Deuteronomy 1
1:11 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 1:22 It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir. 1:33 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them. 1:44 This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth. 1:55 On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying: 1:66 The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough. 1:77 Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates. 1:88 See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.” 1:99 At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone. 1:1010 The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. 1:1111 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised. 1:1212 But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself? 1:1313 Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.” 1:1414 And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.” 1:1515 So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes. 1:1616 At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident. 1:1717 Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.” 1:1818 And at that time I commanded you all the things you were to do.And at that time I commanded you all the things you were to do. 1:1919 And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea, 1:2020 I said: “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.I said: “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us. 1:2121 See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.” 1:2222 Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.” 1:2323 The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe. 1:2424 They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land. 1:2525 They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.” 1:2626 But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. 1:2727 You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated.You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated. 1:2828 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’” 1:2929 So I said to you: “Do not be terrified or afraid of them!So I said to you: “Do not be terrified or afraid of them! 1:3030 The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in EgyptThe LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt 1:3131 and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.” 1:3232 But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God, 1:3333 who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel. 1:3434 When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, 1:3535 “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers, 1:3636 except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.” 1:3737 The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land. 1:3838 Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land. 1:3939 And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it. 1:4040 But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.” 1:4141 “We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country. 1:4242 But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.” 1:4343 So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country. 1:4444 Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah. 1:4545 And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you. 1:4646 For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.
Deuteronomy 2
2:11 Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir. 2:22 At this time the LORD said to me,At this time the LORD said to me, 2:33 “You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north“You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north 2:44 and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful. 2:55 Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession. 2:66 You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’” 2:77 Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing. 2:88 So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab. 2:99 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.” 2:1010 (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. 2:1111 Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites. 2:1212 The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.) 2:1313 “Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.“Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered. 2:1414 The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them. 2:1515 Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished. 2:1616 Now when all the fighting men among the people had died,Now when all the fighting men among the people had died, 2:1717 the LORD said to me,the LORD said to me, 2:1818 “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar. 2:1919 But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.” 2:2020 (That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites. 2:2121 They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place, 2:2222 just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day. 2:2323 And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.) 2:2424 “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle. 2:2525 This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.” 2:2626 So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying, 2:2727 “Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left.“Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left. 2:2828 You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot, 2:2929 just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.” 2:3030 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day. 2:3131 Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.” 2:3232 So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz. 2:3333 And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army. 2:3434 At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors. 2:3535 We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured. 2:3636 From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them. 2:3737 But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.
Deuteronomy 3
3:11 Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. 3:22 But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.” 3:33 So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left. 3:44 At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 3:55 All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages. 3:66 We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city. 3:77 But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves.But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves. 3:88 At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon— 3:99 which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir— 3:1010 all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og. 3:1111 (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.) 3:1212 So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities. 3:1313 To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.) 3:1414 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day. 3:1515 To Machir I gave Gilead,To Machir I gave Gilead, 3:1616 and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites. 3:1717 The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east. 3:1818 At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites. 3:1919 But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you, 3:2020 until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.” 3:2121 And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter.And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter. 3:2222 Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.” 3:2323 At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:At that time I also pleaded with the LORD: 3:2424 “O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours? 3:2525 Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!” 3:2626 But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter. 3:2727 Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan. 3:2828 But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.” 3:2929 So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
Deuteronomy 4
4:11 Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 4:22 You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you. 4:33 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor. 4:44 But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you. 4:55 See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess. 4:66 Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” 4:77 For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him? 4:88 And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today? 4:99 Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. 4:1010 The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.” 4:1111 You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. 4:1212 And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form; there was only a voice.And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form; there was only a voice. 4:1313 He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone. 4:1414 At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. 4:1515 So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be carefulSo since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful 4:1616 that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female, 4:1717 of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air, 4:1818 or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below. 4:1919 When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. 4:2020 Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today. 4:2121 The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. 4:2222 For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land. 4:2323 Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you. 4:2424 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. 4:2525 After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger— 4:2626 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed. 4:2727 Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. 4:2828 And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 4:2929 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 4:3030 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. 4:3131 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath. 4:3232 Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported? 4:3333 Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived? 4:3434 Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes? 4:3535 You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him. 4:3636 He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire. 4:3737 Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power, 4:3838 to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day. 4:3939 Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other. 4:4040 Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time. 4:4141 Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the eastThen Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east 4:4242 to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities: 4:4343 Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites. 4:4444 This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites. 4:4545 These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt, 4:4646 while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt. 4:4747 They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east— 4:4848 extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon), 4:4949 including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
Deuteronomy 5
