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3. But forty years after the Israelites left Egypt, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses addressed the people of Israel, telling them everything the LORD had commanded him to say.
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4. This took place after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated King Og of Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth.
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5. While the Israelites were in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, Moses carefully explained the LORD's instructions as follows.The Command to Leave Sinai
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5. While the Israelites were in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, Moses carefully explained the LORD's instructions as follows.
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The Command to Leave Sinai
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6. "When we were at Mount Sinai, the LORD our God said to us, 'You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
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7. It is time to break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring regions--the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western foothills, the Negev, and the coastal plain. Go to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, and all the way to the great Euphrates River.
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8. Look, I am giving all this land to you! Go in and occupy it, for it is the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to all their descendants.'"Moses Appoints Leaders from Each Tribe
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8. Look, I am giving all this land to you! Go in and occupy it, for it is the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to all their descendants.'"
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Moses Appoints Leaders from Each Tribe
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9. Moses continued, "At that time I told you, 'You are too great a burden for me to carry all by myself.
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10. The LORD your God has increased your population, making you as numerous as the stars!
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16. "At that time I instructed the judges, 'You must hear the cases of your fellow Israelites and the foreigners living among you. Be perfectly fair in your decisions
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17. and impartial in your judgments. Hear the cases of those who are poor as well as those who are rich. Don't be afraid of anyone's anger, for the decision you make is God's decision. Bring me any cases that are too difficult for you, and I will handle them.'
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18. "At that time I gave you instructions about everything you were to do.Scouts Explore the Land
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18. "At that time I gave you instructions about everything you were to do.
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Scouts Explore the Land
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19. "Then, just as the LORD our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and traveled through the great and terrifying wilderness, as you yourselves remember, and headed toward the hill country of the Amorites. When we arrived at Kadesh-barnea,
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20. I said to you, 'You have now reached the hill country of the Amorites that the LORD our God is giving us.
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46. So you stayed there at Kadesh for a long time.
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7. For the LORD your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He has watched your every step through this great wilderness. During these forty years, the LORD your God has been with you, and you have lacked nothing."'
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8. "So we bypassed the territory of our relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We avoided the road through the Arabah Valley that comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber.
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"Then as we turned north along the desert route through Moab,
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9. the LORD warned us, 'Do not bother the Moabites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I have given them Ar as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.'"
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10. (A race of giants called the Emites had once lived in the area of Ar. They were as strong and numerous and tall as the Anakites, another race of giants.
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23. A similar thing happened when the Caphtorites from Crete invaded and destroyed the Avvites, who had lived in villages in the area of Gaza.)
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24. Moses continued, "Then the LORD said, 'Now get moving! Cross the Arnon Gorge. Look, I will hand over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and I will give you his land. Attack him and begin to occupy the land.
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25. Beginning today I will make people throughout the earth terrified because of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear.'"Victory over Sihon of Heshbon
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25. Beginning today I will make people throughout the earth terrified because of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear.'"
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Victory over Sihon of Heshbon
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26. Moses continued, "From the wilderness of Kedemoth I sent ambassadors to King Sihon of Heshbon with this proposal of peace:
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37. However, we avoided the land of the Ammonites all along the Jabbok River and the towns in the hill country--all the places the LORD our God had commanded us to leave alone.
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8. "So we took the land of the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River--all the way from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon.
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9. (Mount Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians, and the Amorites call it Senir.)
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10. We had now conquered all the cities on the plateau and all Gilead and Bashan, as far as the towns of Salecah and Edrei, which were part of Og's kingdom in Bashan.
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11. (King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)Land Division East of the Jordan
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11. (King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)
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Land Division East of the Jordan
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12. "When we took possession of this land, I gave to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the territory beyond Aroer along the Arnon Gorge, plus half of the hill country of Gilead with its towns.
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13. Then I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan--Og's former kingdom--to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (This entire Argob region of Bashan used to be known as the land of the Rephaites.
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18. "At that time I gave this command to the tribes that would live east of the Jordan: 'Although the LORD your God has given you this land as your property, all your fighting men must cross the Jordan ahead of your Israelite relatives, armed and ready to assist them.
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19. Your wives, children, and numerous livestock, however, may stay behind in the towns I have given you.
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20. When the LORD has given security to the rest of the Israelites, as he has to you, and when they occupy the land the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan River, then you may all return here to the land I have given you.'Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land
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20. When the LORD has given security to the rest of the Israelites, as he has to you, and when they occupy the land the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan River, then you may all return here to the land I have given you.'
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Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land
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21. "At that time I gave Joshua this charge: 'You have seen for yourself everything the LORD your God has done to these two kings. He will do the same to all the kingdoms on the west side of the Jordan.
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22. Do not be afraid of the nations there, for the LORD your God will fight for you.'
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29. So we stayed in the valley near Beth-peor.
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11. "You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while flames from the mountain shot into the sky. The mountain was shrouded in black clouds and deep darkness.
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12. And the LORD spoke to you from the heart of the fire. You heard the sound of his words but didn't see his form; there was only a voice.
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13. He proclaimed his covenant--the Ten Commandments--which he commanded you to keep, and which he wrote on two stone tablets.
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14. It was at that time that the LORD commanded me to teach you his decrees and regulations so you would obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.A Warning against Idolatry
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14. It was at that time that the LORD commanded me to teach you his decrees and regulations so you would obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
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A Warning against Idolatry
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15. "But be very careful! You did not see the LORD's form on the day he spoke to you from the heart of the fire at Mount Sinai.
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16. So do not corrupt yourselves by making an idol in any form--whether of a man or a woman,
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29. But from there you will search again for the LORD your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.
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30. "In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the LORD your God and listen to what he tells you.
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31. For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.There Is Only One God
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31. For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.
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There Is Only One God
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32. "Now search all of history, from the time God created people on the earth until now, and search from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything as great as this ever been seen or heard before?
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33. Has any nation ever heard the voice of God speaking from fire--as you did--and survived?
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38. He drove out nations far greater than you, so he could bring you in and give you their land as your special possession, as it is today.
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39. "So remember this and keep it firmly in mind: The LORD is God both in heaven and on earth, and there is no other.
