1  He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of YHWH.

1  “A eunuch, one whose testicles have been debilitated or cut off, or whose penis has been cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord.

1  NO adulterer shall enter into the assembly of the LORD.

2  A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of YHWH; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of the YHWH.

2  One born of a harlot shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord.

2  The offspring of a harlot, that is, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation.

3  An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of YHWH; even to the tenth generation shall none of them enter into the assembly of the YHWH for ever;

3  The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation, shall not enter into the church of the Lord forever,

Dt23:4  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

4  because 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-naharaim, to curse thee.

4  because they were not willing to meet you with bread and water along the way, when you had departed from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, in order to curse you.

5  Nevertheless YHWH thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the YHWH thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

5  But the Lord your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he turned his cursing into your blessing, because he loves you.

6  Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

6  You shall not make peace with them, nor shall you seek their prosperity, throughout all the days of your life forever.

6  You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all the days of your life for ever.

7  Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

7  You shall not abhor anyone from Idumea, for he is your brother, nor the Egyptian, for you were a new arrival in his land.

7  You shall not drive away an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not drive away an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land.

8  The children of the third generation that are born unto them may enter into the assembly of YHWH.

8  If sons be born to them, in the third generation they shall enter into the assembly of the Lord.

8  Those who have been born of them, in the third generation, shall enter into the church of the Lord.

9  When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing.

9  When you have gone out to war against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from everything that is evil.

Dt23:10  When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

10  If 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.

10  If there should be in thee a man who is not clean by reason of his issue by night, then he shall go forth out of the camp, and he shall not enter into the camp.

10  If there is a man among you who has been defiled by a dream in the night, he shall depart from the camp.

11  But 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.

11  And it shall come to pass toward evening he shall wash his body with water, and when the sun has gone down, he shall go into the camp.

11  And he shall not return before the evening, after he has washed with water, and then, after the sun sets, he shall return to the camp.

12  Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.

12  And thou shalt have a place outside of the camp, and thou shalt go out thither,

12  You shall have a place beyond the camp to which you may go for the necessities of nature,

13  And thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee.

13  carrying a small shovel at your belt. And when you would sit down, you shall dig around, and then, with the soil that was dug up, you shall cover

13  And you shall have a peg upon your weapon; and it shall be, when you relieve yourself, you shall dig with it, and then you shall cover your dung;

14  For YHWH 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.

14  that from which you were relieved. For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, in order to rescue you, and to deliver your enemies to you. And so, let your camp be holy, and let nothing filthy appear within it, lest he abandon you.

15  Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a bondman that is escaped from his master unto thee;

15  You shall not deliver a servant who has fled to you to his master.

16  he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it liketh him best; thou shalt not wrong him.

16  He shall live with you in a place that pleases him, and he shall rest in one of your cities. You shall not grieve him.

16  But he shall dwell with you in the place which he shall choose in one of your towns, where it pleases him best; you shall not oppress him.

17  There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

17  There shall not be a harlot of the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be a fornicator of the sons of Israel; there shall not be an idolatress of the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be an initiated person of the sons of Israel.

17  There shall be no prostitutes among the daughters of Israel, nor anyone among the sons of Israel who visits a prostitute.

18  Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of YHWH thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination unto the YHWH thy God.

18  You shall not offer money from a prostitute, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord your God, no matter what you may have vowed. For both of these are an abomination with the Lord your God.

19  Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest.

19  You shall not lend money, or grain, or anything else at all, to your brother at interest,

20  Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest; that YHWH thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

20  Thou mayest lend on usury to a stranger, but to thy brother thou shalt not lend on usury; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all thy works upon the land, into which thou art entering to inherit it.

20  but only to a foreigner. For you shall lend to your brother whatever he needs without interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your works in the land, which you shall enter so as to possess it.

21  When thou shalt vow a vow unto YHWH thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it; for the YHWH thy God will surely require it of thee; and it will be sin in thee.

21  And if thou wilt vow a vow to the Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to pay it; for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee, and otherwise it shall be sin in thee.

21  When you have made a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not be late in paying it. For the Lord your God demands it. And if you delay, it shall be imputed to you as a sin.

22  But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

22  If you are not willing to make a promise, then it shall be without sin.

22  But if you are unwilling to make a vow, then it shall be no sin in you.

23  That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed freely unto YHWH thy God, even that which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

23  Thou shalt observe the words that proceed from between thy lips; and as thou hast vowed a gift to the Lord God, so shalt thou do that which thou hast spoken with thy mouth.

23  But as soon as it has departed from your lips, you shall observe and do just as you have promised to the Lord your God and just as you have spoken by your own free will and with your own mouth.

24  When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes until thou have enough at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.

Dt24:1  And if thou shouldest go into the corn field of thy neighbour, then thou mayest gather the ears with thy hands; but thou shalt not put the sickle to thy neighbour’s corn.

24  Upon entering your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you please. But you may not carry any out with you.

25  When thou comest into thy neighbour's standing corn, then thou mayest pluck ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.

Dt24:2  And if thou shouldest go into the vineyard of thy neighbour, thou shalt eat grapes sufficient to satisfy thy desire; but thou mayest not put them into a vessel.

25  If you enter into your friend’s grain field, you may break off the ears, and rub them in your hand, but you may not reap them with a sickle.”

24:2  and she departeth out of his house, and goeth and becometh another man's wife,

Dt24:4  And if she should go away and be married to another man;

2  And when, having departed, she has married another,

24:3  and 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;

3  and if he likewise hates her, and has given her a bill of divorce, and has dismissed her from his house, or if indeed he has died,

24:4  her 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 YHWH; and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the YHWH thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

4  then the former husband cannot take her back as a wife. For she has been polluted and has become abominable in the sight of the Lord. Otherwise, you may cause your land, which the Lord your God will deliver to you as a possession, to sin.

24:5  When 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 he hath taken.

Dt24:7  And if any one should have recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any thing be laid upon him; he shall be free in his house; for one year he shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

5  When a man has recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, nor shall any public office be enjoined upon him. Instead, he shall be free at home without guilt, so that for one year he may rejoice with his wife.

24:6  No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

Dt24:8  Thou shalt not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes life for a pledge.

6  You shall not accept an upper or lower millstone as collateral. For then he will have placed his life with you.

24:7  If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, and sell him; then that thief shall die; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

Dt24:9  And if a man should be caught stealing one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and having overcome him he should sell him, that thief shall die; so shalt thou remove that evil one from yourselves.

24:8  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.

