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He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
No man with
crushed or severed
genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
A
bastard shall
not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he
not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
No one of
illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
An
Ammonite or
Moabite shall
not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they
not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:
No
Ammonite or
Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
Because they met you
not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they
hired against thee
Balaam the son of Beor of
Pethor of
Mesopotamia, to
curse thee.
For they did
not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they
hired Balaam son of Beor from
Pethor in
Aram-naharaim to
curse you.
Nevertheless the LORD thy God would
not hearken unto
Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the
curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
Yet the LORD your God would
not listen to
Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the
curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
Thou shalt
not abhor an
Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt
not abhor an Egyptian; because thou
wast a stranger in his land.
Do
not despise an
Edomite, for he is your brother. Do
not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
If any man among you becomes unclean because of a
nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt
not oppress him.
Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do
not oppress him.
Thou shalt
not bring the
hire of a
whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any
vow: for even both these are
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
You must
not bring the wages of a
prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to
fulfill any
vow, because both are
detestable to the LORD your God.
Do
not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of
loan.
Unto a stranger thou mayest
lend upon
usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt
not lend upon
usury: that the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land
whither thou goest to possess it.
You may charge a foreigner interest, but
not your brother, so that the LORD your God may
bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.
When thou shalt
vow a
vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt
not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
If you make a
vow to the LORD your God, do
not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
But if thou shalt
forbear to
vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
But if you
refrain from making a
vow, you will
not be guilty of sin.
When thou comest into thy neighbour’s
vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt
not put any in thy vessel.
When you enter your
neighbor’s
vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must
not put any in your
basket.
When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest
pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt
not move a
sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.
Her former husband, which sent her away, may
not take her again to be his wife, after that she is
defiled; for that is
abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt
not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
then the husband who
divorced her first may
not remarry her after she has been
defiled, for that is an
abomination to the LORD. You must
not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall
not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall
cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
Do
not take a pair of millstones or even an upper
millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s
livelihood as security.
When thou
dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt
not go into his house to
fetch his
pledge.
When you
lend anything to your
neighbor, do
not enter his house to collect security.
And if the man be poor, thou shalt
not sleep with his
pledge:
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
Thou shalt
not oppress an
hired servant that is poor and
needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Do
not oppress a
hired hand who is poor and
needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
Thou shalt
not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s
raiment to
pledge:
Do
not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do
not take a widow’s
cloak as security.
When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast
forgot a
sheaf in the field, thou shalt
not go again to
fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
If you are harvesting in your field and
forget a
sheaf there, do
not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may
bless you in all the work of your hands.
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy
vineyard, thou shalt
not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
When you gather the grapes of your
vineyard, you must
not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
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.
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be
degraded in your sight.
Thou shalt
not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
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.
When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must
not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and
fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
And it shall be, that the
firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be
not put out of Israel.
The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will
not be
blotted out from Israel.
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 refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
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;
Then the elders of his city shall
summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do
not want to marry her,”
Then 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.
his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his
sandal,
spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will
not maintain his brother’s line.”
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall
not pity her.
you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no
pity.
Thou shalt
not have in thy
bag divers weights, a great and a small.
You shall
not have two differing weights in your
bag, one heavy and one light.
Thou shalt
not have in thine house
divers measures, a great and a small.
You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
How he met thee by the way, and
smote the
hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou
wast faint and
weary; and he feared
not God.
how they met you on your journey when you were
tired and
weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.
Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt
blot out the
remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt
not forget it.
When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to
blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do
not forget!
Then thou shalt 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 hast commanded me: I have
not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the
Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have
not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.
I have
not eaten thereof in my
mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have
hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
I have
not eaten any of the sacred portion while in
mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me.
And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.
Cursed be he that confirmeth
not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who does
not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
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 shalt
lend unto many nations, and thou shalt
not borrow.
The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant
storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to
bless all the work of your hands. You will
lend to many nations, but
borrow from none.
And the LORD shall make thee the head, and
not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt
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:
The LORD will make you the head and
not the tail; you will only move upward and never
downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you
today.
And thou shalt 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.
Do
not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you
today, and do
not go after other gods to serve them.
But it shall come to pass, if thou
wilt 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:
If, however, you do
not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you
today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
The LORD will
afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and
itch from which you cannot be cured.
and at
noon you will
grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will
not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be
oppressed and
plundered, with no one to save you.
