Love the LORD your God and keep his reqyirements , hos decrees, his laws and his commands always.
Remember today that yoyr children were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the LORD your God: his majesty , his mighty hand, his outstetched arm;
thesigns he performed and the things he did in the heart of Egypt, both to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his whole country;
what he did to the Egyptiand army, to iits horse and chariots , how he overwhalmed them with the waters of the Red Sea as they were pursuing you, and how the LORD brought lasting ruin on them.
It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the desert until you arrived at this place,
and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliabthe Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth right in the middle of all Israel and swallowed them up with their households, their tents and every living thimf that belonged to them.
But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the LORD has done.
Observe therfore all the cmmands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,
and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your forefathers to gove to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milke and honey.
The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you planted your seed and irigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden.
But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven
It is a land the LORD your God cares for; the eyes of the LORD your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.
So if you faithfully obey the commnds I am giving you today-to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul-
then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil.
I wull provide grass in the fiedls for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied,
Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them
Then the LORD's anger will burn against you, and he will shut the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you.
Fix these wotds of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road. when you lie down and when you get up/
Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,
so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land that the LORD swore to give your forefathers, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.
If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow- to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways and to hold fast to him-
then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will disposess nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.
Every place where you set your foot will be yours; Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Eyphrates River to the western sea.
No man will be able to stand against you. The LORD your God, as he promised you, will put the terror and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.
See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse-
the blessing of you obey the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today;
the curse if you disobey the commands of the LORD your God and turn from the way that I command you tody following other gods, which you have not known.
When the LORD your God has brought you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim on Mount Gerizem the blessings, and on Mount Ebal the curses.
As you know, these mountains are across the Jordan, west of the road, toward the setting sun, near the great threes of Moreh, in the territory of those Canaanites living in the Arabah in the vicinity of Gilgal.
You are about to cross the Jordan to enter and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you. When you have taken it over and are living you. When you have taken it over and are living there,
be sure that you obey all the decrees and laws I am setting before you today.
Deuteronomy 12
These are the decrees and laws you must be careful to follow in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess-as long as you live in the land.
Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains and on the hills and under every spreading tree where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods.
Break down their altars , smash their sacred stones and burn their Asherah poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names from those places.
You must not worship the LORD your God in their way.
But you are to seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go;
there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your gamilies shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
You are not to do as we do here today, everyone as he sees fit,
since you have not yet reached the resting place and the inheritance the LORD your God is giveing you.
But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance and he will give you rest from all your enemies around you so that you will live in safety.
Then to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name-there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vi=owed to the LORD,
And there reioice before the LORD your God, you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levites from your towns, who have no allotement or inheritance of their own.
Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please.
Offer them only at the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribes and there oberve everything I command you.
Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as gazelle or deer, according to the blessing the LORD your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clan may eat it.
But you must not eat the blood" pour it out on the ground like water.
You must not eat in your own towns the tithe of your grain and new wine and oil, or the first born of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
Instead, you are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose- you, your sons and daughters, your mensevants and maidservant, and the Levites from your towns-and you are to rejoice before the LORD your God in everything you put your hand to.
Be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
When the LORD your God has enlarged your territory as he promised you, and you crave meat and say,"I would like some meat," then you may eat as much of it as you want.
If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put his Name is too far away from the herds and flocks the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and in your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want
Eat them as you would gazelle or deer, Both the ceremonailly inclean and the clean may eat.
But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.
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.
But take your consecrated things and whatever you have vowed to give, and go to the place the LORD will choose.
Present your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God, both the meat and the blood. The blood of your sacrifices must be poured beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.
Be careful to obey all these regulations I am giving 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.
The LORD your God will cut off before you the nations you are about to invade and dispossess. But when you have driven them out and settled in their land.
and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to beensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying ,"How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same."
You must not worship the LORD your God in their way, because in worship their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
See that you do all command you; do not add to it or take away from it.
Deuteornomy 13
If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder,
and of the sign or wonder of whicj he has spoken takes place, and he says, "Let us fol;l;ow other gods"(gods you have not known)"and let us worship them,"
you must not irsten to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him
That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeende you from the land of slvery; he has tried to turn manded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closet friend secretly entices you,s aying,"Let us go and worship other gods"(gods that neither you nor your fathers have known,
gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other)
do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, Do not wpare him or shield him
You must certainly put him to death. Your hand must be the first in putting him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
Stone him to death, because he tried to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
Then all Isreal will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing against
If you hear it said about one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you to live in
that wicked men have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying,"Let us go and worship other gods"(gods you have not known)
then you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly. And if it is true and it has been done among you,
you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. Destroy it completely, both its people and its livestock.
Gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God, It is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt.
None of those condemned things shall be found in your hands , so that the LORD will turn from his fierce anger, he will show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your forefathers
because you obey the LORD your God. keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes.
Deuteronomy 14
You are the children of the LORD your God, Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,
for you are a people holy to the LORD your God, Out of all the on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his treasured possession.
Do not eat any detestable thing.
Theses are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
the deer, the gazelle, the toe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep.
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
However , of theose that chew the cud or that have a split hoof completely divied you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the coney, Although they chew the cud, they do not have a split hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you.
The pig is also unclean; although it has a spliit hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.