5:11 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully. 5:22 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 5:33 He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today. 5:44 The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain. 5:55 At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said: 5:66 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 5:77 You shall have no other gods before Me.You shall have no other gods before Me. 5:88 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. 5:99 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 5:1010 but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. 5:1111 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain. 5:1212 Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. 5:1313 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 5:1414 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do. 5:1515 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. 5:1616 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 5:1717 You shall not murder.You shall not murder. 5:1818 You shall not commit adultery.You shall not commit adultery. 5:1919 You shall not steal.You shall not steal. 5:2020 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 5:2121 You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” 5:2222 The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. 5:2323 And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me, 5:2424 and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him. 5:2525 But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer. 5:2626 For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived? 5:2727 Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.” 5:2828 And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken. 5:2929 If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever. 5:3030 Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’ 5:3131 But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.” 5:3232 So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left. 5:3333 You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
Deuteronomy 6
6:11 These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess, 6:22 so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged. 6:33 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. 6:44 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. 6:55 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6:66 These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. 6:77 And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 6:88 Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 6:99 Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates. 6:1010 And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build, 6:1111 with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied, 6:1212 be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 6:1313 Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name. 6:1414 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you. 6:1515 For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth. 6:1616 Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah. 6:1717 You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you. 6:1818 Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers, 6:1919 driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said. 6:2020 In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?” 6:2121 then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 6:2222 Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household. 6:2323 But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers. 6:2424 And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day. 6:2525 And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
Deuteronomy 7
7:11 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— 7:22 and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. 7:33 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 7:44 because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. 7:55 Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire. 7:66 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. 7:77 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. 7:88 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 7:99 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments. 7:1010 But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him. 7:1111 So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day. 7:1212 If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers. 7:1313 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you. 7:1414 You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock. 7:1515 And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you. 7:1616 You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you. 7:1717 You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?” 7:1818 But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt: 7:1919 the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear. 7:2020 Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished. 7:2121 Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. 7:2222 The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you. 7:2323 But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed. 7:2424 He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them. 7:2525 You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God. 7:2626 And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
Deuteronomy 8
8:11 You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers. 8:22 Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments. 8:33 He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. 8:44 Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. 8:55 So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you. 8:66 Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him. 8:77 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills; 8:88 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; 8:99 a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper. 8:1010 When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you. 8:1111 Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day. 8:1212 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell, 8:1313 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied, 8:1414 then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 8:1515 He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint. 8:1616 He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper. 8:1717 You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.” 8:1818 But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day. 8:1919 If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish. 8:2020 Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 9
9:11 Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens. 9:22 The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?” 9:33 But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you. 9:44 When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness. 9:55 It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 9:66 Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people. 9:77 Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD. 9:88 At Horeb you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you.At Horeb you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you. 9:99 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water. 9:1010 Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly. 9:1111 And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant. 9:1212 And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.” 9:1313 The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people. 9:1414 Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.” 9:1515 So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands. 9:1616 And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you. 9:1717 So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes. 9:1818 Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger. 9:1919 For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well. 9:2020 The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron. 9:2121 And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain. 9:2222 You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah. 9:2323 And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him. 9:2424 You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you. 9:2525 So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you. 9:2626 And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 9:2727 Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin. 9:2828 Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’ 9:2929 But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”
Deuteronomy 10
10:11 At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood. 10:22 And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.” 10:33 So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. 10:44 And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me, 10:55 and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained. 10:66 The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest. 10:77 From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water. 10:88 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day. 10:99 That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him. 10:1010 I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you. 10:1111 Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.” 10:1212 And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 10:1313 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good? 10:1414 Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it. 10:1515 Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day. 10:1616 Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more. 10:1717 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe. 10:1818 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. 10:1919 So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. 10:2020 You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name. 10:2121 He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen. 10:2222 Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Deuteronomy 11
11:11 You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. 11:22 Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm; 11:33 the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land;the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land; 11:44 what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day; 11:55 what He did for you in the wilderness until you reached this place;what He did for you in the wilderness until you reached this place; 11:66 and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them. 11:77 For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done. 11:88 You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 11:99 and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. 11:1010 For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden. 11:1111 But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven. 11:1212 It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year. 11:1313 So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, 11:1414 then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil. 11:1515 And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied. 11:1616 But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods, 11:1717 or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you. 11:1818 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 11:1919 Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 11:2020 Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates, 11:2121 so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers. 11:2222 For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him— 11:2323 then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you. 11:2424 Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea. 11:2525 No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you. 11:2626 See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse— 11:2727 a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today, 11:2828 but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known. 11:2929 When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. 11:3030 Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh? 11:3131 For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you take possession of it and settle in it,For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you take possession of it and settle in it, 11:3232 be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.
