Showing posts with label curses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label curses. Show all posts

Monday, August 30, 2010

Ki Tavo: Act Wisely, Don't follow other Gods, and you will not be cursed with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (plus some thoughts on contracts and EULAs)

Ki Tavo describes a participatory drama that Moses instructs the Israelites to engage in after they’ve crossed over into Israel. They are to stand half on one mountain, Mt. Gezerim, and half on another, Mt. Ebal, and commit yet again to a covenant with God. The first half recites all the great blessings that they’ll have if they follow God, and the second half gives the curses.

Only first the Levites say some stuff which looks like curses but are actually more like laws, for example (my favorite): (Deut 27:19) "Cursed be he who subverts the rights of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. — And all the people shall say, Amen."