God did unto Miriam by the way, stranger, for the fatherless, and for after that ye were come forth out the widow. of Egypt. L 10 TWhen thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. L 12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: d 21 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. 22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. d CHAP. XXV. [F there be a controversy be 13 In any case thou shalt deliver tween men, and they come him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in unto judgment, that the judges may his own raiment, and bless thee: judge them; then they shall justify and it shall be righteousness unto the righteous, and condemn the wicked. thee before the LORD thy God. p 14 Thou shalt not oppress a 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; d 15 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. p 16 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. 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. L3 Forty stripes he may give him, p 17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless, nor take the widow's rai-her, and take her to him to wife, and ment to pledge: perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her. 18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence therefore I command thee to do this thing. d 19 When thou cuttest down thy 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 thy hands. d 20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the 6 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. L7 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. 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and 245 CHAP. XXVI. if he stand to it, and say, I like not 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. L 11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the se d 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth| thee. t 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. g 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 wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. L 2 That thou shalt take of the first 3 And thou shalt go unto the L4 And the priest shall take the g 5 And thou shalt speak and say 6 And the Egyptians evil-entreat- 7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression: 8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an out-stretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: 9 And he hath brought us into w 19 Therefore it shall be, when this place, and hath given us this the LORD thy God hath given thee land, even a land that floweth with rest from all thine enemies round milk and honey. about, in the land which the LORD d 10 And now, behold, I have which thou, O LORD, hast given me. ་ d 11 And thou shalt rejoice in every | good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. L 12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; 19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. CHAP. XXVII. d 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 giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster. d 13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stran- 3 And thou shalt write upon them ger, to the fatherless, and to the all the words of this law, when thou widow, according to all thy com-art passed over, that thou mayest mandments which thou hast com- go in unto the land which the LORD manded me: I have not transgressed thy God giveth thee, a land that thy commandments, neither have I floweth with milk and honey; as the forgotten them: LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee. 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 hast commanded me. g 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 shalt plaster them with plaster. 5 And there shalt thou build an 15 Look down from thy holy ha-altar unto the LORD thy God, an bitation, from heaven, and bless thy altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up people Israel, and the land which any iron tool upon them. thou hast given us, as thou swarest L6 Thou shalt build the altar of the unto our fathers, a land that floweth LORD thy God of whole stones; with milk and honey. and thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God : d 16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 7 And thou shalt offer peace-offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God. 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very d 17 Thou hast avouched the LORD plainly. this day to be thy God, and to walkd 9 And Moses, and the priests in his ways, and to keep his statutes, the Levites, spake unto all Israel, and his commandments, and his judg-saying, Take heed, and hearken, Ó ments, and to hearken unto his voice: Israel; This day thou art become b 18 And the LORD hath avouched the people of the LORD thy God. thee this day to be his peculiar peo ple, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. f11 And Moses charged the w 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth people the same day, saying, not all the words of this law to do them and all the people shall say, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when Amen. ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, b 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, w 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsmen, and putteth it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, Amen. w 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother and all the people shall say, Amen. CHAP. XXVIII. it 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. 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. b 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. b 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 kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. b 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. b 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. w 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's land-mark: and all the people shall say, Amen. w 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way and all the people shall say, Amen, b 7 The LORD shall cause thine w 19 Cursed be he that perverteth enemies that rise up against thee to the judgment of the stranger, father-be smitten before thy face: they less, and widow: and all the people shall come out against thee one way, shall say, Amen. and flee before thee seven ways. w 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his b 8 The LORD shall command the father's wife; because he uncover-blessing upon thee in thy storeeth his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, Amen. w21 Cursed be he that lieth, with any manner of beast: and all the people shall say, Amen. w 22 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. w 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law and all the people shall say, Amen. w24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly and all the people shall say, Amen. to 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say, Amen. houses, and in all that thou settest thy hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. b 9 The LORD shall establish thee a 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. b 10 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. b 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 sware unto thy fathers to give thee. b 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 thy hand and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. w 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, w 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the b 13 And the LORD shall make earth that is under thee shall be iron. thee the head, and not the tail; and w 24 The LORD shall make the thou shalt be above only, and thou rain of thy land powder and dust: shalt not be beneath; if that thou from heaven shall it come down hearken unto the commandments of upon thee, until thou be destroyed. the LORD thy God, which I com- 25 The LORD shall cause thee to mand thee this day, to observe and to do them: p 14 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. 15 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. w 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. w 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. w18 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. w 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. to 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thy 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. w 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. be smitten before thine enemies : w 27 The LORD will smite thee w 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: w 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. w 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. 20 31 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. w 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, |