Deuteronomy 12
12:11 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess. 12:22 Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. 12:33 Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place. 12:44 You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way. 12:55 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. 12:66 To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks. 12:77 There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you. 12:88 You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes. 12:99 For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you. 12:1010 When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely, 12:1111 then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD. 12:1212 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you. 12:1313 Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see; 12:1414 you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you.you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you. 12:1515 But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer, 12:1616 but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water. 12:1717 Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts. 12:1818 Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do, 12:1919 and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land. 12:2020 When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want. 12:2121 If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want. 12:2222 Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it. 12:2323 Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat. 12:2424 You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water. 12:2525 Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD. 12:2626 But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose. 12:2727 Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat. 12:2828 Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God. 12:2929 When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land, 12:3030 be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.” 12:3131 You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods. 12:3232 See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
Deuteronomy 13
13:11 If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, 13:22 and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,” 13:33 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 13:44 You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him. 13:55 Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you. 13:66 If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known, 13:77 the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other),the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other), 13:88 you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him. 13:99 Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people. 13:1010 Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 13:1111 Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you. 13:1212 If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it saidIf, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said 13:1313 that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known), 13:1414 then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you, 13:1515 you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock. 13:1616 And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt. 13:1717 Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers, 13:1818 because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 14
14:11 You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead, 14:22 for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. 14:33 You must not eat any detestable thing.You must not eat any detestable thing. 14:44 These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat, 14:55 the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. 14:66 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud. 14:77 But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you, 14:88 as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass. 14:99 Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales, 14:1010 but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you. 14:1111 You may eat any clean bird,You may eat any clean bird, 14:1212 but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 14:1313 the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite, 14:1414 any kind of raven,any kind of raven, 14:1515 the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, 14:1616 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, 14:1717 the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant, 14:1818 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat. 14:1919 All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. 14:2020 But you may eat any clean bird.But you may eat any clean bird. 14:2121 You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk. 14:2222 You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields. 14:2323 And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. 14:2424 But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away, 14:2525 then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose. 14:2626 Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household. 14:2727 And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you. 14:2828 At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates. 14:2929 Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
Deuteronomy 15
15:11 At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. 15:22 This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed. 15:33 You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you. 15:44 There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, 15:55 if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today. 15:66 When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none. 15:77 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. 15:88 Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs. 15:99 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. 15:1010 Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand. 15:1111 For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land. 15:1212 If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free. 15:1313 And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed. 15:1414 You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you. 15:1515 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today. 15:1616 But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you, 15:1717 then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way. 15:1818 Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do. 15:1919 You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock. 15:2020 Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose. 15:2121 But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God. 15:2222 Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer. 15:2323 But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
Deuteronomy 16
16:11 Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. 16:22 You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. 16:33 You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. 16:44 No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning. 16:55 You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you. 16:66 You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt. 16:77 And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents. 16:88 For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work. 16:99 You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain. 16:1010 And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you, 16:1111 and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. 16:1212 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes. 16:1313 You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. 16:1414 And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. 16:1515 For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete. 16:1616 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed. 16:1717 Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. 16:1818 You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment. 16:1919 Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. 16:2020 Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 16:2121 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God, 16:2222 and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.