Dt24:10  Take heed to thyself in regard of the plague of leprosy: thou shalt take great heed to do according to all the law, which the priests the Levites shall report to you; take heed to do, as I have charged you.

8  Observe diligently, lest you incur the wound of leprosy. But you shall do whatever the priests of the Levitical stock shall teach you to do, according to what I have instructed them. And you shall fulfill it carefully.

24:9  Remember what YHWH thy God did unto Miriam, by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt.

Dt24:11  Remember all that the Lord thy God did to Mariam in the way, when ye were going out of Egypt.

24:10  When thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

Dt24:12  If thy neighbour owe thee a debt, any debt whatsoever, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge

24:11  Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.

11  Instead, you shall stand outside, and he will carry out to you what he has.

11  But you shall wait in the street, and the man who is your debtor shall bring out the pledge to you.

24:12  And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

12  But if he is poor, then the collateral shall not remain with you through the night.

12  And if the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his mantle.

24:13  thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before YHWH thy God.

13  Instead, you shall return it to him promptly, before the setting of the sun, so that, sleeping in his own garment, he may bless you, and you may have justice in the presence of the Lord your God.

24:14  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.

14  You shall not refuse the pay of the indigent and the poor, whether he is your brother, or he is a new arrival who dwells with you in the land and is within your gates.

24:15  In 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 YHWH and it be sin in thee.

Dt24:17  Thou shalt pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and it shall be sin in thee.

15  Instead, you shall pay him the price of his labor on the same day, before the setting of the sun. For he is poor, and with it he sustains his life. Otherwise, he may cry out against you to the Lord, and it would be charged to you as a sin.

24:16  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.

24:17  Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge.

Dt24:19  Thou shalt not wrest the judgement of the stranger and the fatherless, and widow; thou shalt not take the widow’s garment for a pledge.

17  You shall not pervert the judgment of the new arrival or the orphan, nor shall you take away the widow’s garment as collateral.

24:18  But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and YHWH thy God redeemed thee thence; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

18  Remember that you served in Egypt, and that the Lord your God rescued you from there. Therefore, I am instructing you to act in this way.

18  But you shall remember that you were a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD your God delivered you from there; therefore I command you to do this thing

24:19  When 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 YHWH thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

19  When you have reaped the grain in your field, and, having forgotten, you leave behind a sheaf, you shall not return to take it away. Instead, you shall permit the new arrival, and the orphan, and the widow to take it away, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works of your hands.

24:20  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.

Dt24:22  And if thou shouldest gather thine olives, thou shalt not return to collect the remainder; it shall be for the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, and thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

20  If you have gathered the fruit of your olive trees, you shall not return in order to gather whatever may remain on the trees. Instead, you shall leave it behind for the new arrival, the orphan, and the widow.

24:21  When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

21  If you harvest the vintage of your vineyard, you shall not gather the remaining clusters. Instead, they shall fall to the use of the stranger, the orphan, and the widow.

24:22  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

22  Remember that you also served in Egypt, and so, for this reason, I am instructing you to act in this way.”

22  And you shall remember that you were a bondman in Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.

25:1  If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, by justifying the righteous, and condemning the wicked,

1  “If there is a case between persons, and they apply to the judges, they shall give the palm of justice to the one whom they perceive to be just, and they shall condemn of impiety the one who is impious.

25:2  then it shall be, if the wicked man deserve to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to the measure of his wickedness, by number.

2  But if they see that the one who has sinned is worthy of stripes, they shall prostrate him and cause him to be beaten before them. According to the measure of the sin, so shall the measure of the stripes be.

25:3  Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonoured before thine eyes.

3  And they shall scourge him with forty stripes in number, they shall not inflict more; for if thou shouldest scourge him with more stripes beyond these stripes, thy brother will be disgraced before thee.

3  Even so, these shall not exceed the number of forty. Otherwise, your brother may depart, having been wounded shamefully before your eyes.

25:4  Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

4  You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out your crops in the field.

25:5  If 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 perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.

5  When brothers are living together, and one of them dies without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry another. Instead, his brother shall take her, and he shall raise up offspring for his brother.

25:6  And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

6  And it shall come to pass that the child which she shall bear, shall be named by the name of the deceased, and his name shall not be blotted out of Israel.

6  And the first son from her, he shall call by his brother’s name, so that his name will not be abolished from Israel.

25:7  And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, 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.'

7  And if the man should not be willing to take his brother’s wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband’s brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband’s brother has refused.

7  But if he is not willing to take his brother’s wife, who by law must go to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and she shall call upon those greater by birth, and she shall say: ‘The brother of my husband is not willing to raise up his brother’s name in Israel; nor will he join with me.’

25:8  Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him; and if he stand, and say: 'I like not to take her';

8  And the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him; and if he stand and say, I will not take her

8  And immediately, they shall summon him to be sent, and they shall question him. If he responds, ‘I am not willing to accept her as a wife,’

25:9  then shall his brother's wife draw nigh unto him 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.'

9  then his brother’s wife shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother’s house in Israel.

9  then the woman shall approach him in the sight of the elders, and she shall remove his shoe from his foot, and she shall spit in his face, and she shall say: ‘So shall it be done to the man who was not willing to build up his brother’s house.’

25:10  And his name shall be called in Israel The house of him that had his shoe loosed.

25:11  When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets;

25:12  then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.

12  thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not spare her.

12  then you shall cut off her hand. Neither shall you weep over her with any mercy.

25:13  Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

13  You shall not have differing weights, greater and lesser, in your bag.

25:14  Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.

14  Neither shall there be in your house a greater and a lesser measure.

14  You shall not have in your house different measures, a large and a small.

25:15  A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy days may be long upon the land which YHWH thy God giveth thee.

15  Thou shalt have a true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that thou mayest live long upon the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.

15  You shall have a just and a true weight, and your measure shall be equal and true, so that you may live for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

25:16  For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto YHWH thy God.

16  For every one that does this is an abomination to the Lord thy God, even every one that does injustice.

25:17  Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt;

17  Remember what things Amalec did to thee by the way, when thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt

25:18  how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were enfeebled in thy rear, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

18  how he met you and cut down the stragglers of the troops, who were sitting down, exhausted, when you were consumed by hunger and hardship, and how he did not fear God.

25:19  Therefore it shall be, when YHWH thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the YHWH 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.

19  Therefore, when the Lord your God will give you rest, and you will have subdued all the surrounding nations, in the land which he has promised to you, you shall delete his name from under heaven. Take care not to forget this.”

26:1  And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which YHWH thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and dost possess it, and dwell therein;

1  “And when you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you to possess, and when you will have obtained it and are living within it

26:2  that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that YHWH thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket and shalt go unto the place which the YHWH thy God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there.

