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\h DEUTERONOMY 
\toc1 Deuteronomy 
\toc2 Deuteronomy 
\toc3 Deu 
\mt2 This book contains the account of Moses’ final speeches to the Israeli people. We call this book  
\mt1 Deuteronomy  
\c 1  
\s1 Introduction to Moses’ first speech  
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w book|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* written \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1696"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w*/\w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1697"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w*/\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*, \w on|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*. \w They|strong="H1697"\w*/\w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H3478"\w* \w up|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* tents near \add a place named\add* \w Suph|strong="H5489"\w*, between \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w* \add town on the one side of the river\add* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w Tophel|strong="H8603"\w*, \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*, \w Hazeroth|strong="H2698"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w Dizahab|strong="H1774"\w* \add towns on the other side of the river\add*.  
\v 2 \w To|strong="H5704"\w* \w walk|strong="H1870"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* Sinai \add Mountain\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947"\w* \add oasis\add*, people usually travel \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, going \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* named Edom.   
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\v 3 Forty \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis/\w we|strong="H3068"\w*► \w left|strong="H1961"\w* Egypt, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* middle \w of|strong="H1121"\w* January, \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w*/\w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 4 \w This|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* after \w they|strong="H5221"\w*/\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Amor people-group, \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \add city\add*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w*, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region\add* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Edrei \add towns\add*.   
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\v 5 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/I told them \w these|strong="H2063"\w* things \w while|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H4872"\w* people \w were|strong="H3383"\w* \w in|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* region, \w on|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H8451"\w* \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*. \w He|strong="H4872"\w*/I ◄explained \w to|strong="H2974"\w* them/enabled them \w to|strong="H2974"\w* understand► God’s \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*. \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H4124"\w* \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w he|strong="H4872"\w*/I said \w to|strong="H2974"\w* them:   
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\v 6 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* us \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* Sinai \add Mountain\add*, ‘\w You|strong="H1696"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w long|strong="H7227"\w* \w time|strong="H7227"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \add the bottom of\add* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\v 7 \w So|strong="H5265"\w* \w now|strong="H5104"\w* continue \w traveling|strong="H5265"\w*. \w Go|strong="H5265"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amor people-group lives \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* nearby areas—\w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan \add River\add* \w Valley|strong="H8219"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly region, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w western|strong="H3220"\w* ◄\w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*/\w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w at|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*►, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Seacoast|strong="H3220"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* land, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \add Mountains\add*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \add northeast\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Note|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors Abraham \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w now|strong="H5414"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.’”   
\s1 Moses reminded them that he had appointed leaders  
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\v 9 \w Moses|strong="H3808"\w*/\w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w also|strong="H6256"\w* said \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, “\w When|strong="H6256"\w* \add we were still at Sinai Mountain\add*, \w I|strong="H3201"\w* told \w your|strong="H5375"\w* ancestors ‘\w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very big burden/responsibility \w for|strong="H6256"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* govern \w all|strong="H3201"\w* \w of|strong="H6256"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* myself.  
\v 10 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w us|strong="H3117"\w* Israelis \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* become \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 11 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* hope/desire \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* become 1,000 \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* numerous \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H6471"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w just|strong="H1696"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 12 But I certainly cannot [RHQ] ◄solve/deal \w with|strong="H5375"\w*► \w all|strong="H5375"\w* \w of|strong="H4853"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* complaints/problems.  
\v 13 \w So|strong="H7760"\w* \w choose|strong="H3051"\w* some \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w from|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* good sense \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* respected. \w Then|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H2450"\w* \w appoint|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w be|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w*.’   
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\v 14 \w Your|strong="H6213"\w* ancestors \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* suggested \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.’   
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\v 15 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* respected \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \add that your ancestors chose\add* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* some \w to|strong="H5921"\w* ◄rule/\w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w authority|strong="H5921"\w*► \w over|strong="H5921"\w* 1,000 \w people|strong="H3045"\w*, some \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w authority|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* 100 \w people|strong="H3045"\w*, some \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w authority|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* 50 \w people|strong="H3045"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* some \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w authority|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w also|strong="H8269"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* other \w officers|strong="H7860"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w throughout|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*.  
\v 16 \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w instructed|strong="H6680"\w*/\w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8199"\w*, ‘\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* disputes \w that|strong="H8085"\w* occur \w among|strong="H8199"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w*. \w Judge|strong="H8199"\w* each dispute, including disputes \w between|strong="H8199"\w* close relatives \w and|strong="H8085"\w* quarrels \w between|strong="H8199"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* other countries \w who|strong="H1931"\w* live \w among|strong="H8199"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 17 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3808"\w* impartial/\w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w another|strong="H5234"\w*►; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w treat|strong="H4941"\w* poor \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* equally. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* worry \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* think \add about how you decide matters\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w decide|strong="H4941"\w* \w matters|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \add wants you to\add*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* quarrel/\w dispute|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w difficult|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w decide|strong="H4941"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w bring|strong="H7126"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w decide|strong="H4941"\w*.’  
\v 18 \w At|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
\s1 Moses reminded them about sending the spies  
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\v 19 “\w Then|strong="H7200"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H1870"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H5265"\w* Sinai \add Mountain\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* huge \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* ◄dangerous/\w difficult|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* travel \w through|strong="H3605"\w*►, \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amor people-group \w live|strong="H1870"\w*. \w We|strong="H5704"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947"\w*.  
\v 20 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors, ‘\w We|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H5414"\w* come \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* where \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Amor people-group live. \w This|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* part \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Note|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H1696"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w*/\w even|strong="H2865"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* little bit► \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.’   
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\v 22 \w But|strong="H1870"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w Before|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* should \add first\add* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* explore \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* can \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* best \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* kind \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w*.’   
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\v 23 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w thought|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H3190"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* chose \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w*, \w one|strong="H4480"\w* man \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w each|strong="H3947"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*.  
\v 24 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* Eshcol \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w*, \w and|strong="H6437"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* explored \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H2022"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\v 25 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* picked \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w reported|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*/fertile.”   
\s1 Moses reminded them how God punished them when they refused to go  
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\v 26 “\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \add and conquer that land\add*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6310"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* land.  
\v 27 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add stayed\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* tents \w and|strong="H3068"\w* complained saying ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w hates|strong="H8135"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w here|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* just \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Amor people-group \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 28 ◄Why should \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*?/\w We|strong="H8033"\w* do \w not|strong="H1571"\w* want \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.► [RHQ] \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* caused \w us|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w discouraged|strong="H4549"\w*/afraid. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* told \w us|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w much|strong="H1419"\w* stronger \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w taller|strong="H7311"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* extremely \w high|strong="H1419"\w* [HYP] walls around \w their|strong="H7200"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Also|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* reported \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \add giants there that are\add* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Anak.’   
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\v 29 \w Then|strong="H3372"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* said \w to|strong="H3372"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* ancestors, ‘Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* ◄\w at|strong="H3808"\w* all/\w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* little bit► [DOU] \w of|strong="H3372"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*!  
\v 30 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* saw \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*  
\v 31 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* safely \w here|strong="H2088"\w*, \w like|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. [SIM]’   
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\v 32-33  \add I reminded them that\add* he always went ahead of them while they traveled \add in the desert\add*. He directed them by \add a pillar of\add* fire during the night and \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add pillar of\add* cloud during the day. He showed them places to set up their tents. But in spite of what I said, your ancestors would not trust \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* our God.   
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\v 34 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H1697"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w declared|strong="H8085"\w*,  
\v 35-36 ‘Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants \add some of\add* the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land which I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.’   
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\v 37 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w because|strong="H1558"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add what\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add did\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enter \w that|strong="H3068"\w* land.  
\v 38 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* helper, \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w enter|strong="H5975"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. \w Encourage|strong="H2388"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* enable \w you|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* occupy \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*.’   
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\v 39 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H5414"\w* said \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H7451"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* captured \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* enemies. \w Because|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w ones|strong="H2945"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* land, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* enter \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 40 \w But|strong="H6437"\w* \w as|strong="H4057"\w* \w for|strong="H6437"\w* \w you|strong="H6437"\w*, \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w around|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w go|strong="H5265"\w* \w back|strong="H6437"\w* \w into|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*, \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* ◄\w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*/Gulf \w of|strong="H1870"\w* Aqaba►.’   
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\v 41 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* disobeyed \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \add the people who live in\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* land, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H2022"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.’ \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w put|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H2296"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* thought \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w easy|strong="H1951"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w invade|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly region.   
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\v 42 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, ‘Tell \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w will|strong="H3068"\w* defeat \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”’   
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\v 43 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \add again\add* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5927"\w* \w proudly|strong="H2102"\w*/\w arrogantly|strong="H2102"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* hilly region.  
