| 1:2 |
It is eleven days journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea. |
It is an eleven day journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea. |
| 1:3 |
In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them, |
In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that YHWH had given him in commandment to them, |
| 1:6 |
Yahweh our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have lived long enough at this mountain. |
YHWH our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, Yall have lived long enough at this mountain. |
| 1:7 |
Turn, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the places near there: in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the lowland, in the South, by the seashore, in the land of the Canaanites, and in Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. |
Now yall must turn and set out on yalls journey, going to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the places near there: in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the lowland, in the South, by the seashore, in the land of the Canaanites, and in Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. |
| 1:8 |
Behold, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob—to give to them and to their offspring after them. |
Look, I have set the land before yall. Yall must go in and possess the land which YHWH swore to yalls ancestors—to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob—to give to them and to their descendants after them. |
| 1:9 |
I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone. |
At that time I spoke to yall, saying, I am not able to bear the burden of yall alone. |
| 1:10 |
Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as the stars of the sky for multitude. |
YHWH your* God has multiplied yall, and today, yall are as numerous as the stars of the sky. |
| 1:11 |
May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you! |
May YHWH, the God of yalls ancestors, increase yall a thousand times more and bless yall, as ʜᴇ has promised yall! |
| 1:12 |
How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife? |
But how can I bear yalls problems, burdens, and strife by myself? |
| 1:13 |
Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you. |
Yall must choose some wise, understanding, and respected men from among your* tribes, and I will make them heads over yall. |
| 1:14 |
You answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good to do. |
Yall answered me and said, What you have said is good to do. |
| 1:15 |
So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and respected men, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes. |
So I took the heads of yalls tribes, wise and respected men, and made them heads over yall, leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for yalls tribes. |
| 1:16 |
I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him. |
I commanded yalls judges at that time, saying, Hear cases between yalls brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him. |
| 1:17 |
You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is Gods. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it. |
Yall must not show partiality in judgment. Yall are to listen to the small and the great alike. Yall must not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is Gods. If a case is too hard for yall, yall may bring it to me, and I will hear it. |
| 1:18 |
I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do. |
I commanded yall at that time all the things that yall were to do. |
| 1:19 |
We traveled from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea. |
We traveled from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which yall saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as YHWH our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea. |
| 1:20 |
I said to you, You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which Yahweh our God gives to us. |
I said to yall, Yall have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which YHWH our God is giving to us. |
| 1:21 |
Behold, Yahweh your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as Yahweh the God of your fathers has spoken to you. Dont be afraid, neither be dismayed. |
Look, YHWH your God has set the land before you. Go up and take possession as YHWH the God of your ancestors has told you. Dont be afraid, neither be dismayed. |
| 1:22 |
You came near to me, everyone of you, and said, Lets send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come. |
All yall approached me and said, Lets send men ahead of us to search the land for us, and bring back a report of the route we should go up and the cities we will enter. |
| 1:23 |
The thing pleased me well. I took twelve of your men, one man for every tribe. |
The thing pleased me well. I took twelve of yalls men, one man for every tribe. |
| 1:24 |
They turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out. |
They turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and spied on it. |
| 1:25 |
They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Yahweh our God gives to us. |
They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us, and brought us a report again, and said, The land that YHWH our God is giving to us is good. |
| 1:26 |
Yet you wouldnt go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God. |
But yall were not willing to go up. Yall rebelled against the commandment of YHWH yalls God. |
| 1:27 |
You murmured in your tents, and said, Because Yahweh hated us, he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us. |
Yall grumbled in yalls tents and said, YHWH hates us, so ʜᴇ brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us. |
| 1:28 |
Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our heart melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to the sky. Moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there! |
Where can we go? Our brothers have made our heart melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we are. The cities are great and fortified up to the sky. We have even seen the sons of the Anakim there! |
| 1:29 |
Then I said to you, Dont be terrified. Dont be afraid of them. |
Then I said to yall, Yall must not be terrified or afraid of them. |
| 1:30 |
Yahweh your God, who goes before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, |
YHWH yalls God, who goes ahead of yall, he will fight for yall, just as ʜᴇ did for yall in Egypt before yalls eyes, |
| 1:31 |
and in the wilderness where you have seen how that Yahweh your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went, until you came to this place. |
and in the wilderness where you saw that YHWH your God carried yall, as a man carries his son, all the way that yall went, until yall came to this place. |
| 1:32 |
Yet in this thing you didnt believe Yahweh your God, |
But for all this, yall did not trust YHWH yalls God, |
| 1:33 |
who went before you on the way, to seek out a place for you to pitch your tents in: in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the cloud by day. |
who went before yall on the journey to seek out a place for yall to set up camp. Yall saw ʜɪᴍ by fire at night and in the cloud by day, to show the way yall should go. |
| 1:34 |
Yahweh heard the voice of your words and was angry, and swore, saying, |
YHWH heard the voice of yalls words and was angry, and swore, saying, |
| 1:35 |
Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land which I swore to give to your fathers, |
Not one of these men from this evil generation will see the good land which I swore to give to yalls ancestors, |
| 1:36 |
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it. I will give the land that he has trodden on to him and to his children, because he has wholly followed Yahweh. |
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He will see it. I will give the land that he has walked on to him and to his children, because he has followed YHWH fully. |
| 1:37 |
Also Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, saying, You also shall not go in there. |
YHWH was also angry with me because of yall, saying, You also will not enter it. |
| 1:38 |
Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, shall go in there. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. |
Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit it. |
| 1:39 |
Moreover your little ones, whom you said would be captured or killed, your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, shall go in there. I will give it to them, and they shall possess it. |
And yalls little ones, whom yall said would be captured or killed, yalls children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, will enter there. I will give it to them, and they will possess it. |
| 1:40 |
But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea. |
But as for yall, yall must turn and set out for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea. |
| 1:41 |
Then you answered and said to me, We have sinned against Yahweh. We will go up and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God commanded us. Every man of you put on his weapons of war, and presumed to go up into the hill country. |
Then yall answered and said to me, We have sinned against YHWH. We will go up and fight, according to all that YHWH our God commanded us. All yall put on their weapons of war, and prepared to go up to the hill country. |
| 1:42 |
Yahweh said to me, Tell them, Dont go up and dont fight; for I am not among you, lest you be struck before your enemies. |
YHWH said to me, You are to tell them, Yall must not go up and fight, because I am not with yall, and yall will be defeated by yalls enemies. |
| 1:43 |
So I spoke to you, and you didnt listen; but you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill country. |
So I spoke to yall, but yall didnt listen. Yall rebelled against the commandment of YHWH, and were arrogant, and went up into the hill country. |
| 1:44 |
The Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against you and chased you as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah. |
The Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against yall and chased yall like bees do. They beat yall down from Seir to Hormah. |
| 1:45 |
You returned and wept before Yahweh, but Yahweh didnt listen to your voice, nor turn his ear to you. |
Yall returned and wept before YHWH, but YHWH would not listen to yalls voice or turn his ear to yall. |
| 1:46 |
So you stayed in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you remained. |
So yall stayed in Kadesh many days, all the days that yall stayed. |
| 2:1 |
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many days. |
Then we turned and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as YHWH spoke to me, and we traveled around Mount Seir for many days. |
| 2:2 |
Yahweh spoke to me, saying, |
YHWH spoke to me, saying, |
| 2:3 |
You have encircled this mountain long enough. Turn northward. |
Yall have traveled around this mountain long enough. Yall are to turn northward. |
| 2:4 |
Command the people, saying, You are to pass through the border of your brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore be careful. |
You are to command the people, Yall will pass through the border of yalls relatives the descendants of Esau, who dwell in Seir. They will be afraid of yall, but yall must be careful. |
| 2:5 |
Dont contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession. |
Yall are not to contend with them, because I will not give yall any of their land, not even enough for a footstep, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession. |
| 2:6 |
You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat. You shall also buy water from them for money, that you may drink. |
Yall may purchase food to eat from them with silver, and buy water to drink. |
| 2:7 |
For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years, Yahweh your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing. |
For YHWH your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years, YHWH your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing. |
| 2:8 |
So we passed by from our brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. |
So we passed by our brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. |
| 2:9 |
Yahweh said to me, Dont bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession. |
YHWH said to me, Dont bother Moab or contend with them in battle, because I will not give you any of his land for a possession. I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession. |
| 2:10 |
The Emim lived there before, a great and numerous people, and tall as the Anakim. |
The Emim lived there previously, a great and numerous people, and as tall as the Anakim. |
| 2:11 |
These also are considered to be Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. |
They are also considered to be Rephaim, like the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim. |
| 2:12 |
The Horites also lived in Seir in the past, but the children of Esau succeeded them. They destroyed them from before them, and lived in their place, as Israel did to the land of his possession, which Yahweh gave to them. |
The Horites also lived in Seir previously, but the children of Esau succeeded them. They destroyed them from before them, and lived in their place, as Israel did to the land of his possession, which YHWH gave to them. |
| 2:13 |
Now rise up and cross over the brook Zered. We went over the brook Zered. |
Now yall are to get up and cross the Zered Valley. So we crossed the Zered Valley. |
| 2:14 |
The days in which we came from Kadesh Barnea until we had come over the brook Zered were thirty eight years, until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the middle of the camp, as Yahweh swore to them. |
The time from when we travelled from Kadesh Barnea until we came to Zered Valley was thirty eight years, until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as YHWH had sworn to them. |
| 2:15 |
Moreover Yahwehs hand was against them, to destroy them from the middle of the camp, until they were consumed. |
Moreover YHWHs hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had perished. |
| 2:16 |
So, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, |
So, when all the men of war had perished and were dead from among the people, |
| 2:17 |
Yahweh spoke to me, saying, |
YHWH spoke to me, saying, |
| 2:18 |
You are to pass over Ar, the border of Moab, today. |
Today you are to cross over Ar, the border of Moab. |
| 2:19 |
When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, dont bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession. |
When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, dont bother them or contend with them, because I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession. I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession. |
| 2:20 |
That also is considered a land of Rephaim. Rephaim lived there in the past, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim, |
That also is considered a land of Rephaim. Rephaim lived there previously, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim, |
| 2:21 |
a great people, many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them from before Israel, and they succeeded them, and lived in their place, |
a great people, many, and tall, like the Anakim. But YHWH destroyed them before the Ammonites, who succeeded them and lived in their place. |
| 2:22 |
as he did for the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day. |
This is what ʜᴇ did for the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them, and they succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day. |
| 2:24 |
Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. |
Yall are to get up, set out, and pass over the valley of the Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. You are to take possession of it and contend with him in battle. |
| 2:25 |
Today I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you. |
Today I will begin to put the dread and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who will hear the report of you, tremble, and be in anguish because of you. |
| 2:28 |
You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink. Just let me pass through on my feet, |
You can sell me food for silver, so that I can eat, and give me water for silver, that I may drink. Just let me pass through on foot, |
| 2:29 |
as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me, until I pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us. |
as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did for me, until I pass over the Jordan into the land which YHWH our God is giving us. |
| 2:30 |
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as it is today. |
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass near him, for YHWH your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that ʜᴇ might deliver him into your hand, as has taken place today. |
| 2:31 |
Yahweh said to me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before you. Begin to possess, that you may inherit his land. |
YHWH said to me, Look, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land to you. You are to take take possession of it. |
| 2:32 |
Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz. |
Then Sihon and all his people came out against us for battle at Jahaz. |
| 2:33 |
Yahweh our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him, his sons, and all his people. |
YHWH our God delivered him up before us. We struck him down, with his sons and all his people. |
| 2:34 |
We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. We left no one remaining. |
At that time, we took all his cities, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. We left no one remaining. |
| 2:35 |
Only the livestock we took for plunder for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities which we had taken. |
We took only the livestock as plunder for ourselves from the cities which we had taken as plunder. |
| 2:36 |
From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. Yahweh our God delivered up all before us. |
From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. YHWH our God delivered up all before us. |
| 2:37 |
Only to the land of the children of Ammon you didnt come near: all the banks of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us. |
Only to the land of the children of Ammon you didnt come near: all the banks of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever YHWH our God forbade us. |
| 3:1 |
Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan. Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. |
Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan. Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. |
| 3:2 |
Yahweh said to me, Dont fear him; for I have delivered him, with all his people and his land, into your hand. You shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon. |
YHWH said to me, You are not to fear him, because I have delivered him, with all his people and his land, into your hand. You are to do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon. |
| 3:3 |
So Yahweh our God also delivered into our hand Og, the king of Bashan, and all his people. We struck him until no one was left to him remaining. |
So YHWH our God also delivered into our hand Og, the king of Bashan, and all his people. We struck him until no one was left to him remaining. |
| 3:7 |
But all the livestock, and the plunder of the cities, we took for plunder for ourselves. |
But all the livestock and the plunder of the cities we took for ourselves as booty. |
| 3:11 |
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron. Isnt it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its width, after the cubit of a man. |
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bedstead was made of iron. Isnt it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its width, after the cubit of a man. |
| 3:18 |
I commanded you at that time, saying, Yahweh your God has given you this land to possess it. All of you men of valor shall pass over armed before your brothers, the children of Israel. |
At that time, I commanded yall, saying, YHWH yalls God has given yall this land to possess. Warriors, yall are to cross over equipped for battle, ahead of your* brothers, the children of Israel. |
| 3:19 |
But your wives, and your little ones, and your livestock, I know that you have much livestock, shall live in your cities which I have given you, |
But yalls wives, little ones, and livestock, I know that yall have much livestock, will remain in the cities I have given yall, |
| 3:20 |
until Yahweh gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which Yahweh your God gives them beyond the Jordan. Then you shall each return to his own possession, which I have given you. |
until YHWH gives rest to yalls brothers as ʜᴇ has to yall, and they too possess the land which YHWH yalls God is giving them beyond the Jordan. Then each of yall may return to the possession I have given yall. |
| 3:21 |
I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings. So shall Yahweh do to all the kingdoms where you go over. |
I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that YHWH yalls God has done to these two kings. YHWH will do the same to all the kingdoms where yall are going. |
| 3:22 |
You shall not fear them; for Yahweh your God himself fights for you. |
Dont be afraid of them, for YHWH yalls God fights for yall. |
| 3:23 |
I begged Yahweh at that time, saying, |
I begged YHWH at that time, saying, |
| 3:24 |
Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do works like yours, and mighty acts like yours? |
Lord YHWH, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do works and mighty acts like yours? |
| 3:25 |
Please let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that fine mountain, and Lebanon. |
Please let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that fine mountain and Lebanon. |
| 3:26 |
But Yahweh was angry with me because of you, and didnt listen to me. Yahweh said to me, That is enough! Speak no more to me of this matter. |
But YHWH was angry with me because of yall, and would not listen to me. YHWH said to me, That is enough! You must not speak to me about this matter again. |
| 3:27 |
Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with your eyes; for you shall not go over this Jordan. |
Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with your eyes, since you must not go over this Jordan. |
| 3:28 |
But commission Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see. |
But commission Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him, because he will go over before this people, and he will enable them to inherit the land that you will see. |
| 4:1 |
Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them, that you may live and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you. |
Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach yall to do, so that yall may live and go in and take possession of the land which YHWH, the God of your* ancestors, is giving yall. |
| 4:2 |
You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you. |
Yall must not add to the word that I command yall and do not take away from it, so that yall may keep the commandments of YHWH your* God which I command yall. |
| 4:3 |
Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal Peor; for Yahweh your God has destroyed all the men who followed Baal Peor from among you. |
Yalls eyes have seen what YHWH did because of Baal Peor, for YHWH your God destroyed everyone who followed Baal Peor from among you. |
| 4:4 |
But you who were faithful to Yahweh your God are all alive today. |
But yall who were faithful to YHWH your* God, all yall are alive today. |
| 4:5 |
Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it. |
Look, I have taught yall statutes and ordinances, even as YHWH my God commanded me, that yall would do them in the land yall are entering to take possession of it. |
| 4:6 |
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. |
So yall must be sure to do them, for this is your* wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. |
| 4:7 |
For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him? |
For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as YHWH our God is whenever we call on him? |
| 4:8 |
What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you today? |
What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before yall today? |
| 4:9 |
Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your childrens children— |
Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, so that you dont forget the things which your eyes saw, and so they dont depart from yalls heart all the days of your life. You are to teach them to your children and your childrens children— |
| 4:10 |
the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children. |
the day that you stood before YHWH your God in Horeb, when YHWH said to me, Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children. |
| 4:11 |