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40. If you obey all the decrees and commands I am giving you today, all will be well with you and your children. I am giving you these instructions so you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you for all time."Eastern Cities of Refuge
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40. If you obey all the decrees and commands I am giving you today, all will be well with you and your children. I am giving you these instructions so you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you for all time."
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Eastern Cities of Refuge
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41. Then Moses set apart three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River.
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42. Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.
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43. These were the cities: Bezer on the wilderness plateau for the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead for the tribe of Gad; Golan in Bashan for the tribe of Manasseh.Introduction to Moses' Second Address
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43. These were the cities: Bezer on the wilderness plateau for the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead for the tribe of Gad; Golan in Bashan for the tribe of Manasseh.
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Introduction to Moses' Second Address
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44. This is the body of instruction that Moses presented to the Israelites.
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45. These are the laws, decrees, and regulations that Moses gave to the people of Israel when they left Egypt,
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49. And they conquered the eastern bank of the Jordan River as far south as the Dead Sea, below the slopes of Pisgah.)
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33. Stay on the path that the LORD your God has commanded you to follow. Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
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25. For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands the LORD our God has given us.'
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26. Do not bring any detestable objects into your home, for then you will be destroyed, just like them. You must utterly detest such things, for they are set apart for destruction.
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20. Just as the LORD has destroyed other nations in your path, you also will be destroyed if you refuse to obey the LORD your God.
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4. "After the LORD your God has done this for you, don't say in your hearts, 'The LORD has given us this land because we are such good people!' No, it is because of the wickedness of the other nations that he is pushing them out of your way.
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5. It is not because you are so good or have such integrity that you are about to occupy their land. The LORD your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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6. You must recognize that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land because you are good, for you are not--you are a stubborn people.Remembering the Gold Calf
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6. You must recognize that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land because you are good, for you are not--you are a stubborn people.
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Remembering the Gold Calf
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7. "Remember and never forget how angry you made the LORD your God out in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have been constantly rebelling against him.
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8. Even at Mount Sinai you made the LORD so angry he was ready to destroy you.
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29. But they are your people and your special possession, whom you brought out of Egypt by your great strength and powerful arm.'
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9. That is why the Levites have no share of property or possession of land among the other Israelite tribes. The LORD himself is their special possession, as the LORD your God told them.)
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10. "As for me, I stayed on the mountain in the LORD's presence for forty days and nights, as I had done the first time. And once again the LORD listened to my pleas and agreed not to destroy you.
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11. Then the LORD said to me, 'Get up and resume the journey, and lead the people to the land I swore to give to their ancestors, so they may take possession of it.'A Call to Love and Obedience
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11. Then the LORD said to me, 'Get up and resume the journey, and lead the people to the land I swore to give to their ancestors, so they may take possession of it.'
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A Call to Love and Obedience
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12. "And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the LORD your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul.
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13. And you must always obey the LORD's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.
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22. When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!
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5. "Your children didn't see how the LORD cared for you in the wilderness until you arrived here.
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6. They didn't see what he did to Dathan and Abiram (the sons of Eliab, a descendant of Reuben) when the earth opened its mouth in the Israelite camp and swallowed them, along with their households and tents and every living thing that belonged to them.
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7. But you have seen the LORD perform all these mighty deeds with your own eyes!The Blessings of Obedience
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7. But you have seen the LORD perform all these mighty deeds with your own eyes!
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The Blessings of Obedience
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8. "Therefore, be careful to obey every command I am giving you today, so you may have strength to go in and take over the land you are about to enter.
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9. If you obey, you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and to you, their descendants--a land flowing with milk and honey!
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32. you must be careful to obey all the decrees and regulations I am giving you today.
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32. "So be careful to obey all the commands I give you. You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them.
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18. "The LORD your God will be merciful only if you listen to his voice and keep all his commands that I am giving you today, doing what pleases him.
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20. But you may eat any winged bird or insect that is ceremonially clean.
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21. "You must not eat anything that has died a natural death. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a stranger. But do not eat it yourselves, for you are set apart as holy to the LORD your God.
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"You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.The Giving of Tithes
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"You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
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The Giving of Tithes
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22. "You must set aside a tithe of your crops--one-tenth of all the crops you harvest each year.
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23. Bring this tithe to the designated place of worship--the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored--and eat it there in his presence. This applies to your tithes of grain, new wine, olive oil, and the firstborn males of your flocks and herds. Doing this will teach you always to fear the LORD your God.
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29. Give it to the Levites, who will receive no allotment of land among you, as well as to the foreigners living among you, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, so they can eat and be satisfied. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all your work.
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8. Instead, be generous and lend them whatever they need.
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9. Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year for canceling debts is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the LORD, you will be considered guilty of sin.
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10. Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.
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11. There will always be some in the land who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.Release for Hebrew Slaves
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11. There will always be some in the land who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.
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Release for Hebrew Slaves
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12. "If a fellow Hebrew sells himself or herself to be your servant and serves you for six years, in the seventh year you must set that servant free.
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16. "But suppose your servant says, 'I will not leave you,' because he loves you and your family, and he has done well with you.
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17. In that case, take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door. After that, he will be your servant for life. And do the same for your female servants.
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18. "You must not consider it a hardship when you release your servants. Remember that for six years they have given you services worth double the wages of hired workers, and the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.Sacrificing Firstborn Male Animals
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18. "You must not consider it a hardship when you release your servants. Remember that for six years they have given you services worth double the wages of hired workers, and the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
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Sacrificing Firstborn Male Animals
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19. "You must set aside for the LORD your God all the firstborn males from your flocks and herds. Do not use the firstborn of your herds to work your fields, and do not shear the firstborn of your flocks.
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20. Instead, you and your family must eat these animals in the presence of the LORD your God each year at the place he chooses.
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23. But you must not consume the blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water.
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5. "You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.
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6. You must offer it only at the designated place of worship--the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored. Sacrifice it there in the evening as the sun goes down on the anniversary of your exodus from Egypt.
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7. Roast the lamb and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses. Then you may go back to your tents the next morning.
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8. For the next six days you may not eat any bread made with yeast. On the seventh day proclaim another holy day in honor of the LORD your God, and no work may be done on that day.The Festival of Harvest
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8. For the next six days you may not eat any bread made with yeast. On the seventh day proclaim another holy day in honor of the LORD your God, and no work may be done on that day.