\v 44 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Amor people-group \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* region \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \add of their towns\add* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w attacked|strong="H3318"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* soldiers. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* ancestors’ soldiers \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \add a swarm of\add* \w bees|strong="H1682"\w* \w pursues|strong="H7291"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \add south\add* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Edom \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w defeated|strong="H3807"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w Hormah|strong="H2767"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 45 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \add to Kadesh-Barnea\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w request|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add to help them\add*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w any|strong="H6440"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* [DOU].  
\v 46 \w So|strong="H3427"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* Kadesh-Barnea \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.”   
\c 2  
\s1 Moses reminded them of their wandering in the desert  
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\v 1 “\w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H5265"\w* \w through|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*/Gulf \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Aqaba►, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* wandered \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Edom \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* me,  
\v 3 ‘\w You|strong="H2022"\w* \w have|strong="H6437"\w* been wandering \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w for|strong="H6437"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H7227"\w* \w enough|strong="H7227"\w* \w time|strong="H7227"\w*. \w Now|strong="H2088"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \add and travel\add* \w toward|strong="H6437"\w* \w the|strong="H5437"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.  
\v 4 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* tell \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w travel|strong="H5674"\w* near \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w belongs|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Isaac. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \add hilly\add* Edom region. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*,  
\v 5 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H8165"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* start \w to|strong="H5704"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* going \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tiny bit [HYP] \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* land. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* land \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*.  
\v 6  \add When you travel near their land\add*, \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* food \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H1571"\w* them.’   
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\v 7 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H4639"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \add what has happened to you while\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* wandered \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* huge \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* needed [LIT].   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H5674"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w continued|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w travel|strong="H5674"\w*. We avoided \w going|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* hilly area where \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*. We \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w away|strong="H5674"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* Jordan \add River\add* Valley \w past|strong="H5674"\w* \w Ezion-Geber|strong="H6100"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Elath \add towns\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w traveled|strong="H5674"\w* northeast \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w* area where \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* people-group \w lives|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* bother/\w harass|strong="H6696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* start \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H4421"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* going \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land. \add Do not forget that\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add Abraham’s nephew\add* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w Ar|strong="H6144"\w* \add city, their capital, and the other areas in that country\add*.’ ”   
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\v 10 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* group \w of|strong="H3427"\w* giants called Emim \w formerly|strong="H6440"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w strong|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7227"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w tall|strong="H7311"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* giants \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3427"\w* Anak.  
\v 11 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H7121"\w* Anak \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w also|strong="H1992"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* Repha \w giants|strong="H7497"\w*, \w but|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* people \w of|strong="H7121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4125"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* Emim.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* Hor people-group \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w formerly|strong="H6440"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Edom area, \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* chased \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* defeated \w and|strong="H1121"\w* killed \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* ◄\w settled|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w*/\w occupied|strong="H5414"\w*► \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* later \w expelled|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 13  \add I also said to the Israeli people\add*, “\w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Zered|strong="H2218"\w* Gorge, \w as|strong="H6965"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* told \w us|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* do.  
\v 14 \w It|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5674"\w* \w thirty-eight|strong="H7970"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w left|strong="H1980"\w* \w Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Zered|strong="H2218"\w* Gorge. \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli ◄\w fighting|strong="H4421"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w*/\w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w*► \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* died, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* happen.  
\v 15 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* died \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* opposed \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* gotten rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H8552"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* old \w enough|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w wars|strong="H4421"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* [DOU],  
\v 17 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\v 18 ‘\w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* must \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w into|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* region, near \w Ar|strong="H6144"\w*, \add their capital city\add*.  
\v 19 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H7126"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* border \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* people-group live, do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* bother/\w harass|strong="H6696"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* start \w to|strong="H5414"\w* fight \w against|strong="H4136"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* going \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.’ ”   
\s1 Other groups that lived near Canaan  
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\v 20 \w That|strong="H1931"\w* region \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H5984"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Repha \w giants|strong="H7497"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w formerly|strong="H6440"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5984"\w* people-group \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Zamzum group.  
\v 21 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w powerful|strong="H7227"\w* group, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w tall|strong="H7311"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Anak. \w But|strong="H7227"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w got|strong="H3423"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Ammon people-group \w expelled|strong="H3423"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w away|strong="H7311"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* started \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w same|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H2088"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* hilly area \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Edom. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w got|strong="H3423"\w* rid \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Hor people-group, \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* result \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Edom people-group \w took|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* started \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H3427"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 23 \w People|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Crete|strong="H3731"\w* \add Island\add* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Av group \add who previously lived in the land close to the Mediterranean Sea\add*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* south \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H8478"\w* land \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w started|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.   
\s1 Moses reminded them of crossing the Arnon River  
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\v 24 “\add After we had gone through the Moab region\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w Now|strong="H5414"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Arnon \add River\add*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w help|strong="H4421"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* [IDM] \add the army of\add* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Amor people-group, \w who|strong="H4428"\w* lives \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \add city\add*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w attack|strong="H4421"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w start|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* land \w from|strong="H5265"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w*, \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w afraid|strong="H2342"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w hears|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* terrified.’   
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*. \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* give \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w peaceful|strong="H7965"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*:  
\v 27 ‘Please allow \w us|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w travel|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* land. We \add promise that we\add* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* stay \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.  
\v 28 We \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* food \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w buy|strong="H7666"\w*. We want \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w walk|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* country,  
\v 29 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Edom area \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4125"\w* people-group \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* areas.’  
\v 30 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* country. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H7185"\w* [IDM]. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* result \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* army \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H5674"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* land [IDM], \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘Listen! \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* about \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*’s \add army\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w*’s \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w start|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*!’   
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \add of the city\add* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w us|strong="H7125"\w* \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w Jahaz|strong="H3096"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 33 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* [DOU] \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* Sihon \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 34 \w We|strong="H5892"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* \w them|strong="H2763"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*. \w We|strong="H5892"\w* killed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H4962"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* women \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w them|strong="H2763"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*.  
\v 35 \w We|strong="H5892"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* valuable things \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w also|strong="H7535"\w* their cattle.  
\v 36 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* capture [IDM] \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \add in the south\add*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w edge|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Arnon \w River|strong="H5158"\w* \add Valley\add*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region in the north\add*. \w Some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \add walls around them\add*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \add climb over them\add*.  
\v 37 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H7126"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w where|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* people-group live, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w banks|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jabbok|strong="H2999"\w* riverbed, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w* \w where|strong="H3027"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H7126"\w*.”   
\c 3  
\s1 Moses reminded them of the defeat of King Og  
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\v 1 “\w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \add north\add* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* region. \w Og|strong="H5747"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add of that area\add*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \add south\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w us|strong="H5927"\w* \w at|strong="H4421"\w* Edrei \add town\add*.  
\v 2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \add army\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* [MTY] \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* capture \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* land. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amor people-group, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \add city\add*.’   
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\v 3 “\w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* [IDM] \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*. \w We|strong="H5704"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*.  
\v 4 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* 60 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w region|strong="H2256"\w* \w near|strong="H3920"\w* Argob, \w in|strong="H5892"\w* King \w Og|strong="H5747"\w*’s \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*  
\v 5 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H7235"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \add around them\add* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w gates|strong="H1817"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*. \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w also|strong="H1817"\w* captured \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w villages|strong="H6521"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* did \w not|strong="H5892"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \add around them\add*.  
\v 6 \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add in the area that\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w*. \w We|strong="H6213"\w* killed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H4962"\w*, women, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H5892"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* took \w for|strong="H5892"\w* ourselves \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* livestock \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 8 “\w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Amor people-group \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Arnon \add River\add* gorge \add in the south\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \add in the north\add*.”  
\v 9 (\w That|strong="H7121"\w* mountain is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Sirion|strong="H8303"\w* \w by|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* people \w of|strong="H7121"\w* Sidon \add city\add* \w and|strong="H7121"\w* is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Senir|strong="H8149"\w* \w by|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* Amor people-group.)  
\v 10 “\w We|strong="H5704"\w* captured \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w plateau|strong="H4334"\w*/high \w level|strong="H4334"\w* land►, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region\add* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* east \w as|strong="H5704"\w* Edrei \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Salecah|strong="H5548"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*, \w which|strong="H5892"\w* also belonged \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w*’s \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*.”  
\v 11 (\w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w last|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendant|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Repha \w giants|strong="H7497"\w*. \w His|strong="H3588"\w* \w bed|strong="H6210"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w made|strong="H5983"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* almost ◄14 feet/4 meters► long \w and|strong="H1121"\w* ◄6 feet/2 meters► \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* area.)   
\s1 Moses reminded them of dividing the land east of the Jordan  
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\v 12 “\w From|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* captured \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \add north\add* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \add town\add* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Arnon \add River\add*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w some|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* nearby \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w part|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add* \w and|strong="H1568"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region\add*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Argob \add region\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* King \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* ruled, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.” (\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region\add* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Repha \w giants|strong="H7497"\w*.)  