You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. |
Yall came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. |
| 4:12 |
Yahweh spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; you only heard a voice. |
YHWH spoke to yall from the midst of the fire: yall heard the sound of words, but yall saw no form—only a voice. |
| 4:13 |
He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments. He wrote them on two stone tablets. |
Hᴇ declared ʜɪꜱ covenant to yall, which ʜᴇ commanded yall to follow, namely the Ten Commandments. Hᴇ wrote them on two stone tablets. |
| 4:14 |
Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it. |
YHWH commanded me at that time to teach yall statutes and ordinances, so that yall would obey them in the land yall are crossing over to possess. |
| 4:15 |
Be very careful, for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire, |
Guard your* souls carefully, because yall did not see any form on the day YHWH spoke to yall in Horeb from the fire, |
| 4:16 |
lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, |
so that yall dont corrupt yourselves by making an idol in the form of any figure. This includes the likeness of male or female, |
| 4:18 |
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; |
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water below the earth. |
| 4:19 |
and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky. |
When you lift up your eyes to the sky and see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, do not be drawn away and worship them and serve them. YHWH your God has allotted them to all the peoples under the whole sky. |
| 4:20 |
But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as it is today. |
But YHWH has selected yall, and brought yall out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of ʜɪꜱ inheritance, as it is today. |
| 4:21 |
Furthermore Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance; |
Furthermore YHWH was angry with me because of yall, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land which YHWH your God gives you for an inheritance. |
| 4:22 |
but I must die in this land. I must not go over the Jordan, but you shall go over and possess that good land. |
Instead I must die in this land. I must not go over the Jordan, but yall will go over and take possession of that good land. |
| 4:23 |
Be careful, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you. |
Yall must be careful not to forget the covenant of YHWH your* God that ʜᴇ made with yall, and make an idol in the form of anything which YHWH your* God has forbidden for yall. |
| 4:24 |
For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. |
For YHWH your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. |
| 4:25 |
When you father children and childrens children, and you have been long in the land, and then corrupt yourselves, and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do that which is evil in Yahweh your Gods sight to provoke him to anger, |
When you have produced children and grandchildren, and yall have been in the land a long time, and then yall corrupt yourselves* and make an idol in the form of anything, and yall do what is evil in YHWH your Gods sight to provoke ʜɪᴍ to anger, |
| 4:26 |
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over the Jordan to possess it. You will not prolong your days on it, but will utterly be destroyed. |
I call heaven and the land to witness against yall today, that yall will soon perish perish from the land that yall are crossing over the Jordan to possess. Yall will not live long in it, but will be destroyed destroyed. |
| 4:27 |
Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where Yahweh will lead you away. |
YHWH will scatter yall among the peoples, and yall will be left few in number among the nations where YHWH will drive yall. |
| 4:28 |
There you will serve gods, the work of mens hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. |
There yall will serve gods made by human hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. |
| 4:29 |
But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you will find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. |
But if yall will seek YHWH your God from there, you will find ʜɪᴍ when you search after ʜɪᴍ with all your heart and with all your soul. |
| 4:30 |
When you are in oppression, and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God and listen to his voice. |
When you are in distress and all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to YHWH your God and listen to ʜɪꜱ voice, |
| 4:31 |
For Yahweh your God is a merciful God. He will not fail you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them. |
for YHWH your God is a compassionate God, then ʜᴇ will not fail you or destroy you, or forget the covenant that ʜᴇ swore to your ancestors. |
| 4:32 |
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as great as this thing is, or has been heard like it? |
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created humanity on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as great as this thing is, or has been heard like it? |
| 4:33 |
Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have heard, and live? |
Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out from fire, as you have heard, and live? |
| 4:34 |
Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? |
Or has God tried to go and take a nation for ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, as YHWH yalls God did for yall in Egypt before your eyes? |
| 4:35 |
It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him. |
It was shown to you so that you might know that YHWH is God. There is no one else besides him. |
| 4:39 |
Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else. |
Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that YHWH himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else. |
| 4:40 |
You shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for all time. |
You are to keep ʜɪꜱ statutes and ʜɪꜱ commandments that I command you today, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which YHWH your God gives you for all time. |
| 4:48 |
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Zion also called Hermon, |
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Sion also called Hermon, |
| 5:1 |
Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears today, that you may learn them, and observe to do them. |
Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Listen, Israel, to the statutes and the ordinances which I declare in yalls ears today. Yall must learn them and attend to doing them. |
| 5:2 |
Yahweh our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. |
YHWH our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. |
| 5:3 |
Yahweh didnt make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today. |
YHWH didnt make this covenant with our ancestors, but with us, with all of us here who are alive today. |
| 5:4 |
Yahweh spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of the middle of the fire, |
YHWH spoke with yall face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire, |
| 5:5 |
I stood between Yahweh and you at that time, to show you Yahwehs word; for you were afraid because of the fire, and didnt go up onto the mountain saying, |
I stood between YHWH and yall at that time, to show yall the word of YHWH, because yall were afraid of the fire, and didnt go up onto the mountain. He said, |
| 5:6 |
I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. |
I am YHWH your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. |
| 5:7 |
You shall have no other gods before me. |
You must have no other gods before me. |
| 5:8 |
You shall not make a carved image for yourself—any likeness of what is in heaven above, or what is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. |
You must not make an idol for yourself in the likeness of anything in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water below the earth. |
| 5:9 |
You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me |
You must not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, YHWH your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me |
| 5:10 |
and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. |
and showing lovingkindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. |
| 5:11 |
You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God; for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name. |
You must not carry the name of YHWH your God for vain purposes, for YHWH will not hold anyone guiltless who carries ʜɪꜱ name that way. |
| 5:12 |
Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you. |
You must observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as YHWH your God commanded you. |
| 5:13 |
You shall labor six days, and do all your work; |
You are to labor six days and do all your work, |
| 5:14 |
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, in which you shall not do any work—neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. |
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to YHWH your God, in which you must not do any work, neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male slave, nor your female slave, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates, so that your male slave and your female slave may rest as well as you. |
| 5:15 |
You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. |
You must remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and YHWH your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore YHWH your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. |
| 5:16 |
Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you, that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. |
You are to honor your father and your mother, as YHWH your God commanded you, that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land which YHWH your God gives you. |
| 5:17 |
You shall not murder. |
You must not murder. |
| 5:18 |
You shall not commit adultery. |
You must not commit adultery. |
| 5:19 |
You shall not steal. |
You must not steal. |
| 5:20 |
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. |
You must not give false testimony against your neighbor. |
| 5:21 |
You shall not covet your neighbors wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbors house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbors. |
You must not covet your neighbors wife. Neither are you to desire your neighbors house, his field, or his male slave, or his female slave, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbors. |
| 5:22 |
Yahweh spoke these words to all your assembly on the mountain out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice. He added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets, and gave them to me. |
YHWH spoke these words to yalls entire assembly on the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice. Hᴇ added no more. Hᴇ wrote them on two stone tablets, and gave them to me. |
| 5:23 |
When you heard the voice out of the middle of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; |
When yall heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, yall came near to me, all the heads of yalls tribes, and yalls elders, |
| 5:24 |
and you said, Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the middle of the fire. We have seen today that God does speak with man, and he lives. |
and yall said, Look, YHWH our God has shown us ʜɪꜱ glory and ʜɪꜱ greatness, and we have heard ʜɪꜱ voice from the midst of the fire. We have seen today that God can speak with humans, and they still live. |
| 5:25 |
Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear Yahweh our Gods voice any more, then we shall die. |
Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear YHWH our Gods voice any more, then we will die. |
| 5:26 |
For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as we have, and lived? |
For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? |
| 5:27 |
Go near, and hear all that Yahweh our God shall say, and tell us all that Yahweh our God tells you; and we will hear it, and do it. |
You go near, and hear all that YHWH our God says, and tell us all that YHWH our God tells you. We will listen and do it. |
| 5:28 |
Yahweh heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me; and Yahweh said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have well said all that they have spoken. |
YHWH heard the voice of yalls words when yall spoke to me, and YHWH said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all they said. |
| 5:30 |
Go tell them, Return to your tents. |
You are to go tell them, Yall must return to your* tents. |
| 5:31 |
But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess. |
But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you are to teach them, so that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess. |
| 5:32 |
You shall observe to do therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded you. You shall not turn away to the right hand or to the left. |
So yall be careful to do what YHWH your* God has commanded yall. Yall must not turn away to the right hand or to the left. |
| 5:33 |
You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess. |
Yall are to walk in all the path that YHWH your* God has commanded yall, so that yall may live and that it may be well with yall, and that yall may prolong your* days in the land that yall are going to possess. |
| 6:1 |
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land that you go over to possess; |
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which YHWH your* God commanded me to teach yall, so that yall would do them in the land that yall go over to possess, |
| 6:2 |
that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you—you, your son, and your sons son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. |
that you, your children, and your childrens children would fear YHWH your God all the days of your life by keeping all ʜɪꜱ statutes and commandments, which I command you, so that your days may be prolonged. |
| 6:3 |
Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it, that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. |
Listen, Israel, and be careful to do it, that it may go well with you, and that yall may multiply greatly, just as YHWH, the God of your ancestors, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. |
| 6:4 |
Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one. |
Hear, Israel: YHWH is our God. YHWH is one. |
| 6:5 |
You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. |
You are to love YHWH your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. |
| 6:6 |
These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart; |
These words, which I command you today, are to be on your heart; |
| 6:7 |
and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. |
and you are to teach them diligently to your children, and talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. |
| 6:8 |
You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. |
You are to bind them for a sign on your hand, and they will be for frontals between your eyes. |
| 6:9 |
You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates. |
You are to write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates. |
| 6:10 |
It shall be, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities which you didnt build, |
When YHWH your God brings you into the land which ʜᴇ swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you didnt build, |
| 6:11 |
and houses full of all good things which you didnt fill, and cisterns dug out which you didnt dig, vineyards and olive trees which you didnt plant, and you shall eat and be full; |
and houses full of all good things that you didnt fill, and cisterns that you didnt dig, vineyards and olive trees that you didnt plant, and you will eat and be full; |
| 6:12 |
then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. |
then be careful not to forget YHWH, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. |
| 6:13 |
You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name. |
You are to fear YHWH your God, serve ʜɪᴍ, and swear by ʜɪꜱ name. |
| 6:14 |
You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you, |
Yall must not follow after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around yall, |
| 6:15 |
for Yahweh your God among you is a jealous God, lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth. |
for YHWH your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise, the anger of YHWH your God will be kindled against you, and ʜᴇ will destroy you from the face of the land. |
| 6:16 |
You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah. |
Yall must not tempt YHWH yalls God, as yall tempted him in Massah. |
| 6:17 |
You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you. |
Yall must keep keep the commandments of YHWH yalls God, and ʜɪꜱ testimonies and statutes, that ʜᴇ has commanded yall. |
| 6:18 |
You shall do that which is right and good in Yahwehs sight, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, |
You must do what is right and good in YHWHs sight, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which YHWH swore to your ancestors, |
| 6:19 |
to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken. |
to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as YHWH has spoken. |
| 6:20 |
When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean? |
When your son asks you in the future, saying, What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which YHWH our God has commanded yall? |
| 6:21 |
then you shall tell your son, We were Pharaohs slaves in Egypt. Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand; |
then you are to tell your son, We were Pharaohs slaves in Egypt. YHWH brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, |
| 6:22 |
and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes; |
and YHWH showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes, |
| 6:23 |
and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers. |
but ʜᴇ brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land which he swore to our ancestors. |
| 6:24 |
Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are today. |
YHWH commanded us to obey all these statutes, to fear YHWH our God, for our good always, that ʜᴇ might preserve us alive, as we are today. |
| 6:25 |
It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all these commandments before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us. |
Righteousness will be ours if we are careful to do all these commandments before YHWH our God, as ʜᴇ has commanded us. |
| 7:1 |
When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you—the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—seven nations greater and mightier than you; |
When YHWH your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you—the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—seven nations greater and mightier than you; |
| 7:2 |
and when Yahweh your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them. |
and when YHWH your God delivers them over to you, and you strike them, then you must destroy destroy them. You must not make a covenant with them or show mercy to them. |
| 7:3 |
You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son. |
You must not make marriages with them. You must not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son. |
| 7:4 |
For that would turn away your sons from following me, that they may serve other gods. So Yahwehs anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly. |
For they will turn away your sons from me to serve other gods. So YHWHs anger would burn against yall, and ʜᴇ would destroy yall quickly. |
| 7:5 |
But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved images with fire. |
Instead this is what yall are to do with them: yall must break down their altars, dash their pillars into pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and yall must burn their idols with fire. |
| 7:6 |
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth. |
For you are a holy people to YHWH your God. YHWH your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth. |
| 7:7 |
Yahweh didnt set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples; |
YHWH favored yall and chose yall, not because yall were greater in number than any people, for yall were the fewest of all peoples, |
| 7:8 |
but because Yahweh loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Yahweh has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. |
but because YHWH loves yall, and kept the oath which ʜᴇ swore to yalls ancestors, YHWH has brought yall out with a mighty hand and redeemed yall out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. |
| 7:9 |
Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments, |
Know therefore that YHWH your God is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness to a thousand generations with those who love ʜɪᴍ and keep ʜɪꜱ commandments, |
| 7:10 |
and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face. |
and repays those who hate ʜɪᴍ to their face, to destroy them. Hᴇ will not be slow to the one who hates ʜɪᴍ. Hᴇ will repay them to their face. |
| 7:11 |
You shall therefore keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which I command you today, to do them. |
Therefore, you must keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which I command you today, to do them. |
| 7:12 |
It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers. |
If yall listen to these ordinances and keep doing them, YHWH your God will keep the covenant with you and the lovingkindness which ʜᴇ swore to your ancestors. |
| 7:13 |
He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you. |
Hᴇ will love you, bless you, and multiply you. Hᴇ will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your ancestors to give you. |
| 7:15 |
Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; and he will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you. |
YHWH will take all sickness away from you, and ʜᴇ will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you. |
| 7:16 |
You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God shall deliver to you. Your eye shall not pity them. You shall not serve their gods; for that would be a snare to you. |
You must destroy all the peoples whom YHWH your God will deliver to you. Your eye must not pity them. You must not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you. |
| 7:17 |
If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? |
If you say in your heart, These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them? |
| 7:18 |
you shall not be afraid of them. You shall remember well what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt: |
you are not to be afraid of them. Instead, you must remember remember what YHWH your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt: |
| 7:19 |
the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which Yahweh your God brought you out. So shall Yahweh your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid. |
the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which YHWH your God brought you out. So YHWH your God will do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid. |
| 7:20 |
Moreover Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you. |
Moreover YHWH your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you. |
| 7:21 |
You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is among you, a great and awesome God. |
You must not be terrified of them, because YHWH your God is among you, a great and awesome God. |
| 7:22 |
Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you little by little. You may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you. |
YHWH your God will cast out those nations before you little by little. You will not be allowed to destroy them at once, otherwise the animals of the field would multiply around you. |
| 7:23 |
But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they are destroyed. |
But YHWH your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they are destroyed. |
| 7:24 |
He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under the sky. No one will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them. |
Hᴇ will deliver their kings into your hand, and you are to make their name vanish from under the sky. No one will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them. |
| 7:25 |
You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God. |
Yall must burn the idol of their gods with fire. Do not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, so that you are not snared in it, for it is an abomination to YHWH your God. |
| 7:26 |
You shall not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it. You shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing. |
You must not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You must detest detest it. You must abhor abhor it, for it is set apart for this. |
| 8:1 |
You shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you today, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers. |