2  you shall take the first of all your crops, and place them in a basket, and you shall travel to the place which the Lord your God will choose, so that his name may be invoked there.

2  You shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the land, which you shall bring in from the land which the LORD your God gives you, and shall put it in a basket, and you shall arise and go to the place where the LORD your God chooses to place his name.

26:3  And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him: 'I profess this day unto YHWH thy God, that I am come unto the land which the YHWH swore unto our fathers to give us.'

3  And you shall approach the priest who will be in those days, and you shall say to him: ‘I profess this day, before the Lord your God, that I have entered into the land about which he swore to our fathers that he would give it to us.’

3  And you shall go to the priest who shall be in those days: and say to him, I profess this day to the LORD your God that I have come into the land which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.

26:4  And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of YHWH thy God.

26:5  And thou shalt speak and say before YHWH 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.

5  And you shall say, in the sight of the Lord your God: ‘The Syrian pursued my father, who descended into Egypt, and he sojourned there in a very small number, and he increased into a great and strong nation and into an innumerable multitude.

5  And you shall speak and say before the LORD your God, My father was led to Aram and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there for a short time, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous;

26:6  And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.

6  And the Egyptians afflicted us, and they persecuted us, imposing upon us the most grievous burdens.

26:7  And we cried unto YHWH, the God of our fathers, and the YHWH heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression.

7  and we cried to the Lord our God, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our humiliation, and our labour, and our affliction.

7  And when we cried to the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, our labor, and our oppression;

26:8  And YHWH 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.

8  And the Lord brought us out of Egypt himself with his great strength, and his mighty hand, and his high arm, and with great visions, and with signs, and with wonders.

8  And he led us away from Egypt, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with a mighty terror, with signs and wonders.

26:9  And He hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

9  And he led us into this place, and he delivered to us the land flowing with milk and honey.

9  And we came to this place, and the LORD has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

26:10  And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the land, which Thou, O YHWH, hast given me.' And thou shalt set it down before YHWH thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God.

10  And because of this, I now offer the first fruits of the land which the Lord has given to me.’ And you shall leave them in the sight of the Lord your God, and you shall adore the Lord your God.

26:11  And thou shalt rejoice in all the good which YHWH thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is in the midst of thee.

11  And you shall feast on all the good things which the Lord your God will give to you and to your house: you, and the Levite, and the new arrival who is with you.

26:12  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 fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be satisfied,

12  And when thou shalt have completed all the tithings of thy fruits in the third year, thou shalt give the second tenth to the Levite, and stranger, and fatherless, and widow; and they shall eat it in thy cities, and be merry.

26:13  then thou shalt say before YHWH thy God: 'I have put away the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all Thy commandment which Thou hast commanded me; I have not transgressed any of Thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.

13  And thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have fully collected the holy things out of my house, and I have given them to the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, according to all commands which thou didst command me: I did not transgress thy command, and I did not forget it.

26:14  I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of YHWH my God, I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me.

14  And in my distress I did not eat of them, I have not gathered of them for an unclean purpose, I have not given of them to the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

14  I have not eaten from these things in my grief, nor have I separated them due to any kind of uncleanness, nor have I expended any of these things in funerals. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God, and I have done all things just as you have instructed me.

26:15  Look 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.'

15  Look with favor from your sanctuary and from your lofty habitation amid the heavens, and bless your people Israel and the land which you have given to us, just as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.’

26:16  This day YHWH thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances; thou shalt therefore observe and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

16  On this day the Lord thy God charged thee to keep all the ordinances and judgements; and ye shall observe and do them, with all your heart, and with all your soul.

26:17  Thou hast avouched YHWH this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in His ways, and keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordinances, and hearken unto His voice.

17  Today, you have chosen the Lord to be your God, so that you may walk in his ways, and keep his ceremonies and commandments and judgments, and obey his command.

17  You have confessed the LORD this day to be your God, and promised to walk in his ways and to keep his statutes and his judgments and his commandments, and to hearken to his voice;

26:18  And YHWH hath avouched thee this day to be His own treasure, as He hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all His commandments;

18  Today, the Lord has chosen you, so that you may be his particular people, just as he has spoken to you, and so that you may keep all his precepts,

18  And the LORD has promised you again this day to be his beloved people, as he had promised you, that you shall keep and do all his commandments;

26:19  and to make thee high above all nations that He hath made, in praise, and in name, and in glory; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto YHWH thy God, as He hath spoken.

19  and that thou shouldest be above all nations, as he has made thee renowned, and a boast, and glorious, that thou shouldest be a holy people to the Lord thy God, as he has spoken.

19  and so that he may cause you to be more exalted than all the nations which he has created, for the sake of his own praise and name and glory, in order that you may be a holy people for the Lord your God, just as he has spoken.”

27:1  And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying: 'Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.

27:2  And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan unto the land which YHWH thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster.

2  And when you have crossed over the Jordan, into the land which the Lord your God will give to you, you shall erect immense stones, and you shall coat them with plaster,

27:3  And 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 YHWH thy God giveth thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the YHWH, the God of thy fathers, hath promised thee.

3  so that you may be able to write upon them all the words of this law, when you have crossed the Jordan so as to enter into the land which the Lord your God will give to you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as he swore to your fathers.

27:4  And 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.

4  Therefore, when you have crossed over the Jordan, erect the stones, just as I instruct you to do this day, on Mount Ebal. And you shall coat them with plaster,

27:5  And there shalt thou build an altar unto YHWH thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them.

5  and you shall build, in that place, an altar to the Lord your God out of stones which have not been touched by iron,

27:6  Thou shalt build the altar of YHWH thy God of unhewn stones; and thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon unto the YHWH thy God.

6  out of stones which have not been hewn or polished. And you shall offer holocausts on it to the Lord your God.

6  You shall build the altar of the LORD your God of undressed stones, and you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God

27:7  And thou shalt sacrifice peace-offerings, and shalt eat there; and thou shalt rejoice before YHWH thy God.

7  And you shall immolate peace victims. And you shall eat and feast in that place, in the sight of the Lord your God.

7  And you shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there and rejoice before the LORD your God.

27:8  And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.'

8  And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law, plainly and clearly.”

27:9  And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke unto all Israel, saying: 'Keep silence, and hear, O Israel; this day thou art become a people unto YHWH thy God.

27:10  Thou shalt therefore hearken to the voice of YHWH thy God, and do His commandments and His statutes, which I command thee this day.'