\v 14 “\w Jair|strong="H2971"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w conquered|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \add north\add* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Geshur \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Maacah \w territories|strong="H1366"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* own \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* villages \w there|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* villages \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \add northern part of the\add* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Machir|strong="H4353"\w* \add clan, who are descendants of the tribe of Manasseh\add*.  
\v 16 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* southern \w part|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region, extending south\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Arnon \add River\add*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w river|strong="H5158"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \add southern\add* \w boundary|strong="H1366"\w*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \add northern\add* \w boundary|strong="H1366"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jabbok|strong="H2999"\w* \w River|strong="H5158"\w*, \w which|strong="H5158"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w part|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w*.  
\v 17  \add To the west their territory extended\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River \add* Valley, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* Galilee Lake \add in the north\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \add in the south\add* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* slopes \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Pisgah|strong="H6449"\w* \add Mountain\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* three tribes, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \add east of the Jordan River\add*, \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*/capture. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w now|strong="H6256"\w*, \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* weapons, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \add across the Jordan River\add* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli tribes \add to help them to conquer/capture the land that has been allotted to them\add*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* wives \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7227"\w* \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* must \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 20  \add Your men must help your fellow Israelis\add* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* enables \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* live \w there|strong="H1992"\w* peacefully \w after|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* capture \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w west|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w just|strong="H1571"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add here on the east side of the river\add*. \w After|strong="H1992"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* allotted \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.’   
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\v 21 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H6680"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \add Sihon and Og\add*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \add who are now\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* entering.  
\v 22 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3068"\w*.’”   
\s1 Moses reminded them that he was not allowed to enter Canaan  
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\v 23 “\w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w I|strong="H6256"\w* earnestly prayed, saying  
\v 24 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3069"\w*, \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* merely \w begun|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w powerful|strong="H2389"\w* \w things|strong="H4639"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* [MTY]. \w There|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ] \w god|strong="H3069"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w powerful|strong="H2389"\w* \w things|strong="H4639"\w*/\w deeds|strong="H4639"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \add have done\add*.  
\v 25 \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w allow|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*/fertile \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w west|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \add the mountains in\add* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.’   
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\v 26 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H5674"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5674"\w* \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add what\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add had made me do\add*, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5674"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w That|strong="H8085"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w enough|strong="H7227"\w* \add talk from you\add*! \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5674"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*!  
\v 27 \w Climb|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w Pisgah|strong="H6449"\w* \add Mountain\add* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w toward|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*, \w toward|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w south|strong="H8486"\w*. \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* [MTY] \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w carefully|strong="H3808"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River to see the land from there\add*.  
\v 28 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* must \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w encourage|strong="H2388"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* lead \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add across the river in order that they can\add* occupy/capture \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add from the top of the mountain\add*.’   
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\v 29 \w So|strong="H3427"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \add Jordan River\add* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w close|strong="H4136"\w* \w to|strong="H3427"\w* \w Beth-Peor|strong="H1047"\w* \add town\add*.”   
\c 4  
\s1 Moses urged the people to obey God’s laws  
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\v 1 “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H8085"\w*, \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w* [DOU] \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enter \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*/capture \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H8104"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* tell \w you|strong="H6680"\w*. \w Obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*.   
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\v 3 “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Baal-Peor|strong="H1187"\w* \add Mountain\add*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w got|strong="H1980"\w* \w rid|strong="H1980"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* worshiped \add the god\add* \w Baal|strong="H1187"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\v 4 \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* faithfully \add continued to worship\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* still \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 5 “\w Note|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w*, \w just|strong="H4941"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* wants \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \add when you are living\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* enter \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* faithfully \w because|strong="H3588"\w*, \add if you do that\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w laws|strong="H2706"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* say, ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \add of Israel\add* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* [DOU]!’  
\v 7 \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w none|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*! \w Whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \add to help us, he answers/helps us\add*  
\v 8 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, even if \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w just|strong="H6662"\w*/fair \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am telling \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 9 “\w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w*! [DOU, IDM] \w Do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \add God do\add*. Remember \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*. \w Tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Sinai \add Mountain\add*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, ‘\w Gather|strong="H6950"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H6950"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* want \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w awesome|strong="H3372"\w* \w respect|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* want \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w*.’  
\v 11  \add Tell them that\add* \w your|strong="H5704"\w* ancestors \w came|strong="H7126"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w burned|strong="H1197"\w* \w with|strong="H1197"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H2022"\w* \w went|strong="H7126"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* covered \w with|strong="H1197"\w* \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* black \add smoke\add*.  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* fire. \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w only|strong="H2108"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.  
\v 13 \w And|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*. \w That|strong="H1697"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* contained \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w Commandments|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* wants \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* stone \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* land \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w enter|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*.”   
\s1 Moses warned them about worshiping idols  
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\v 15 “\w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w at|strong="H3068"\w* Sinai \add Mountain\add*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* invisible. \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w*  
\v 16 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* sin \w by|strong="H6213"\w* \w making|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H7843"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w idol|strong="H6459"\w* \add of something that can be seen! \add*\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w idol|strong="H6459"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* resembles \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w person|strong="H7843"\w*, either \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H2145"\w* \w or|strong="H6435"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H5347"\w*,  
\v 17 \w or|strong="H3671"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* resembles \w any|strong="H3605"\w* animal \w or|strong="H3671"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w*  
\v 18 or \w any|strong="H3605"\w* ◄reptile/creature \w that|strong="H3605"\w* scurries across \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground► or \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w fish|strong="H1710"\w* \w in|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* deep \w ocean|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 19 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* careful \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w toward|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* tempted \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w or|strong="H6435"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w or|strong="H6435"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H2505"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add be a blessing to\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w*, \add but you must not worship them\add*.  
\v 20 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w where|strong="H2088"\w* \add they were suffering as though\add* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* blazing \w furnace|strong="H3564"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 21 “\w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H5674"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add what\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add made me do\add*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w enter|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*/fertile \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 22 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w here|strong="H2063"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w and|strong="H2896"\w* never \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* land.  
\v 23 \w Be|strong="H3068"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* kind \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w idol|strong="H6459"\w*, \w because|strong="H6435"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w forbidden|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 24  \add You must not do that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* destroy \add anyone who worships idols,\add* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire completely destroys things. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \add wants people to worship only him, he\add* ◄cannot accept/\w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish► \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* worship \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w or|strong="H3068"\w* anything \w else|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 25 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \add of Canaan\add* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3605"\w* time \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* sin \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w making|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w idol|strong="H6459"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* represents \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* says \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add and punish you\add*.  
\v 26 \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am requesting everyone \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* everyone \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="H5921"\w* watch \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* doing. \add If you disobey what I am telling you\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w soon|strong="H4118"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* die \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w crossing|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* very \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*; \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w completely|strong="H3423"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* [HYP] \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 27 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \add the rest of you\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w force|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* live \w among|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H4557"\w* other \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. Only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w survive|strong="H7604"\w*/\w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*► \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 28 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* nations, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* gods \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* stone, gods \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* humans, gods \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w smell|strong="H7306"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\v 29 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* try \w to|strong="H3068"\w* know \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* try \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* inner \w being|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* know \w him|strong="H4672"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄answer/reveal \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w*► \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 30 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* future, \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* mistreated \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* bad \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w happen|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* worship \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* acts mercifully. \add If you continue to obey him\add*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w abandon|strong="H7503"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors.”   
\s1 Only Yahweh is God  
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\v 32 “\w Now|strong="H4994"\w* think \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w past|strong="H7223"\w*, \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* born, \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w created|strong="H1254"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* search \w everywhere|strong="H5921"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*. ◄\w Has|strong="H1961"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \add what Yahweh did for the Israeli people\add*?/\w Certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \add as what Yahweh did for the Israeli people\add*.► [RHQ] ◄\w Has|strong="H1961"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*?/\w Certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*.► [RHQ]  
\v 33 ◄\w Has|strong="H1696"\w* \w any|strong="H1696"\w* group ever \w remained|strong="H2421"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* after \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* god \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire, \w like|strong="H5971"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w*?/\w Certainly|strong="H8085"\w* \w no|strong="H1696"\w* group \w has|strong="H1696"\w* ever \w remained|strong="H2421"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* after \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* god \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire, \w like|strong="H5971"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w*.► [RHQ]  
\v 34 \w Certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* ever \w tried|strong="H5254"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add huge\add* group \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \add to another location\add*, \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w We|strong="H6213"\w* saw \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w use|strong="H3947"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY, DOU] \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H1419"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* [DOU] \w miracles|strong="H4159"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H3947"\w* plagues, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H1419"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w terrifying|strong="H4172"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*, \add and rescued us when the army of Egypt tried to fight against us\add*.   