Yall must observe to do all the commandments which I am commanding yall today, so that yall may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which YHWH swore to yalls ancestors. |
| 8:2 |
You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. |
You must remember all the way which YHWH your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, test you, and know what was in your heart, whether you would keep ʜɪꜱ commandments or not. |
| 8:3 |
He humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didnt know, neither did your fathers know, that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahwehs mouth. |
Hᴇ humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna that you and your ancestors didnt know, in order to teach you that humans do not live by bread alone, but humans are to live by every word that proceeds from YHWHs mouth. |
| 8:4 |
Your clothing didnt grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years. |
For these forty years, your clothes did not grow old on you, nor did your foot swell. |
| 8:5 |
You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you. |
You must know in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so YHWH your God disciplines you. |
| 8:6 |
You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. |
You must keep the commandments of YHWH your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. |
| 8:7 |
For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills; |
For YHWH your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills, |
| 8:8 |
a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey; |
a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, |
| 8:9 |
a land in which you shall eat bread without scarcity, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper. |
a land where you will eat bread without scarcity, you will not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper. |
| 8:10 |
You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you. |
You will eat and be full, and you will bless YHWH your God for the good land which ʜᴇ has given you. |
| 8:11 |
Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today; |
Beware that you do not forget YHWH your God by not keeping ʜɪꜱ commandments, ordinances, and statutes, which I am commanding you today. |
| 8:12 |
lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them; |
Otherwise, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them, |
| 8:13 |
and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; |
and when your herds and your flocks increase, and your silver and your gold increases, and all that you have has increased, |
| 8:14 |
then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; |
then your heart might be lifted up in pride and you forget YHWH your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. |
| 8:15 |
who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint; |
Hᴇ led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water. Hᴇ poured water for you out of the rock of flint. |
| 8:16 |
who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didnt know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end; |
Hᴇ fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your ancestors did not know, in order to humble you and test you and to do good for you in the end. |
| 8:17 |
and lest you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. |
You may say in your heart, My power and the strength of my hand has earned this wealth for me. |
| 8:18 |
But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today. |
But you must remember YHWH your God, for it is ʜᴇ who gives you power to gain wealth, in order to confirm ʜɪꜱ covenant which ʜᴇ swore to your ancestors, as it is today. |
| 8:19 |
It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish. |
If you forget forget YHWH your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against yall today that yall will perish perish. |
| 8:20 |
As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish, because you wouldnt listen to Yahweh your Gods voice. |
Like the nations that YHWH will destroy before yall, so yall will be destroyed, because yall wouldnt listen to the voice of YHWH yalls God. |
| 9:1 |
Hear, Israel! You are to pass over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky, |
Listen, Israel! You are to pass over the Jordan today to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than yourself, great cities fortified up to the sky, |
| 9:2 |
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak? |
a people strong and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak? |
| 9:3 |
Know therefore today that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire. He will destroy them and he will bring them down before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you. |
But know today that YHWH your God will cross over ahead of you as a devouring fire. Hᴇ will destroy them and bring them down before you. So you will drive them out and make them perish quickly, as YHWH has told you. |
| 9:4 |
Dont say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land; because Yahweh drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations. |
After YHWH your God has driven them out from before you, do not say in your heart, Because of my righteousness YHWH has brought me in to possess this land. No, YHWH drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations. |
| 9:5 |
Not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. |
Not because of your righteousness or because of the uprightness of your heart will you go in to possess their land. Instead it is because of the wickedness of these nations that YHWH your God will drive them out from before you, and so that ʜᴇ might confirm the word which YHWH swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. |
| 9:6 |
Know therefore that Yahweh your God doesnt give you this good land to possess for your righteousness, for you are a stiff necked people. |
Understand, then, that YHWH your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff necked people. |
| 9:7 |
Remember, and dont forget, how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Yahweh. |
You must remember and not forget how you provoked YHWH your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you left the land of Egypt until yall came to this place, yall have been rebellious against YHWH. |
| 9:8 |
Also in Horeb you provoked Yahweh to wrath, and Yahweh was angry with you to destroy you. |
At Horeb yall provoked YHWH to wrath, and YHWH was angry enough with yall to destroy yall. |
| 9:9 |
When I had gone up onto the mountain to receive the stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant which Yahweh made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water. |
When I went up on the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant which YHWH made with yall, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water. |
| 9:10 |
Yahweh delivered to me the two stone tablets written with Gods finger. On them were all the words which Yahweh spoke with you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly. |
YHWH delivered to me the two stone tablets written with the finger of God. On them were all the words which YHWH spoke to yall on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly. |
| 9:11 |
It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights that Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant. |
It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights that YHWH gave me the two stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant. |
| 9:12 |
Yahweh said to me, Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned away from the way which I commanded them. They have made a molten image for themselves! |
YHWH said to me, Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned away from the way which I commanded them. They have made a molten image for themselves! |
| 9:13 |
Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff necked people. |
Furthermore YHWH spoke to me, saying, I have seen these people, and indeed, they are a stiff necked people. |
| 9:16 |
I looked, and behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God. You had made yourselves a molded calf. You had quickly turned away from the way which Yahweh had commanded you. |
When I looked, I saw that yall had sinned against YHWH yalls God. Yall had made a molded calf for yourselves*. Yall had quickly turned away from the way that YHWH had commanded yall. |
| 9:17 |
I took hold of the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. |
I took hold of the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, shattering them before yalls eyes. |
| 9:18 |
I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which was evil in Yahwehs sight, to provoke him to anger. |
I fell down before YHWH, as at the first, forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water, because of all yalls sin which yall committed, doing what was evil in YHWHs sight and provoking ʜɪᴍ to anger. |
| 9:19 |
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you. But Yahweh listened to me that time also. |
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure of YHWH, because ʜᴇ was angry enough to destroy yall. But YHWH listened to me that time also. |
| 9:20 |
Yahweh was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. I prayed for Aaron also at the same time. |
YHWH was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but I also prayed for Aaron at the same time. |
| 9:21 |
I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain. |
I took the sinful calf that yall had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain. |
| 9:22 |
At Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked Yahweh to wrath. |
At Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah yall continued to provoke YHWH to rage. |
| 9:23 |
When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you, you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didnt believe him or listen to his voice. |
When YHWH sent yall from Kadesh Barnea, saying, Yall are to go up and possess the land that I have given yall, yall rebelled against the commandment of YHWH yalls God, and yall didnt believe ʜɪᴍ or listen to ʜɪꜱ voice. |
| 9:24 |
You have been rebellious against Yahweh from the day that I knew you. |
Yall have been rebellious against YHWH from the first day that I knew yall. |
| 9:25 |
So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you. |
So I fell down before YHWH the forty days and forty nights, indeed I fell down because YHWH had said ʜᴇ would destroy yall. |
| 9:26 |
I prayed to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, dont destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. |
I prayed to YHWH, and said, Lord YHWH, dont destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. |
| 9:27 |
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Dont look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin, |
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Dont look at the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness, or their sin. |
| 9:28 |
lest the land you brought us out from say, Because Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness. |
Otherwise the land you brought us out from will say, Because YHWH was not able to bring them into the land that ʜᴇ promised to them, and because ʜᴇ hated them, ʜᴇ has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness. |
| 9:29 |
Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm. |
Yet they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm. |
| 10:1 |
At that time Yahweh said to me, Cut two stone tablets like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood. |
At that time YHWH said to me, You are to cut two stone tablets like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood. |
| 10:2 |
I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark. |
I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke, and you are to place them in the ark. |
| 10:3 |
So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two stone tablets like the first, and went up onto the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand. |
So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two stone tablets like the first, and went up onto the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. |
| 10:4 |
He wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Yahweh spoke to you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly; and Yahweh gave them to me. |
Hᴇ wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which YHWH spoke to yall on the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. Then YHWH gave them to me. |
| 10:5 |
I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me. |
I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark which I had made. And there they are now as YHWH commanded me. |
| 10:6 |
The children of Israel traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priests office in his place. |
The children of Israel traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried. Eleazar his son ministered in the priests office in his place. |
| 10:7 |
From there they traveled to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water. |
From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water. |
| 10:8 |
At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of Yahwehs covenant, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day. |
At that time YHWH set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of YHWHs covenant, to stand before YHWH to minister to ʜɪᴍ, and to bless in ʜɪꜱ name, to this day. |
| 10:9 |
Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him. |
For this reason, Levi has no portion nor inheritance like his brothers. YHWH is his inheritance, just as YHWH your God told him. |
| 10:10 |
I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights; and Yahweh listened to me that time also. Yahweh would not destroy you. |
I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights like the first time. YHWH listened to me that time also, and YHWH decided not to destroy you. |
| 10:11 |
Yahweh said to me, Arise, take your journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give to them. |
YHWH said to me, Get up and take your journey before the people, so they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their ancestors to give to them. |
| 10:12 |
Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, |
Now, Israel, what does YHWH your God require of you, but to fear YHWH your God, to walk in all ʜɪꜱ ways, to love ʜɪᴍ, and to serve YHWH your God with all your heart and with all your soul, |
| 10:13 |
to keep Yahwehs commandments and statutes, which I command you today for your good? |
to keep YHWHs commandments and statutes, which I command you today for your good? |
| 10:14 |
Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth, with all that is therein. |
Look, the heavens—indeed, the heavens of the heavens—to YHWH your God belongs, along with the earth and all that is in it. |
| 10:15 |
Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their offspring after them, even you above all peoples, as it is today. |
But YHWH set ʜɪꜱ delight and love on yalls ancestors alone. Hᴇ chose yall their descendants after them, above all peoples, as it is today. |
| 10:16 |
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff necked. |
Therefore, yall must circumcise the foreskin of yalls heart, and yall must stop being so stiff necked. |
| 10:17 |
For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods and Lord of Lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesnt respect persons or take bribes. |
For YHWH yalls God is God of gods and Lord of Lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who does not choose some faces above others or take bribes. |
| 10:18 |
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing. |
Hᴇ executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner, giving them food and clothing. |
| 10:19 |
Therefore love the foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. |
Therefore yall are to love the foreigner, for yall were foreigners in the land of Egypt. |
| 10:20 |
You shall fear Yahweh your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name. |
You are to fear YHWH your God and serve ʜɪᴍ. You must cling to ʜɪᴍ and swear by ʜɪꜱ name. |
| 10:21 |
He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen. |
Hᴇ is the one you praise, and ʜᴇ is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen. |
| 10:22 |
Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude. |
Your ancestors went down into Egypt with seventy persons, and now YHWH your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude. |
| 11:1 |
Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his instructions, his statutes, his ordinances, and his commandments, always. |
Therefore you are to love YHWH your God, and keep ʜɪꜱ instructions, ʜɪꜱ statutes, ʜɪꜱ ordinances, and ʜɪꜱ commandments always. |
| 11:2 |
Know this day—for I dont speak with your children who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm, |
Yall must know this day—for I dont speak with yalls children who have not known and have not seen the discipline of YHWH yalls God, with ʜɪꜱ greatness, ʜɪꜱ mighty hand, ʜɪꜱ outstretched arm, |
| 11:3 |
his signs, and his works, which he did in the middle of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land; |
ʜɪꜱ signs, and ʜɪꜱ works, which ʜᴇ did in the middle of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all ʜɪꜱ land; |
| 11:4 |
and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them to this day; |
and what ʜᴇ did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots, how ʜᴇ made the water of the Red Sea to engulf them as they were pursuing yall, and how YHWH has destroyed them to this day, |
| 11:5 |
and what he did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place; |
and what ʜᴇ did to yall in the wilderness until yall came to this place, |
| 11:6 |
and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben—how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the middle of all Israel; |
and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben—how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the middle of all Israel. |
| 11:7 |
but your eyes have seen all of Yahwehs great work which he did. |
But yalls own eyes have seen every great work that YHWH did. |
| 11:8 |
Therefore you shall keep the entire commandment which I command you today, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land that you go over to possess; |
Therefore yall must keep every commandment that I am commanding yall today, so that yall may be strong and go in and possess the land that yall are about to cross over and possess, |
| 11:9 |
and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey. |
and so that yall may prolong yalls days in the land which YHWH swore to yalls ancestors to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. |
| 11:10 |
For the land, where you go in to possess isnt like the land of Egypt that you came out of, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs; |
For the land yall are going in to possess isnt like the land of Egypt where yall came from, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs. |
| 11:11 |
but the land that you go over to possess is a land of hills and valleys which drinks water from the rain of the sky, |
Instead the land yall are entering to possess is a land of hills and valleys which drinks water from the rain of the sky, |
| 11:12 |
a land which Yahweh your God cares for. Yahweh your Gods eyes are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year. |
a land which YHWH your God cares for. The eyes of YHWH your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year. |
| 11:13 |
It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, |
If yall will listen listen to my commandments that I am commanding yall today, to love YHWH yalls God, and to serve him with all yalls heart and with all yalls soul, |
| 11:14 |
that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. |
then I will give the rain for yalls land in its season, the autumn rain and the spring rain, that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and fresh oil. |
| 11:15 |
I will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and be full. |
I will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be full. |
| 11:16 |
Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn away to serve other gods and worship them; |
Yall must be careful that yalls hearts are not deceived and that yall do not turn away to serve other gods and worship them. |
| 11:17 |
and Yahwehs anger be kindled against you, and he shut up the sky so that there is no rain, and the land doesnt yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which Yahweh gives you. |
Then YHWHs anger will be kindled against yall, and ʜᴇ will shut up the sky so that it will not rain, and the land will not yield its fruit. Yall will perish quickly from the good land that YHWH is giving yall. |
| 11:18 |
Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. |
Therefore yall are to fix these words of mine on your* heart and in your* soul. Yall are to bind them as a sign on your* hand, and they will be a symbol between your* eyes. |
| 11:19 |
You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. |
Yall are to teach them to yalls children, talking about them when yall sit in your* house, when yall walk along the road, when yall lie down, and when yall get up. |
| 11:20 |
You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates; |
Write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates, |
| 11:21 |
that your days and your childrens days may be multiplied in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth. |
so that yalls days and yalls childrens days may be multiplied in the land which YHWH swore to yalls ancestors to give them, for all the days that the heavens are above the earth. |
| 11:22 |
For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you—to do them, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him— |
For if yall keep keep all these commandments which I am commanding yall to do—to love YHWH yalls God, to walk in all ʜɪꜱ ways, and to cling to ʜɪᴍ— |
| 11:23 |
then Yahweh will drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves. |
then YHWH will drive out all these nations before yall, and yall will drive out nations greater and mightier than yall. |
| 11:24 |
Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the western sea shall be your border. |
Every place where the sole of your* foot treads will be yalls. Yalls territory will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, from the river Euphrates to the Mediterranean Sea. |
| 11:25 |
No man will be able to stand before you. Yahweh your God will lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you tread on, as he has spoken to you. |
No one will be able to stand against yall. YHWH yalls God will put a fear and dread of yall upon all the land that yall walk on, as ʜᴇ has said to yall. |
| 11:26 |
Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: |
Look, today I am setting before yall a blessing and a curse: |
| 11:27 |
the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you today; |
the blessing if yall listen to the commandments of YHWH yalls God, that I am commanding yall today, |
| 11:28 |
and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn away out of the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. |
and the curse if yall do not listen to the commandments of YHWH yalls God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding yall today by following after other gods which yall have not known. |
| 11:29 |
It shall happen, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land that you go to possess, that you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal. |
It will happen, when YHWH your God brings you into the land that you go to possess, that you will set the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal. |
| 11:31 |
For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall possess it and dwell in it. |
For yall are to pass over the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that YHWH your* God is giving yall, and yall are to possess it and live in it. |
| 11:32 |
You shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you today. |
Yall must be careful to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I am setting before yall today. |
| 12:1 |
These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days that you live on the earth. |
These are the statutes and the ordinances which yall are to be careful to do in the land which YHWH, the God of yalls ancestors, has given yall to possess all the days that yall live on this ground. |
| 12:2 |
You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree. |
Yall must destroy destroy all the places where the nations that yall are driving out worship their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree. |
| 12:3 |
You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place. |