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The Festival of Harvest
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9. "Count off seven weeks from when you first begin to cut the grain at the time of harvest.
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10. Then celebrate the Festival of Harvest to honor the LORD your God. Bring him a voluntary offering in proportion to the blessings you have received from him.
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11. This is a time to celebrate before the LORD your God at the designated place of worship he will choose for his name to be honored. Celebrate with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you.
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12. Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, so be careful to obey all these decrees.The Festival of Shelters
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12. Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, so be careful to obey all these decrees.
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The Festival of Shelters
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13. "You must observe the Festival of Shelters for seven days at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed and the grapes have been pressed.
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14. This festival will be a happy time of celebrating with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows from your towns.
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15. For seven days you must celebrate this festival to honor the LORD your God at the place he chooses, for it is he who blesses you with bountiful harvests and gives you success in all your work. This festival will be a time of great joy for all.
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16. "Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. On each of these occasions, all men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he chooses, but they must not appear before the LORD without a gift for him.
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17. All must give as they are able, according to the blessings given to them by the LORD your God.Justice for the People
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17. All must give as they are able, according to the blessings given to them by the LORD your God.
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Justice for the People
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18. "Appoint judges and officials for yourselves from each of your tribes in all the towns the LORD your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.
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19. You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly.
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22. And never set up sacred pillars for worship, for the LORD your God hates them.
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@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
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10. You must carry out the verdict they announce and the sentence they prescribe at the place the LORD chooses. You must do exactly what they say.
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11. After they have interpreted the law and declared their verdict, the sentence they impose must be fully executed; do not modify it in any way.
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12. Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must die. In this way you will purge the evil from Israel.
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13. Then everyone else will hear about it and be afraid to act so arrogantly.Guidelines for a King
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13. Then everyone else will hear about it and be afraid to act so arrogantly.
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||||
|
||||
Guidelines for a King
|
||||
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||||
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||||
14. "You are about to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you. When you take it over and settle there, you may think, 'We should select a king to rule over us like the other nations around us.'
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15. If this happens, be sure to select as king the man the LORD your God chooses. You must appoint a fellow Israelite; he may not be a foreigner.
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@@ -26,3 +29,4 @@
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20. This regular reading will prevent him from becoming proud and acting as if he is above his fellow citizens. It will also prevent him from turning away from these commands in the smallest way. And it will ensure that he and his descendants will reign for many generations in Israel.
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@@ -10,14 +10,19 @@ Gifts for the Priests and Levites
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6. "Suppose a Levite chooses to move from his town in Israel, wherever he is living, to the place the LORD chooses for worship.
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7. He may minister there in the name of the LORD his God, just like all his fellow Levites who are serving the LORD there.
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||||
8. He may eat his share of the sacrifices and offerings, even if he also receives support from his family.A Call to Holy Living
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8. He may eat his share of the sacrifices and offerings, even if he also receives support from his family.
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||||
|
||||
A Call to Holy Living
|
||||
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||||
|
||||
9. "When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there.
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||||
10. For example, never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering. And do not let your people practice fortune-telling, or use sorcery, or interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft,
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11. or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead.
|
||||
12. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD. It is because the other nations have done these detestable things that the LORD your God will drive them out ahead of you.
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||||
13. But you must be blameless before the LORD your God.
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||||
14. The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the LORD your God forbids you to do such things."True and False Prophets
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14. The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the LORD your God forbids you to do such things."
|
||||
True and False Prophets
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||||
|
||||
15. Moses continued, "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.
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16. For this is what you yourselves requested of the LORD your God when you were assembled at Mount Sinai. You said, 'Don't let us hear the voice of the LORD our God anymore or see this blazing fire, for we will die.'
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||||
@@ -31,3 +36,4 @@ Gifts for the Priests and Levites
|
||||
22. If the prophet speaks in the LORD's name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that the LORD did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and need not be feared.
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||||
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||||
|
||||
|
||||
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||||
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ Cities of Refuge
|
||||
|
||||
11. "But suppose someone is hostile toward a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders him and then flees to one of the cities of refuge.
|
||||
12. In that case, the elders of the murderer's hometown must send agents to the city of refuge to bring him back and hand him over to the dead person's avenger to be put to death.
|
||||
13. Do not feel sorry for that murderer! Purge from Israel the guilt of murdering innocent people; then all will go well with you.Concern for Justice
|
||||
13. Do not feel sorry for that murderer! Purge from Israel the guilt of murdering innocent people; then all will go well with you.
|
||||
|
||||
Concern for Justice
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
14. "When you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession, you must never steal anyone's land by moving the boundary markers your ancestors set up to mark their property.
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -31,3 +34,4 @@ Cities of Refuge
|
||||
21. You must show no pity for the guilty! Your rule should be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Regulations concerning War
|
||||
20. You may only cut down trees that you know are not valuable for food. Use them to make the equipment you need to attack the enemy town until it falls.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -10,24 +10,37 @@ Cleansing for Unsolved Murder
|
||||
6. "The elders of the town must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken.
|
||||
7. Then they must say, 'Our hands did not shed this person's blood, nor did we see it happen.
|
||||
8. O LORD, forgive your people Israel whom you have redeemed. Do not charge your people with the guilt of murdering an innocent person.' Then they will be absolved of the guilt of this person's blood.
|
||||
9. By following these instructions, you will do what is right in the LORD's sight and will cleanse the guilt of murder from your community.Marriage to a Captive Woman
|
||||
9. By following these instructions, you will do what is right in the LORD's sight and will cleanse the guilt of murder from your community.
|
||||
|
||||
Marriage to a Captive Woman
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
10. "Suppose you go out to war against your enemies and the LORD your God hands them over to you, and you take some of them as captives.
|
||||
11. And suppose you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her and want to marry her.
|
||||
12. If this happens, you may take her to your home, where she must shave her head, cut her nails,
|
||||
13. and change the clothes she was wearing when she was captured. She will stay in your home, but let her mourn for her father and mother for a full month. Then you may marry her, and you will be her husband and she will be your wife.