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\v 35 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w* things \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 36 \w He|strong="H4480"\w* allowed \w your|strong="H5921"\w* ancestors \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w speak|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w could|strong="H1697"\w* \w discipline|strong="H3256"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Here|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* allowed \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* fire \add on Sinai Mountain\add*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fire.  
\v 37 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* loved \w our|strong="H3588"\w* ancestors, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* chose \w you|strong="H3588"\w* Israelis \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4714"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* ancestors \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 38  \add As they advanced\add*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w expelled|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w greater|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w powerful|strong="H6099"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w*, \w in|strong="H3117"\w* order \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* capture \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w become|strong="H3423"\w* \w yours|strong="H5414"\w*, \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \add what is happening\add* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 39 “\w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w meditate|strong="H3824"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w*/\w think|strong="H3824"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w*► \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fact \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w*/rules \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3045"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 40 \w Obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* regulations \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3190"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \add to belong to you\add* \w forever|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
\s1 The cities of refuge  
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\v 41 \w Then|strong="H4872"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H5892"\w* set apart \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H4872"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 42 \w If|strong="H1931"\w* someone \w accidentally|strong="H1847"\w* \w killed|strong="H7523"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w* person, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* person \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H4480"\w* \w enemy|strong="H8130"\w* \w previously|strong="H8543"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* could \w escape|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H1097"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* safe/protected \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \add because the people there would protect him\add*.  
\v 43 \w For|strong="H4057"\w* \w the|strong="H4057"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H4057"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w*, Moses/\w I|strong="H1425"\w* set apart \w Bezer|strong="H1221"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H1474"\w* \w the|strong="H4057"\w* ◄\w plateau|strong="H4334"\w*/high \w level|strong="H4334"\w*► area. \w For|strong="H4057"\w* \w the|strong="H4057"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H4057"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w*, Moses/\w I|strong="H1425"\w* set apart \w Ramoth|strong="H7216"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H1474"\w* \w the|strong="H4057"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add area\add*. \w For|strong="H4057"\w* \w the|strong="H4057"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H4057"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4520"\w*, Moses/\w I|strong="H1425"\w* set apart \w Golan|strong="H1474"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H1474"\w* \w the|strong="H4057"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region\add*.   
\s1 Where Moses gave them God’s laws  
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\v 44 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w gave|strong="H7760"\w* \add God’s\add* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 45 \w They|strong="H3478"\w* included \w all|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* instructions \w and|strong="H1121"\w* commands \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, \w after|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w*/\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,  
\v 46 \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w*/\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*. \w They|strong="H5221"\w*/We \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w across|strong="H5676"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Beth-Peor|strong="H1047"\w* \add town\add*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \add previously\add* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Amor people-group, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \add city\add*. \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* Israelis \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \add army\add* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w*/\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 47 \w They|strong="H3423"\w*/We captured Sihon’s \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w*, \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region\add*, \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w*. \w They|strong="H3423"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* Amor people-group \add in the area\add* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 48 \w Their|strong="H5921"\w* land extended \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \add town in the south\add* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Arnon \add River\add*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \add north\add* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* Sirion \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \add most people\add* call \w Hermon|strong="H2768"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\v 49 \w It|strong="H5704"\w* also \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River \add* Valley, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w south|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* slopes \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w Pisgah|strong="H6449"\w* \add Mountain\add*.   
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\s1 Moses repeated for them the Ten Commandments  
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\v 1 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\p “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H8085"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w giving|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 2 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* Sinai \add Mountain\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H3772"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* us.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* face-to-face \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* fire.  
\v 5 \w On|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H6256"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* between \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* fire, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w climb|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*:   
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\v 6 ‘\w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3318"\w* \add worship\add*. \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* freed \w you|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \add there\add*.   
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\v 7  \add You must worship only\add* me; you must not worship any other god.   
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\v 8 You must not carve/make for yourselves any idol that represents anything in the sky or anything that is on the ground or anything that swims in the water.   
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\v 9 You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I ◄am very jealous/want you to worship me only►. I punish those who sin and hate me. I punish not only them, but I will punish ◄their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren►.  
\v 10 But I will steadfastly love ◄thousands of generations/all the descendants► of those who love me and obey my commandments (OR, I will love for thousands of generations).   
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\v 11 Do not use/speak my name carelessly (OR, for wrong/evil purposes), because I am Yahweh God, the one whom you \add should worship\add*, and I will certainly punish those who use/speak my name for wrong/evil purposes [LIT].   
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\v 12 Do not forget that the seventh day \add of every week\add* is mine. Dedicate those days to me just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you.   
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\v 13 There are six days each week for you to do all your work,  
\v 14 but the seventh day is a rest day, a day dedicated to me, Yahweh your God. On that day you must not do any work. You and your sons and daughters and your male and female slaves must not work. You must not even force your livestock to work, and you must not tell foreigners to work, those who are living in your country. You must allow your slaves to rest on that day just like you do.  
\v 15 Do not forget that you were slaves in Egypt, and that I, Yahweh your God, brought you out from there by my very great power. [DOU, MTY] That is the reason that I am commanding that \add all of\add* you must rest on the seventh/Sabbath day \add each week\add*.   
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\v 16 Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh your God, will give you, and in order that things will go well for you there.   
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\v 17 Do not murder anyone.   
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\v 18 Do not ◄commit adultery/have sex with anyone other than your spouse►.   
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\v 19 Do not steal anything.   
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\v 20 Do not tell lies about anyone \add when you are speaking in a court\add*.   
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\v 21 Do not ◄covet/desire to have► someone else’s wife, someone else’s house, someone else’s fields, someone else’s male slave or female slave, someone else’s livestock, someone else’s donkeys, or anything else that another person owns.’   
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\v 22 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors. \w When|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \w gathered|strong="H5414"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \add the bottom of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fire, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \w dark|strong="H6205"\w* \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w* surrounding \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \add ten\add* \w commandments|strong="H1697"\w*, \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* stone \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add Yahweh’s\add* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* spoke \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H7126"\w* \w out|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big fire \w burning|strong="H1197"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*,  
\v 24 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add one of\add* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*! \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* great \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* [MTY] \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* fire. \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* possible \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w* humans \w to|strong="H1696"\w* continue \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w live|strong="H2425"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* afraid \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* [RHQ] \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* speak [MTY] \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*; \w his|strong="H3068"\w* terrible fire \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H4191"\w*/\w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 26 ◄\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w*/\w Certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* human \w has|strong="H4310"\w*► \w remained|strong="H2421"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* all-powerful \w God|strong="H4310"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire.  
\v 27  \add So Moses\add*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H7126"\w* \add up the mountain\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \add come back and\add* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H7126"\w*.’   
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\v 28 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* leaders \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*, \w so|strong="H2088"\w* \add when I went back up the mountain\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* leaders \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H1696"\w*/\w correct|strong="H3190"\w*.  
\v 29 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w surely|strong="H5414"\w* \w wish|strong="H4310"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w think|strong="H3824"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H3190"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \add down\add* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* tell \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* tents.  
\v 31 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \add then\add* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add come back up here and\add* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w near|strong="H5975"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \add want them to obey\add*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w*, \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w order|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H4941"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.’   
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\v 32  \add So I went back down to the people, and I said to them\add*, ‘\w Be|strong="H3808"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* disobey \w any|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* laws.  
\v 33 \w Conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2421"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w well|strong="H2895"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \add when you are living\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*.’ ”   
\c 6  
\s1 The commandment to love God  
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\v 1 “\w These|strong="H2063"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* wants \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w enter|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* wants \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* wants \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w rules|strong="H2708"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* regulations \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w for|strong="H2708"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H6213"\w*, \w you|strong="H6213"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H8085"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*. If \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w*, \w things|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3190"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w with|strong="H2100"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nation \w with|strong="H2100"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w large|strong="H7235"\w* population \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* living \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* fertile [IDM] land. \w That|strong="H8085"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*, \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \add would happen\add*.   
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\v 4 “\w You|strong="H3478"\w* Israeli people, listen! Only \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 5 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* love \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* inner \w being|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w feel|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 6 Never forget [IDM] \w these|strong="H3117"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Teach|strong="H8150"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H6965"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*. \w Talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H1870"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \add all the time\add*: \w When|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H6965"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w walking|strong="H3212"\w* outside; \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H1870"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w lying|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w doing|strong="H1870"\w* things.  
\v 8  \add Write them on tiny scrolls and\add* fasten \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w arms|strong="H3027"\w*/\w wrists|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* write \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* bands \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* fasten \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* foreheads \add to help you to remember them\add*.  
\v 9 \w Write|strong="H3789"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w doorposts|strong="H4201"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 10 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors Abraham \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* already \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* prosperous \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w*.  