Yall must break down their altars, smash their pillars into pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire, cut down the idols of their gods. Yall must destroy their name from that place. |
| 12:4 |
You shall not do so to Yahweh your God. |
Yall must not do this to YHWH yalls God. |
| 12:5 |
But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there. |
But yall are to seek the place which YHWH yalls God will choose from among all yalls tribes, to put his name there as ʜɪꜱ habitation. To that place, yall are to go. |
| 12:6 |
You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock there. |
Yall are to bring there your* burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, gifts of your* hand, what yall have vowed, free will offerings, and the firstborn of yalls herd and flock. |
| 12:7 |
There you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you. |
There yall will eat before YHWH yalls God, and yall will rejoice in all that yall put your* hand to, yall and yalls households, in which YHWH your God has blessed yall. |
| 12:8 |
You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes; |
Yall must not do all the things that we do here today, everyone doing whatever is right in their own eyes; |
| 12:9 |
for you havent yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Yahweh your God gives you. |
since yall have not yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which YHWH your God is giving you. |
| 12:10 |
But when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety, |
But when yall cross over the Jordan and live in the land that YHWH yalls God is giving yall to inherit, and ʜᴇ gives yall rest from all yalls enemies around yall, so that yall live in safety, |
| 12:11 |
then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh. |
then YHWH yalls God will choose a place for ʜɪꜱ name to dwell. Yall are to bring all that I command yall: yalls burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the contribution of yalls hand, and all yalls choice offerings that yall vow to YHWH. |
| 12:12 |
You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you. |
Yall will rejoice before YHWH yalls God—yall, and yalls sons, yalls daughters, yalls male servants, yalls female servants, and the Levite who is within yalls gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with yall. |
| 12:13 |
Be careful that you dont offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; |
You must be careful that you dont offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see, |
| 12:14 |
but in the place which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you. |
but in the place that YHWH chooses in one of your tribes, there you will offer your burnt offerings, and there you will do all that I command you. |
| 12:15 |
Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to Yahweh your Gods blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer. |
Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of YHWH your God which ʜᴇ has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as they would the gazelle and the deer. |
| 12:16 |
Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water. |
However, yall must not eat the blood. You are to pour it out on the earth like water. |
| 12:18 |
but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to. |
but you are to eat them before YHWH your God in the place which YHWH your God will choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You will rejoice before YHWH your God in all that you put your hand to. |
| 12:20 |
When Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, I want to eat meat, because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul. |
When YHWH your God enlarges your border, as ʜᴇ has promised you, and you say, I want to eat meat, because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul. |
| 12:21 |
If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to put his name is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul. |
If the place which YHWH your God chooses to put ʜɪꜱ name is too far from you, then you are to kill of your herd and of your flock, which YHWH has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul. |
| 12:22 |
Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike. |
Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you may eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike. |
| 12:23 |
Only be sure that you dont eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat. |
Only be sure that you dont eat the blood, for the blood is the life. You must not eat the life with the meat. |
| 12:24 |
You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water. |
You must not eat it. You are to pour it out on the earth like water. |
| 12:25 |
You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do that which is right in Yahwehs eyes. |
You must not eat it, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do that which is right in the eyes of YHWH. |
| 12:26 |
Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose. |
You are to take only your holy things that you have, and your vows, and go to the place that YHWH chooses. |
| 12:27 |
You shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on Yahweh your Gods altar. The blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on Yahweh your Gods altar, and you shall eat the meat. |
You are to offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on YHWH your Gods altar. The blood of your sacrifices will be poured out on YHWH your Gods altar, and you may eat the meat. |
| 12:28 |
Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in Yahweh your Gods eyes. |
Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in YHWH your Gods eyes. |
| 12:29 |
When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations from before you where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, |
When YHWH your God cuts off the nations from before you where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, |
| 12:31 |
You shall not do so to Yahweh your God; for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, they have done to their gods; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods. |
You must not do so to YHWH your God, because every abomination to YHWH, which ʜᴇ hates, they have done to their gods. They even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods. |
| 12:32 |
Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it. |
Everything that I command yall, yall must observe to do. You must not add to it, nor take away from it. |
| 13:3 |
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul. |
you must not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams. For YHWH your* God is testing yall to learn whether yall love YHWH your* God with your* whole heart and with your* whole soul. |
| 13:4 |
You shall walk after Yahweh your God, fear him, keep his commandments, and obey his voice. You shall serve him, and cling to him. |
Yall must follow YHWH your* God, fear ʜɪᴍ, keep ʜɪꜱ commandments, and obey ʜɪꜱ voice. Yall are to serve ʜɪᴍ and cling to ʜɪᴍ. |
| 13:5 |
That prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out of the way which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk in. So you shall remove the evil from among you. |
That prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, must be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against YHWH yalls God, who brought yall out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, to draw you aside out of the way which YHWH your God commanded you to walk in. So you must remove the evil from among you. |
| 13:6 |
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, Lets go and serve other gods—which you have not known, you, nor your fathers; |
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, Lets go and serve other gods—which you have not known, you, nor your ancestors; |
| 13:7 |
of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth— |
of the gods of the peoples who are around yall, near you or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth— |
| 13:8 |
you shall not consent to him nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him; |
you must not yield to them or listen to them. Do not let your eye pity them, and do not spare or conceal them. |
| 13:9 |
but you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people. |
Instead, you must execute execute them. Your hand is to be the first in putting them to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people. |
| 13:10 |
You shall stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. |
You must stone them to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from YHWH your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. |
| 13:11 |
All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more wickedness like this among you. |
All Israel will hear, and fear, and they will not do any more wickedness like this among you. |
| 13:12 |
If you hear about one of your cities, which Yahweh your God gives you to dwell there, that |
If you hear about one of your cities, which YHWH your God gives you to dwell there, that |
| 13:13 |
certain wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Lets go and serve other gods, which you have not known, |
certain wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Lets go and serve other gods, which yall have not known, |
| 13:14 |
then you shall inquire, investigate, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination was done among you, |
then you are to inquire, investigate, and ask diligently. If it is true and established that such abomination was done among you, |
| 13:15 |
you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that is therein and its livestock, with the edge of the sword. |
you must strike strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that is therein and its livestock, with the edge of the sword. |
| 13:16 |
You shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, with all of its plunder, to Yahweh your God. It shall be a heap forever. It shall not be built again. |
You are to gather all its plunder into the middle of its street, and burn the city with fire, with all of its plunder, to YHWH your God. It is to be a heap forever. It must not be built again. |
| 13:17 |
Nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand, that Yahweh may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show you mercy, and have compassion on you and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers, |
Nothing of the devoted thing is to cling to your hand, that YHWH may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show you mercy, and have compassion on you and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers, |
| 13:18 |
when you listen to Yahweh your Gods voice, to keep all his commandments which I command you today, to do that which is right in Yahweh your Gods eyes. |
when you listen to the voice of YHWH your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you today, to do that which is right in YHWH your Gods eyes. |
| 14:1 |
You are the children of Yahweh your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. |
Yall are the children of YHWH yalls God. Yall must not cut yourselves or shave a bald spot on yalls forehead for the dead. |
| 14:2 |
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth. |
For you are a holy people to YHWH your God, and YHWH has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth. |
| 14:3 |
You shall not eat any abominable thing. |
You must not eat any abominable thing. |
| 14:4 |
These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, |
These are the animals yall may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, |
| 14:5 |
the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the chamois. |
the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. |
| 14:6 |
Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. |
Yall may eat every animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud. |
| 14:7 |
Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but dont part the hoof, they are unclean to you. |
Nevertheless of those that chew the cud, or have the hoof split, yall may not eat: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but dont divide the hoof, they are unclean to yall. |
| 14:8 |
The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesnt chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. |
The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesnt chew the cud, is unclean to yall. Yall must not eat their meat, and yall must not touch their carcasses. |
| 14:9 |
These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat whatever has fins and scales. |
Of everything in the waters, yall may eat whatever has fins and scales. |
| 14:10 |
You shall not eat whatever doesnt have fins and scales. It is unclean to you. |
Yall must not eat anything that doesnt have fins and scales. It is unclean to yall. |
| 14:11 |
Of all clean birds you may eat. |
Yall may eat any of the clean birds. |
| 14:12 |
But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey, |
But yall must not eat from these: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, |
| 14:14 |
every raven of any kind, |
every kind of raven, |
| 14:15 |
the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any kind, |
the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, any kind of hawk, |
| 14:17 |
the pelican, the vulture, the cormorant, |
the pelican, the osprey, the cormorant, |
| 14:18 |
the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. |
the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat. |
| 14:19 |
All winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten. |
All winged creeping things are unclean to yall. They must not be eaten. |
| 14:20 |
Of all clean birds you may eat. |
Yall may eat any winged creature that is clean. |
| 14:21 |
You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mothers milk. |
Yall must not eat anything that dies on its own. You may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates for him to eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. But you are a holy people to YHWH your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mothers milk. |
| 14:22 |
You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year. |
You must take take a tenth of all the produce from your seed that comes from the field year by year. |
| 14:23 |
You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he chooses to cause his name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always. |
You are to eat before YHWH your God, in the place which he chooses to cause ʜɪꜱ name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock, so that you may learn to fear YHWH your God always. |
| 14:24 |
If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it because the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to set his name there is too far from you, when Yahweh your God blesses you, |
If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it because the place which YHWH your God will choose to set ʜɪꜱ name there is too far from you, when YHWH your God blesses you, |
| 14:25 |
then you shall turn it into money, bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose. |
then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place that YHWH your God chooses. |
| 14:26 |
You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires: for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you. You shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household. |
You may trade the money for whatever your soul desires: cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever your soul asks of you. You are to eat there before YHWH your God, and rejoice, you and your household. |
| 14:27 |
You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you. |
You must not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you. |
| 14:28 |
At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates. |
At the end of every three years you are to bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year and store it within your gates. |
| 14:29 |
The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. |
The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates may come, and eat and be satisfied so that YHWH your God may bless you in all the work of your hands which you do. |
| 15:1 |
At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts. |
At the end of every seven years, you must cancel debts. |
| 15:2 |
This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not require payment from his neighbor and his brother, because Yahwehs release has been proclaimed. |
This is the way it is to be done: every creditor must release what they have lent to their neighbor. They may not require payment from his neighbor and his brother, because YHWHs release has been proclaimed. |
| 15:3 |
Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand shall release. |
You may require it from a foreigner, but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand must release. |
| 15:4 |
However there will be no poor with you for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess |
However there will be no poor with you for YHWH will surely bless you in the land which YHWH your God gives you for an inheritance to possess |
| 15:5 |
if only you diligently listen to Yahweh your Gods voice, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you today. |
if only you diligently listen to the voice of YHWH your God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you today. |
| 15:6 |
For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you. |
For YHWH your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you. |
| 15:7 |
If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother; |
If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which YHWH your God gives you, you must not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother; |
| 15:8 |
but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks. |
but you must open open your hand to him and lend lend him enough for his need, whatever he lacks. |
| 15:9 |
Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand, and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you. |
Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand, and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to YHWH against you, and it be sin to you. |
| 15:10 |
You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to. |
You must give give, and your heart must not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing YHWH your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to. |
| 15:11 |
For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land. |
For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to open open your hand to your sibling, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land. |
| 15:12 |
If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. |
If your sibling, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you are to let them go free from you. |
| 15:13 |
When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty. |
When you let them go free from you, you must not let them go empty handed. |
| 15:14 |
You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your wine press. As Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him. |
You are to furnish furnish them from your flock, your threshing floor, and your wine press. As YHWH your God has blessed you, you are to give to them. |
| 15:15 |
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you. Therefore I command you this thing today. |
You must remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and YHWH your God redeemed you. Therefore I command you this today. |
| 15:16 |
It shall be, if he tells you, I will not go out from you, because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you, |
However, if the servant tells you, I will not leave you, because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you, |
| 15:17 |
then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise. |
then you are to take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he will be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you are to do likewise. |
| 15:18 |
It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for he has been double the value of a hired hand as he served you six years. Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do. |
You should not view it as a hardship when you let him go free from you, for he has been double the value of a hired hand as he served you six years. YHWH your God will bless you in all that you do. |
| 15:19 |
You shall dedicate all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock to Yahweh your God. You shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock. |
You are to dedicate all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock to YHWH your God. You must do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock. |
| 15:20 |
You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household. |
You are to eat it before YHWH your God year by year in the place that YHWH chooses, you and your household. |
| 15:21 |
If it has any defect—is lame or blind, or has any defect whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God. |
If it has any defect—is lame or blind, or has any defect—you must not sacrifice it to YHWH your God. |
| 15:22 |
You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the deer. |
You are to eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean will eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the deer. |
| 15:23 |
Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water. |
Only you must not eat its blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water. |
| 16:1 |
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you out of Egypt by night. |
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to YHWH your God; for in the month of Abib YHWH your God brought you out of Egypt by night. |
| 16:2 |
You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose to cause his name to dwell there. |
You are to sacrifice the Passover to YHWH your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place that YHWH chooses to cause ʜɪꜱ name to dwell. |
| 16:3 |
You shall eat no leavened bread with it. You shall eat unleavened bread with it seven days, even the bread of affliction for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste that you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. |
You must not eat leavened bread. For seven days, you are to eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste so that you will remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. |
| 16:4 |
No yeast shall be seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the meat, which you sacrifice the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning. |
No yeast must be seen with you in all your borders for seven days, and none of the meat which you sacrifice in the evening of the first day, is to remain overnight until the morning. |
| 16:5 |
You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you; |
You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which YHWH your God gives you; |
| 16:6 |
but at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt. |
but at the place where YHWH your God chooses to cause ʜɪꜱ name to dwell in, there you must sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt. |
| 16:7 |
You shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God chooses. In the morning you shall return to your tents. |
You are to roast and eat it in the place which YHWH your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents. |
| 16:8 |
Six days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God. You shall do no work. |
Six days you are to eat unleavened bread. On the seventh day there is to be a solemn assembly to YHWH your God. You must do no work. |
| 16:9 |
You shall count for yourselves seven weeks. From the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to count seven weeks. |
You are to count seven weeks, starting from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain, you are to count those seven weeks. |
| 16:10 |
You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a free will offering of your hand, which you shall give according to how Yahweh your God blesses you. |
You are to keep the feast of weeks to YHWH your God with a tribute of a free will offering of your hand, which you give according to how YHWH your God blesses you. |
| 16:11 |
You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there. |
Rejoice before YHWH your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place where YHWH your God chooses to cause ʜɪꜱ name to dwell. |
| 16:12 |
You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt. You shall observe and do these statutes. |
You must remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and observe and follow these statutes. |
| 16:13 |
You shall keep the feast of booths seven days, after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your wine press. |
You are to celebrate the feast of booths seven days, after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your wine press. |