|
||||
14. But if you marry her and she does not please you, you must let her go free. You may not sell her or treat her as a slave, for you have humiliated her.Rights of the Firstborn
|
||||
14. But if you marry her and she does not please you, you must let her go free. You may not sell her or treat her as a slave, for you have humiliated her.
|
||||
|
||||
Rights of the Firstborn
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
15. "Suppose a man has two wives, but he loves one and not the other, and both have given him sons. And suppose the firstborn son is the son of the wife he does not love.
|
||||
16. When the man divides his inheritance, he may not give the larger inheritance to his younger son, the son of the wife he loves, as if he were the firstborn son.
|
||||
17. He must recognize the rights of his oldest son, the son of the wife he does not love, by giving him a double portion. He is the first son of his father's virility, and the rights of the firstborn belong to him.Dealing with a Rebellious Son
|
||||
17. He must recognize the rights of his oldest son, the son of the wife he does not love, by giving him a double portion. He is the first son of his father's virility, and the rights of the firstborn belong to him.
|
||||
|
||||
Dealing with a Rebellious Son
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
18. "Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.
|
||||
19. In such a case, the father and mother must take the son to the elders as they hold court at the town gate.
|
||||
20. The parents must say to the elders, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a glutton and a drunkard.'
|
||||
21. Then all the men of his town must stone him to death. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.Various Regulations
|
||||
21. Then all the men of his town must stone him to death. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
|
||||
|
||||
Various Regulations
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
22. "If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is executed and hung on a tree,
|
||||
23. the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone who is hung is cursed in the sight of God. In this way, you will prevent the defilement of the land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
|
||||
|
||||
11. "You must not wear clothing made of wool and linen woven together.
|
||||
|
||||
12. "You must put four tassels on the hem of the cloak with which you cover yourself--on the front, back, and sides.Regulations for Sexual Purity
|
||||
12. "You must put four tassels on the hem of the cloak with which you cover yourself--on the front, back, and sides.
|
||||
|
||||
Regulations for Sexual Purity
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
13. "Suppose a man marries a woman, but after sleeping with her, he turns against her
|
||||
14. and publicly accuses her of shameful conduct, saying, 'When I married this woman, I discovered she was not a virgin.'
|
||||
@@ -46,3 +49,4 @@
|
||||
30. "A man must not marry his father's former wife, for this would violate his father.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ Regulations concerning Worship
|
||||
6. As long as you live, you must never promote the welfare and prosperity of the Ammonites or Moabites.
|
||||
|
||||
7. "Do not detest the Edomites or the Egyptians, because the Edomites are your relatives and you lived as foreigners among the Egyptians.
|
||||
8. The third generation of Edomites and Egyptians may enter the assembly of the LORD.Miscellaneous Regulations
|
||||
8. The third generation of Edomites and Egyptians may enter the assembly of the LORD.
|
||||
|
||||
Miscellaneous Regulations
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
9. "When you go to war against your enemies, be sure to stay away from anything that is impure.
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -39,3 +42,4 @@ Regulations concerning Worship
|
||||
25. And when you enter your neighbor's field of grain, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not harvest it with a sickle.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@
|
||||
22. Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. That is why I am giving you this command.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@
|
||||
19. Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies in the land he is giving you as a special possession, you must destroy the Amalekites and erase their memory from under heaven. Never forget this!
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Harvest Offerings and Tithes
|
||||
19. And if you do, he will set you high above all the other nations he has made. Then you will receive praise, honor, and renown. You will be a nation that is holy to the LORD your God, just as he promised."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ The Altar on Mount Ebal
|
||||
8. You must clearly write all these instructions on the stones coated with plaster."
|
||||
|
||||
9. Then Moses and the Levitical priests addressed all Israel as follows: "O Israel, be quiet and listen! Today you have become the people of the LORD your God.
|
||||
10. So you must obey the LORD your God by keeping all these commands and decrees that I am giving you today."Curses from Mount Ebal
|
||||
10. So you must obey the LORD your God by keeping all these commands and decrees that I am giving you today."
|
||||
Curses from Mount Ebal
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
11. That same day Moses also gave this charge to the people:
|
||||
12. "When you cross the Jordan River, the tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin must stand on Mount Gerizim to proclaim a blessing over the people.
|
||||
@@ -23,37 +25,49 @@ The Altar on Mount Ebal
|
||||
15. 'Cursed is anyone who carves or casts an idol and secretly sets it up. These idols, the work of craftsmen, are detestable to the LORD.'
|
||||
And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
16. 'Cursed is anyone who dishonors father or mother.'
|
||||
And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
17. 'Cursed is anyone who steals property from a neighbor by moving a boundary marker.'
|
||||
And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
18. 'Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road.'
|
||||
And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
19. 'Cursed is anyone who denies justice to foreigners, orphans, or widows.'
|
||||
And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
20. 'Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with one of his father's wives, for he has violated his father.'
|
||||
And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
21. 'Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with an animal.'
|
||||
And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
22. 'Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with his sister, whether she is the daughter of his father or his mother.'
|
||||
And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
23. 'Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with his mother-in-law.'
|
||||
And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
24. 'Cursed is anyone who attacks a neighbor in secret.'
|
||||
And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
25. 'Cursed is anyone who accepts payment to kill an innocent person.'
|
||||
And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
26. 'Cursed is anyone who does not affirm and obey the terms of these instructions.'
|
||||
And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -5,18 +5,28 @@ Blessings for Obedience
|
||||
2. You will experience all these blessings if you obey the LORD your God:
|
||||
|
||||
3. Your towns and your fields
|
||||
will be blessed.
|
||||
|
||||
will be blessed.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
4. Your children and your crops
|
||||
will be blessed.
|
||||
|
||||
will be blessed.
|
||||
|
||||
The offspring of your herds and flocks
|
||||
will be blessed.
|
||||
|
||||
will be blessed.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
5. Your fruit baskets and breadboards
|
||||
will be blessed.
|
||||
|
||||
will be blessed.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
6. Wherever you go and whatever you do,
|
||||
you will be blessed.
|
||||
you
|
||||
will be blessed.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
7. "The LORD will conquer your enemies when they attack you. They will attack you from one direction, but they will scatter from you in seven!