Deuteronomy 17
17:11 You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God. 17:22 If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenantIf a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant 17:33 and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden— 17:44 and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel, 17:55 you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death. 17:66 On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness. 17:77 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you. 17:88 If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose. 17:99 You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case. 17:1010 You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you, 17:1111 according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you. 17:1212 But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel. 17:1313 Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly. 17:1414 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” 17:1515 you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers. 17:1616 But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’ 17:1717 He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold. 17:1818 When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. 17:1919 It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes. 17:2020 Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
Deuteronomy 18
18:11 The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance.The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance. 18:22 Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them. 18:33 This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach. 18:44 You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock. 18:55 For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time. 18:66 Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose, 18:77 then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD. 18:88 They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate. 18:99 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. 18:1010 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery, 18:1111 casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead. 18:1212 For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you. 18:1313 You must be blameless before the LORD your God.You must be blameless before the LORD your God. 18:1414 Though these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.Though these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so. 18:1515 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him. 18:1616 This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!” 18:1717 Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well. 18:1818 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. 18:1919 And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name. 18:2020 But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.” 18:2121 You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?” 18:2222 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
Deuteronomy 19
19:11 When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses, 19:22 then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess. 19:33 You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities. 19:44 Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him: 19:55 If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life. 19:66 Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm. 19:77 This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities. 19:88 And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them, 19:99 and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three. 19:1010 Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed. 19:1111 If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities, 19:1212 the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die. 19:1313 You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you. 19:1414 You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess. 19:1515 A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. 19:1616 If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, 19:1717 both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time. 19:1818 The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother, 19:1919 you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you. 19:2020 Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you. 19:2121 You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
Deuteronomy 20
20:11 When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you. 20:22 When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army, 20:33 saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them. 20:44 For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.” 20:55 Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it. 20:66 Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit. 20:77 Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.” 20:88 Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.” 20:99 When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it. 20:1010 When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace. 20:1111 If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you. 20:1212 But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city. 20:1313 When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword. 20:1414 But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you. 20:1515 This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby. 20:1616 However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes. 20:1717 For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you, 20:1818 so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God. 20:1919 When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them? 20:2020 But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
Deuteronomy 21
21:11 If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him, 21:22 your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities. 21:33 Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work, 21:44 bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream. 21:55 And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault. 21:66 Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken, 21:77 and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. 21:88 Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for. 21:99 So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD. 21:1010 When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive, 21:1111 if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife, 21:1212 then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails, 21:1313 and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. 21:1414 And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her. 21:1515 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son, 21:1616 when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife. 21:1717 Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him. 21:1818 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, 21:1919 his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown, 21:2020 and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” 21:2121 Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid. 21:2222 If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree, 21:2323 you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 22
22:11 If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother. 22:22 If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him. 22:33 And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it. 22:44 If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up. 22:55 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God. 22:66 If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young. 22:77 You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. 22:88 If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it. 22:99 Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard. 22:1010 Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together. 22:1111 Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together. 22:1212 You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear. 22:1313 Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her, 22:1414 and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.” 22:1515 Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gateThen the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate 22:1616 and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her. 22:1717 And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders. 22:1818 Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him. 22:1919 They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives. 22:2020 If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found, 22:2121 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you. 22:2222 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel. 22:2323 If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her, 22:2424 you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you. 22:2525 But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die. 22:2626 Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him. 22:2727 When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her. 22:2828 If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered, 22:2929 then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives. 22:3030 A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.