| 16:14 |
You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates. |
Rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates. |
| 16:15 |
You shall keep a feast to Yahweh your God seven days in the place which Yahweh chooses, because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful. |
You are to keep a feast to YHWH your God seven days in the place which YHWH chooses, because YHWH your God will bless you in all your increase and in all the work of your hands, and you are to be altogether joyful. |
| 16:16 |
Three times in a year all of your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths. They shall not appear before Yahweh empty. |
Three times in a year all of your males must appear before YHWH your God in the place ʜᴇ chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths. They must not appear before YHWH empty handed. |
| 16:17 |
Every man shall give as he is able, according to Yahweh your Gods blessing which he has given you. |
Everyone is to give as they are able, according to YHWH your Gods blessing which ʜᴇ has given you. |
| 16:18 |
You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. |
You are to appoint judges and officers for all your town gates that YHWH your God gives you, according to your tribes. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment. |
| 16:19 |
You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. |
You must not pervert justice. You must not show partiality. You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. |
| 16:20 |
You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you. |
Pursue justice justice so that you may live and inherit the land that YHWH your God gives you. |
| 16:21 |
You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside Yahweh your Gods altar, which you shall make for yourselves. |
You must not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside YHWH your Gods altar, which you are to make for yourselves, |
| 16:22 |
Neither shall you set yourself up a sacred stone which Yahweh your God hates. |
and do not erect a sacred pillar which YHWH your God hates. |
| 17:1 |
You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox or a sheep in which is a defect or anything evil; for that is an abomination to Yahweh your God. |
You must not sacrifice to YHWH your God an ox or a sheep in which is a defect or anything evil; for that is an abomination to YHWH your God. |
| 17:2 |
If there is found among you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, a man or woman who does that which is evil in Yahweh your Gods sight in transgressing his covenant, |
If there is found among you, within any of your gates which YHWH your God gives you, a man or woman who does that which is evil in YHWH your Gods sight in transgressing his covenant, |
| 17:4 |
and you are told, and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel, |
and you are told, and you have heard of it, then inquire diligently. Then, if it is true and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel, |
| 17:5 |
then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to your gates, even that same man or woman; and you shall stone them to death with stones. |
then you are to bring out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to your gates—that very man or woman—and you must stone them to death with stones. |
| 17:6 |
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. |
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, a person who is to be executed must be executed. At the mouth of one witness a person must not be executed. |
| 17:7 |
The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall remove the evil from among you. |
The hands of the witnesses must be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you. |
| 17:8 |
If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God chooses. |
If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates, then go up to the place which YHWH your God chooses. |
| 17:9 |
You shall come to the priests who are Levites and to the judge who shall be in those days. You shall inquire, and they shall give you the verdict. |
You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge in those days. Inquire of them, and they will give you the verdict. |
| 17:10 |
You shall do according to the decisions of the verdict which they shall give you from that place which Yahweh chooses. You shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you. |
You are to do according to the decisions of the verdict which they give you from that place that YHWH chooses. You are to observe to do according to all that they teach you. |
| 17:11 |
According to the decisions of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do. You shall not turn away from the sentence which they announce to you, to the right hand, nor to the left. |
According to the decisions of the law which they will teach you, and according to the judgment which they tell you, you are to do. You must not turn away from the sentence which they announce to you, to the right hand, nor to the left. |
| 17:12 |
The man who does presumptuously in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before Yahweh your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die. You shall put away the evil from Israel. |
The man who does presumptuously in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before YHWH your God, or to the judge, even that man will die. You must purge the evil from Israel. |
| 17:13 |
All the people shall hear and fear, and do no more presumptuously. |
All the people will hear and fear, and do no more presumptuously. |
| 17:14 |
When you have come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me, |
When you have come to the land which YHWH your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me, |
| 17:15 |
you shall surely set him whom Yahweh your God chooses as king over yourselves. You shall set as king over you one from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. |
you must appoint appoint as king whom YHWH your God chooses. You are to appoint as king over you one from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. |
| 17:16 |
Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, You shall not go back that way again. |
However, he must not accumulate horses for himself, or cause the people to return to Egypt, for the purpose of accumulating horses, because YHWH has said to yall, Yall must not go back that way again. |
| 17:17 |
He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. |
He must not accumulate wives for himself, so that his heart wont turn away. He must not accumulate excessive silver and gold for himself. |
| 17:18 |
It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the Levitical priests. |
When he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he is to write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the Levitical priests. |
| 17:19 |
It shall be with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them; |
It is to be with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear YHWH his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them; |
| 18:1 |
The priests and the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire and his portion. |
The priests and the Levites—the whole tribe of Levi—will have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They will eat the offerings of YHWH made by fire and his portion. |
| 18:2 |
They shall have no inheritance among their brothers. Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them. |
They will have no inheritance among their brothers. YHWH is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them. |
| 18:3 |
This shall be the priests due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest: the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the inner parts. |
This is the priests share from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they are to give to the priest: the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the inner parts. |
| 18:4 |
You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep. |
You are to give him the first fruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep. |
| 18:5 |
For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in Yahwehs name, him and his sons forever. |
For YHWH your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of YHWH, him and his sons forever. |
| 18:6 |
If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel where he lives, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which Yahweh shall choose, |
If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel where he lives, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which YHWH chooses, |
| 18:7 |
then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh. |
then he may minister in the name of YHWH his God, like all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before YHWH. |
| 18:8 |
They shall have like portions to eat, in addition to that which comes from the sale of his family possessions. |
They are to have like portions to eat, in addition to what comes from the sale of his family possessions. |
| 18:9 |
When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations. |
When you have come into the land which YHWH your God gives you, you must not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations. |
| 18:10 |
There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who tells fortunes, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, |
Let no one be found among you who makes their son or daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who tells fortunes, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, |
| 18:12 |
For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh. Because of these abominations, Yahweh your God drives them out from before you. |
For whoever does these things is an abomination to YHWH. Because of these abominations, YHWH your God drives them out from before you. |
| 18:13 |
You shall be blameless with Yahweh your God. |
You must be blameless before YHWH your God. |
| 18:14 |
For these nations that you shall dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do. |
The nations that you are about to dispossess, they listen to those who practice sorcery and to diviners. But as for you, YHWH your God has not permitted you so to do. |
| 18:15 |
Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him. |
YHWH your God will raise up to you a prophet like me from among you, of your brothers. Yall must listen to him. |
| 18:16 |
This is according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again Yahweh my Gods voice, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die. |
This is according to all that you desired of YHWH your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again YHWH my Gods voice, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die. |
| 18:17 |
Yahweh said to me, They have well said that which they have spoken. |
YHWH said to me, They have well said that which they have spoken. |
| 18:18 |
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him. |
I will raise them up a prophet from among their people, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will speak to them everything that I command him. |
| 18:19 |
It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. |
Whoever does not listen to my words that he speak in my name, I will hold accountable. |
| 18:20 |
But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. |
But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet must die. |
| 18:21 |
You may say in your heart, How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken? |
You may say in your heart, How can we know the word which YHWH has not spoken? |
| 18:22 |
When a prophet speaks in Yahwehs name, if the thing doesnt follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You shall not be afraid of him. |
When a prophet speaks in the name of YHWH, if the thing doesnt follow, nor happen, that is the thing which YHWH has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You are not to be afraid of him. |
| 19:1 |
When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses, |
When YHWH your God cuts off the nations whose land YHWH your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses, |
| 19:2 |
you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the middle of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess. |
you are to set apart three cities for yourselves in the middle of your land, which YHWH your God is giving you to possess. |
| 19:3 |
You shall prepare the way, and divide the borders of your land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit into three parts, that every man slayer may flee there. |
You are to prepare the roads, and divide the borders of your land which YHWH your God causes you to inherit into three parts, that every man slayer may flee there. |
| 19:4 |
This is the case of the man slayer who shall flee there and live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, and didnt hate him in time past— |
This is the case of a murderer who flees there and lives: Whoever kills their neighbor unintentionally, and didnt hate them beforehand— |
| 19:5 |
as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood and his hand swings the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and hits his neighbor so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live. |
as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood and his hand swings the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and hits his neighbor so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live. |
| 19:8 |
If Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers; |
If YHWH your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers; |
| 19:9 |
and if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways, then you shall add three cities more for yourselves, in addition to these three. |
and if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you today, to love YHWH your God, and to walk ever in ʜɪꜱ ways, then you are to add three cities more for yourselves, in addition to these three. |
| 19:10 |
This is so that innocent blood will not be shed in the middle of your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, leaving blood guilt on you. |
This is so that innocent blood will not be shed in the middle of your land which YHWH your God gives you for an inheritance, leaving blood guilt on you. |
| 19:12 |
then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. |
then the elders of his city are to send for him, and deliver him to the hand of the avenger of blood to die. |
| 19:13 |
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with you. |
Your eye must not pity him, but you must purge the innocent blood from Israel so that it may go well with you. |
| 19:14 |
You shall not remove your neighbors landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God gives you to possess. |
You must not remove your neighbors landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you receive, in the land that YHWH your God gives you to possess. |
| 19:15 |
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established. |
One witness can not rise up against a person for an iniquity or sin they have committed. A matter must be established by testimony of two or three witnesses. |
| 19:16 |
If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, |
If an unrighteous witness rises up against someone to accuse them of wrongdoing, |
| 19:17 |
then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days; |
then both the parties in the controversy must stand before YHWH, the priests, and the judges in those days; |
| 19:18 |
and the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother, |
and the judges are to make diligent inquisition. If the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother, |
| 19:19 |
then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you. |
then yall are to do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you. |
| 19:20 |
Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and will never again commit any such evil among you. |
Those who remain will hear this and be afraid, and they will never again commit any such evil among you. |
| 19:21 |
Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. |
Your eyes must not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. |
| 20:1 |
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you. |
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you are not to be afraid of them; for YHWH your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you. |
| 20:2 |
It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people, |
When yall draw near to the battle, the priest is to approach and speak to the army, |
| 20:3 |
and shall tell them, Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Dont let your heart faint! Dont be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them; |
and tell them, Listen, Israel, today yall are going into battle against yalls enemies. Yall must not be weak hearted! Yall must not be afraid, or tremble, or be terrified because of them. |
| 20:4 |
for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. |
For YHWH yalls God goes with yall, to fight for yall against yalls enemies, to deliver yall. |
| 20:5 |
The officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. |
The officers are to speak to the army, saying, Has anyone built a new house and not dedicated it? Let them go and return to their house, or they might die in the battle, and another person dedicate it. |
| 20:6 |
What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit. |
Has anyone planted a vineyard, but not yet enjoyed its fruit? Let them go and return to their house, or they might die in the battle, and another person use its fruit. |
| 20:7 |
What man is there who has pledged to be married to a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. |
Is there a man who is engaged to a woman but not yet taken her in marriage? Let him go and return to his house, or he may die in the battle, and another man marry her. |
| 20:8 |
The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there who is fearful and faint hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brothers heart melt as his heart. |
The officers are to speak further to the army and say, What man is there who is fearful and faint hearted? Let him go and return to his house, or his brothers heart might melt like his heart. |
| 20:9 |
It shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people. |
When the officers have finished speaking to the army they are to appoint captains of armies at the head of the army. |
| 20:11 |
It shall be, if it gives you answer of peace and opens to you, then it shall be that all the people who are found therein shall become forced laborers to you, and shall serve you. |
If the city responds in peace and opens up to you, then all the people there will become forced laborers for you and serve you. |
| 20:12 |
If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it. |
If it will not make peace with you, but makes war against you, then you are to besiege it. |
| 20:13 |
When Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword; |
When YHWH your God delivers it into your hand, you are to strike every male of it with the edge of the sword, |
| 20:14 |
but the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you. |
but the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you may take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, that YHWH your God has given you. |
| 20:15 |
Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. |
Thus you are to do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. |
| 20:16 |
But of the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes; |
But as for the cities of these peoples that YHWH your God is giving you for an inheritance, you must not allow anything with breath to live. |
| 20:17 |
but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Yahweh your God has commanded you; |
You must destroy destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as YHWH your God has commanded you, |
| 20:18 |
that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God. |
so they wont teach yall to follow all their detestable ways, which they do for their gods, causing yall to sin against YHWH yalls God. |
| 20:19 |
When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; for you may eat of them. You shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged by you? |
When you besiege a city for a long time, fighting against it to take it, you must not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them, because you can eat from them. You must not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a human, that it should be besieged by you? |
| 20:20 |
Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down. You shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls. |
However, you may destroy and cut down any trees you know are not trees for food, and use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war with you, until it falls. |
| 21:1 |
If someone is found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isnt known who has struck him, |
If someone is found slain in the land which YHWH your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isnt known who has struck him, |
| 21:2 |
then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain. |
then your elders and your judges are to come out and measure the distance from the body to the surrounding cities. |
| 21:3 |
It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasnt been worked with and which has not drawn in the yoke. |
Then the elders of the city closest to the body are to take a heifer of the herd that hasnt been worked or drawn in the yoke. |
| 21:4 |
The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifers neck there in the valley. |
The elders of that city are to bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, that is neither plowed nor sown, and break the heifers neck there in the valley. |
| 21:5 |
The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in Yahwehs name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided. |
Then the priests, the sons of Levi whom YHWH your God has chosen to minister to ʜɪᴍ, will come forward to bless in the name of YHWH, and every controversy and every assault will be decided according to their ruling. |
| 21:6 |
All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. |
All the elders of that city closest to the body are to wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. |
| 21:7 |
They shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. |
They will answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. |
| 21:8 |
Forgive, Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and dont allow innocent blood among your people Israel. The blood shall be forgiven them. |
YHWH, forgive your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and dont allow innocent blood among your people Israel. The bloodshed will be forgiven of them. |
| 21:9 |
So you shall put away the innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in Yahwehs eyes. |
In this manner you will purge the innocent blood from among you, when you do what is right in YHWHs eyes. |
| 21:10 |
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God delivers them into your hands and you carry them away captive, |
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and YHWH your God delivers them into your hands and you carry them away captive, |
| 21:12 |
then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails. |
then you are to bring her home to your house. She must shave her head and trim her nails. |
| 21:13 |
She shall take off the clothing of her captivity, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. |
She is to remove the clothing of her captivity, live in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a full month. After that you may go in to her and become her husband, and she will be your wife. |
| 21:14 |
It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she desires; but you shall not sell her at all for money. You shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her. |
If you have no delight in her, then you are to let her go where she desires, but you must not sell sell her for money or treat her as a slave, because you have humiliated her. |
| 21:16 |
then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the son of the beloved the rights of the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn; |
then in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the son of the beloved the rights of the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn; |
| 21:17 |
but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his. |
but he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his. |
| 21:19 |
then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place. |
then his father and his mother are to take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place. |
| 21:20 |
They shall tell the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard. |
They are to tell the elders of his city, This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard. |