10  And thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and shalt do all his commands, and his ordinances, as many as I command thee this day.

10  You shall listen to his voice, and you shall do the commandments and justices, which I am entrusting to you.”

27:11  And Moses charged the people the same day, saying

27:12  'These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin;

12  These shall stand to bless the people on mount Garizin having gone over Jordan; Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

12  These tribes shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people when you have crossed the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin;

27:13  and these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

13  And in the opposite region, there shall stand upon Mount Ebal, as a curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

27:14  And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice

27:15  Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto YHWH, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say: Amen.

15  Cursed is the man whosoever shall make a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of craftsmen, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, So be it.

27:16  Cursed be he that dishonoureth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

27:17  Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say: Amen.

27:18  Cursed be he that maketh the blind to go astray in the way. And all the people shall say: Amen.

27:19  Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.

19  Cursed is every one that shall pervert the judgement of the stranger, and orphan, and widow: and all the people shall say, So be it.

27:20  Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say: Amen.

20  Cursed be he who lies with his father’s wife, and so exposes the covering of his bed. And all the people shall say: Amen.

27:21  Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say: Amen.

27:22  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.

22  Cursed is he that lies with his sister by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.

27:23  Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say: Amen.

23  Cursed is he that lies with his daughter-in-law: and all the people shall say, So be it. Cursed is he that lies with his wife’s sister: and all the people shall say, So be it.

27:24  Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour in secret. And all the people shall say: Amen.

27:25  Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say: Amen.

25  Cursed is he whosoever shall have taken a bribe to slay an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it.

25  Cursed be he who accepts gifts in order to strike down the life of innocent blood. And all the people shall say: Amen.

27:26  Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say: Amen.'

26  Cursed is every man that continues not in all the words of this law to do them: and all the people shall say, So be it.

26  Cursed be he who does not remain in the words of this law, and does not carry them out in deed. And all the people shall say: Amen.”

28:1  And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of YHWH thy God, to observe to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that the YHWH thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth.

1  “So then, if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, so as to keep and do all of his commandments, which I instruct to you this day, the Lord your God will cause you to be more exalted than all the nations which exist upon the earth.

1  AND if you shall hearken diligently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command you this day, the LORD your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth;

28:2  And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of YHWH thy God.

28:3  Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

28:4  Blessed 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.

4  Blessed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, and the herds of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.

28:5  Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

28:6  Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

6  Blessed shall you be entering and departing.

28:7  YHWH 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.

7  The Lord will grant that your enemies, who rise up against you, will fall down in your sight. They will come against you by one way, and they will flee from your face by seven ways.

7  The LORD shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to surrender defeated before you; they shall come out against you by one way, and flee before you by seven ways.

28:8  YHWH 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 YHWH thy God giveth thee.

8  The Lord send upon thee his blessing in thy barns, and on all on which thou shalt put thine hand, in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee.

8  The Lord will send forth a blessing upon your cellars, and upon all the works of your hands. And he will bless you in the land that you shall receive.

28:9  YHWH will establish thee for a holy people unto Himself, as He hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of YHWH thy God, and walk in His ways.

9  The Lord raise thee up for himself a holy people, as he sware to thy fathers; if thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and walk in all his ways.

28:10  And all the peoples of the earth shall see that the name of YHWH is called upon thee; and they shall be afraid of thee.

28:11  And YHWH will make thee over-abundant 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 YHWH swore unto thy fathers to give thee.

11  And the LORD shall enrich you in good things, in the fruit of your body and in the bearing of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

28:12  YHWH 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.

12  The LORD shall open to you his good storehouse, the heaven, to give you rain to your land in its season; and he will bless all the works of your hands; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

28:13  And YHWH 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 commandments of the YHWH thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them;

13  And the Lord will appoint you as the head, and not as the tail. And you shall be always above, and not beneath. But only if you will listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I entrust to you this day, and will keep and do them,

28:14  and 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.

14  and will not turn aside from them, neither to the right, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.

28:15  But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of YHWH 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.

15  But if you are not willing to listen to the voice of the Lord your God, so as to keep and do all his commandments and ceremonies, which I instruct to you this day, all these curses shall come to you, and take hold of you.

28:16  Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

16  Cursed shall you be in the city, cursed in the field.

28:17  Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

17  Cursed shall be your barn, and cursed your storehouses.

28:18  Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock.

28:19  Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

19  Cursed shall you be entering, and cursed departing.

28:20  YHWH will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken Me.

20  The Lord send upon thee want, and famine, and consumption of all things on which thou shalt put thy hand, until he shall have utterly destroyed thee, and until he shall have consumed thee quickly because of thine evil devices, because thou hast forsaken me.

20  The Lord will send famine and hunger upon you, and a rebuke upon all the works that you do, until he quickly crushes and perishes you, because of your very wicked innovations, by which you have forsaken me.

28:21  YHWH will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until He have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it.

21  May the Lord join a pestilence to you, until he consumes you from the land, which you shall enter so as to possess.

28:22  YHWH will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

22  The Lord smite thee with distress, and fever, and cold, and inflammation, and blighting, and paleness, and they shall pursue thee until they have destroyed thee.

22  May the Lord strike you with destitution, with fever and cold, with burning and heat, and with polluted air and rot, and may he pursue you until you perish.

28:23  And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

23  May the heavens which are above you be of brass, and may the ground upon which you tread be of iron.

28:24  YHWH will make the rain of thy land powder and dust; from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

24  The Lord thy God make the rain of thy land dust; and dust shall come down from heaven, until it shall have destroyed thee, and until it shall have quickly consumed thee.

24  May the Lord give you dust instead of rain upon your land, and may ashes descend from heaven over you, until you have been wiped away.

28:25  YHWH will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them; and thou shalt be a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.

25  May the Lord hand you over to fall before your enemies. May you go forth against them by one way, and flee by seven ways, and may you be scattered across all the kingdoms of the earth.

28:26  And thy carcasses shall be food unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to frighten them away.

28:27  YHWH will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

27  May the Lord strike you with the ulcer of Egypt, and may he strike the part of your body, through which the dung goes out, with disease as well as itch, so much so that you are unable to be cured.

27  The LORD will smite you with the boils of Egypt and with hemorrhoids and with leprosy and with the itch, and thereof you cannot be healed.

28:28  YHWH will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.

28  The Lord smite thee with insanity, and blindness, and astonishment of mind.

28  May the Lord strike you with frenzy and blindness and a madness of the mind.

28:29  And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosperous; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.

29  And may you grope at midday, just as a blind man is accustomed to grope in darkness, and may your paths not be straight. And at all times may you suffer slander and be oppressed with violence, and may you have no one who may free you.