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -28,23 +38,36 @@ The offspring of your herds and flocks
|
||||
11. "The LORD will give you prosperity in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, blessing you with many children, numerous livestock, and abundant crops.
|
||||
12. The LORD will send rain at the proper time from his rich treasury in the heavens and will bless all the work you do. You will lend to many nations, but you will never need to borrow from them.
|
||||
13. If you listen to these commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.
|
||||
14. You must not turn away from any of the commands I am giving you today, nor follow after other gods and worship them.Curses for Disobedience
|
||||
14. You must not turn away from any of the commands I am giving you today, nor follow after other gods and worship them.
|
||||
|
||||
Curses for Disobedience
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
15. "But if you refuse to listen to the LORD your God and do not obey all the commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overwhelm you:
|
||||
|
||||
16. Your towns and your fields
|
||||
will be cursed.
|
||||
|
||||
will be cursed.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
17. Your fruit baskets and breadboards
|
||||
will be cursed.
|
||||
|
||||
will be cursed.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
18. Your children and your crops
|
||||
will be cursed.
|
||||
|
||||
will be cursed.
|
||||
|
||||
The offspring of your herds and flocks
|
||||
will be cursed.
|
||||
|
||||
will be cursed.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
19. Wherever you go and whatever you do,
|
||||
you will be cursed.
|
||||
you
|
||||
will be cursed.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
20. "The LORD himself will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in everything you do, until at last you are completely destroyed for doing evil and abandoning me.
|
||||
21. The LORD will afflict you with diseases until none of you are left in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
|
||||
@@ -108,3 +131,4 @@ The offspring of your herds and flocks
|
||||
68. Then the LORD will send you back to Egypt in ships, to a destination I promised you would never see again. There you will offer to sell yourselves to your enemies as slaves, but no one will buy you."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 29
|
||||
1. These are the terms of the covenant the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites while they were in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Mount Sinai.Moses Reviews the Covenant
|
||||
1. These are the terms of the covenant the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites while they were in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Mount Sinai.
|
||||
|
||||
Moses Reviews the Covenant
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
2. Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them, "You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to his whole country--
|
||||
3. all the great tests of strength, the miraculous signs, and the amazing wonders.
|
||||
@@ -40,3 +43,4 @@
|
||||
29. "The LORD our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ A Call to Return to the LORD
|
||||
8. Then you will again obey the LORD and keep all his commands that I am giving you today.
|
||||
|
||||
9. "The LORD your God will then make you successful in everything you do. He will give you many children and numerous livestock, and he will cause your fields to produce abundant harvests, for the LORD will again delight in being good to you as he was to your ancestors.
|
||||
10. The LORD your God will delight in you if you obey his voice and keep the commands and decrees written in this Book of Instruction, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.The Choice of Life or Death
|
||||
10. The LORD your God will delight in you if you obey his voice and keep the commands and decrees written in this Book of Instruction, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.
|
||||
|
||||
The Choice of Life or Death
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
11. "This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, and it is not beyond your reach.
|
||||
12. It is not kept in heaven, so distant that you must ask, 'Who will go up to heaven and bring it down so we can hear it and obey?'
|
||||
@@ -29,3 +32,4 @@ A Call to Return to the LORD
|
||||
20. You can make this choice by loving the LORD your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the LORD, you will live long in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -10,13 +10,17 @@ Joshua Becomes Israel's Leader
|
||||
6. So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the LORD your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you."
|
||||
|
||||
7. Then Moses called for Joshua, and as all Israel watched, he said to him, "Be strong and courageous! For you will lead these people into the land that the LORD swore to their ancestors he would give them. You are the one who will divide it among them as their grants of land.
|
||||
8. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you."Public Reading of the Book of Instruction
|
||||
8. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you."
|
||||
Public Reading of the Book of Instruction
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
9. So Moses wrote this entire body of instruction in a book and gave it to the priests, who carried the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, and to the elders of Israel.
|
||||
10. Then Moses gave them this command: "At the end of every seventh year, the Year of Release, during the Festival of Shelters,
|
||||
11. you must read this Book of Instruction to all the people of Israel when they assemble before the LORD your God at the place he chooses.
|
||||
12. Call them all together--men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns--so they may hear this Book of Instruction and learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions.
|
||||
13. Do this so that your children who have not known these instructions will hear them and will learn to fear the LORD your God. Do this as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy."Israel's Disobedience Predicted
|
||||
13. Do this so that your children who have not known these instructions will hear them and will learn to fear the LORD your God. Do this as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy."
|
||||
Israel's Disobedience Predicted
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
14. Then the LORD said to Moses, "The time has come for you to die. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tabernacle, so that I may commission him there." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tabernacle.
|
||||
15. And the LORD appeared to them in a pillar of cloud that stood at the entrance to the sacred tent.
|
||||
@@ -25,7 +29,8 @@ Joshua Becomes Israel's Leader
|
||||
17. Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be devoured. Terrible trouble will come down on them, and on that day they will say, 'These disasters have come down on us because God is no longer among us!'
|
||||
18. At that time I will hide my face from them on account of all the evil they commit by worshiping other gods.
|
||||
|
||||
19. "So write down the words of this song, and teach it to the people of Israel. Help them learn it, so it may serve as a witness for me against them.
|
||||
19. "So write down the words of this song, and teach it to the people of Israel.
|
||||
Help them learn it, so it may serve as a witness for me against them.
|
||||
20. For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors--a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat. But they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant.
|
||||
21. And when great disasters come down on them, this song will stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. I know the intentions of these people, even now before they have entered the land I swore to give them."
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -39,8 +44,11 @@ Joshua Becomes Israel's Leader
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27. For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Even now, while I am still alive and am here with you, you have rebelled against the LORD. How much more rebellious will you be after my death!
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28. "Now summon all the elders and officials of your tribes, so that I can speak to them directly and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
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29. I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and will turn from the way I have commanded you to follow. In the days to come, disaster will come down on you, for you will do what is evil in the LORD's sight, making him very angry with your actions."The Song of Moses
|
||||
29. I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and will turn from the way I have commanded you to follow. In the days to come, disaster will come down on you, for you will do what is evil in the LORD's sight, making him very angry with your actions."