\v 11 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* said \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* cities \w will|strong="H1004"\w* already \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2898"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add others put there\add*; \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* put them \w there|strong="H3605"\w*. \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* wells \w that|strong="H3605"\w* others \w have|strong="H7646"\w* dug. \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* others \w planted|strong="H5193"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H4390"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* brings \w you|strong="H3605"\w* into \w that|strong="H3605"\w* land, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H7646"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* eat,  
\v 12 \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* rescued \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w being|strong="H8104"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \add in Egypt and gave all these things to you\add*.   
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\v 13 “\w You|strong="H5647"\w* must \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w* must \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* only \w him|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* say \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY] punish \w you|strong="H5647"\w* if \w you|strong="H5647"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3372"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w what|strong="H3372"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w*.  
\v 14 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* worship \w any|strong="H3808"\w* other gods, \w the|strong="H5439"\w* gods \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* people-groups \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* live \w near|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* worship.  
\v 15 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* lives \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ◄\w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w accept|strong="H6440"\w*/\w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish► people \w who|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w or|strong="H6435"\w* anything \w else|strong="H6435"\w*. \w So|strong="H6435"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* worship \w any|strong="H6440"\w* other \w god|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w completely|strong="H8045"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* sinful \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* find \w out|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5254"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* punishing \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Massah|strong="H4532"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Be|strong="H3068"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* always \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w laws|strong="H2706"\w*, \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* regulations \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* says \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*. If \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3190"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*. \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* enter \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*/fertile land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors.  
\v 19 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* expelling \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 20 “\w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* future, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* obey \w all|strong="H6680"\w* these \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w*?’  
\v 21 tell \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, ‘\w Our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* king \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H2389"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY].  
\v 22 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* saw \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H1419"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w miracles|strong="H4159"\w* [DOU] \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrifying|strong="H1419"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* officials.  
\v 23 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* rescued \w our|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors \w from|strong="H3318"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* land, just \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H4616"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* would \w do|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 24 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w laws|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* own \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w protect|strong="H3117"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* nation \w and|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* prosper, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄approve \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*/consider \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6666"\w*► \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.’ ”   
\c 7  
\s1 The blessings of worshiping God only  
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\v 1 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* bring \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* enter \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*. \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* advance, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w expel|strong="H3423"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w powerful|strong="H6099"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7227"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w expel|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Heth people-group, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Girgash people-group, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Amor people-group, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Periz people-group, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Hiv people-group, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Jebus people-group.  
\v 2 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* enables \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* [DOU] \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* ◄\w an|strong="H5414"\w* alliance/\w a|strong="H3068"\w* peace \w treaty|strong="H1285"\w*► \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H5221"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* act mercifully \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 3 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* other gods. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* happens, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H5493"\w* rid \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* immediately.  
\v 5 \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3541"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* people: \w Tear|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* ◄\w altars|strong="H4196"\w*/\w places|strong="H1992"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* sacrificing animals►, \w break|strong="H7665"\w* apart \w the|strong="H3588"\w* stone \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w* \add that are dedicated to their male god Baal\add*, \w cut|strong="H1438"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add poles that they use when they worship the goddess\add* Asherah, \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \add wooden\add* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w*.  
\v 6 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* must \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* world \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w special|strong="H5459"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 7 “\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w more|strong="H7230"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7230"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* people-group \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* preferred \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* smallest people-groups \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.  
\v 8 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* loved \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* reason \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w rescued|strong="H6299"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w great|strong="H2389"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY], \w and|strong="H3068"\w* freed \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w being|strong="H8104"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w*/\w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* agreed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* ◄\w for|strong="H3588"\w* 1,000 \w generations|strong="H1755"\w*/\w forever|strong="H1755"\w*► \w all|strong="H1755"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H8130"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w pay|strong="H7999"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w back|strong="H7999"\w*/\w do|strong="H7999"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w what|strong="H7999"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* deserve►; \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* punish \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* quickly get rid \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 11 “\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* must \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 12 \w If|strong="H6118"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* commands \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w agreed|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* love \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* children [DOU]. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* fields, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \add grapes to make\add* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w cattle|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H7650"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* these things \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* would \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* people-group. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w*/\w produce|strong="H1961"\w* children [LIT]. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* livestock \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w produce|strong="H1961"\w* offspring.  
\v 15 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* protect \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w illnesses|strong="H2483"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* afflicted \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dreadful|strong="H7451"\w* \w diseases|strong="H4064"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \add our ancestors knew about\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H8130"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w inflicted|strong="H7760"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w diseases|strong="H4064"\w*.  
\v 16 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* conquer. \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [SYN] act mercifully \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* gods, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* falling \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H4170"\w* \add from which you will never be able to escape\add*.   
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\v 17 “\w Do|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3201"\w* \w think|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* yourselves, ‘These people-groups \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7227"\w*/\w powerful|strong="H7227"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* [RHQ] \w expel|strong="H3423"\w* \w them|strong="H3423"\w*.’  
\v 18 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w think|strong="H2142"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \add ruled\add*.  
\v 19 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* forget \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* plagues \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \add Yahweh inflict on the people of Egypt\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w many|strong="H7200"\w* [DOU] \w miracles|strong="H4159"\w* \add that he performed\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w powerful|strong="H2389"\w* [DOU, MTY] \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \add of Egypt\add*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* kind \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3373"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1419"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Furthermore|strong="H1571"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* become terrified, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* destroy those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* run \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w*/\w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 22 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* expel \w those|strong="H5921"\w* people-groups gradually. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add try to\add* expel \w all|strong="H3201"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w time|strong="H6440"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w number|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4118"\w* \w increase|strong="H7235"\w*, \add and you would not be able to get rid of them\add*.  
\v 23 Instead, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \add one people-group at a time\add*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w panic|strong="H4103"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*.  
\v 24 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* [IDM] \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*. \w After|strong="H8034"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* kill \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* forgotten {\w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* forget \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*}. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* people-group \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*; \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 25 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wooden \w idols|strong="H6456"\w* \add that represent\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* gods. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w desire|strong="H2530"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \add decorations\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* trap \add to cause you to want to worship those idols\add*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* hates \add the worship of those idols\add*.  
\v 26 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w bring|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* idols \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* do \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w curse|strong="H2764"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* curses \w them|strong="H1961"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w hate|strong="H8581"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w despise|strong="H8581"\w* [DOU] \w those|strong="H1931"\w* idols, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w things|strong="H2764"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add Yahweh\add* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* cursed.”   
\c 8  
\s1 Moses urged them to remember and obey  
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\v 1 “\w You|strong="H6680"\w* must faithfully \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. If \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \add a long time\add*, \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3423"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* \add to you\add*.  
\v 2 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* forget \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w traveled|strong="H3045"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* past 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \add caused you to have many problems/difficulties\add*, \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w wanted|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w realize|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* needed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* trust \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3605"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w wanted|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w test|strong="H5254"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w intended|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* [IDM], \w whether|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H4616"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* caused \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w*/\w experience|strong="H3045"\w* difficulties. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become \w hungry|strong="H7456"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4616"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* gave \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w manna|strong="H4478"\w* \add food from heaven\add*, \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* eaten \w before|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w teach|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* need \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \add for their bodies\add*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \add they also need food for their spirits, which comes from paying attention to\add* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY].  
\v 4 During \w those|strong="H5921"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \add of walking through the desert\add*, \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wear|strong="H1086"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w swell|strong="H1216"\w* \add from walking a very long way through the desert\add*.  
\v 5 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w disciplines|strong="H3256"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w*, \w like|strong="H5973"\w* parents \w discipline|strong="H3256"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 6 “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* lives \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* wants \w you|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w him|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\v 7 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H2022"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*/fertile land, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w streams|strong="H5158"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w flow|strong="H3318"\w* \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* pour/\w flow|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w springs|strong="H8415"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w valleys|strong="H1237"\w*.  
\v 8 It \w is|strong="H8081"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w on|strong="H7416"\w* \w which|strong="H7416"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w and|strong="H8081"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* grow, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land where there are \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* \w and|strong="H8081"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w*, \w and|strong="H8081"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land where there are \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* \w and|strong="H8081"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*.  
\v 9 \w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w plenty|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w lack|strong="H2637"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w*/\w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w need|strong="H2637"\w*► [LIT], \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w which|strong="H3899"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \add ore\add* \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* rocks \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w from|strong="H3899"\w* \w which|strong="H3899"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w dig|strong="H2672"\w* \w copper|strong="H5178"\w* \add ore\add* \w from|strong="H3899"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2042"\w*.  