29  And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind grope in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways; and you shall be carried away violently, and oppressed and wronged all your days, and no man shall save you.

28:30  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 use the fruit thereof.

30  May you take a wife, though another sleeps with her. May you build a house, but not live within it. May you plant a vineyard, and not gather its vintage.

30  You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall take her; you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell in it; you shall plant a vineyard, and you shall not press grapes of it.

28:31  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 save thee.

31  May your ox be immolated before you, though you do not eat from it. May your donkey be seized in your sight, and not restored to you. May your sheep be given to your enemies, and may there be no one who may help you.

31  Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it; your ass shall be violently taken away from you, and shall not be restored to you; your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to rescue them.

28:32  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; and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.

32  May your sons and your daughters be handed over to another people, as your eyes watch and languish at the sight of them throughout the day, and may there be no strength in your hand.

32  Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look on, and you shall grieve over them all the day long; and there shall be no might in your hand to do anything.

28:33  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 away

33  May a people you do not know eat the fruits of your land and of all your labors. And may you continually suffer from slander and oppression every day.

28:34  so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

34  And may you be stupefied at the terror of the things your eyes will see.

28:35  YHWH will smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head.

35  May the Lord strike you with a very grievous ulcer in the knees and in the legs, and may you be unable to attain health, from the sole of the foot to the top of the head.

28:36  YHWH will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

36  May the Lord lead you and your king, whom you will have appointed over yourself, into a nation which you and your fathers have not known. And there you will serve foreign gods, of wood and of stone.

28:37  And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither YHWH shall lead thee away.

37  And you will become nothing but a proverb and a fable to all the peoples to whom the Lord will lead you.

37  And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations where the LORD your God shall drive you.

28:38  Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

38  You will sow much seed upon the ground, but you will harvest little. For the locusts will devour everything.

38  You shall carry much seed into your field, and you shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

28:39  Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them.

39  You will dig and plant a vineyard, but you will not drink the wine, nor gather anything at all from it. For it will be devastated by worms.

39  You shall plant a vineyard and dress it, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, because the worms shall eat it.

28:40  Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olives shall drop off.

40  You will have olive trees in all your borders, but you will not be anointed with the oil. For the olives will fall off and perish.

28:41  Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.

41  You will conceive sons and daughters, and you will not enjoy them. For they will be led into captivity.

41  You shall beget sons and daughters, but they shall not remain yours; for they shall go into captivity.

28:42  All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess.

42  Rot will consume all the trees, as well as the fruits of your land.

42  All your trees and fruits of your land shall the locust consume.

28:43  The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.

43  The new arrival who lives with you in the land will ascend over you, and be higher. But you will descend, and be lower.

28:44  He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

44  He will lend to you, and you will not lend to him. He will be as the head, and you will be as the tail.

28:45  And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of YHWH thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded thee.

45  And all these curses shall come to you, and shall pursue you, and shall take hold of you, until you pass away, because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and you would not serve his commandments and ceremonies, which he has instructed to you.

45  Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and shall pursue you and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you did not hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, and did not keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you;

28:46  And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever;

46  And these things shall be signs in thee, and wonders among thy seed for ever;

46  And there will be the signs and portents with you, and with your offspring, forever.

28:47  because thou didst not serve YHWH thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;

47  Because you did not serve the Lord your God, with gladness and a joyful heart, over the abundance of all things.

28:48  therefore shalt thou serve thine enemy whom 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.

48  You will serve your enemy, whom the Lord will send to you, in hunger and thirst and nakedness, and in destitution of all things. And he will place an iron yoke upon your neck, until he has crushed you.

28:49  YHWH will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the vulture swoopeth down; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

49  The Lord shall bring upon thee a nation from the extremity of the earth, like the swift flying of an eagle, a nation whose voice thou shalt not understand;

49  The Lord will lead over you a nation from far away, even from the furthest parts of the earth, like an eagle flying with great force, whose language you are not able to understand

28:50  a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favour to the young.

50  a nation bold in countenance, which shall not respect the person of the aged and shall not pity the young.

50  a very insolent nation, which will show no deference to elders, nor take pity on little ones.

28:51  And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee corn, wine, or oil, the increase of thy kine, or the young of thy flock, until he have caused thee to perish.

51  And he will devour the fruit of your cattle, and the fruits of your land, until you have passed away, without leaving behind you wheat, or wine, or oil, or herds of oxen, or flocks of sheep: until he utterly destroys you.

51  And they shall eat the young of your cattle and the fruit of your land, until they destroy you; they also shall not leave you either grain or wine or oil or herds of oxen or flocks of sheep, until they have destroyed you.

28:52  And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou didst trust, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which YHWH thy God hath given thee.

52  and have utterly crushed thee in thy cities, until the high and strong walls be destroyed, in which thou trustest, in all thy land; and it shall afflict thee in thy cities, which he has given to thee.

52  And he will crush you in all your cities. And your strong and lofty walls, in which you trusted, will be destroyed throughout all your land. You will be besieged within your gates throughout all your land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

28:53  And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters whom YHWH thy God hath given thee; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall straiten thee.

53  And you will eat the fruit of your womb, and the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, which the Lord your God will give to you, due to the anguish and devastation with which your enemy will oppress you.

53  And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you: and you shall eat them in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall harass you;

28:54  The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;

54  The man who is pampered and very self-indulgent among you will vie with his own brother, and with the wife who lies at his bosom,

28:55  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 enemy shall straiten thee in all thy gates.

55  lest he give to them from the flesh of his sons, which he will eat. For he has nothing else due to the siege and the destitution, with which your enemies will devastate you within all your gates.

28:56  The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter;

28:57  and against her afterbirth that cometh out from between her feet, and against her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in thy gates.

57  and over the filth of the afterbirth, which goes forth from between her thighs, and over the children who are born in the same hour. For they will eat them secretly, due to the scarcity of all things during the siege and the devastation, with which your enemy will oppress you within your gates.

28:58  If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and awful Name, YHWH thy God;

58  If you will not keep and do all the words of this law, which have been written in this volume, and fear his glorious and terrible name, that is, the Lord your God,

28:59  then 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.

59  then the Lord shall magnify thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, great and wonderful plagues, and evil and abiding diseases.

59  then the Lord will increase your plagues, and the plagues of your offspring, plagues great and long-lasting, infirmities very grievous and continuous.

28:60  And He will bring back upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast in dread of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

60  Moreover he will bring upon you all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid; and they shall cleave to you.

