Verses 14-26
14-26. The Levites shall speak These twelve curses were to be pronounced against transgressors of the law. The first is against those who make graven or molten images. Comp. Exodus 20:4. The second is against those who are lacking in respect to parents. Comp. Exodus 21:17 and Leviticus 19:3. The third is against those who remove boundaries. Comp. Deuteronomy 19:14. The fourth, against those who lead the blind astray. Comp. Leviticus 19:14. The fifth, against those who wrong the stranger, the orphan, or the widow. Comp. Deuteronomy 24:17. The sixth, against unchastity in respect to the wife of the father. Leviticus 18:8. The seventh is against unnatural crime. Comp. Leviticus 18:8. The eighth, against unchastity in the case of incest with a sister. Comp. Leviticus 18:9. The ninth is also against unchastity. In this case with the mother-in-law or other near relative. Comp. Leviticus 18:17. The tenth is against the secret murder of a neighbour. Comp. Deuteronomy 19:11. The eleventh, against the one who takes a bribe to judicially condemn the innocent. Comp. Exodus 23:7-8. Finally, the twelfth is to be pronounced against him who does not keep the law. This condemns every act of transgression.
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