| 21:21 |
All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear. |
All the men of his city are to stone him to death with stones. In this way, you purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear and fear. |
| 21:22 |
If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, |
If someone has committed a sin worthy of death and is executed, and you hang them on a tree, |
| 21:23 |
his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Dont defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance. |
the body must not remain all night on the tree, but you must bury bury it the same day. For the one who is hanged is cursed by God. Do not defile your land that YHWH your God is giving you for an inheritance. |
| 22:1 |
You shall not see your brothers ox or his sheep go astray and hide yourself from them. You shall surely bring them again to your brother. |
When you see your brothers ox or sheep go astray, do not hide yourself from them. You are to bring bring them back to your brother. |
| 22:2 |
If your brother isnt near to you, or if you dont know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother comes looking for it, and you shall restore it to him. |
If your brother isnt near to you, or if you dont know him, then you are to bring it home to your house, and it will be with you until your brother comes looking for it. Then you are to restore it to him. |
| 22:3 |
So you shall do with his donkey. So you shall do with his garment. So you shall do with every lost thing of your brothers, which he has lost and you have found. You may not hide yourself. |
You are to do the same with his donkey, with his garment, and with every other lost thing of your brothers, which he has lost and you have found. You may not hide yourself. |
| 22:4 |
You shall not see your brothers donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them. You shall surely help him to lift them up again. |
You must not see your brothers donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them. You are to help help lift them up again. |
| 22:5 |
A woman shall not wear mens clothing, neither shall a man put on womens clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God. |
A woman is not to wear mens clothing, and a man is not to put on womens clothing, for whoever does these things is an abomination to YHWH your God. |
| 22:6 |
If you come across a birds nest on the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the hen with the young. |
If you come across a birds nest on the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you must not take the hen with the young. |
| 22:7 |
You shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take for yourself, that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days. |
You must release release the hen, but the young you may take for yourself, that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days. |
| 22:8 |
When you build a new house, then you shall make a railing around your roof, so that you dont bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there. |
When you build a new house, you are to make a parapet around your roof, so that you dont bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone falls from there. |
| 22:9 |
You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest all the fruit be defiled, the seed which you have sown, and the increase of the vineyard. |
You must not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest all the fruit be defiled, the seed which you have sown, and the increase of the vineyard. |
| 22:10 |
You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together. |
You must not plow with an ox and a donkey together. |
| 22:11 |
You shall not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together. |
You must not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together. |
| 22:12 |
You shall make yourselves fringes on the four corners of your cloak with which you cover yourself. |
You are to make yourselves fringes on the four corners of your cloak with which you cover yourself. |
| 22:13 |
If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, hates her, |
If a man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and comes to hate her, |
| 22:14 |
accuses her of shameful things, gives her a bad name, and says, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didnt find in her the tokens of virginity; |
accuses her of shameful things, gives her a bad name, and says, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didnt find evidence of virginity, |
| 22:15 |
then the young ladys father and mother shall take and bring the tokens of the young ladys virginity to the elders of the city in the gate. |
then the young womans father and mother are to take and bring evidence of the young ladys virginity to the elders of the city in the gate. |
| 22:16 |
The young ladys father shall tell the elders, I gave my daughter to this man as his wife, and he hates her. |
The young ladys father will tell the elders, I gave my daughter to this man as his wife, but he hates her. |
| 22:17 |
Behold, he has accused her of shameful things, saying, I didnt find in your daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughters virginity. They shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. |
See, he has accused her of shameful things, saying, I didnt find in your daughter the evidence of virginity, and yet this is the evidence of my daughters virginity. They are to spread the cloth before the elders of the city. |
| 22:18 |
The elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him. |
The elders of that city are to take the man and chastise him. |
| 22:19 |
They shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has given a bad name to a virgin of Israel. She shall be his wife. He may not put her away all his days. |
They are to fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has given a bad name to a virgin of Israel. She will be his wife, and he may not divorce her for all of his days. |
| 22:20 |
But if this thing is true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady, |
But if this charge is true and no evidence of the young womans virginity can be found, |
| 22:21 |
then they shall bring out the young lady to the door of her fathers house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done folly in Israel, to play the prostitute in her fathers house. So you shall remove the evil from among you. |
then they must bring the young lady to the door of her fathers house, and the men of her city are to stone her to death with stones, because she has done folly in Israel and played the prostitute in her fathers house. So you must purge the evil from among you. |
| 22:22 |
If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall remove the evil from Israel. |
If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they must both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you must purge the evil from Israel. |
| 22:23 |
If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her, |
If there is a virgin who is engaged to a man, but another man finds her in the city and lies with her, |
| 22:24 |
then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didnt cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbors wife. So you shall remove the evil from among you. |
then yall must bring them both out to the city gate and stone them to death with stones—the young woman because she didnt cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbors wife. So you must purge the evil from among you. |
| 22:25 |
But if the man finds the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die; |
But if the man finds a young woman who is engaged in the field, and the man overpowers her to lie with her, then only the man who has done this with her must die. |
| 22:26 |
but to the lady you shall do nothing. There is in the lady no sin worthy of death; for as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter; |
But you must not do anything to the young woman. There is no sin worthy of death in the young woman. This matter is like that of a man attacking his neighbor and killing him, |
| 22:27 |
for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was no one to save her. |
for he found her in the field, and though the engaged young woman cried out, there was no one to save her. |
| 22:28 |
If a man finds a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, grabs her and lies with her, and they are found, |
If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin, and is not engaged, seizes her to lie with her, and they are discovered, |
| 22:29 |
then the man who lay with her shall give to the ladys father fifty shekels of silver. She shall be his wife, because he has humbled her. He may not put her away all his days. |
then the man who lay with her must give to the young womans father fifty shekels of silver. She will become his wife, because he violated her. He may not divorce her all of his days. |
| 22:30 |
A man shall not take his fathers wife, and shall not uncover his fathers skirt. |
A man is not to take his fathers wife, and must not uncover his fathers skirt. |
| 23:1 |
He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into Yahwehs assembly. |
No one with a crushed or cut off male organ may enter the assembly of YHWH. |
| 23:2 |
A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into Yahwehs assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one of his enter into Yahwehs assembly. |
A person born of a forbidden union may not enter the assembly of YHWH, even to the tenth generation none of his descendants may enter the assembly of YHWH. |
| 23:3 |
An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into Yahwehs assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one belonging to them enter into Yahwehs assembly forever, |
An Ammonite or a Moabite may not enter the assembly of YHWH, even to the tenth generation no one belonging to them may ever enter the assembly of YHWH, |
| 23:4 |
because they didnt meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. |
because they didnt meet yall with bread and with water on the way when yall came out of Egypt, and because they hired Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse yall. |
| 23:5 |
Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldnt listen to Balaam, but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you. |
Nevertheless YHWH your God would not listen to Balaam, but YHWH your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because YHWH your God loved you. |
| 23:6 |
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever. |
You must not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever. |
| 23:7 |
You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land. |
You must not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You must not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land. |
| 23:8 |
The children of the third generation who are born to them may enter into Yahwehs assembly. |
The children of the third generation who are born to them may enter YHWHs assembly. |
| 23:9 |
When you go out and camp against your enemies, then you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing. |
When you go out and camp against your enemies, then you must keep yourselves from every evil thing. |
| 23:10 |
If there is among you any man who is not clean by reason of that which happens to him by night, then shall he go outside of the camp. He shall not come within the camp; |
If there is among you any man who is unclean from nocturnal emission, then he must go outside of the camp. He must not come within the camp; |
| 23:11 |
but it shall be, when evening comes, he shall bathe himself in water. When the sun is down, he shall come within the camp. |
but when evening comes, he is to bathe himself in water. When the sun is down, he may come within the camp. |
| 23:12 |
You shall have a place also outside of the camp where you go relieve yourself. |
You are to have a place outside the camp where you can go relieve yourself. |
| 23:13 |
You shall have a trowel among your weapons. It shall be, when you relieve yourself, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover your excrement; |
You are to have a shovel among your tools. When you relieve yourself, you are to dig a hole with it, and cover your excrement. |
| 23:14 |
for Yahweh your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you. |
For YHWH your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp must be holy, so that ʜᴇ will not see any unclean thing among you and turn away from you. |
| 23:15 |
You shall not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you. |
You must not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you. |
| 23:16 |
He shall dwell with you, among you, in the place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best. You shall not oppress him. |
He will dwell with you, among you, in the place that ʜᴇ chooses within one of your gates, where it pleases ʜɪᴍ best. You must not oppress ʜɪᴍ. |
| 23:17 |
There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel. |
None of the daughters of Israel must become a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel is to be a cult prostitute. |
| 23:18 |
You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God. |
You must not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of YHWH your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to YHWH your God. |
| 23:19 |
You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest. |
You must not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest. |
| 23:20 |
You may charge a foreigner interest; but you shall not charge your brother interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it. |
You may charge a foreigner interest; but you must not charge your brother interest, that YHWH your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it. |
| 23:21 |
When you vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you. |
When you vow a vow to YHWH your God, you must not be slack to pay it, for YHWH your God will require require it of you, and it would be sin in you. |
| 23:22 |
But if you refrain from making a vow, it shall be no sin in you. |
But if you refrain from making a vow, it would not be sin in you. |
| 23:23 |
You shall observe and do that which has gone out of your lips. Whatever you have vowed to Yahweh your God as a free will offering, which you have promised with your mouth, you must do. |
You are to observe and do that which has gone out of your lips. Whatever you have vowed to YHWH your God as a free will offering, which you have promised with your mouth, you must do. |
| 23:24 |
When you come into your neighbors vineyard, then you may eat your fill of grapes at your own pleasure; but you shall not put any in your container. |
When you come into your neighbors vineyard, then you may eat your fill of grapes at your own pleasure; but you must not put any in your container. |
| 23:25 |
When you come into your neighbors standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbors standing grain. |
When you come into your neighbors standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you must not use a sickle on your neighbors standing grain. |
| 24:1 |
When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a certificate of divorce, put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. |
When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found something shameful about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. |
| 24:4 |
her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife after she is defiled; for that would be an abomination to Yahweh. You shall not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance. |
her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife after she is defiled; for that would be an abomination to YHWH. You must not cause the land to sin, which YHWH your God gives you for an inheritance. |
| 24:5 |
When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken. |
When a man takes a new wife, he must not go out with the army or be assigned any duties. He is to be free at home one year and cheer his wife whom he has taken. |
| 24:6 |
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge. |
No man may take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge. |
| 24:7 |
If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall remove the evil from among you. |
If a man is caught kidnapping one of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he regards him as a slave or sells him, then that kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you. |
| 24:8 |
Be careful in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you. As I commanded them, so you shall observe to do. |
You must be careful in the plague of leprosy to diligently observe and do all that the Levitical priests teach yall. As I commanded them, so yall must observe to do. |
| 24:9 |
Remember what Yahweh your God did to Miriam, by the way as you came out of Egypt. |
Remember what YHWH yalls God did to Miriam along the way as yall came out of Egypt. |
| 24:10 |
When you lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. |
When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you must not go into their house to take their pledge. |
| 24:11 |
You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge outside to you. |
You must stand outside, and the person to whom you are making a loan is to bring the pledge outside to you. |
| 24:12 |
If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. |
If they are poor, you must not go to sleep with their pledge. |
| 24:13 |
You shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment and bless you. It shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God. |
You are to restore restore their pledge as the sun goes down, so that the person may sleep in their garment and bless you. It will be counted as righteousness to you before YHWH your God. |
| 24:14 |
You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates. |
You must not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether they are one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates. |
| 24:15 |
In his day you shall give him his wages, neither shall the sun go down on it, for he is poor and sets his heart on it, lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you. |
You are to give them their wages each day before the sun goes down, for they are poor and have their heart set on it. Otherwise they may cry against you to YHWH, and you will be guilty. |
| 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. |
The fathers must not be put to death for their children, nor are the children to be put to death for their fathers. Every person must be put to death for their own sin. |
| 24:17 |
You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widows clothing in pledge; |
You must not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widows clothing in pledge; |
| 24:18 |
but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there. Therefore I command you to do this thing. |
but you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and YHWH your God redeemed you there. Therefore I command you to do this thing. |
| 24:19 |
When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. |
When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you must not go again to get it. It will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that YHWH your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. |
| 24:20 |
When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. |
When you beat your olive tree, you must not go over the branches again. It will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. |
| 24:21 |
When you harvest your vineyard, you shall not glean it after yourselves. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. |
When you harvest your vineyard, you must not glean again. It will be for foreigner, for fatherless, and for widow. |
| 24:22 |
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I command you to do this thing. |
You are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I command you to do this. |
| 25:1 |
If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked. |
If there is a controversy between people, they are to go to court for judgment. The judges will judge them, and they will exonerate the righteous and condemn the wicked. |
| 25:2 |
It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number. |
If the wicked person is worthy to be beaten, the judge will cause them to lie down and to be beaten in his presence, according to their wickedness, by number. |
| 25:3 |
He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight. |
He may sentence the person to forty stripes, but no more. If they are beaten more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight. |
| 25:4 |
You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain. |
You must not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain. |
| 25:5 |
If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husbands brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husbands brother to her. |
If brothers live together, and one of them dies without a son, the wife of the dead must not be married outside to a stranger. Her husbands brother is to go in to her and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husbands brother to her. |
| 25:6 |
It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel. |
The firstborn whom she bears will bear the name of his dead brother, so that his name not be blotted out of Israel. |
| 25:7 |
If the man doesnt want to take his brothers wife, then his brothers wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husbands brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husbands brother to me. |
If the man doesnt want to take his brothers wife, then his brothers wife is to go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husbands brother refuses to carry on his brothers name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husbands brother to me. |
| 25:8 |
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says, I dont want to take her, |
Then the elders of his city are to call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says, I dont want to take her, |
| 25:9 |
then his brothers wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brothers house. |
then his brothers wife is to come to him in the presence of the elders, and remove his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face. She will answer and say, This is to be done to the man who does not build up his brothers house. |
| 25:10 |
His name shall be called in Israel, The house of him who had his sandal removed. |
In Israel, his family name will be called, The house of the one whose sandal was removed. |
| 25:11 |
When men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and grabs him by his private parts, |
When two men are fighting against each other, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the hand of the one who is striking him, and reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals, |
| 25:12 |
then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity. |
then you are to cut off her hand. Your eye must have no pity. |
| 25:13 |
You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light. |
You must not have differing stone weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. |
| 25:14 |
You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small. |
You must not have differing dry measures in your house, one large and one small. |
| 25:15 |
You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. |
You must have accurate and just stone weights. You must have accurate and just dry measures, so that your days may be long in the land which YHWH your God gives you. |
| 25:16 |
For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God. |
For everyone who does such things and acts unjustly is an abomination to YHWH your God. |
| 25:17 |
Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt, |
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way as yall came out of Egypt, |
| 25:18 |
how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didnt fear God. |
how they met you on the way when you were faint and weary, and attacked your stragglers who had fallen behind. They did not fear God. |
| 25:19 |
Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget. |
Therefore when YHWH your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around in the land that YHWH your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess it, that you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You must not forget. |
| 26:1 |
It shall be, when you have come in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, possess it, and dwell in it, |
When you have come in to the land that YHWH your God is giving you for an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, |
| 26:2 |
that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you. You shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there. |