Deuteronomy 23
23:11 No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD. 23:22 No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation. 23:33 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation. 23:44 For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you. 23:55 Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you. 23:66 You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live. 23:77 Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land. 23:88 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD. 23:99 When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing. 23:1010 If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside. 23:1111 When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp. 23:1212 You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself. 23:1313 And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement. 23:1414 For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you. 23:1515 Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you. 23:1616 Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him. 23:1717 No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute. 23:1818 You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God. 23:1919 Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan. 23:2020 You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess. 23:2121 If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. 23:2222 But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin.But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin. 23:2323 Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth. 23:2424 When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket. 23:2525 When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
Deuteronomy 24
24:11 If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house. 24:22 If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife, 24:33 and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies, 24:44 then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. 24:55 If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married. 24:66 Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security. 24:77 If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you. 24:88 In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. 24:99 Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt. 24:1010 When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security. 24:1111 You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you. 24:1212 If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; 24:1313 be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God. 24:1414 Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. 24:1515 You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. 24:1616 Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin. 24:1717 Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security. 24:1818 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this. 24:1919 If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 24:2020 When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. 24:2121 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. 24:2222 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
Deuteronomy 25
25:11 If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned. 25:22 If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants. 25:33 He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight. 25:44 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain. 25:55 When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her. 25:66 The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel. 25:77 But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.” 25:88 Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,” 25:99 his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.” 25:1010 And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.” 25:1111 If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals, 25:1212 you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity. 25:1313 You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. 25:1414 You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small. 25:1515 You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 25:1616 For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God. 25:1717 Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt, 25:1818 how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God. 25:1919 When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
Deuteronomy 26
26:11 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it, 26:22 you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name, 26:33 to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.” 26:44 Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God, 26:55 and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous. 26:66 But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor. 26:77 So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression. 26:88 Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders. 26:99 And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. 26:1010 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him. 26:1111 So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household. 26:1212 When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates. 26:1313 Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments. 26:1414 I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me.I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me. 26:1515 Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.” 26:1616 The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul. 26:1717 Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice. 26:1818 And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments, 26:1919 that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.
Deuteronomy 27
27:11 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today. 27:22 And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster. 27:33 Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. 27:44 And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to coat them with plaster.And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to coat them with plaster. 27:55 Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them. 27:66 You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God.You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God. 27:77 There you are to sacrifice your peace offerings, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God.There you are to sacrifice your peace offerings, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God. 27:88 And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.” 27:99 Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God. 27:1010 You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you today.”You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you today.” 27:1111 On that day Moses commanded the people:On that day Moses commanded the people: 27:1212 “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. 27:1313 And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 27:1414 Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite: 27:1515 ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 27:1616 ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 27:1717 ‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 27:1818 ‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 27:1919 ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 27:2020 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 27:2121 ‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 27:2222 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 27:2323 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 27:2424 ‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 27:2525 ‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 27:2626 ‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 28
28:11 “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. 28:22 And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: 28:33 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. 28:44 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. 28:55 Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed. 28:66 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. 28:77 The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven. 28:88 The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you. 28:99 The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. 28:1010 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you. 28:1111 The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. 28:1212 The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none. 28:1313 The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today. 28:1414 Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them. 28:1515 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: 28:1616 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. 28:1717 Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. 28:1818 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks. 28:1919 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out. 28:2020 The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him. 28:2121 The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess. 28:2222 The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish. 28:2323 The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. 28:2424 The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. 28:2525 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 28:2626 Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away. 28:2727 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured. 28:2828 The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind, 28:2929 and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you. 28:3030 You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit. 28:3131 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you. 28:3232 Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand. 28:3333 A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed. 28:3434 You will be driven mad by the sights you see.You will be driven mad by the sights you see. 28:3535 The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head. 28:3636 The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone. 28:3737 You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you. 28:3838 You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it. 28:3939 You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. 28:4040 You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off. 28:4141 You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity. 28:4242 Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land. 28:4343 The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower. 28:4444 He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail. 28:4545 All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you. 28:4646 These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever. 28:4747 Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance, 28:4848 you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. 28:4949 The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand, 28:5050 a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young. 28:5151 They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish. 28:5252 They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you. 28:5353 Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you. 28:5454 The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived, 28:5555 refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates. 28:5656 The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughterThe most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter 28:5757 the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates. 28:5858 If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God— 28:5959 He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses. 28:6060 He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you. 28:6161 The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed. 28:6262 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God. 28:6363 Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess. 28:6464 Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known. 28:6565 Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul. 28:6666 So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival. 28:6767 In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see. 28:6868 The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
Deuteronomy 29
29:11 These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb. 29:22 Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land. 29:33 You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders. 29:44 Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear. 29:55 For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out. 29:66 You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God. 29:77 When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them. 29:88 We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 29:99 So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do. 29:1010 All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel, 29:1111 your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water— 29:1212 so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath, 29:1313 and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 29:1414 I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you, 29:1515 but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today.but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today. 29:1616 For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here.For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here. 29:1717 You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold. 29:1818 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit, 29:1919 because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. 29:2020 The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heavenThe LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven 29:2121 and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law. 29:2222 Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it. 29:2323 All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger. 29:2424 So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’ 29:2525 And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. 29:2626 They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them. 29:2727 Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book.Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book. 29:2828 The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’ 29:2929 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.