\v 10  \add Every day\add* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w until|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* stomachs \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H7646"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* thank \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fertile/\w good|strong="H2896"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H3117"\w*, \add when that happens\add*, \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* disobeying \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w rules|strong="H2708"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H1129"\w* stomachs \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w full|strong="H7646"\w* \add every day\add*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w when|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w have|strong="H7646"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H3427"\w*,  
\v 13 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w when|strong="H7235"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w number|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7235"\w* \w increased|strong="H7235"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w when|strong="H7235"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* accumulated \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H7235"\w* \w amount|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w amount|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* possessions \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7235"\w* \w increased|strong="H7235"\w*,  
\v 14 \w be|strong="H3068"\w* sure \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3824"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* \w become|strong="H7311"\w* \w proud|strong="H7311"\w* [IDM] \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* rescued \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* forget \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w he|strong="H3318"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \add while they traveled\add* \w through|strong="H3212"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* huge \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*, where there \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w poisonous|strong="H8314"\w* \w snakes|strong="H5175"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w scorpions|strong="H6137"\w*. \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* forget \w that|strong="H4325"\w* where \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w ground|strong="H6774"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* dry \w and|strong="H1419"\w* there \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \w no|strong="H3372"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w he|strong="H3318"\w* caused \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w flow|strong="H3318"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* ◄solid/\w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w hard|strong="H1419"\w*► \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Do|strong="H3190"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* gave \w your|strong="H3045"\w* ancestors \w manna|strong="H4478"\w* \w to|strong="H4616"\w* eat, food \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* eaten \w before|strong="H3808"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \add caused them to have/experience many problems/difficulties\add*, \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w wanted|strong="H4616"\w* \w them|strong="H4616"\w* \w to|strong="H4616"\w* \w realize|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* needed \w to|strong="H4616"\w* trust \w him|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w themselves|strong="H3045"\w*. \w And|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w wanted|strong="H4616"\w* \w to|strong="H4616"\w* \w test|strong="H5254"\w* \w them|strong="H4616"\w*, \w to|strong="H4616"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w whether|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* intended \w to|strong="H4616"\w* \w obey|strong="H3045"\w* \w him|strong="H3045"\w*, \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H3045"\w* \add those difficulties\add* ended, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H4478"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w them|strong="H4616"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Be|strong="H3027"\w* sure \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w think|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3027"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w acquired|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* things \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY] \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w ability|strong="H3581"\w*.’  
\v 18 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* rich. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* faithfully \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 19 “ \w solemnly|strong="H5749"\w* \w warn|strong="H5749"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w turn|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* other \w gods|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* start \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed.  
\v 20 \w If|strong="H6118"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* destroy \w you|strong="H6440"\w* just \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* destroy \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* fight \w against|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
\c 9  
\s1 The reason that God will enable them to be victorious  
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\v 1 “\w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*! \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* soon [HYP] \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*. \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w enter|strong="H5674"\w*, \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* walls \add around them\add* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \add seem to\add* [HYP] extend \w up|strong="H1219"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. \w There|strong="H4480"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* people-groups \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w numerous|strong="H6099"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w powerful|strong="H6099"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w tall|strong="H7311"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w strong|strong="H1419"\w*. \add Some of them\add* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* giants \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anak|strong="H6061"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* say \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w no|strong="H3045"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* [RHQ] \w can|strong="H4310"\w* defeat \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anak|strong="H6061"\w*.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3423"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* raging/roaring fire. \w While|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* advance, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* defeat \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4118"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w expel|strong="H3423"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w the|strong="H6440"\w* others, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 4 “After \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w expelled|strong="H3423"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6440"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w*, ‘\w It|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6666"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* enabled \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* capture \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*.’ \w The|strong="H6440"\w* truth \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* wicked \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w expel|strong="H3423"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* advance.  
\v 5  \add I say again that\add* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6666"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6666"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enter \w and|strong="H6965"\w* capture \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* people-groups \w are|strong="H1471"\w* very wicked \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w expel|strong="H3423"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* advance, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* intends \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 6 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6666"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*/fertile land. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add you are not righteous\add*; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H7186"\w* [IDM] \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.”   
\s1 Moses reminded them of the golden calf  
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\v 7 “\w Never|strong="H5704"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w*. \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* arrived \w here|strong="H2088"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w continually|strong="H3117"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Even|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* Sinai \add Mountain\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors caused \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7107"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w*. \w Because|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7107"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* ready \w to|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add all of\add* \w them|strong="H8045"\w*.  
\v 9 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w climbed|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* stone \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* written \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Ten Commandments \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* giving \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* 40 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add during that time\add* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w anything|strong="H3899"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* stone \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \add the commandments\add* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* fingers. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*/\w commandments|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fire \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w gathered|strong="H5414"\w* \w together|strong="H5973"\w* \add at the bottom of the mountain\add*.   
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\v 11 “\w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* 40 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* stone \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* written \w those|strong="H1961"\w* commandments.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* mountain \w immediately|strong="H6965"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add the people whom you are leading\add*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w led|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* sin! \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4118"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w metal|strong="H6213"\w* statue \add of a calf to worship\add*.’   
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* watching \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H7186"\w*.  
\v 14 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* try \w to|strong="H6213"\w* stop \w me|strong="H4480"\w*. \w I|strong="H4480"\w* am going \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* anywhere \w will|strong="H1471"\w* remember ◄\w their|strong="H6213"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* [MTY]/\w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w ever|strong="H4480"\w* existed►. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* enable \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w become|strong="H7503"\w* \add the ancestor of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7227"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w powerful|strong="H6099"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w*.’   
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\v 15 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, carrying \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* stone \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Ten Commandments \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \add written\add*. Fire \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w burning|strong="H1197"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\v 16 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* shocked \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add great\add* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H4480"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4118"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* begun \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \add requested Aaron to\add* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \add a metal image of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* \add to worship\add*.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w watching|strong="H5869"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* stone \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add on the ground\add*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* ◄prostrated myself/\w lay|strong="H5307"\w*► \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 40 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H7223"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*.  
\v 19 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3025"\w*/worried \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1571"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \add But again I prayed that he would not do that\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \add and answered my prayer\add*.  
\v 20 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* Aaron \add for making that golden calf\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* ready \w to|strong="H3068"\w* kill Aaron. \w But|strong="H1571"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w I|strong="H6256"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* Aaron \w also|strong="H1571"\w*, \add and Yahweh answered my prayer\add*.  
\v 21 \w Your|strong="H3947"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H8313"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2403"\w* \w by|strong="H5704"\w* \add requesting Aaron to\add* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \add a metal statue of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* statue \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \add I melted it\add* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w crushed|strong="H3807"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w ground|strong="H2912"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* tiny \w pieces|strong="H3807"\w* [HYP]. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* tiny \w pieces|strong="H3807"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w stream|strong="H5158"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w flowed|strong="H2022"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H7107"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \add by what they did\add* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \add places which they named\add* \w Taberah|strong="H8404"\w*, \w Massah|strong="H4532"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Kibroth-Hattaavah|strong="H6914"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5414"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors, ‘\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* capture \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*!’ \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* trust \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* [MTY] \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*, \add in Egypt\add*.   
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\v 25 \w So|strong="H3588"\w*, \add as I said\add*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w lay|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* 40 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* said \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors.  
\v 26 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, saying, ‘\w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w these|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w*; \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w rescued|strong="H6299"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* very \w great|strong="H2389"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*. [DOU, MTY]  
\v 27 \w Do|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* forget \add what you promised to\add* Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*. Please ignore \w these|strong="H2088"\w* stubborn \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7562"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* committed.  
\v 28 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3201"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \add and if you get rid of them\add*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Egypt \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add hear about it and\add* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w were|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3201"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w give|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* only \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w because|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w hated|strong="H8135"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 29  \add Do not forget that\add* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w your|strong="H5186"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \add You chose them to\add* belong \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H5971"\w*. \w You|strong="H5971"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \add from Egypt\add* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H5186"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* [DOU, MTY].’ ”   
\c 10  
\s1 A new copy of the Ten Commandments  
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\v 1 “\w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*, ‘\w Cut|strong="H6458"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* stone \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w ones|strong="H7223"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wooden|strong="H6086"\w* chest \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \add bring the tablets\add* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\v 2 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w same|strong="H1697"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ones|strong="H7223"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* can \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* chest.’   
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\v 3 “\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* chest. \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w acacia|strong="H7848"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w cut|strong="H6458"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* stone \w like|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w ones|strong="H7223"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* carrying \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w*.  
\v 4 \w There|strong="H2022"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add same\add* \w Ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w Commandments|strong="H1697"\w* \add that he had written on the first tablet\add*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w commandments|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H7223"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fire \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w gathered|strong="H5414"\w* \add at the bottom of the mountain\add*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\v 5 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w*, \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* chest \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* still \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”   
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\v 6 (\w Then|strong="H5265"\w*, \w from|strong="H5265"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* wells \w that|strong="H3478"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jaakan, \w the|strong="H8478"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w traveled|strong="H5265"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Moserah|strong="H4149"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* Aaron \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Eleazar \w took|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* became \w the|strong="H8478"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3547"\w*.  
\v 7 \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* Israelis \w traveled|strong="H5265"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w Gudgodah|strong="H1412"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w Jotbathah|strong="H3193"\w*, \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w had|strong="H4325"\w* many \w streams|strong="H5158"\w*.  