Thou shalt
betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt
not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a
vineyard, and shalt
not gather the grapes thereof.
You will be
pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will
violate her. You will build a house but will
not live in it. You will plant a
vineyard but will
not enjoy its fruit.
Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt
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 shalt have none to
rescue them.
Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will
not eat any of it. Your
donkey will be taken away and
not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest
not eat up; and thou shalt be only
oppressed and
crushed alway:
A people you do
not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your
toil. All your days you will be
oppressed and
crushed.
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt
not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never
anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.
Thou shalt
beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt
not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
He shall
lend to thee, and thou shalt
not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
He will
lend to you, but you will
not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.
Because thou servedst
not the LORD thy God with
joyfulness, and with
gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Because you did
not serve the LORD your God with joy and
gladness of heart in all your abundance,
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
The LORD will bring a nation from
afar, from the ends of the earth, to
swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will
not understand,
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall
not regard the person of the old, nor
shew favour to the young:
a
ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no
pity for the young.
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
kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
They will eat the offspring of your
livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no
calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.
So that he will
not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath
nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness,
wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has
nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will
inflict on you within all your gates.
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,
The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would
not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will
begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
If thou
wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
If you are
not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and
awesome name—the LORD your God—
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.
The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
And among these nations shalt 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:
Among those nations you will find no
repose,
not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a
trembling heart, failing eyes, and a
despairing soul.
Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are
not waxen old upon you, and thy
shoe is
not waxen old upon thy foot.
For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and
sandals did
not wear out.
Ye have
not eaten bread, neither have ye
drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
You
ate no bread and
drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,
But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
but also with those who are standing here with us
today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are
not here
today.
The LORD will
not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall
blot out his name from under heaven.
The LORD will never be willing to
forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every
curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will
blot out his name from under heaven
And that the whole land thereof is
brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is
not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of
Sodom, and
Gomorrah, Admah, and
Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of
Sodom and
Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
For this commandment I give you
today is
not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
It is
not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will
ascend into heaven to get it for us and
proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
And it is
not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and
proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou
wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
But if your heart turns away and you do
not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
I
denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall
not prolong your days upon the land,
whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
I declare to you
today that you will surely perish; you shall
not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’
Be strong and of a good courage, fear
not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that
doth go with thee; he will
not fail thee, nor
forsake thee.
Be strong and
courageous; do
not be afraid or
terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor
forsake you.”
And the LORD, he it is that
doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will
not fail thee, neither
forsake thee: fear
not, neither be dismayed.
The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor
forsake you. Do
not be afraid or discouraged.”
And that their children, which have
not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land
whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Then their children who do
not know the law will
listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Then my anger shall be
kindled against them in that day, and I will
forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be
devoured, and many evils and troubles shall
befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are
not these evils come upon us, because our God is
not among us?
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will
abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will
befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have
not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are
befallen them, that this song shall
testify against them as a witness; for it shall
not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I
sware.
And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will
testify against them, because it will
not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I
swore to give them.”
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is
not the spot of his children: they are a
perverse and
crooked generation.
His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is
not that of His children, but of a
perverse and
crooked generation.
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O
foolish people and unwise? is
not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he
not made thee, and established thee?
Is this how you repay the LORD, O
foolish and senseless people? Is He
not your Father and
Creator? Has He
not made you and established you?
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is
not God; they have
provoked me to anger with their
vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are
not a people; I will
provoke them to anger with a
foolish nation.
They have
provoked My jealousy by that which is
not God; they have
enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them
jealous by those who are
not a people; I will make them
angry by a nation without understanding.
Were it
not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their
adversaries should
behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath
not done all this.
if I had
not dreaded the
taunt of the enemy, lest their
adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was
not the LORD who did all this.’”
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
For their rock is
not like our Rock, even our enemies
concede.
Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
For it is
not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall
prolong your days in the land,
whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Because ye
trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye
sanctified me
not in the midst of the children of Israel.
For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.
Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”
Let
Reuben live, and
not die; and let
not his men be few.
Let
Reuben live and
not die, nor his men be few.”
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands:
smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that
hate him, that they rise
not again.
Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands.
Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”
And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I
sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt
not go over thither.
And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I
swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will
not cross into it.”