Him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be. 6And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. 7And they shall speak and say: 'Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it- forgive, 0 LORD, Thy people Israel, whom Thou hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent blood to remain in the midst of Thy people Israel.' And the blood shall be forgiven them, 9So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD.
10When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive, uand seest among the cap- tives a woman of goodly form, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife; ^hen thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; %nd she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month; and after that thou mayest go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. 14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.
15If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated; 16then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the DEUTERONOMY DEUTERONOMY son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first- born; 17but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the first-fruits of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.
18If t a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not hearken to the^voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; 19then 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; 20and;they shall say unto the elders of his city: 'This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he doth not hearken to our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.' ^And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
^And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree; ^his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is a reproach unto God; that thou defile not thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
O O Thou shalt not see thy brother's ^^ ox or his sheep driven away, and hide thyself from them; thou shalt surely bring them back unto thy brother. *And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, and thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother require it, and thou shalt restore it to him. 3And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found; thou mayest not hide thyself.
^hou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide thyself from them; thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
5A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
6lf a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young; 7thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself- that it may be well with thee, ana that thou mayest prolong thy days.
8When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
^hou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed; lest the fulness of the seed which thou hast sown be forfeited together with the in- crease of the vineyard.
10Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. uThou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together.
MThou shalt make thee twisted cords upon the four corners of thy covering, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
^If any m.a,n take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14and lay wan- ton charges against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say: DEUTERONOMY 4I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of viiginity'; 15then shall th father of the damsel, and her mother take and bring forth the tokens o: the damsel's virginity unto the elder* of the city in the gate. 1GAnd the damsel's father shall say unto the elders: 'I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her 17and, lo, he hath laid wanton charges, saying: I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity.7 And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city. 18And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him. 19And they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a vir- gin of Israel; and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
^But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel; ^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 bhe die; because she hath wrought a wanton deed in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
^If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.
^If there be a damsel that is a vir- gin betrothed unto a man, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 24then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones thai they die: the damsel, because sh&criec not, being in the city; and the man because he hath humbled his neigh- bour's wife; so thou shalt put awa> the evil from the midst of thee.
26But if the man find the damse that is betrothed in the field, and the man take hold of her, and lie with her then the man only that lay with hei shall die. 26But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the dam- sel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neigh- bour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter. 27For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
28If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found, 29then 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.
Q A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
2He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of 'the LORD.
3A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of the LORD.
4An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of them enter into the assembly of the LORD for ever; be- cause 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 from Pethor of Aram- DEUTERONOMY naharaim, to curse thee. Neverthe- less the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a bless- ing unbo thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. 7Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
8Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land. 9The children of the third generation that are born unto them may enter into the assem- bly of the LORD.
10When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing. 11If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp. 12But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he may come within the camp. MThou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad. 14And thou shalt have a paddle among thy weap- ons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig there- with, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee. 15For 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 unseemly thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
16Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a bondman that is escaped from his master unto thee; 17he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose with- in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best; thou shalt not wrong him.
"There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel. l9Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abom- ination unto the LORD thy God.
20Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest. ^Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon in- terest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in aU that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
^When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it; for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it will be sin in thee. ^But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. MThat which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; accord- ing as thou hast vowed freely unto the LORD thy God, even that which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
25When thou comest into thy neigh- bour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes until thou have enough at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
26When thou comest into thy neigh- bour's standing corn, then thou may- est pluck ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn. O A When a man taketh a wife, and •** marrieth her, then it cometh to pass, if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house, 2and she departeth out of his DEUTERONOMY DEUTERONOMY house, and goeth and becometh anoth- er man's wife, 3and the latter husband hateth her, and writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife; 4her former husband, who 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.
5When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business; he shall be free for his house one year, and shall cheer his wife whom lie hath taken.
*No man shall take the rnill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
'If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with hi™ as a slave, and sell him; then that thief shall die; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
*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 command- ed them, so ye shall observe to do. 9Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam, by the way as ye came forth out of 10When thou dost [end thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. uThou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee. ^And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; ^hou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep iri his garment, and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
14Thou 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. 15In the same 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 in thee.
16The 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.
17Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge. 18But 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.
19When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go back 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.
20When 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. 21When thou gatherest the grap thy vineyard, thou shalt not v after thee; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. ^And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of ] therefore I command thee to do this thing.
If there be a controversy be- tween men, and they^ come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, DEUTERONOMY by justifying the righteous, and con- demning the wicked, 2then it shall be, if the wicked man deserve to be beaten, that the judge shall cause hirr?. to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to the measure of his wickedness, by number. 3Forty stripes he may give him, he shaU not exceed,^ lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonoured before thine eyes.
