Torah
Devarim27
Deuteronomy · Chapter 27
And Mosheh with the elders of Yisra'el commanded the people, saying, Keep all the mitsvot which I command you this day.
And 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:
And 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.
Therefore 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.
And 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.
Thou shalt build the altar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim:
And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim.
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this torah very plainly.
And 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.
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, and do his mitsvot and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
And Mosheh charged the people the same day, saying,
These 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:
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Yisra'el with a loud voice,
Cursed
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.
Cursed
be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed
be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed
be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed
be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall 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
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 torah. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed
be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed
be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed
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
And 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:
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim.
Blessed
shalt thou
be in the city, and blessed
shalt thou
be in the field.
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.
Blessed
shall be thy basket and thy store.
Blessed
shalt thou
be when thou comest in, and blessed
shalt thou
be when thou goest out.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (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.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (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.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (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.
And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and they shall be afraid of thee.
And 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.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (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.
And 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:
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.
But 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:
Cursed
shalt thou
be in the city, and cursed
shalt thou
be in the field.
Cursed
shall be thy basket and thy store.
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.
Cursed
shalt thou
be when thou comest in, and cursed
shalt thou
be when thou goest out.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (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.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (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.
And thy shamayim that
is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee
shall be iron.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from shamayim shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (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.
And 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.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (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.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
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.
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.
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.
Thy 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.
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:
So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (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.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (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.
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall lead thee.
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather
but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress
them, but shalt neither drink
of the wine, nor gather
the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
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.
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
The stranger that
is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, to keep his mitsvot and his statutes which he commanded thee:
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
Because thou servedst not 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all
things;
Therefore 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.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (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;
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to 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.
And 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.
And 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:
So 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:
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.
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,
And 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.
If 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;
Then 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.
Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Mitsrayim, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
Also 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.
And 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.
And 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.
And 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.
And 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:
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
In 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.
And 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.
Torah
Devarim29
Deuteronomy · Chapter 29
These
are the words of the b'rit, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) commanded Mosheh to make with the children of Yisra'el in the land of Moab, beside the b'rit which he made with them in Horeb.
And Mosheh called unto all Yisra'el, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) did before your eyes in the land of Mitsrayim unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Yet 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
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.
Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim.
And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Keep therefore the words of this b'rit, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
Ye stand this day all of you before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers,
with all the men of Yisra'el,
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that
is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
That thou shouldest enter into b'rit with 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, and into his oath, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim maketh with thee this day:
That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and
that he may be unto thee a Elohim, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Avraham, to Yitschaq, and to Ya'aqov.
Neither with you only do I make this b'rit and this oath;
But with
him that standeth here with us this day before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) our Elohim, and also with
him that
is not here with us this day:
(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Mitsrayim; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which
were among them:)
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) our Elohim, to go
and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will not spare him, but then the anger of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall blot out his name from under shamayim.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Yisra'el, according to all the curses of the b'rit that are written in this book of the torah:
So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath laid upon it;
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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) done thus unto this land? what
meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the b'rit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Mitsrayim:
For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and
whom he had not given unto them:
And the anger of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as
it is
this day.
The secret
things belong unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) our Elohim: but
those things which are revealed
belong unto us and to our children for ever, that
we may do all the words of this torah.