you are to take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground which you bring in from your land that YHWH your God is giving you. You are to put it in a basket and go to the place that YHWH your God chooses for ʜɪꜱ name to dwell. |
| 26:3 |
You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, I profess today to Yahweh your God, that I have come to the land which Yahweh swore to our fathers to give us. |
You are to come to the priest who is serving in those days and tell him, I declare today to YHWH your God, that I have come to the land that YHWH swore to our ancestors to give us. |
| 26:4 |
The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before Yahweh your Gods altar. |
The priest is to take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of YHWH your God. |
| 26:5 |
You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation. |
You are to answer and say before YHWH your God, My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt, and lived there as a foreigner with few others. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation. |
| 26:6 |
The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us. |
But the Egyptians mistreated us, oppressed us, and imposed hard labor on us. |
| 26:7 |
Then we cried to Yahweh, the God of our fathers. Yahweh heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. |
Then we cried to YHWH, the God of our fathers. YHWH heard our voice and saw our misery, toil, and oppression. |
| 26:8 |
Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs, and with wonders; |
YHWH brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, great terror, signs, and wonders; |
| 26:9 |
and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. |
and ʜᴇ has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. |
| 26:10 |
Now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, Yahweh, have given me. You shall set it down before Yahweh your God, and worship before Yahweh your God. |
Now, look, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, YHWH, have given me. You are to place it before YHWH your God, and worship YHWH your God. |
| 26:11 |
You shall rejoice in all the good which Yahweh your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the foreigner who is among you. |
You will rejoice in all the good which YHWH your God has given to you and your house, along with the Levite and the foreigners among you. |
| 26:12 |
When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates and be filled. |
When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled. |
| 26:13 |
You shall say before Yahweh your God, I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them. |
You are to say before YHWH your God, I have removed the holy things from my house, and have given them to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all your commandments you gave me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, nor have I forgotten them. |
| 26:14 |
I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor given of it for the dead. I have listened to Yahweh my Gods voice. I have done according to all that you have commanded me. |
I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor given of it for the dead. I have listened to YHWH my Gods voice. I have done according to all that you have commanded me. |
| 26:16 |
Today Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart and with all your soul. |
Today YHWH your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You are to keep them and do them with all your heart and with all your soul. |
| 26:17 |
You have declared today that Yahweh is your God, and that you would walk in his ways, keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice. |
You have declared today that YHWH is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice. |
| 26:18 |
Yahweh has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments. |
YHWH has declared today that you are a people for ʜɪꜱ own possession, as ʜᴇ has promised you, and that you are to keep all ʜɪꜱ commandments. |
| 26:19 |
He will make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken. |
Hᴇ will make you high above all nations that ʜᴇ has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to YHWH your God, as ʜᴇ has spoken. |
| 27:1 |
Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you today. |
Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command yall today. |
| 27:2 |
It shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Jordan to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, that you shall set yourself up great stones, and coat them with plaster. |
On the day when yall pass over the Jordan to the land which YHWH your God is giving you, that you are to set up great stones and coat them with plaster. |
| 27:3 |
You shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have passed over, that you may go in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you. |
You are to write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over, so that you may enter into the land that YHWH your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as YHWH, the God of your fathers, has promised you. |
| 27:4 |
It shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall coat them with plaster. |
When yall have crossed over the Jordan, yall are to set up these stones, as I command yall today, on Mount Ebal, and you are to coat them with plaster. |
| 27:5 |
There you shall build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones. You shall not use any iron tool on them. |
There you will build an altar to YHWH your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them. |
| 27:6 |
You shall build Yahweh your Gods altar of uncut stones. You shall offer burnt offerings on it to Yahweh your God. |
You are to build the altar of YHWH your God from uncut stones and offer burnt offerings on it to YHWH your God. |
| 27:7 |
You shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God. |
You are to sacrifice peace offerings, eat there, and rejoice before YHWH your God. |
| 27:8 |
You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly. |
You are to write clearly all the words of this law on the stones. |
| 27:9 |
Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, Be silent and listen, Israel! Today you have become the people of Yahweh your God. |
Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, Be silent and listen, Israel! Today you have become the people of YHWH your God. |
| 27:10 |
You shall therefore obey Yahweh your Gods voice, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you today. |
You are to obey the voice of YHWH your God, and follow ʜɪꜱ commandments and statutes, which I command you today. |
| 27:11 |
Moses commanded the people the same day, saying, |
The same day Moses commanded the people, saying, |
| 27:12 |
These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. |
When yall have crossed over the Jordan, these will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. |
| 27:13 |
These shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. |
These will stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. |
| 27:14 |
With a loud voice, the Levites shall say to all the men of Israel, |
The Levites will say to all the people of Israel in a loud voice, |
| 27:15 |
Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer and say, Amen. |
Cursed is the person who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to YHWH, the work of the hands of the artisan, and sets it up in secret. All the people will answer and say, Amen. |
| 27:16 |
Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or his mother. All the people will say, Amen. |
| 27:17 |
Cursed is he who removes his neighbors landmark. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed is anyone who removes their neighbors boundary marker. All the people will say, Amen. |
| 27:18 |
Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road. All the people will say, Amen. |
| 27:19 |
Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. All the people will say, Amen. |
| 27:20 |
Cursed is he who lies with his fathers wife, because he dishonors his fathers bed. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed is anyone who lies with his fathers wife, because he dishonors his fathers bed. All the people will say, Amen. |
| 27:21 |
Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed is anyone who lies with any kind of animal. All the people will say, Amen. |
| 27:22 |
Cursed is he who lies with his sister, his fathers daughter or his mothers daughter. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed is anyone who lies with his sister, his fathers daughter, or his mothers daughter. All the people will say, Amen. |
| 27:23 |
Cursed is he who lies with his mother in law. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed is anyone who lies with his mother in law. All the people will say, Amen. |
| 27:24 |
Cursed is he who secretly kills his neighbor. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed is anyone who secretly kills their neighbor. All the people will say, Amen. |
| 27:25 |
Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed is anyone who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. All the people will say, Amen. |
| 27:26 |
Cursed is he who doesnt uphold the words of this law by doing them. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed is anyone who doesnt uphold the words of this law by doing them. All the people will say, Amen. |
| 28:1 |
It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your Gods voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. |
If you listen listen to the voice of YHWH your God and are careful to do all ʜɪꜱ commandments which I command you today, YHWH your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. |
| 28:2 |
All these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you listen to Yahweh your Gods voice. |
All these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you listen to the voice of YHWH your God. |
| 28:3 |
You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field. |
You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field. |
| 28:4 |
You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock. |
You will be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock. |
| 28:5 |
Your basket and your kneading trough shall be blessed. |
Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. |
| 28:6 |
You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out. |
You will be blessed when you come in, and you will be blessed when you go out. |
| 28:7 |
Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways. |
YHWH will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways. |
| 28:8 |
Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to. He will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. |
YHWH will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to. He will bless you in the land which YHWH your God gives you. |
| 28:9 |
Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways. |
YHWH will establish you as a holy people to ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ, as ʜᴇ has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of YHWH your God, and walk in ʜɪꜱ ways. |
| 28:10 |
All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by Yahwehs name, and they will be afraid of you. |
All the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of YHWH, and they will be afraid of you. |
| 28:11 |
Yahweh will grant you abundant prosperity in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you. |
YHWH will grant you abundant prosperity in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which YHWH swore to your ancestors to give you. |
| 28:12 |
Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow. |
YHWH will open for you ʜɪꜱ good treasure in the heavens, to give the rain on your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. |
| 28:13 |
Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail. You will be above only, and you will not be beneath, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you today, to observe and to do, |
YHWH will make you the head, and not the tail. You will be above only, and you will not be beneath, if you listen to the commandments of YHWH your God which I command you today and are careful to do them. |
| 28:14 |
and shall not turn away from any of the words which I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. |
You must not turn away from any of the words which I command yall today, to the right hand or to the left, to follow after other gods to serve them. |
| 28:15 |
But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to Yahweh your Gods voice, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come on you and overtake you. |
But if you will not listen to the voice of YHWH your God and are not careful to do all ʜɪꜱ commandments and statutes that I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you. |
| 28:20 |
Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me. |
YHWH will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of your evil practices, through which you have forsaken me. |
| 28:21 |
Yahweh will make the pestilence cling to you, until he has consumed you from off the land where you go in to possess it. |
YHWH will make the pestilence cling to you, until ʜᴇ has consumed you from off the land where you go in to possess it. |
| 28:22 |
Yahweh will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with fiery heat, with the sword, with blight, and with mildew. They will pursue you until you perish. |
YHWH will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with fiery heat, with the sword, with blight, and with mildew. They will pursue you until you perish. |
| 28:24 |
Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust. It will come down on you from the sky, until you are destroyed. |
YHWH will make the rain of your land powder and dust. It will come down on you from the sky, until you are destroyed. |
| 28:25 |
Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth. |
YHWH will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth. |
| 28:27 |
Yahweh will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with the tumors, with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed. |
YHWH will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with the tumors, with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed. |
| 28:28 |
Yahweh will strike you with madness, with blindness, and with astonishment of heart. |
YHWH will strike you with madness, with blindness, and with astonishment of heart. |
| 28:29 |
You will grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. You will only be oppressed and robbed always, and there will be no one to save you. |
You will grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways. You will only be oppressed and robbed always, and there will be no one to save you. |
| 28:30 |
You will betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You will build a house, and you wont dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, and not use its fruit. |
You will betroth a wife, and another man will lie with her. You will build a house, and you wont dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, and not use its fruit. |
| 28:33 |
A nation which you dont know will eat the fruit of your ground and all of your work. You will only be oppressed and crushed always, |
A nation that you dont know will eat the fruit of your ground and all of your work. You will only be oppressed and crushed always, |
| 28:35 |
Yahweh will strike you in the knees and in the legs with a sore boil, of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head. |
YHWH will strike you in the knees and in the legs with a sore boil, of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head. |
| 28:36 |
Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you will set over yourselves, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers. There you will serve other gods of wood and stone. |
YHWH will bring you, and your king whom you will set over yourselves, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers. There you will serve other gods of wood and stone. |
| 28:37 |
You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where Yahweh will lead you away. |
You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where YHWH will lead you away. |
| 28:39 |
You will plant vineyards and dress them, but you will neither drink of the wine, nor harvest, because worms will eat them. |
You will plant vineyards and dress them, but you will neither drink of the wine, nor harvest, because worms will devour them. |
| 28:45 |
All these curses will come on you, and will pursue you and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you didnt listen to Yahweh your Gods voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you. |
All these curses will come on you, and will pursue you and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you didnt listen to the voice of YHWH your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you. |
| 28:47 |
Because you didnt serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; |
Because you didnt serve YHWH your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; |
| 28:48 |
therefore you will serve your enemies whom Yahweh sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. |
therefore you will serve your enemies whom YHWH sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. |
| 28:49 |
Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies: a nation whose language you will not understand, |
YHWH will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies: a nation whose language you will not understand, |
| 28:52 |
They will besiege you in all your gates until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout all your land. They will besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land which Yahweh your God has given you. |
They will besiege you in all your gates until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout all your land. They will besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land which YHWH your God has given you. |
| 28:53 |
You will eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies will distress you. |
You will eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom YHWH your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies will distress you. |
| 28:58 |
If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, YAHWEH your God, |
If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, YHWH your God, |
| 28:59 |
then Yahweh will make your plagues and the plagues of your offspring fearful, even great plagues, and of long duration, and severe sicknesses, and of long duration. |
then YHWH will make your plagues and the plagues of your offspring fearful, even great plagues, and of long duration, and severe sicknesses, and of long duration. |
| 28:61 |
Also every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, Yahweh will bring them on you until you are destroyed. |
Also every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, YHWH will bring them on you until you are destroyed. |
| 28:62 |
You will be left few in number, even though you were as the stars of the sky for multitude, because you didnt listen to Yahweh your Gods voice. |
Though yall were as numerous as the stars of the sky, yall will be left few in number, because you didnt listen to the voice of YHWH your God. |
| 28:63 |
It will happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Yahweh will rejoice over you to cause you to perish and to destroy you. You will be plucked from the land that you are going in to possess. |
This is what will happen: Just as YHWH rejoiced over yall to prosper and multiply yall, so YHWH will rejoice over yall to destroy and annihilate yall. Yall will be torn from the land that you are going in to possess. |
| 28:64 |
Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth. There you will serve other gods which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone. |
YHWH will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth. There you will serve other gods of wood and stone that you and your ancestors have not known. |
| 28:65 |
Among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; but Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and pining of soul. |
Among these nations you will find no rest, and no resting place for the sole of your foot. There YHWH will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despairing soul. |
| 28:67 |
In the morning you will say, I wish it were evening! and at evening you will say, I wish it were morning! for the fear of your heart which you will fear, and for the sights which your eyes will see. |
In the morning you will say, If only it were evening! and in the evening you will say, If only it were morning! for the dread in your heart which you will fear, and for the sights which your eyes will see. |
| 28:68 |
Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I told you that you would never see it again. There you will offer yourselves to your enemies for male and female slaves, and nobody will buy you. |
YHWH will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I told to you that you would never see it again. There yall will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you. |
| 29:1 |
These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. |
These are the words of the covenant which YHWH commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. |
| 29:2 |
Moses called to all Israel, and said to them: Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh did in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land; |
Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Yall have seen with yalls eyes all that YHWH did in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh to all his servants and to all his land. |
| 29:3 |
the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders. |
Your eyes have seen the great trials, the signs and great wonders. |
| 29:4 |
But Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day. |
But to this day YHWH has not given yall a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear. |
| 29:5 |
I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not grown old on you, and your sandals have not grown old on your feet. |
I have led yall forty years in the wilderness. Yalls clothes have not grown old on yall, and your sandal has not grown old on your foot. |
| 29:6 |
You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God. |
Yall have not eaten bread, neither have yall drunk wine or beer, so that yall may know that I am YHWH yalls God. |
| 29:7 |
When you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we struck them. |
When yall came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we struck them. |
| 29:8 |
We took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of the Manassites. |
We took their land, and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of the Manassites. |
| 29:9 |
Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do. |
Therefore, yall are to keep the words of this covenant and do them, that yall may prosper in all that yall do. |
| 29:10 |
All of you stand today in the presence of Yahweh your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel, |
All of yall are standing today in the presence of YHWH yalls God: yalls leaders, tribes, elders, and officers, and all the men of Israel, |
| 29:11 |
your little ones, your wives, and the foreigners who are in the middle of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water, |
together with yalls little ones and wives, and the foreigners living in yalls camps, from the one who cuts yalls wood to the one who draws yalls water, |
| 29:12 |
that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you today, |
so that you may enter into the covenant of YHWH your God, and into his oath, which YHWH your God makes with you today, |
| 29:13 |
that he may establish you today as his people, and that he may be your God, as he spoke to you and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. |
that he may establish you today as ʜɪꜱ people, and that he may be your God, as ʜᴇ spoke to you and as ʜᴇ swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. |
| 29:14 |
Neither do I make this covenant and this oath with you only, |
It is not with yall that I make this covenant and oath, |
| 29:15 |
but with those who stand here with us today before Yahweh our God, and also with those who are not here with us today |
but with those who stand here with us today before YHWH our God, and also with those who are not here with us today. |
| 29:16 |
for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the middle of the nations through which you passed; |
Yall know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we crossed through the nations as yall travelled. |
| 29:17 |
and you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which were among them; |
Yall have seen their abominations and their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which they had among them. |
| 29:18 |
lest there should be among you man, woman, family, or tribe whose heart turns away today from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that produces bitter poison; |