\v 8 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w set|strong="H5975"\w* apart/\w appointed|strong="H5975"\w*► \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* chest \w that|strong="H3117"\w* contained \add the tablets on which were written\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Ten Commandments, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \add in the sacred tent\add*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w offer|strong="H5375"\w* sacrifices, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w pray|strong="H5375"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \add the people. They are still doing those things\add* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w present|strong="H5975"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.  
\v 9 \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w reason|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w receive|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other tribes \w did|strong="H3651"\w*. \w What|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w received|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* work/privilege \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \add priests\add*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.)   
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\v 10 “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w stayed|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* 40 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*, \w just|strong="H1571"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*. \add I prayed to\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* ◄\w answered|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* prayers/\w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* requested► \w again|strong="H1571"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H7223"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, ‘\w Continue|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w journey|strong="H4550"\w*, \w going|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.’”   
\s1 What Yahweh required  
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\v 12 “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5315"\w*, \add I will tell you\add* [RHQ] \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w requires|strong="H1870"\w*/demands \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w requires|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* wants \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* love \w him|strong="H5973"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w wholeheartedly|strong="H3824"\w* [DOU],  
\v 13 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* [DOU] \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H2708"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w benefit|strong="H2896"\w*.   
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\v 14 “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* not forget \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* owns \w even|strong="H2005"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* owns \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \add in spite of owning all those things\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w loved|strong="H2836"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \add on the earth\add* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* chose \w us|strong="H3117"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 16 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* sinning [MET] \w and|strong="H3824"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w being|strong="H5750"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H7185"\w* [IDM]!  
\v 17 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w greater|strong="H1419"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w* gods, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w greater|strong="H1419"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w* rulers. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w powerful|strong="H1368"\w* [DOU] \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w awesome|strong="H3372"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* ◄\w is|strong="H3068"\w* impartial/\w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* ◄group/\w person|strong="H6440"\w*► \w more|strong="H1419"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* others►, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w bribes|strong="H7810"\w*.  
\v 18 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w makes|strong="H6213"\w* sure \w that|strong="H1616"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* widows \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w treated|strong="H6213"\w* \w fairly|strong="H4941"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* loves \w even|strong="H6213"\w* ◄\w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w*/people \w from|strong="H3899"\w* other countries► \w who|strong="H1616"\w* live among \w us|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli people, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w*.  
\v 19 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must love \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \w too|strong="H1961"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w once|strong="H1961"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* living \w in|strong="H4714"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* only \w him|strong="H5647"\w*. ◄\w Be|strong="H3068"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H3068"\w*/\w Have|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w close|strong="H1692"\w* relationship \w with|strong="H3068"\w*► \w him|strong="H5647"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* say \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w you|strong="H5647"\w* if \w you|strong="H5647"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3372"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w what|strong="H3372"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*.  
\v 21 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w whom|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* must \w praise|strong="H8416"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* God, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* amazing \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 22 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors, \add Jacob and his family\add*, \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w there|strong="H7230"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* only \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w*. \w But|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w us|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7230"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*.”   
\c 11  
\s1 Moses reminded them of the great things that God did  
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\v 1 “\add Because of all that\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add has done for you\add*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* must love \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w continually|strong="H3605"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w rules|strong="H2708"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*.  
\v 2 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w disciplined|strong="H3045"\w* \add by causing all of you to have/experience difficulties\add*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, starting \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w continue|strong="H2220"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w think|strong="H7200"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w great|strong="H2389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w powerful|strong="H2389"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* [DOU, MTY].  
\v 3 Think \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* various miracles [DOU] \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. Think \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4639"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* country.  
\v 4 Think \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*. Think \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w how|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w flood|strong="H4325"\w*/cover \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w pursuing|strong="H7291"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w how|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H5704"\w* ◄wiped \w out|strong="H6213"\w*/destroyed►.  
\v 5 Think \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* ancestors \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w before|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.  
\v 6 Think \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Dathan|strong="H1885"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Abiram, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H1004"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eliab \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*. \w While|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w were|strong="H3478"\w* watching, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth split \w open|strong="H6475"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* fell \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w opening|strong="H6310"\w* \add and disappeared\add*, along \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* tents, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* servants, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* animals.  
\v 7 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* [SYN] \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* miracles \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H4616"\w*, \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* able \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w about|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w enter|strong="H5674"\w*,  
\v 9 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* land, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* very \w fertile|strong="H2233"\w* [IDM].  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4714"\w* \w about|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* enter \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* ancestors lived. \w In|strong="H8033"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w after|strong="H2233"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w planted|strong="H2232"\w* \w seeds|strong="H2233"\w*, \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* necessary \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* work hard [MTY] \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \add the plants that grew\add*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3423"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w you|strong="H2022"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w about|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* enter \w is|strong="H8033"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* many \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w valleys|strong="H1237"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H8033"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* takes \w care|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* land. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* [SYN] watches \w over|strong="H8141"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w every|strong="H8141"\w* day, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* each \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* end \w of|strong="H3068"\w* each \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w commanding|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* love \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* inner \w beings|strong="H5315"\w*. \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\v 14 \w each|strong="H5414"\w* \w year|strong="H6256"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w on|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* land \w at|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* ◄right \w times|strong="H6256"\w*/\w times|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H1715"\w* needed►, ◄\w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w autumn|strong="H3138"\w*/\w at|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* end \w of|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* dry \w season|strong="H6256"\w*► \w and|strong="H1715"\w* ◄\w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w spring|strong="H4456"\w*/before \w the|strong="H5414"\w* next dry \w season|strong="H6256"\w* starts►. \w As|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H1715"\w* \add grapes to make\add* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w and|strong="H1715"\w* \add olives to make olive\add* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*.  
\v 15 \w And|strong="H7704"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w grass|strong="H6212"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* grow \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w for|strong="H7704"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* livestock \add to eat\add*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H7646"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* food \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* want.   
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\v 16 “\w But|strong="H5647"\w* I warn \w you|strong="H5647"\w*, \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* our God \w and|strong="H8104"\w* start \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* other gods,  
\v 17 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* prevent \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* falling. \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w crops|strong="H2981"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* grow, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w soon|strong="H4120"\w* die \add from hunger\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 18 \w So|strong="H1961"\w*, \w keep|strong="H1961"\w* thinking [IDM] \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w these|strong="H7760"\w* \w commands|strong="H1697"\w*. Write \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add on tiny scrolls\add* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w fasten|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w arms|strong="H3027"\w*/\w wrists|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* write \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* bands \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w fasten|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* foreheads \add to help you to remember them\add*.  
\v 19 \w Teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H6965"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*. \w Talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H1870"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \add all the time\add*: \w When|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3925"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H6965"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3925"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w walking|strong="H3212"\w* outside; \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H1870"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3925"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w lying|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w night|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3925"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* getting \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* morning.  
\v 20 \w Write|strong="H3789"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w doorposts|strong="H4201"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add and your descendants\add* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.   
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\v 22 “Faithfully continue \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanding|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*—\w to|strong="H3068"\w* love \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* lives \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* wants \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3068"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H3068"\w*/\w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w close|strong="H1692"\w* relationship \w with|strong="H3068"\w*► \w him|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 23 If \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w expel|strong="H3423"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* advance, people-groups \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w numerous|strong="H6099"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w powerful|strong="H6099"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w*.  
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\v 25 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H6343"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* people-group \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 26 “Listen carefully: \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am telling \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add that Yahweh will either\add* bless \add you or he will\add* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 27 If \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* bless \w you|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 28 If \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* if \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship other gods \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w before|strong="H4480"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 29 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w brings|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* enter \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*, \add some of you must stand on top of\add* \w Gerizim|strong="H1630"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* proclaim \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* bless \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add the others must stand on top of\add* \w Ebal|strong="H5858"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* proclaim \add what will cause Yahweh to\add* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”  
\v 30 (\w Those|strong="H1992"\w* \w two|strong="H3427"\w* mountains \w are|strong="H1992"\w* [RHQ] \w west|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w west|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* Valley \w near|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* huge oak tree \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w Moreh|strong="H4176"\w* \add village\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w land|strong="H5676"\w* \w where|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w lives|strong="H3427"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w close|strong="H4136"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* sacred trees \w near|strong="H3808"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.)  
\v 31 “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w enter|strong="H5674"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* land \w and|strong="H3068"\w* start \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*,  
\v 32 \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.”   
\c 12  
\s1 The one place for worship  
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\v 1 “◄\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* again/\w These|strong="H6213"\w*, \add again\add*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w*► \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* must faithfully \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* must \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w laws|strong="H2706"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 2 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* must \w destroy|strong="H3423"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w expel|strong="H3423"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* gods, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tops \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* big \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*.  