Deuteronomy 30
30:11 “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you, 30:22 and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today, 30:33 then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you. 30:44 Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there. 30:55 And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers.And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers. 30:66 The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. 30:77 Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you. 30:88 And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today. 30:99 So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers,So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers, 30:1010 if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30:1111 For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 30:1212 It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’ 30:1313 And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’ 30:1414 But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it. 30:1515 See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, as well as death and disaster.See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, as well as death and disaster. 30:1616 For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. 30:1717 But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 30:1818 I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. 30:1919 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live, 30:2020 and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Deuteronomy 31
31:11 When Moses had finished speaking these words to all Israel,When Moses had finished speaking these words to all Israel, 31:22 he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’ 31:33 The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said. 31:44 And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, when He destroyed them along with their land.And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, when He destroyed them along with their land. 31:55 The LORD will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you.The LORD will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you. 31:66 Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.” 31:77 Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance. 31:88 The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.” 31:99 So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. 31:1010 Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles, 31:1111 when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel. 31:1212 Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law. 31:1313 Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.” 31:1414 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting. 31:1515 Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent. 31:1616 And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them. 31:1717 On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’ 31:1818 And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods. 31:1919 Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them. 31:2020 When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant. 31:2121 And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.” 31:2222 So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites. 31:2323 Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.” 31:2424 When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end, 31:2525 he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD: 31:2626 “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you. 31:2727 For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death! 31:2828 Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them. 31:2929 For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.” 31:3030 Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:
Deuteronomy 32
32:11 Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 32:22 Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants. 32:33 For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God! 32:44 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He. 32:55 His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the blemish on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the blemish on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation. 32:66 Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you? 32:77 Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you. 32:88 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. 32:99 But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance. 32:1010 He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. 32:1111 As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions. 32:1212 The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him. 32:1313 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag, 32:1414 with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine. 32:1515 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation. 32:1616 They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. 32:1717 They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear. 32:1818 You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth. 32:1919 When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters. 32:2020 He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness. 32:2121 They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding. 32:2222 For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains. 32:2323 I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them. 32:2424 They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust. 32:2525 Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man. 32:2626 I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind, 32:2727 if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’” 32:2828 Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them. 32:2929 If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate. 32:3030 How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up? 32:3131 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede. 32:3232 But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter. 32:3333 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras. 32:3434 “Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults? 32:3535 Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.” 32:3636 For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free. 32:3737 He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge, 32:3838 which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter! 32:3939 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand. 32:4040 For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever, 32:4141 when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. 32:4242 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.” 32:4343 Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people. 32:4444 Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 32:4545 When Moses had finished reciting all these words to all Israel,When Moses had finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 32:4646 he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law. 32:4747 For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.” 32:4848 On that same day the LORD said to Moses,On that same day the LORD said to Moses, 32:4949 “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession. 32:5050 And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. 32:5151 For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence. 32:5252 Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”
Deuteronomy 33
33:11 This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death. 33:22 He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand. 33:33 Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words— 33:44 the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob. 33:55 So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together. 33:66 Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.” 33:77 And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.” 33:88 Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah. 33:99 He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant. 33:1010 He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar. 33:1111 Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.” 33:1212 Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.” 33:1313 Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath, 33:1414 with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons, 33:1515 with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills, 33:1616 with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers. 33:1717 His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.” 33:1818 Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents. 33:1919 They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.” 33:2020 Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head. 33:2121 He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.” 33:2222 Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.” 33:2323 Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.” 33:2424 And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil. 33:2525 May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.” 33:2626 “There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty. 33:2727 The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’ 33:2828 So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew. 33:2929 Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
Deuteronomy 34
34:11 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan, 34:22 all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, 34:33 the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar. 34:44 And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.” 34:55 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said. 34:66 And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave. 34:77 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished. 34:88 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end. 34:99 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses. 34:1010 Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face— 34:1111 no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land,no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land, 34:1212 and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.