Beware that there is no man, woman, family, or tribe among yall whose heart turns away today from YHWH our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations. And beware that there is no root among yall that produces bitter poison. |
| 29:19 |
and it happen, when he hears 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, to destroy the moist with the dry. |
When such a person hears the words of this curse, he blesses himself in his heart, saying, I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart. This will destroy the moist and the dry land. |
| 29:20 |
Yahweh will not pardon him, but then Yahwehs anger and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book will fall on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky. |
YHWH will not pardon him, but then YHWHs anger and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book will fall on him, and YHWH will blot out his name from under the sky. |
| 29:21 |
Yahweh will set him apart for evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law. |
YHWH will set him apart for evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law. |
| 29:22 |
The generation to come—your children who will rise up after you, and the foreigner who will come from a far land—will say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which Yahweh has made it sick, |
The generation to come—yalls children who will rise up after yall, and the foreigner who will come from a far land—will say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the diseases YHWH has inflicted on it, |
| 29:23 |
that all of its land is sulfur, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, doesnt produce, nor does any grass grow in it, like the overthrow of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath. |
that all of its land is sulfur, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, doesnt produce, nor does any grass grow in it, like the overthrow of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which YHWH overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath. |
| 29:24 |
Even all the nations will say, Why has Yahweh done this to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean? |
Even all the nations will say, Why has YHWH done this to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean? |
| 29:25 |
Then men will say, Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, |
Then men will say, Because they abandoned the covenant of YHWH, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, |
| 29:27 |
Therefore Yahwehs anger burned against this land, to bring on it all the curses that are written in this book. |
Therefore YHWHs anger burned against this land, to bring on it all the curses that are written in this book. |
| 29:28 |
Yahweh rooted them out of their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and thrust them into another land, as it is today. |
YHWH rooted them out of their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and thrust them into another land, as it is today. |
| 29:29 |
The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. |
The secret things belong to YHWH our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. |
| 30:1 |
It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations where Yahweh your God has driven you, |
When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where YHWH your God has driven you, |
| 30:2 |
and return to Yahweh your God and obey his voice according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, |
and return to YHWH your God and obey ʜɪꜱ voice according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, |
| 30:3 |
that then Yahweh your God will release you from captivity, have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples where Yahweh your God has scattered you. |
then YHWH your God will release you from captivity, have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples where YHWH your God has scattered you. |
| 30:4 |
If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens, from there Yahweh your God will gather you, and from there he will bring you back. |
If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens, from there YHWH your God will gather you, and from there he will bring you back. |
| 30:5 |
Yahweh your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you will possess it. He will do you good, and increase your numbers more than your fathers. |
YHWH your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you will possess it. He will do you good, and increase your numbers more than your fathers. |
| 30:6 |
Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. |
YHWH your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, to love YHWH your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. |
| 30:7 |
Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. |
YHWH your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. |
| 30:8 |
You shall return and obey Yahwehs voice, and do all his commandments which I command you today. |
You will return and obey YHWHs voice, and do all ʜɪꜱ commandments which I give you today. |
| 30:9 |
Yahweh your God will make you prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good; for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers, |
YHWH your God will make you prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good; for YHWH will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers, |
| 30:10 |
if you will obey Yahweh your Gods voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul. |
if you will obey the voice of YHWH your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to YHWH your God with all your heart and with all your soul. |
| 30:14 |
But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it. |
But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it. |
| 30:15 |
Behold, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and evil. |
See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and evil. |
| 30:16 |
For I command you today to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it. |
For I command you today to love YHWH your God, to walk in his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that YHWH your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it. |
| 30:18 |
I declare to you today that you will surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it. |
I declare to yall today that yall will perish perish. Yall will not prolong yalls days in the land where yall cross over the Jordan to go in to possess it. |
| 30:19 |
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants, |
I call heaven and earth to witness against yall today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. So choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants, |
| 30:20 |
to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. |
and love YHWH your God, listening to ʜɪꜱ voice, and clinging to ʜɪᴍ. For ʜᴇ is your life, and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which YHWH swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. |
| 31:2 |
He said to them, I am one hundred twenty years old today. I can no more go out and come in. Yahweh has said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan. |
He said to them, I am one hundred twenty years old today. I can no more go out and come in. YHWH has said to me, You must not go over this Jordan. |
| 31:3 |
Yahweh your God himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua will go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken. |
YHWH your God is the one who will cross over ahead of you. Hᴇ will destroy these nations from before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross over ahead of you, as YHWH has spoken. |
| 31:4 |
Yahweh will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them. |
YHWH will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them. |
| 31:5 |
Yahweh will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you. |
YHWH will deliver them up before yall, and yall are to do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded yall. |
| 31:6 |
Be strong and courageous. Dont be afraid or scared of them, for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. |
Yall are to be strong and courageous. Yall must not be afraid or scared of them, for YHWH your God is the one who goes with you. Hᴇ will not fail you nor forsake you. |
| 31:7 |
Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it. |
Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land which YHWH has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you will enable them to inherit it. |
| 31:8 |
Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Dont be afraid. Dont be discouraged. |
YHWH himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Dont be afraid. Dont be discouraged. |
| 31:9 |
Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of Yahwehs covenant, and to all the elders of Israel. |
Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of YHWHs covenant, and to all the elders of Israel. |
| 31:11 |
when all Israel has come to appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. |
when all Israel has come to appear before YHWH your God in the place which he will choose, you are to read this law before all Israel in their hearing. |
| 31:12 |
Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and the foreigners who are within your gates, that they may hear, learn, fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law, |
Assemble the people, the men, the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who are within your gates, so that they may hear, and learn to fear YHWH yalls God, and observe all the words of this law, |
| 31:13 |
and that their children, who have not known, may hear and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it. |
and that their children, who have not known, may hear and learn to fear YHWH yalls God, as long as yall live in the land yall are crossing over the Jordan to possess. |
| 31:14 |
Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him. Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting. |
YHWH said to Moses, Look, the day of your death is approaching. Call Joshua and yall present yourselves* in the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him. Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting. |
| 31:15 |
Yahweh appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the Tents door. |
YHWH appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the Tents door. |
| 31:16 |
Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. This people will rise up and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land where they go to be among them, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I have made with them. |
YHWH said to Moses, Look, you are about to sleep with your fathers. This people will rise up and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land where they go to be among them, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I have made 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 on them; so that they will say in that day, Havent these evils come on us because our God is not among us? |
Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. Many evils and troubles will come on them, so that they will say in that day, Havent these evils come on us because our God is not among us? |
| 31:18 |
I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods. |
I will hide hide my face in that day because of all the evil which they have done in turning to other gods. |
| 31:19 |
Now therefore write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. |
Now yall are to write this song for yourselves*, and teach it to the children of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. |
| 31:23 |
He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, Be strong and courageous; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them. I will be with you. |
He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, You are to be strong and courageous, for you will bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them. I will be with you. |
| 31:24 |
When Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, |
When Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a scroll, until it was complete, |
| 31:25 |
Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of Yahwehs covenant, saying, |
Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of YHWHs covenant, saying, |
| 31:26 |
Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of Yahweh your Gods covenant, that it may be there for a witness against you. |
Yall are to take this book of the law and put it by the side of the ark of YHWH yalls Gods covenant, so that it may be there as a witness against you. |
| 31:27 |
For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. Behold, while I am yet alive with you today, you have been rebellious against Yahweh. How much more after my death? |
For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. Look, while I am yet alive with yall today, yall have been rebellious against YHWH. How much more after my death? |
| 31:28 |
Assemble to 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. |
Yall gather all the elders of yalls tribes and yalls officers to me, so that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them. |
| 31:29 |
For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn away from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days, because you will do that which is evil in Yahwehs sight, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. |
For I know that after my death yall will become corrupt corrupt, and turn away from the way which I have commanded yall. In the latter days, disaster will fall on yall because yall will do that which is evil in YHWHs sight, to provoke him to anger through the work of yalls hands. |
| 32:1 |
Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth. |
Give ear, yall heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth. |
| 32:2 |
My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb. |
My teaching will fall like rain. My speech will condense like the dew, like misty rain on tender grass, like the showers on tender plants. |
| 32:3 |
For I will proclaim Yahwehs name. Ascribe greatness to our God! |
For I will proclaim the name of YHWH. Yall declare the greatness of our God! |
| 32:4 |
The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he. |
The Rock: ʜɪꜱ work is perfect, for all ʜɪꜱ ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, Hᴇ is upright and just. |
| 32:5 |
They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation. |
They have acted corruptly toward ʜɪᴍ. They are not ʜɪꜱ children, because of their defect. They are a generation of perversion and distortion. |
| 32:6 |
Is this the way you repay Yahweh, foolish and unwise people? Isnt he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you. |
Is this the way yall repay YHWH, yall foolish and unwise people? Isnt ʜᴇ your father who has bought you? Hᴇ has made you and established you. |
| 32:7 |
Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you. |
Remember the days of old. Yall consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you. |
| 32:8 |
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel. |
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of humankind, ʜᴇ set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel. |
| 32:9 |
For Yahwehs portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. |
For YHWHs portion is ʜɪꜱ people. Jacob is the lot of ʜɪꜱ inheritance. |
| 32:10 |
He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye. |
Hᴇ found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. Hᴇ surrounded him. Hᴇ cared for him. Hᴇ kept him as the apple of his eye. |
| 32:11 |
As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them on his feathers. |
As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, ʜᴇ spread abroad his wings, ʜᴇ took them, ʜᴇ bore them on ʜɪꜱ feathers. |
| 32:12 |
Yahweh alone led him. There was no foreign god with him. |
YHWH alone led him. There was no foreign god with him. |
| 32:13 |
He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock; |
Hᴇ made him ride on the high places of the earth. Hᴇ ate the increase of the field. Hᴇ caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock; |
| 32:17 |
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they didnt know, to new gods that came up recently, which your fathers didnt dread. |
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they didnt know, to new gods that came up recently, which yalls ancestors did not dread. |
| 32:19 |
Yahweh saw and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters. |
YHWH saw and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters. |
| 32:20 |
He said, I will hide my face from them. I will see what their end will be; for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness. |
Hᴇ said, I will hide my face from them. I will see what their end will be, for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness. |
| 32:21 |
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. |
They have moved me to jealousy with what is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. |
| 32:24 |
They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, with the venom of vipers that glide in the dust. |
They will be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, with the venom of vipers that glide in the dust. |
| 32:27 |
were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say, Our hand is exalted; Yahweh has not done all this. |
were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say, Our hand is exalted; YHWH has not done all this. |
| 32:30 |
How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up? |
How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and YHWH had delivered them up? |
| 32:36 |
For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, that there is no one remaining, shut up or left at large. |
For YHWH will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, that there is no one remaining, shut up or left at large. |
| 32:37 |
He will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge, |
He will say, Where are their gods, the rock where they sought refuge, |
| 32:38 |
which ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you! Let them be your protection. |
which ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help yall! Let them be yalls protection. |
| 32:39 |
See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. |
Yall look and see that I myself am he. There is no god besides me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. |
| 32:42 |
I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy. |
I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword will devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders. |
| 32:43 |
Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people. |
Yall rejoice, O nations, with ʜɪꜱ people, for ʜᴇ will avenge the blood of ʜɪꜱ servants. Hᴇ will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for ʜɪꜱ land and ʜɪꜱ people. |
| 32:44 |
Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun. |
Moses came with Joshua the son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the ears of the people. |
| 32:45 |
Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel. |
When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, |
| 32:46 |
He said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you today, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. |
he said to them, Yall must take to heart all the words that I testify to yall today, so that yall may command yalls children to observe and do all the words of this law. |
| 32:47 |
For it is no vain thing for you, because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it. |
For these are not idle words for yall—they are yalls life. By them yall will live long in the land when yall cross over the Jordan to possess it. |
| 32:48 |
Yahweh spoke to Moses that same day, saying, |
YHWH spoke to Moses that same day, saying, |
| 32:49 |
Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is across from Jericho; and see the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel for a possession. |
Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel as a possession. |
| 32:50 |
Die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people; |
Then you will die on the mountain you ascend, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people. |
| 32:51 |
because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didnt uphold my holiness among the children of Israel. |
This is because yall acted unfaithfully against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because yall didnt uphold my holiness among the children of Israel. |
| 32:52 |
For you shall see the land from a distance; but you shall not go there into the land which I give the children of Israel. |
For you will see the land from a distance, but you must not go there into the land which I give the children of Israel. |
| 33:2 |
He said, Yahweh came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them. He shone from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them. |
He said, YHWH came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them. He shone from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At ʜɪꜱ right hand was a fiery law for them. |
| 33:3 |
Yes, he loves the people. All his saints are in your hand. They sat down at your feet. Each receives your words. |
Yes, ʜᴇ loves the people. All ʜɪꜱ saints are in your hand. They sat down at your feet. Each receives your words. |
| 33:7 |
This is for Judah. He said, Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his adversaries. |
He said this for Judah, Hear, YHWH, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. Be a help against his adversaries. |
| 33:10 |
They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar. |
They will teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They will put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar. |
| 33:11 |
Yahweh, bless his skills. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again. |
YHWH, bless his skills. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again. |
| 33:12 |
About Benjamin he said, The beloved of Yahweh will dwell in safety by him. He covers him all day long. He dwells between his shoulders. |
About Benjamin he said, The beloved of YHWH will dwell in safety by him. He covers him all day long. He dwells between his shoulders. |
| 33:13 |
About Joseph he said, His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath, |
About Joseph he said, His land is blessed by YHWH, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath, |
| 33:21 |
He provided the first part for himself, for the lawgivers portion was reserved for him. He came with the heads of the people. He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, His ordinances with Israel. |
He provided the first part for himself, for the lawgivers portion was reserved for him. He came with the heads of the people. He executed the righteousness of YHWH, His ordinances with Israel. |
| 33:23 |
About Naphtali he said, Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of Yahwehs blessing, Possess the west and the south. |
About Naphtali he said, Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of YHWHs blessing, Possess the west and the south. |
| 33:29 |
You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places. |
You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by YHWH, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places. |
| 34:1 |
Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead to Dan, |
Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. YHWH showed him all the land of Gilead to Dan, |
| 34:2 |
and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the Western Sea, |
and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the Mediterranean Sea, |
| 34:4 |
Yahweh said to him, This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to your offspring. I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there. |
YHWH said to him, This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to your offspring. I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you must not go over there. |
| 34:5 |
So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to Yahwehs word. |
So Moses the servant of YHWH died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of YHWH. |
| 34:9 |
Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. The children of Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses. |
Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. The children of Israel listened to him, and did as YHWH commanded Moses. |
| 34:10 |
Since then, there has not arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew face to face, |
Since then, there has not arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom YHWH knew face to face, |
| 34:11 |
in all the signs and the wonders which Yahweh sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, |
in all the signs and the wonders which YHWH sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, |