Deuteronomy 25-28

Chapter 25

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

4 Thou shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the corn.

5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. 7 And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuses to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother. 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; 9 Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house. 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that has his shoe loosed.

11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smites him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets: 12 Then thou shall cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

13 Thou shall not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shall not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 15 But thou shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee. 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; 18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou were faint and weary; and he feared not God. 19 Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God has given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shall not forget it.

Chapter 26

And it shall be, when thou are come in unto the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell therein; 2 That thou shall take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shall bring of thy land that the Lord thy God gives thee, and shall put it in a basket, and shall go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place His name there. 3 And thou shall go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord swore unto our fathers for to give us. 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God. 5 And thou shall speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: 6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: 7 And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression: 8 And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: 9 And He has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, even a land that flows with milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the first-fruits of the land, which Thou, O Lord, have given me. And thou shall set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God: 11 And thou shall rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God has given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

12 When thou have made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; 13 Then thou shall say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all Thy commandments which Thou have commanded me: I have not transgressed Thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them: 14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away aught thereof for any unclean use, nor given aught thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that Thou have commanded me. 15 Look down from Thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Thy people Israel, and the land which Thou have given us, as Thou swore unto our fathers, a land that flows with milk and honey.

16 This day the Lord thy God has commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shall therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 17 Thou have avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His judgments, and to hearken unto His voice: 18 And the Lord has avouched thee this day to be His peculiar people, as He has promised thee, and that thou should keep all His commandments; 19 And to make thee high above all nations which He has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou may be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as He has spoken.

Chapter 27

And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. 2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God gives thee, that thou shall set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: 3 And thou shall write upon them all the words of this law, when thou are passed over, that thou may go in unto the land which the Lord thy God gives thee, a land that flows with milk and honey; as the Lord God of thy fathers has promised thee. 4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shall plaster them with plaster. 5 And there shall thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shall not lift up any iron tool upon them. 6 Thou shall build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones: and thou shall offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God: 7 And thou shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God. 8 And thou shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou are become the people of the Lord thy God. 10 Thou shall therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do His commandments and His statutes, which I command thee this day.

11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16 Cursed be he that sets light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed be he that removes his neighbor’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18 Cursed be he that makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 19 Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 20 Cursed be he that lies with his father’s wife; because he uncovers his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. 21 Cursed be he that lies with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. 22 Cursed be he that lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 23 Cursed be he that lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen. 24 Cursed be he that smites his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. 25 Cursed be he that takes reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. 26 Cursed be he that confirms not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Chapter 28

And it shall come to pass, if thou shall hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shall hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

3 Blessed shall thou be in the city, and blessed shall thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy cattle, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 Blessed shall thou be when thou come in, and blessed shall thou be when thou go out.

7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou set thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee.

9 The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto Himself, as He has sworn unto thee, if thou shall keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in His ways. 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou are called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee. 11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord swore unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The Lord shall open unto thee His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shall lend unto many nations, and thou shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shall be above only, and thou shall not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: 14 And thou shall not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

15 But it shall come to pass, if thou will not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shall thou be in the city, and cursed shall thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy cattle, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19 Cursed shall thou be when thou come in, and cursed shall thou be when thou go out.

20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou set thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou have forsaken me. 21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until He have consumed thee from off the land, where thou go to possess it. 22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shall be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 27 The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou can not be healed. 28 The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: 29 And thou shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and thou shall not prosper in thy ways: and thou shall be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. 30 Thou shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shall build a house, and thou shall not dwell therein: thou shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shall not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shall have none to rescue them. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand. 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou know not eat up; and thou shall be only oppressed and crushed always: 34 So that thou shall be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shall see. 35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shall set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shall thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations where the Lord shall lead thee. 38 Thou shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. 39 Thou shall plant vineyards, and dress them, but shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shall have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shall not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 41 Thou shall beget sons and daughters, but thou shall not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shall come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shall be the tail. 45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded thee: 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed forever. 47 Because thou served not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore shall thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and He shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until He have destroyed thee. 49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue thou shall not understand; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy cattle, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trusted, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God has given thee. 53 And thou shall eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God has given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he has nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

58 If thou will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou may fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 60 Moreover He will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou were afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou would not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to naught; and ye shall be plucked from off the land where thou go to possess it. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shall serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. 65 And among these nations shall thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shall fear day and night, and shall have none assurance of thy life: 67 In the morning thou shall say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shall say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shall fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shall see. 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spoke unto thee, Thou shall see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

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