28:61  Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will YHWH bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

61  And the Lord shall bring upon thee every sickness, and every plague that is not written, and every one that is written in the book of this law, until he shall have destroyed thee.

61  In addition, the Lord will lead over you all the diseases and plagues that are not written in the volume of this law, until he crushes you.

28:62  And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of YHWH thy God.

62  And you will remain few in number, though you were before like the stars of heaven in multitude, because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God.

28:63  And it shall come to pass, that as YHWH rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the YHWH will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

63  And just as before, when the Lord rejoiced over you, doing good for you and multiplying you, so shall he rejoice, scattering and overturning you, so as to take you away from the land, which you shall enter in order to possess.

63  And as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you and exterminate you; and you shall be carried away from the land which you are entering to possess.

28:64  And YHWH shall scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.

64  And the Lord thy God shall scatter thee among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other; and thou shalt there serve other gods, wood and stone, which thou hast not known, nor thy fathers.

64  The Lord will disperse you among all the peoples, from the heights of the earth to its furthest limits. And there you will serve foreign gods of wood and of stone, which you and your fathers did not know.

28:65  And among these nations shalt thou have no repose, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot; but YHWH shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and languishing of soul.

65  Moreover among those nations he will not give thee quiet, neither by any means shall the sole of thy foot have rest; and the Lord shall give thee there another and a misgiving heart, and failing eyes, and a wasting soul.

65  Similarly, you will not have tranquility, even within those nations, nor will there be any rest for the steps of your feet. For the Lord will give to you in that place a fearful heart, and failing eyes, and a life consumed with grieving.

28:66  And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life.

66  And your life will be as if it were hanging before you. You will be afraid night and day, and you will not have confidence in your own life.

66  And your life shall be uncertain before you; and you shall fear day and night, and shall have no assurance of your life;

28:67  In the morning thou shalt say: 'Would it were even!' and at even thou shalt say: 'Would it were morning!' for the fear of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

67  In the morning you will say, ‘Who will grant evening to me?’ and at evening, ‘Who will grant morning to me?’ because of the dread of your heart, with which you will be terrified, and because of those things that you will see with your eyes.

67  In the morning you shall say, Would God it were evening! and in the evening you shall say, Would God it were morning! because of the fear of your heart with which you shall fear, and because of the hardships which you shall see with your eyes.

28:68  And YHWH shall bring thee back into Egypt in ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee: 'Thou shalt see it no more again'; and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwoman, and no man shall buy you.

68  And the Lord shall bring thee back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said, Thou shalt not see it again; and ye shall be sold there to your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and none shall buy you.

68  The Lord will lead you back into Egypt with a fleet of ships, along the way, about which he said to you that you would not see it again. In that place, you will be put up for sale as men and women servants to your enemies, but there will be no one willing to buy you.”

29:2  And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Ye have seen all that YHWH did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

29:3  the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders;

3  The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles

29:4  but YHWH hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

4  Yet the Lord God has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.

4  But the Lord has not given you an understanding heart, and seeing eyes, and ears that are able to hear, even to this present day.

29:5  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.

5  And he led you forty years in the wilderness; your garments did not grow old, and your sandals were not worn away off your feet.

5  He led you for forty years through the desert. Your garments have not been worn out, nor have the shoes on your feet been consumed by age.

29:6  Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye might know that I am YHWH your God.

6  Ye did not eat bread, ye did not drink wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.

29:7  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.

7  And ye came as far as this place; and there came forth Seon king of Esebon, and Og king of Basan, to meet us in war.

29:8  And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.

29:9  Observe therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may make all that ye do to prosper.

9  And ye shall take heed to do all the words of this covenant, that ye may understand all things that ye shall do.

9  Therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and fulfill them, so that you may understand all that you are doing.

29:10  Ye are standing this day all of you before YHWH your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

10  Today, you all stand in the sight of the Lord your God: your leaders, and tribes, and those greater by birth, and teachers, all the people of Israel,

29:11  your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

11  your wives, and your children, and the stranger who is in the midst of your camp, from your hewer of wood even to your drawer of water,

11  your children and wives, and the new arrival who dwells with you in the camp, aside from those who cut wood, and those who bring water,

29:12  that thou shouldest enter into the covenant of YHWH thy God--and into His oath--which the YHWH thy God maketh with thee this day;

12  so that you may cross into the covenant of the Lord your God, and into the oath which the Lord your God strikes with you today.

12  That you may not transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, and the oath of the LORD your God, which he made with you this day;

29:13  that He may establish thee this day unto Himself for a people, and that He may be unto thee a God, as He spoke unto thee, and as He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

13  So shall he raise you up as a people to himself, and so shall he be your God, just as he has spoken to you, and just as he swore to your fathers: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

13  Because he will establish you this day a people to himself, and he will be to you the God, as he has promised you, and as he has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

29:14  Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;

14  And I do not appoint to you alone this covenant and this oath;

14  And I am not forming this covenant and confirm these oaths with you alone,

29:15  but with him that standeth here with us this day before YHWH our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day--

15  but to those also who are here with you to-day before the Lord your God, and to those who are not here with you to-day.

15  but with all those who are present as well as those who are absent.

29:16  for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed;

16  (For you know how we have sojourned in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which you passed by;

29:17  and ye have seen their detestable things, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them--

17  you saw their abominations and filth, that is, their idols of wood and of stone, of silver and of gold, which they worshipped,

17  And you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood and stone, overlaid with silver and gold).

29:18  lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from YHWH our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

18  Perhaps there is among you a man or woman or family or tribe whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; or perhaps there is among you a root that springs up and bears poison and wormwood;

29:19  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 stubbornness of my heart--that the watered be swept away with the dry';

29:20  YHWH will not be willing to pardon him, but then the anger of the YHWH and His jealousy shall be kindled against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven;

20  But the Lord would not ignore him. Instead, at that time, his fury and zealousness would be very greatly enflamed against that man, and all the curses which have been written in this volume would settle upon him. And the Lord would abolish his name from under heaven,

29:21  and YHWH shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.

21  And the Lord shall separate that man for evil of all the children of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in the book of this law.

21  and consume him unto perdition out of all the tribes of Israel, according to the curses which are contained in the book of this law and in the covenant.

29:22  And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith YHWH hath made it sick;

22  And the subsequent generation would speak out, along with the sons who will be born afterward. And the sojourners, who will arrive from far away, will see the plagues of that land and the infirmities with which the Lord will have afflicted it,

29:23  and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which YHWH overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath;

23  having burned it with sulphur and molten salt, so that it can no longer be sown. And certainly no greenery would spring up, as in the example of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overturned with his wrath and fury.

