo, pero cosecharás poco; porque la langosta la consumirá. 39 Plantarás viñas y las cuidarás, pero no recogerás uvas ni beberás vino; porque el gusano se las comerá. 40 Tendrás olivos por todo tu territorio, pero no te ungirás con aceite; porque tus olivas se caerán. 41 Engendrarás hijos e hijas, pero no serán para ti; porque serán llevados cautivos. 42 La langosta tomará posesión de toda tu arboleda y del fruto de tu tierra. 43 El forastero que habite en medio de ti subirá cada vez más alto que tú, pero tú descenderás cada vez más bajo. 44 Él podrá prestarte a ti, pero tú no podrás prestarle a él. Él será la cabeza, y tú serás la cola. 45 Sobre ti vendrán todas estas maldiciones. Te perseguirán y te alcanzarán hasta que perezcas, porque no habrás escuchado la voz del SEÑOR tu Dios, a fin de guardar los mandamientos y los estatutos que él te ha mandado. 46 Y serán en ti señal y prodigio, y también en tu descendencia, para siempre.
47 “Por no haber servido al SEÑOR tu Dios con alegría y gozo de corazón por la abundancia de todo, 48 servirás a tus enemigos que el SEÑOR enviará contra ti, en medio del hambre, de la sed, de la desnudez y de la falta de todas las cosas. Él pondrá sobre