Deuteronomy 27:23

Modern

‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Traditional

Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Literal

‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Latin

Maledictus qui dormit cum socru sua: et dicet omnis populus: Amen.

Hebrew

English

‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Mount Gerizim is just west of Mount Ebal. Shechem is in the valley between them.
to bless: God positioned the tribes or their representatives carefully. This was so that while the Levites read the covenant from the valley below, the other tribes would respond by shouting "Amen!" This is a Hebrew term that means "May it be so." They said this to show their agreement with the terms of the covenant.

Theme notes and profiles

Leviticus 20:14
If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
Leviticus 18:17
You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.