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Then it
shall be, when he maketh his sons to
inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved
firstborn before the son of the
hated, which is indeed the
firstborn:
when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not
appoint the son of the beloved wife as the
firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
But he
shall acknowledge the son of the
hated for the
firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the
firstborn is his.
Instead, he must acknowledge the
firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the
firstborn belongs to him.
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must
purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
His body
shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise
bury him that day; (for he that is
hanged is
accursed of God;) that thy land be not
defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to
bury him that day, because
anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s
curse. You must not
defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
And if thy brother be not
nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it
shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.
In like manner shalt thou do with his
ass; and so shalt thou do with his
raiment; and with all lost things of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide
thyself.
And you
shall do the same for his
donkey, his
cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not
ignore it.
The woman
shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither
shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for
whoever does these things is
detestable to the LORD your God.
Then
shall the father of the
damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the
tokens of the
damsel’s
virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
Then the young woman’s father and mother
shall bring the proof of her
virginity to the city elders at the gate
And the
damsel’s father
shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to
hate her.
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a
maid; and yet these are the
tokens of my daughter’s
virginity. And they
shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her
virginity.” And they
shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
And the elders of that city
shall take that man and
chastise him;
Then the elders of that city
shall take the man and
punish him.
And they
shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the
damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she
shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she
shall remain his wife; he must not
divorce her as long as he lives.
Then they
shall bring out the
damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city
shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the
whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
she
shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an
outrage in Israel by being
promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must
purge the evil from among you.
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who
slept with her and the woman must die. You must
purge the evil from Israel.
Then ye
shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye
shall stone them with stones that they die; the
damsel, because she
cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has
violated his
neighbor’s wife. So you must
purge the evil from among you.
But if a man find a
betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her
shall die:
But if the man encounters a
betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
Then the man that lay with her
shall give unto the
damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she
shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has
violated her. He must not
divorce her as long as he lives.
A man
shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s
skirt.
A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.
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.
The children that are
begotten of them
shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
When you are
encamped against your enemies, then you
shall keep
yourself from every wicked thing.
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.
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
And thou shalt have a
paddle upon thy weapon; and it
shall be, when thou
wilt ease
thyself abroad, thou shalt
dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
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.
There
shall be no
whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a
sodomite of the sons of Israel.
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 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.
If a man be found
stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh
merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that
thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
If a man is caught
kidnapping one of his
Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the
kidnapper must die. So you must
purge the evil from among you.
Take
heed in the plague of
leprosy, that thou observe
diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites
shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye
shall observe to do.
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou
dost lend shall bring out the
pledge abroad unto thee.
You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are
lending brings the security out to you.
In any case thou shalt deliver him the
pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own
raiment, and
bless thee: and it
shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
be sure to return it to him by
sunset, so that he may sleep in his own
cloak and
bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
At his day thou shalt give him his
hire, neither
shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
You are to pay his wages each day before
sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
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.
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.
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.
If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be
acquitted and the guilty condemned.
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.
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge
shall have him lie down and be
flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
If 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.
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.”
And his name
shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his
shoe loosed.
And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the
Unsandaled.”
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.
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!
And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,
That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a
basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God
shall choose to place his name there.
you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a
basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
And thou shalt 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
sware unto our fathers for to give us.
to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare
today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD
swore to our fathers to give us.”
And the priest
shall take the
basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
Then the priest
shall take the
basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,
And thou shalt
rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the
Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
So you
shall rejoice—you, the
Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.
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.
And it
shall be on the day when ye
shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and
plaister them with
plaister:
And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with
plaster.
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 shalt
plaister them with
plaister.
And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount
Ebal, as I am commanding you
today, and you are to coat them with
plaster.
Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings
thereon unto the LORD thy God:
You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God.
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
You
shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you
today.”
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:
“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes
shall stand on Mount
Gerizim to
bless the people:
Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people
shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
‘
Cursed is he who moves his
neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to
wander out of the way. And all the people
shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who lets a blind man
wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people
shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s
skirt. And all the people
shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has
violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people
shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people
shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people
shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people
shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who strikes down his
neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
Cursed be he that taketh reward to
slay an innocent person. And all the people
shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who accepts a
bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
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!’
And it
shall come to pass, if thou shalt
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:
“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you
today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
And all these blessings
shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt
hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:
Blessed
shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy
kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
The fruit of your
womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your
livestock— the
calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
Blessed
shall be thy
basket and thy store.
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.
The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but
flee from you in seven.
The LORD
shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he
shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will
bless you in the land He is giving you.
The LORD
shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath
sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has
sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in
awe of you.
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
sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
The LORD will make you
prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your
womb, the offspring of your
livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD
swore to your fathers to give you.
The LORD
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.
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:
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy
kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
The fruit of your
womb will be
cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the
calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
The LORD
shall send upon thee
cursing,
vexation, and
rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast
forsaken me.
The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in
forsaking Him.
The LORD
shall make the
pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land,
whither thou goest to possess it.
The LORD will make the plague
cling to you until He has
exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.
The LORD
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.
The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with
scorching heat and
drought, and with
blight and
mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
The LORD
shall cause thee to be
smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and
flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but
flee from them in seven. You will be an object of
horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.