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||||
The Song of Moses
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||||
|
||||
|
||||
30. So Moses recited this entire song publicly to the assembly of Israel:
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@@ -1,132 +1,215 @@
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||||
# Chapter 32
|
||||
1. "Listen, O heavens, and I will speak!
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||||
Hear, O earth, the words that I say!
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||||
|
||||
Hear, O earth, the words that I say!
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
2. Let my teaching fall on you like rain;
|
||||
let my speech settle like dew.
|
||||
|
||||
let my speech settle like dew.
|
||||
|
||||
Let my words fall like rain on tender grass,
|
||||
like gentle showers on young plants.
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||||
|
||||
like gentle showers on young plants.
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||||
|
||||
|
||||
3. I will proclaim the name of the LORD;
|
||||
how glorious is our God!
|
||||
|
||||
how glorious is our God!
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
4. He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect.
|
||||
Everything he does is just and fair.
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||||
|
||||
Everything he does is just and fair.
|
||||
|
||||
He is a faithful God who does no wrong;
|
||||
how just and upright he is!
|
||||
|
||||
how just and upright he is!
|
||||
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||||
|
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5. "But they have acted corruptly toward him;
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||||
when they act so perversely,
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|
||||
when they act so perversely,
|
||||
are they really his children?
|
||||
They are a deceitful and twisted generation.
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||||
|
||||
They are a deceitful and twisted generation.
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||||
|
||||
|
||||
6. Is this the way you repay the LORD,
|
||||
you foolish and senseless people?
|
||||
|
||||
you foolish and senseless people?
|
||||
Isn't he your Father who created you?
|
||||
Has he not made you and established you?
|
||||
|
||||
Has he not made you and established you?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
7. Remember the days of long ago;
|
||||
think about the generations past.
|
||||
|
||||
think about the generations past.
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||||
|
||||
Ask your father, and he will inform you.
|
||||
Inquire of your elders, and they will tell you.
|
||||
|
||||
Inquire of your elders, and they will tell you.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
8. When the Most High assigned lands to the nations,
|
||||
when he divided up the human race,
|
||||
|
||||
when he divided up the human race,
|
||||
he established the boundaries of the peoples
|
||||
according to the number in his heavenly court.
|
||||
|
||||
9. "For the people of Israel belong to the LORD;
|
||||
Jacob is his special possession.
|
||||
|
||||
Jacob is his special possession.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
10. He found them in a desert land,
|
||||
in an empty, howling wasteland.
|
||||
|
||||
in an empty, howling wasteland.
|
||||
|
||||
He surrounded them and watched over them;
|
||||
he guarded them as he would guard his own eyes.
|
||||
|
||||
11. Like an eagle that rouses her chicks
|
||||
and hovers over her young,
|
||||
|
||||
and hovers over her young,
|
||||
so he spread his wings to take them up
|
||||
and carried them safely on his pinions.
|
||||
|
||||
and carried them safely on his pinions.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
12. The LORD alone guided them;
|
||||
they followed no foreign gods.
|
||||
|
||||
they followed no foreign gods.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
13. He let them ride over the highlands
|
||||
and feast on the crops of the fields.
|
||||
|
||||
and feast on the crops of the fields.
|
||||
|
||||
He nourished them with honey from the rock
|
||||
and olive oil from the stony ground.
|
||||
|
||||
and olive oil from the stony ground.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
14. He fed them yogurt from the herd
|
||||
and milk from the flock,
|
||||
together with the fat of lambs.
|
||||
|
||||
and milk from the flock,
|
||||
|
||||
together with the fat of lambs.
|
||||
|
||||
He gave them choice rams from Bashan, and goats,
|
||||
together with the choicest wheat.
|
||||
|
||||
together with the choicest wheat.
|
||||
|
||||
You drank the finest wine,
|
||||
made from the juice of grapes.
|
||||
|
||||
made from the juice of grapes.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
15. "But Israel soon became fat and unruly;
|
||||
the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed!
|
||||
|
||||
the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed!
|
||||
Then they abandoned the God who had made them;
|
||||
they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
|
||||
|
||||
they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
16. They stirred up his jealousy by worshiping foreign gods;
|
||||
they provoked his fury with detestable deeds.
|
||||
|
||||
they provoked his fury with detestable deeds.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
17. They offered sacrifices to demons, which are not God,
|
||||
to gods they had not known before,
|
||||
|
||||
to gods they had not known before,
|
||||
to new gods only recently arrived,
|
||||
to gods their ancestors had never feared.
|
||||
|
||||
to gods their ancestors had never feared.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
18. You neglected the Rock who had fathered you;
|
||||
you forgot the God who had given you birth.
|
||||
|
||||
you forgot the God who had given you birth.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
19. "The LORD saw this and drew back,
|
||||
provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.
|
||||
|
||||
provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
20. He said, 'I will abandon them;
|
||||
then see what becomes of them.
|
||||
|
||||
then see what becomes of them.
|
||||
|
||||
For they are a twisted generation,
|
||||
children without integrity.
|
||||
|
||||
children without integrity.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
21. They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God;
|
||||
they have provoked my anger with their useless idols.
|
||||
|
||||
they have provoked my anger with their useless idols.
|
||||
|
||||
Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people;
|
||||
I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.
|
||||
|
||||
I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
22. For my anger blazes forth like fire
|
||||
and burns to the depths of the grave.
|
||||
|
||||
It devours the earth and all its crops
|
||||
and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
|
||||
|
||||
and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
23. I will heap disasters upon them
|
||||
and shoot them down with my arrows.
|
||||
|
||||
and shoot them down with my arrows.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
24. I will weaken them with famine,
|
||||
burning fever, and deadly disease.
|
||||
|
||||
burning fever, and deadly disease.
|
||||
|
||||
I will send the fangs of wild beasts
|
||||
and poisonous snakes that glide in the dust.
|
||||
|
||||
and poisonous snakes that glide in the dust.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
25. Outside, the sword will bring death,
|
||||
and inside, terror will strike
|
||||
|
||||
and inside, terror will strike
|
||||
both young men and young women,
|
||||
both infants and the aged.
|
||||
|
||||
both infants and the aged.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
26. I would have annihilated them,
|
||||
wiping out even the memory of them.
|
||||
|
||||
wiping out even the memory of them.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
27. But I feared the taunt of Israel's enemy,
|
||||
who might misunderstand and say,
|
||||
|
||||
who might misunderstand and say,
|
||||
"Our own power has triumphed!
|
||||
The LORD had nothing to do with this!"'
|
||||
|
||||
28. "But Israel is a senseless nation;
|
||||
the people are foolish, without understanding.
|
||||
|
||||
the people are foolish, without understanding.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
29. Oh, that they were wise and could understand this!
|
||||
Oh, that they might know their fate!
|
||||
|
||||
Oh, that they might know their fate!
