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Devarim26

Deuteronomy · Chapter 26

1And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;

2That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim shall choose to place his name there.

3And thou shalt go unto the kohen that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, that I am come unto the country which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) sware unto our fathers for to give us.

4And the kohen shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim.

5And thou shalt speak and say before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Mitsrayim, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

6And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

7And when we cried unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of our fathers, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

8And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) brought us forth out of Mitsrayim 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, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

10And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), hast given me. And thou shalt set it before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, and worship before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim:

11And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

12When 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;

13Then thou shalt say before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, 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 mitsvot which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy mitsvot, neither have I forgotten them:

14I 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) my Elohim, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

15Look down from thy holy habitation, from shamayim, and bless thy people Yisra'el, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

16This day 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy nephesh.

17Thou hast avouched 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) this day to be thy Elohim, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his mitsvot, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

18And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his mitsvot;

19And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, as he hath spoken.

Torah

Devarim27

Deuteronomy · Chapter 27

1And Mosheh with the elders of Yisra'el commanded the people, saying, Keep all the mitsvot which I command you this day.

2And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Yarden unto the land which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:

3And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this torah, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of thy fathers hath promised thee.

4Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Yarden, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.

5And there shalt thou build an altar unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

6Thou shalt build the altar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim:

7And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim.

8And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this torah very plainly.

9And Mosheh and the kohanim the Levites spake unto all Yisra'el, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Yisra'el; this day thou art become the people of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim.

10Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, and do his mitsvot and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

11And Mosheh charged the people the same day, saying,

12These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Yarden; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Yoseph, and Benjamin:

13And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

14And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Yisra'el with a loud voice,

15Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

16Cursed be he that setteth light by 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 wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

20Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

21Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

22Cursed 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.

23Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in torah. And all the people shall say, Amen.

24Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

25Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

26Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this torah to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Torah

Devarim28

Deuteronomy · Chapter 28

1And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, to observe and to do all his mitsvot which I command thee this day, that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

2And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim.

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 ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

6Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

7𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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.

8𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim giveth thee.

9𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the mitsvot of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, and walk in his ways.

10And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and they shall be afraid of thee.

11And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

12𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall open unto thee his good treasure, the shamayim 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.

13And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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 mitsvot of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

14And 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.

15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, to observe to do all his mitsvot and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

16Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

17Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

19Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

20𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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.

21𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

22𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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.

23And thy shamayim that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

24𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from shamayim shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

25𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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.

26And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

27𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will smite thee with the botch of Mitsrayim, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

28𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

29And 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.

30Thou 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.

31Thine 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.

32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

33The 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:

34So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

35𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

36𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall lead thee.

38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

39Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

40Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

41Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

42All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

43The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

44He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

45Moreover 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, to keep his mitsvot and his statutes which he commanded thee:

46And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

47Because thou servedst not 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

48Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

49𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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;

50A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

51And 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.

52And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim hath given thee.

53And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

54So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

55So 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.

56The 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,

57And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

58If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this torah that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) THY Elohim;

59Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

60Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Mitsrayim, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

61Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this torah, them will 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

62And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of shamayim for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim.

63And it shall come to pass, that as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

64And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

65And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

66And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

67In the morning thou shalt say, Would Elohim it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would Elohim it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

68And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall bring thee into Mitsrayim again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

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