Of all the creatures living in the water, youmay eat any that has fins and scales.
But anything that does not have fins and scales you may mit eat; for you it is unclean.
You may eat any clean bird.
But these you may not eat; the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture.
the red kite, the blacj kitem any kind of falcon,
any kind of raven,
the horned owl, the screech owl. the gull, any kind of hawk
the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
the desert owl, the osprey , the comorant.
the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
All flying insects that swarm are unclean to your ;do not eat them.
But any winged creature that is clan you may eat.
Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to an alien living in any of your towns , and he may eat it. or you may sell it to a foreifner. But yoy are a people holy to the LORD your God, Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk
Be sur to set aside a tneth of all that your fields produce each year.
Eat the tithe 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 revere the LORD your God always.
But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the LORD your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the LORD will choose to put his Name is so far away)
then exchange your tithe for silver ,and take the silver with you and go to the place the LOPRD your God will choose.y whatever you like: cattle, sheep wine or other fermented drink,or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice.
Use the silver to buy whatever you like:cattle, sheep,wine or other fermented drink,or anything you wish , Then you and your household shall eat there in the presenbce of the LORD your God and rejoice.
And do not negled the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.
At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year's produce and store it in your towns,
so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the LORD you God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
Deuteronomy 15
At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.
This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel the loan he has made to his fellow Israelite. He shall not require payment from his fellow Israelite or brother, because the LORDs time for canceling debts has been proclaimed.
You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your brother owes you.
However, there should be no pooe among you, for in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you,
if only you fully obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today,
For the LORD your God will bless you as he has promised and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none . You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you.
If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the fowns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother
Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whaever he needs.
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought," The seventh year, the year for canceling debts , is near," so that you do not show ill will toward your needy brother and give him nothing. He may then appeal to the LORD aginst you, and you will be found guilty of sin.
Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heartl then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to
There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.
If a fellow Hebrew , a man or a woman sells himself to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year you must let him go free.
And when you release him,do not send him away empty -handed.
Supply him liberally from your flock. your threshing floor and your winepress. Give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you. That is why I give you this commaded today.
But if your servant says to you."I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your family and is well off with you,
then take an awl and push it through his ear lobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your maidservan
Do not consider it a hardship to set your sevant free, because his service to you these six years has been worth twoce as much as that of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.
Set apart for the LORD your God every first born male of your herds and flocks. Do not put the forstborn of your oxen to work, and do not shear the firstborn of your sheep.
Each year you and your family are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose.
If an anomal has a defect, is lame or blind , or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
You are to eat it in your own towns . Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it, as if it were gazelle or deer.
But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.
Deuteronomy 16
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover of the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib he brought you out of Egypt by night
Sacrifice a sthe Passover to the LORD your God an animal from you flock or herd at the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for his Name'
Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat anleavened bread, the bread of affiction, because you left Egypt in haste- so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.
Let no yeast ne found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until morning.
You must niot sacrifice the Passover in any town the LORD your God gives you.
except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the everning when the sun goes down, on the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.
Roast it and eat it at the place the LORD your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents.
For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly to the LORD your God and do no work.
Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grian,
Then celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the LORD your God has given you.
And rejoice before the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name- you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, the Levites in your towns , and the aliens, the fatherless and the widows living among you.
Remember that you were slaves in Eghypt, and follow carefully these decrees.
Celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.
Be joyful at your Feast- you , your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levites, the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.
For seven days celebrate the Feast to the LORD your God at the place the LORD will choose. For the LORD your God will bless the LORD will choose. For the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.
Three times a year all your men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose; at the Feast of Unleacvened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles. No man should appear before the LORD emptyhanded:
Each of you must bring a gift in proiportion to the way the LORD your God has blessed you.
Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the LORD your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.
Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accelpt a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous
Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build to the LORD yiur Goid,
and do not erect a sacred stone, for these the LORD your God hates.
Deuteronomy 17.
Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep that has any defect or flaw in it, for that would be detestable to him.
If a man or woman living among you in one of the towns the LORD gives you is found doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God in violation of his covennat.
and contray to my command hs worshiped other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or the moon or the stars of the sky,
and this has been brought to your attention , then you must investigate it thoroughly, If it is true and it has been done in Israel
take the man or woman who has done this eveil deed to your cith gate ans stone that person to death.
On the testimoney of two or three withness a man shall be put to death, but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
The hands of the wittness must be the first in putting him to death, and then the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from among you.
If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge-wheteher bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults-take them to the place the LORD your God will choose .
Go to the priests, who are Levites, and to the judge who is in office at that thime, Inquire of the m and they will give you the verdict.
You must act according to the decisions they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they direct you to do.
Act according to the law they teach you and the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right or to the left
The man who shows contempt for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering there to the LORD your God must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
All the people will hear and be afraid , and will not be contemptuous again.
When you enter the land 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,"
be sure to appoint over you the king the LORD your God chooses. He must be from among your own brothers. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not a brother Israelite.
The king , moreover , must not acquire grat numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get mor of them, for the LORD has told you,"You are noit to go back that way again."
He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray . He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold
When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the priests who are Levites.
It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to rever the LORD his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees
and not consider himself better than his brothers and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel.
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