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
30. How could one person chase a thousand of them,
|
||||
and two people put ten thousand to flight,
|
||||
|
||||
and two people put ten thousand to flight,
|
||||
unless their Rock had sold them,
|
||||
unless the LORD had given them up?
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -134,68 +217,106 @@ unless their Rock had sold them,
|
||||
as even they recognize.
|
||||
|
||||
32. Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom,
|
||||
from the vineyards of Gomorrah.
|
||||
|
||||
from the vineyards of Gomorrah.
|
||||
|
||||
Their grapes are poison,
|
||||
and their clusters are bitter.
|
||||
|
||||
and their clusters are bitter.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
33. Their wine is the venom of serpents,
|
||||
the deadly poison of cobras.
|
||||
|
||||
the deadly poison of cobras.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
34. "The LORD says, 'Am I not storing up these things,
|
||||
sealing them away in my treasury?
|
||||
|
||||
sealing them away in my treasury?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
35. I will take revenge; I will pay them back.
|
||||
In due time their feet will slip.
|
||||
|
||||
In due time their feet will slip.
|
||||
|
||||
Their day of disaster will arrive,
|
||||
and their destiny will overtake them.'
|
||||
|
||||
and their destiny will overtake them.'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
36. "Indeed, the LORD will give justice to his people,
|
||||
and he will change his mind about his servants,
|
||||
when he sees their strength is gone
|
||||
and no one is left, slave or free.
|
||||
|
||||
and no one is left, slave or free.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
37. Then he will ask, 'Where are their gods,
|
||||
the rocks they fled to for refuge?
|
||||
|
||||
the rocks they fled to for refuge?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
38. Where now are those gods,
|
||||
who ate the fat of their sacrifices
|
||||
and drank the wine of their offerings?
|
||||
|
||||
who ate the fat of their sacrifices
|
||||
|
||||
and drank the wine of their offerings?
|
||||
Let those gods arise and help you!
|
||||
Let them provide you with shelter!
|
||||
|
||||
Let them provide you with shelter!
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
39. Look now; I myself am he!
|
||||
There is no other god but me!
|
||||
|
||||
There is no other god but me!
|
||||
I am the one who kills and gives life;
|
||||
I am the one who wounds and heals;
|
||||
no one can be rescued from my powerful hand!
|
||||
|
||||
I am the one who wounds and heals;
|
||||
|
||||
no one can be rescued from my powerful hand!
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
40. Now I raise my hand to heaven
|
||||
and declare, "As surely as I live,
|
||||
|
||||
and declare, "As surely as I live,
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
41. when I sharpen my flashing sword
|
||||
and begin to carry out justice,
|
||||
|
||||
and begin to carry out justice,
|
||||
I will take revenge on my enemies
|
||||
and repay those who reject me.
|
||||
|
||||
and repay those who reject me.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
42. I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
|
||||
and my sword will devour flesh--
|
||||
|
||||
and my sword will devour flesh--
|
||||
the blood of the slaughtered and the captives,
|
||||
and the heads of the enemy leaders."'
|
||||
|
||||
and the heads of the enemy leaders."'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
43. "Rejoice with him, you heavens,
|
||||
and let all of God's angels worship him.
|
||||
|
||||
Rejoice with his people, you Gentiles,
|
||||
and let all the angels be strengthened in him.
|
||||
For he will avenge the blood of his children;
|
||||
he will take revenge against his enemies.
|
||||
|
||||
he will take revenge against his enemies.
|
||||
He will repay those who hate him
|
||||
and cleanse his people's land."
|
||||
|
||||
and cleanse his people's land."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
44. So Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people.
|
||||
|
||||
45. When Moses had finished reciting all these words to the people of Israel,
|
||||
46. he added: "Take to heart all the words of warning I have given you today. Pass them on as a command to your children so they will obey every word of these instructions.
|
||||
47. These instructions are not empty words--they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long life in the land you will occupy when you cross the Jordan River."Moses' Death Foretold
|
||||
47. These instructions are not empty words--they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long life in the land you will occupy when you cross the Jordan River."
|
||||
Moses' Death Foretold
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
48. That same day the LORD said to Moses,
|
||||
49. "Go to Moab, to the mountains east of the river, and climb Mount Nebo, which is across from Jericho. Look out across the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the people of Israel as their own special possession.
|
||||
@@ -204,3 +325,4 @@ He will repay those who hate him
|
||||
52. So you will see the land from a distance, but you may not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -6,139 +6,226 @@ Moses Blesses the People
|
||||
2. "The LORD came from Mount Sinai
|
||||
and dawned upon us from Mount Seir;
|
||||
he shone forth from Mount Paran
|
||||
and came from Meribah-kadesh
|
||||
|
||||
and came from Meribah-kadesh
|
||||
with flaming fire at his right hand.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Indeed, he loves his people;
|
||||
all his holy ones are in his hands.
|
||||
|
||||
all his holy ones are in his hands.
|
||||
|
||||
They follow in his steps
|
||||
and accept his teaching.
|
||||
|
||||
and accept his teaching.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
4. Moses gave us the LORD's instruction,
|
||||
the special possession of the people of Israel.
|
||||
|
||||
5. The LORD became king in Israel--
|
||||
when the leaders of the people assembled,
|
||||
when the tribes of Israel gathered as one."
|
||||
|
||||
when the leaders of the people assembled,
|
||||
|
||||
when the tribes of Israel gathered as one."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
6. Moses said this about the tribe of Reuben:
|
||||
"Let the tribe of Reuben live and not die out,
|
||||
though they are few in number."
|
||||
|
||||
though they are few in number."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
7. Moses said this about the tribe of Judah:
|
||||
"O LORD, hear the cry of Judah
|
||||
and bring them together as a people.
|
||||
|
||||
and bring them together as a people.
|
||||
|
||||
Give them strength to defend their cause;
|
||||
help them against their enemies!"
|
||||
|
||||
help them against their enemies!"