29:24  even all the nations shall say 'Wherefore hath YHWH done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?'

24  and all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? what is this great fierceness of anger?

24  And so, all the nations would say: ‘Why has the Lord acted this way toward this land? What is this immense wrath of his fury?’

29:25  then men shall say: 'Because they forsook the covenant of YHWH, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them forth out of the land of Egypt;

25  And they will respond: ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, which he formed with their fathers, when he led them away from the land of Egypt.

29:26  and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that He had not allotted unto them;

26  and they went and served other gods, which they knew not, neither did he assign them to them.

26  For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them

29:27  therefore the anger of YHWH was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book;

27  And the Lord was exceedingly angry with that land to bring upon it according to all the curses which are written in the book of this law.

27  For this reason, the fury of the Lord was enraged against this land, so as to lead over it all the curses which have been written in this volume.

29:28  and 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'.--

28  And he has cast them out of their own land, with anger and fury, and with a very great indignation, and he has thrown them into a strange land, just as has been proven this day.’

29:29  The secret things belong unto YHWH our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

29  These hidden things of the Lord our God have been revealed to us and to our sons in perpetuity, so that we may accomplish all the words of this law.”

30:1  And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt bethink thyself among all the nations, whither YHWH thy God hath driven thee,

1  “Now when all these things will have fallen over you, the blessing or the curse that I have set forth in your sight, and you will have been led to repentance in your heart among all the nations to which the Lord your God will have dispersed you,

30:2  and shalt return unto YHWH thy God, and hearken to His voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;

2  and when you will have returned to him, so as to obey his commandments, just as I have instructed you this day, with your sons, with your whole heart and with your whole soul,

2  And shall return to the LORD your God and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul;

30:3  that then YHWH thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither the YHWH thy God hath scattered thee.

3  then the Lord shall heal thine iniquities, and shall pity thee, and shall again gather thee out from all the nations, among which the Lord has scattered thee.

3  then the Lord your God will lead you away from your captivity, and he will take pity on you, and he will gather you again from all the nations to which he had dispersed you before.

30:4  If any of thine that are dispersed be in the uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will YHWH thy God gather thee, and from thence will He fetch thee.

4  Even if you will have been scattered as far as the poles of the heavens, the Lord your God will retrieve you from there.

4  If your scattered ones are in the outmost parts of heaven, O Israel, from thence will the LORD your God gather you, and from thence will he fetch you;

30:5  And YHWH thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and He will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

5  And he will take you up and lead you into the land which your fathers had possessed, and you shall obtain it. And in blessing you, he will make you greater in number than your fathers ever were.

30:6  And YHWH thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the YHWH thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

6  The Lord your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, so that you may love the Lord your God with your entire heart and with your entire soul, so that you may be able to live.

6  And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, and then you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, because he will give you rest.

30:7  And YHWH thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee.

7  And he will turn all these curses upon your enemies, and upon those who hate and persecute you.

7  And the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies, and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

30:8  And thou shalt return and hearken to the voice of YHWH, and do all His commandments which I command thee this day.

8  But you shall return, and you shall listen to the voice of the Lord your God. And you shall carry out all the commandments which I am entrusting to you this day.

8  And you shall return and obey the voice of the LORD your God, and do all his commandments which I command you this day.

30:9  And YHWH thy God will make thee over-abundant in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good; for the YHWH will again rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers;

9  And the Lord your God will cause you to abound in all the works of your hands, in the progeny of your womb, and in the fruit of your cattle, in the fertility of your land, and with an abundance of all things. For the Lord will return, so that he may rejoice over you in all good things, just as he rejoiced in your fathers

9  And the LORD your God will make you plenteous in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body and in the bearing of your cattle and in the fruit of your land, for good; for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers;

30:10  if thou shalt hearken to the voice of YHWH thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto the YHWH thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

10  but only if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep his precepts and ceremonies, which have been written in this law, and only if you return to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

30:11  For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off.

11  This commandment, which I entrust to you today, is not high above you, nor has it been placed far away.

30:12  It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?'

12  Nor is it in heaven, so that you would be able to say, ‘Which of us can ascend to heaven, so as to carry it back to us, and so that we may hear it and fulfill it in deed?’

30:13  Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?'

13  Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you would excuse yourself by saying, ‘Which of us is able to cross the sea, and to carry it back to us, so that we may be able to hear and to do what has been instructed?’

30:14  But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

14  The word is very near thee, in thy mouth, and in thine heart, and in thine hands to do it.

14  Instead, the word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.

30:15  See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil,

15  Behold, I have set before thee this day life and death, good and evil.

15  Consider what I have set forth in your sight this day, life and good, or, on the opposite side, death and evil,

30:16  in that I command thee this day to love YHWH thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances; then thou shalt live and multiply, and the YHWH thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

16  If thou wilt hearken to the commands of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his ordinances, and his judgements; then ye shall live, and shall be many in number, and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all the land into which thou goest to inherit it.

16  so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and so that you may live, and he may multiply you and bless you in the land, which you shall enter in order to possess.

30:17  But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

17  But if your heart will have been turned aside, so that you are not willing to listen, and, having been deceived by error, you adore strange gods and serve them,

17  But if your heart turns away, so that you will not hear, but shall go astray, and worship other gods and serve them;

30:18  I declare unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it.

18  I declare to you this day, that ye shall utterly perish, and ye shall by no means live long upon the land, into which ye go over Jordan to inherit it.

18  then I predict to you this day that you will perish, and you will remain for only a short time in the land, for which you shall cross the Jordan, and which you shall enter in order to possess.

30:19  I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

30:20  to love YHWH thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unto Him; for that is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the YHWH swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

20  and so that you may love the Lord your God, and obey his voice, and cling to him, (for he is your life and the length of your days) and so that you may live in the land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them.”

31:1  And Moses went and spoke these words unto all Israel.

1  And Moses finished speaking all these words to all the children of Israel;

1  And so, Moses went out, and he spoke all these words to all of Israel.

31:2  And he said unto them: 'I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in; and YHWH hath said unto me: Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

2  and said to them, I am this day a hundred and twenty years old; I shall not be able any longer to come in or go out; and the Lord said to me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

2  And he said to them: “Today, I am one hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to go out and return, especially since the Lord has also said to me, ‘You shall not cross this Jordan.’

31:3  YHWH thy God, He will go over before thee; He will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them; and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as YHWH hath spoken.

3  Therefore, the Lord your God will go across before you. He himself will abolish all these nations in your sight, and you shall possess them. And this man Joshua shall go across before you, just as the Lord has spoken.