4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
5If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not be married abroad unto one not of his kin; her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and per- form the duty of a husband's brother unto her. 6And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall suc- ceed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel. 7And if the man like not to take his brother's wif er then his brother's wife shall 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 a husband's brother unto me.' 8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto Mm; and if he stand, and say: 'I like not to take her'; *then shall his brother's wife draw nigh unto hing in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say: 'So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house.' 10And his name shall be called in Israel The house of him that had his shoe loosed., uWhen men strive together one with another, and the wife or the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of Mm that smiteth him, and C'teth forth her hand, and taketh by the secrets; ^hen thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.
wThou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. 14Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small. 15A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy days may be long upon the land wMch the LORD thy God giveth thee. 16For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
17Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt; 18how he met thee by the way, and smote the Mndmost of thee, all that were enfeebled in thy rear, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. 19Therefore it shall be, when, the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all tMne enemies round about, in the land wMch the LOED thy God giyeth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget.
anan ^ anan ^ O £ And it shall be, when thou art ^ ^ come in unto the land wMch the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and dost possess it, and dwell therein; ^hat thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, wMch thou shalt bring in from thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place wMch. the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there. 3And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall DEUTERONOMY be in those days, and say unto him 'I profes0 this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the lane which the LORD swore unto our fathers to give us/ 4And the priest shal take the basket out of thy hand, anc set it down before the altar of the LOED thy God. 6And thou shalt speak and say before the LOED thy God 'A wandering Aramean was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous. 6And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflict- ed us, and laid upon us hard bondage 7And we cried unto the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression. 8And 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. 9And He hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with TrrilTf and honey. 10And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the land, which Thou, O LORD, hast given me/ And thou shalt set it down be- fore the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God. HAnd thou shalt rejoice in all the good which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is in the midst of thee.
f ^When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, to the stranger, to the father- less, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be satisfied, ^then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God: 'I have put away the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them unto the Le- vite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all Thy commandment which Thou hast commanded me; I have not trans- gressed any of Thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them. 14I have not eaten thereof in my mourn- ing, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, I have done according to all that Thou hast com- manded me. 15Look forth from Thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Thy people Israel, and the land which Thou hast given us, as Thou didst swear unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey/ 16This day the LORD thy God com- mandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances; thou shalt therefore ob- serve and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. "Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and that thou wpuldest walk in His ways, and keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordi- nances, and hearken unto His voice, 18And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be His own treasure, as He hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all His commandments; ^and to make thee high above all na- tions that He hath made, in praise, and in name, and in glory; and that bhou mayest be a holy people unto the LORD thy God, as He hath spoken.
And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying: 'Keep all the commandment which I command you this day. 2And t shall be on the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, DEUTERONOMY that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster. 3And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over; that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath promised thee. 4And it shall be when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. 6And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them, ^hou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of unhewn stones; and thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon un- to the LORD thy God. 7And thou shalt sacrifice peace-offerings, and shalt eat there; and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God. 8And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.'
^ 9And Moses and the priests the Le- vites spoke unto all Israel, saying: 'Keep silence, and hear, 0 Israel; this day thou art become a people unto the LORD thy God. 10Thou shalt therefore hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and do His commandments and His statutes, which I command thee this day*' uAnd Moses charged the people the same day, saying: -^'These phq.U stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the peo- ple, when ye are passed over the Jor- dan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benja- min; ^and these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice: 15 Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomina- tion unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say: Amen.
16Cursed be he that dishonoured his father or his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.
17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say: Amen.
18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to go astray in the way. And all the people shall say: Amen.
"Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.
20Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he hath un- covered his f ather's skirt. And all the people shall say: Amen.
^Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall 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 be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say: Amen.
^Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour in secret. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say: Amen.
26Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say: Amen/ OQ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His command- ments which I command thee DEUTERONOMY day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the nations oi the earth. 2And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 3Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock. 5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading- trough. 6Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7The LORD will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee; they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways. 8The LORD will command the blessing with thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and He will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ^The LORD will establish thee for 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. 10And all the peoples of the earth shall see that the name of the LORD is called upon thee; and they shall be afraid of thee. uAnd the LORD will make thee overabundant for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers to give thee. J^The LORD will open unto thee His good treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow. MAnd the LORD will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath if thou shalt hearken unto the com- mandments of the LORD ^thy God, which I command thee this day, tc observe and to do them; I4and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.