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
8. Moses said this about the tribe of Levi:
|
||||
"O LORD, you have given your Thummim and Urim--the sacred lots--
|
||||
to your faithful servants the Levites.
|
||||
|
||||
You put them to the test at Massah
|
||||
and struggled with them at the waters of Meribah.
|
||||
|
||||
and struggled with them at the waters of Meribah.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
9. The Levites obeyed your word
|
||||
and guarded your covenant.
|
||||
|
||||
and guarded your covenant.
|
||||
|
||||
They were more loyal to you
|
||||
than to their own parents.
|
||||
|
||||
than to their own parents.
|
||||
|
||||
They ignored their relatives
|
||||
and did not acknowledge their own children.
|
||||
|
||||
and did not acknowledge their own children.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
10. They teach your regulations to Jacob;
|
||||
they give your instructions to Israel.
|
||||
|
||||
they give your instructions to Israel.
|
||||
|
||||
They present incense before you
|
||||
and offer whole burnt offerings on the altar.
|
||||
|
||||
and offer whole burnt offerings on the altar.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
11. Bless the ministry of the Levites, O LORD,
|
||||
and accept all the work of their hands.
|
||||
|
||||
and accept all the work of their hands.
|
||||
|
||||
Hit their enemies where it hurts the most;
|
||||
strike down their foes so they never rise again."
|
||||
|
||||
strike down their foes so they never rise again."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
12. Moses said this about the tribe of Benjamin:
|
||||
"The people of Benjamin are loved by the LORD
|
||||
and live in safety beside him.
|
||||
|
||||
and live in safety beside him.
|
||||
|
||||
He surrounds them continuously
|
||||
and preserves them from every harm."
|
||||
|
||||
and preserves them from every harm."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
13. Moses said this about the tribes of Joseph:
|
||||
"May their land be blessed by the LORD
|
||||
with the precious gift of dew from the heavens
|
||||
and water from beneath the earth;
|
||||
|
||||
with the precious gift of dew from the heavens
|
||||
|
||||
and water from beneath the earth;
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
14. with the rich fruit that grows in the sun,
|
||||
and the rich harvest produced each month;
|
||||
|
||||
and the rich harvest produced each month;
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
15. with the finest crops of the ancient mountains,
|
||||
and the abundance from the everlasting hills;
|
||||
|
||||
and the abundance from the everlasting hills;
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
16. with the best gifts of the earth and its bounty,
|
||||
and the favor of the one who appeared in the burning bush.
|
||||
|
||||
and the favor of the one who appeared in the burning bush.
|
||||
|
||||
May these blessings rest on Joseph's head,
|
||||
crowning the brow of the prince among his brothers.
|
||||
|
||||
crowning the brow of the prince among his brothers.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
17. Joseph has the majesty of a young bull;
|
||||
he has the horns of a wild ox.
|
||||
|
||||
he has the horns of a wild ox.
|
||||
|
||||
He will gore distant nations,
|
||||
even to the ends of the earth.
|
||||
|
||||
even to the ends of the earth.
|
||||
|
||||
This is my blessing for the multitudes of Ephraim
|
||||
and the thousands of Manasseh."
|
||||
|
||||
and the thousands of Manasseh."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
18. Moses said this about the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar:
|
||||
"May the people of Zebulun prosper in their travels.
|
||||
May the people of Issachar prosper at home in their tents.
|
||||
|
||||
May the people of Issachar prosper at home in their tents.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
19. They summon the people to the mountain
|
||||
to offer proper sacrifices there.
|
||||
|
||||
to offer proper sacrifices there.
|
||||
|
||||
They benefit from the riches of the sea
|
||||
and the hidden treasures in the sand."
|
||||
|
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and the hidden treasures in the sand."
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20. Moses said this about the tribe of Gad:
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"Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad's territory!
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Gad is poised there like a lion
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to tear off an arm or a head.
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Gad is poised there like a lion
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to tear off an arm or a head.
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21. The people of Gad took the best land for themselves;
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a leader's share was assigned to them.
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a leader's share was assigned to them.
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When the leaders of the people were assembled,
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they carried out the LORD's justice
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and obeyed his regulations for Israel."
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and obeyed his regulations for Israel."
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22. Moses said this about the tribe of Dan:
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"Dan is a lion's cub,
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leaping out from Bashan."
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leaping out from Bashan."
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23. Moses said this about the tribe of Naphtali:
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"O Naphtali, you are rich in favor
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and full of the LORD's blessings;
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may you possess the west and the south."
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may you possess the west and the south."
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24. Moses said this about the tribe of Asher:
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"May Asher be blessed above other sons;
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may he be esteemed by his brothers;
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may he bathe his feet in olive oil.
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may he be esteemed by his brothers;
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may he bathe his feet in olive oil.
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25. May the bolts of your gates be of iron and bronze;
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may you be secure all your days."
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may you be secure all your days."
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26. "There is no one like the God of Israel.
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He rides across the heavens to help you,
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across the skies in majestic splendor.
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He rides across the heavens to help you,
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across the skies in majestic splendor.
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27. The eternal God is your refuge,
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and his everlasting arms are under you.
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and his everlasting arms are under you.
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He drives out the enemy before you;
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he cries out, 'Destroy them!'
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he cries out, 'Destroy them!'
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28. So Israel will live in safety,
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prosperous Jacob in security,
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prosperous Jacob in security,
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in a land of grain and new wine,
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while the heavens drop down dew.
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while the heavens drop down dew.
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29. How blessed you are, O Israel!
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Who else is like you, a people saved by the LORD?
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He is your protecting shield
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and your triumphant sword!
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and your triumphant sword!
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Your enemies will cringe before you,
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and you will stomp on their backs!"
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and you will stomp on their backs!"
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@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ The Death of Moses
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12. With mighty power, Moses performed terrifying acts in the sight of all Israel.
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