3  The LORD your God, he will go over before you, and he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall possess them; and Joshua shall go over before you, as the LORD has said.

31:4  And YHWH will do unto them as He did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto their land; whom He destroyed.

4  And the Lord thy God shall do to them as he did to Seon and Og the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, and to their land, as he destroyed them.

31:5  And YHWH will deliver them up before you, and ye shall do unto them according unto all the commandment which I have commanded you.

5  And the Lord has delivered them to you; and ye shall do to them, as I charged you.

5  Therefore, when the Lord will have delivered these to you also, you shall act similarly toward them, just as I have instructed you.

31:6  Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them; for YHWH thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.'

6  Be courageous and strong, fear not, neither be cowardly neither be afraid before them; for it is the Lord your God that advances with you in the midst of you, neither will he by any means forsake thee, nor desert thee.

6  Act manfully and be strengthened. Do not be afraid, and do not dread at the sight of them. For the Lord your God himself is your commander, and he will neither dismiss nor abandon you.”

31:7  And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel: 'Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt go with this people into the land which YHWH hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

7  And Moses called Joshua, and, before all of Israel, he said to him: ‘Be strong and valiant. For you shall lead this people into the land which the Lord swore that he would give to their fathers, and you shall divide it by lot.

7  Then Moses called Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring this people into the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.

31:8  And YHWH, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.'

8  And the Lord that goes with thee shall not forsake thee nor abandon thee; fear not, neither be afraid.

8  And the Lord, who is your commander, will himself be with you. He will neither renounce nor abandon you. Do not be afraid, and do not dread.”

31:9  And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bore the ark of the covenant of YHWH, and unto all the elders of Israel.

31:10  And Moses commanded them, saying: 'At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

10  And he instructed them, saying: “After seven years, in the year of remission, at the solemnity of the Feast of Tabernacles,

31:11  when all Israel is come to appear before YHWH thy God in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

11  when all of Israel has convened in order to appear in the sight of the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord will choose, you shall read the words of this law before all of Israel, in their hearing.

31:12  Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear YHWH your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;

12  And when the people have gathered together, men as well as women and little children, and the new arrivals who are within your gates, they shall listen so that they may learn, and may fear the Lord your God, and may keep and fulfill all the words of this law,

31:13  and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear YHWH your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.'

13  And their sons who have not known shall hear, and shall learn to fear the Lord thy God all the days that they live upon the land, into which ye go over Jordan to inherit it.

13  and also so that their sons, who are now ignorant, may be able to listen, and may fear the Lord their God all the days that they live in the land to which you will travel, crossing the Jordan in order to obtain it.”

31:14  And YHWH said unto Moses: 'Behold, thy days approach that thou must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge.' And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

14  And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, the days of thy death are at hand; call Joshua, and stand ye by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and I will give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went to the tabernacle of testimony, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.

14  And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

31:15  And YHWH appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud; and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.

15  And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony; and the pillar of the cloud stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.

15  And the Lord appeared there, in a pillar of cloud, which stood at the entrance of the tabernacle.

31:16  And YHWH said unto Moses: 'Behold, thou art about to sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go astray after the foreign gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake Me, and break My covenant which I have made with them.

16  And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people will rise up and will fornicate after foreign gods, in the land which they will enter so that they may live in it. In that place, they will forsake me, and they will make void the covenant that I have formed with them.

31:17  Then My anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day: Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

17  And I will be very angry with them in that day, and I will leave them and turn my face away from them, and they shall be devoured; and many evils and afflictions shall come upon them; and they shall say in that day, Because the Lord my God is not with me, these evils have come upon me.

17  And my fury will be enraged against them in that day. And I will abandon them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured. Every evil and affliction will find them, so much so that they will say in that day: ‘Truly, it is because God is not with me that these evils have found me.’

31:18  And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

18  And I will surely turn away my face from them in that day, because of all their evil doings which they have done, because they turned aside after strange gods.

18  But I will hide myself, and I will conceal my face in that day, because of all the evils that they have done, because they have followed strange gods.

31:19  Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel.

19  And now write the words of this song, and teach it to the children of Israel, and ye shall put it into their mouth, that this song may witness for me among the children of Israel to their face.

19  And so, write this canticle now, and teach it to the sons of Israel, so that they may retain it in memory, and may chant it by mouth, and so that this verse may be a testimony to me among the sons of Israel.

31:20  For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten their fill, and waxen fat; and turned unto other gods, and served them, and despised Me, and broken My covenant;

20  For I will bring them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers, to give to them a land flowing with milk and honey: and they shall eat and be filled and satisfy themselves; then will they turn aside after other gods, and serve them, and they will provoke me, and break my covenant.

31:21  then it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I know their imagination how they do even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.'

31:22  So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

22  And Moses wrote this song in that day, and taught it to the children of Israel.

22  Therefore, Moses wrote the canticle, and he taught it to the sons of Israel.

31:23  And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said: 'Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore unto them; and I will be with thee.'

23  And he charged Joshua, and said, Be courageous and strong, for thou shalt bring the sons of Israel into the land, which the Lord sware to them, and he shall be with thee.

23  And the Lord instructed Joshua, the son of Nun, and he said: “Be strong and valiant. For you shall lead the sons of Israel into the land which I have promised, and I will be with you.”

31:24  And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

24  And when Moses finished writing all the words of this law in a book, even to the end,

24  Therefore, after Moses had written the words of this law in a volume, and had finished it,

31:25  that Moses commanded the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of YHWH, saying

25  then he charged the Levites who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,

25  he instructed the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying

31:26  'Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of YHWH your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

26  “Take this book, and place it inside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may be there as a testimony against you.

31:27  For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck; behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against YHWH; and how much more after my death?

27  For I know thy provocation, and thy stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, ye have been provoking in your conduct toward God: how shall ye not also be so after my death?

27  For I know your contentiousness and your very stiff neck. Even while I am still living and entering with you, you have always acted with contention against the Lord. How much more so when I will be dead?

31:28  Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

28  Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.

31:29  For I know that after my death ye will in any wise deal corruptly, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the end of days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of YHWH, to provoke Him through the work of your hands.'

29  For I know that, after my death, you will act with iniquity, and you will quickly depart from the way that I have instructed to you. And so, evils will meet you in the end time, when you will have done evil in the sight of the Lord so as to provoke him through the works of your hands.”

31:30  And Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished

30  Thus did Moses speak, in the hearing of the entire assembly of Israel, the words of this canticle, and he completed it to its very end.