\v 3 \w You|strong="H4480"\w* must \w tear|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w smash|strong="H7665"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* sacred \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w*. \w Completely|strong="H8313"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* statues \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* goddess Asherah \w in|strong="H4196"\w* fires, \w and|strong="H4196"\w* chop \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* wooden \w idols|strong="H6456"\w*, \w in|strong="H4196"\w* order \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w ever|strong="H4480"\w* worship \w them|strong="H8313"\w* [MTY] \w in|strong="H4196"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* again.   
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\v 4 “\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H3651"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \add the people in Canaan worship their gods\add*.  
\v 5 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* choose. \w It|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H8034"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 6 \w That|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* must bring \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* completely burned \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* altar, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* other \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, ◄\w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w*/ten percent \w of|strong="H3027"\w* all \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* crops►, other \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* decide \w to|strong="H3027"\w* give, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1062"\w* animals \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 7 \w There|strong="H8033"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \add greatly\add* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H6440"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* worked \w to|strong="H3068"\w* produce, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*.   
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\v 8 “\add When you are in that land\add*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Until|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* worshiping \add Yahweh\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\v 9 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* arrived \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* live peacefully.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3605"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* start \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* giving \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* protect \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surround|strong="H5439"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* peacefully/safely.   
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\v 11 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* choose \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* wants \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w him|strong="H3027"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* must \w bring|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H1961"\w*: \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* must \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burned \add on the altar\add*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3027"\w* decide \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w*, ◄\w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w*/ten percent \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* crops►, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* special \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* solemnly \w promise|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w along|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w female|strong="H1323"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* live \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w towns|strong="H1323"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Be|strong="H3605"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w* \w anywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* want \w to|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\v 14 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* must \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* choose \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w area|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* wants \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burned \add on the altar\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanding|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add when you worship him\add*.   
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\v 15 “\w However|strong="H7535"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w permitted|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* animals \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* where \w you|strong="H5414"\w* live. \w As|strong="H5315"\w* often \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* bless \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H5414"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become unacceptable \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w done|strong="H5414"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* eat \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* deer \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* antelope.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \add of any animals\add*; \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* drain \w onto|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground \add before you cook the meat\add*.  
\v 17 \w In|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3027"\w* \w where|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* live, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w offering|strong="H8641"\w* \add to Yahweh\add*: \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w tithes|strong="H4643"\w*/ten percent► \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1062"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5071"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3027"\w* decide \w to|strong="H3201"\w* give \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5071"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w female|strong="H1323"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* live \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w and|strong="H1121"\w* eat \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H3605"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Be|strong="H3117"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w take|strong="H8104"\w* \w care|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* land.   
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\v 20 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* gives \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \add than you will have when you first occupy it\add*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H5315"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* eat’ \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* craving/wanting \w some|strong="H5315"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H1696"\w* eat \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 21 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* chooses \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \add from where you live\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w permitted|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H2076"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w that|strong="H3588"\w* meat \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H8034"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H7760"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 22 Those \w who|strong="H2931"\w* have done things \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w them|strong="H3162"\w* \w to|strong="H3162"\w* \w become|strong="H3162"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H3162"\w* God, \w and|strong="H3651"\w* those \w who|strong="H2931"\w* have not done things \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w*, are \w all|strong="H3162"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H3162"\w* \w all|strong="H3162"\w* eat \w that|strong="H3651"\w* meat, just \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* \w would|strong="H3162"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3651"\w* meat \w of|strong="H6643"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* deer or an antelope.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w sure|strong="H2388"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \add of any animal\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* sustains \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w living|strong="H1320"\w* \w beings|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w along|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w*.  
\v 24 Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w the|strong="H5921"\w* blood; \w instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* drain \w onto|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground.  
\v 25 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* command \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* says \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \add for you to do\add*, \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3190"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 26 “\w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w sacred|strong="H6944"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5088"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* told \w you|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* other \w offerings|strong="H5088"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5375"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w* decide \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w*, \w you|strong="H5375"\w* \w must|strong="H5375"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* choose.  
\v 27 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* completely burned \add on Yahweh’s altar\add*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* eat some \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add kill the animals and\add* drain \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* some \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* thrown \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add sides of the\add* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\v 28 Faithfully \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3190"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \add for you to do\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleases|strong="H2896"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 29 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* enter \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* advance, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 30 \w After|strong="H1875"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w*, \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \add worship the gods\add* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w been|strong="H5647"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H5647"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* caught \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* trap \add that they were caught in\add* [MET]. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* anyone \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H6213"\w* gods, saying, ‘Tell \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w how|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* gods, \w in|strong="H6213"\w* order \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \add worship them\add* \w also|strong="H1571"\w*.’  
\v 31 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* try \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H3651"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* worshiped \w their|strong="H3605"\w* gods, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w worship|strong="H3651"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w hates|strong="H8130"\w*. \add The worst thing that they do is\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* own \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \add on their altars\add*.   
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\v 32 “Be sure to do everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not add anything to these commands, and do not take anything away from them.”   
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\s1 Moses warned them against idolatry  
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\v 1 “Possibly \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w among|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \add say that they\add* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* prophets. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w may|strong="H6213"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* interpret \w the|strong="H3605"\w* meaning \w of|strong="H1697"\w* dreams \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* various \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* miracles [DOU].  
\v 2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* say \w those|strong="H3588"\w* things \w in|strong="H7130"\w* order \w to|strong="H5414"\w* induce/persuade \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* worship gods \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* never known about \w before|strong="H6965"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* predict happens,  
\v 3 \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H3045"\w* \w attention|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* testing \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H3212"\w* if \w you|strong="H3045"\w* love \w him|strong="H5647"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* inner being.  
\v 4 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1697"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* wants \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* revere \w him|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w tells|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY], \w and|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3426"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H3068"\w*/\w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w close|strong="H3824"\w* relationship \w with|strong="H3068"\w*► \w him|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 5 “\w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w* must \w execute|strong="H5647"\w* anyone \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \add falsely says that he\add* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prophet, \w or|strong="H8085"\w* someone \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \add falsely\add* says \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* can interpret dreams, \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* tells \w you|strong="H5647"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* rebel \w against|strong="H3212"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* rescued \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w being|strong="H8104"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Egypt. \w People|strong="H8085"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* only \w wanting|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* cause \w you|strong="H5647"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* stop conducting \w your|strong="H3068"\w* lives \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w*. \w Execute|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H1692"\w*, \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w get|strong="H3212"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* evil among \w you|strong="H5647"\w*.  
\v 6 \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* matter \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* brother \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1004"\w* \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w* \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w close|strong="H4480"\w*/dear friend secretly urges \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w* ‘\w Let|strong="H3212"\w*’s worship other gods. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* gods \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w have|strong="H3068"\w* never \w known|strong="H3318"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Some|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w* \w may|strong="H5315"\w* encourage \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3588"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H3588"\w* live \w near|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* live \w far|strong="H5315"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w*.  
\v 8 Do \w not|strong="H5704"\w* [SYN] do what \w they|strong="H5704"\w* suggest. Do \w not|strong="H5704"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* listen \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5439"\w*. Do \w not|strong="H5704"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* merciful \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5439"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* do \w not|strong="H5704"\w* keep secret what \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* done.  
\v 9 Execute \w them|strong="H5921"\w*! \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \add who are their relative\add* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* first \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \add throw stones at them to\add* kill \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w then|strong="H8085"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* everyone \w else|strong="H3808"\w* [MTY] throw stones \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w too|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w such|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w throwing|strong="H3027"\w* stones \w at|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* trying \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* stop worshiping \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* rescued \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H7223"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* slaves \w in|strong="H4191"\w* Egypt.  
\v 11 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w*, \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli people \w will|strong="H3068"\w* hear \add what happened\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3318"\w* afraid, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* none \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* such \w an|strong="H3588"\w* evil \w thing|strong="H3588"\w* again.   
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\v 12 “\w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* towns \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* giving \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w may|strong="H3478"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*  
\v 13 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* worthless \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [IDM] \w are|strong="H3068"\w* deceiving \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*, saying, ‘\w Let|strong="H5414"\w*’s \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* worship other gods,’ \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* never \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w before|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Investigate|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w* thoroughly/\w carefully|strong="H3808"\w*. \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \add you find out that\add* \w it|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* true \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w such|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* disgraceful thing \w has|strong="H3318"\w* happened,  
\v 15 kill \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* people \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* town. \w And|strong="H6213"\w* kill \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H7130"\w* livestock, \w too|strong="H1697"\w*. \w Destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* town completely.  
\v 16 Gather \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* possessions \w that|strong="H3605"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* pile \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w up|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* plaza. \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* burn \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w as|strong="H5892"\w* \w though|strong="H1931"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w an|strong="H5221"\w* offering \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burned \add on the altar\add*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruins|strong="H5892"\w*/ashes must \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w forever|strong="H3605"\w*; \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* must never \w be|strong="H5892"\w* rebuilt.  
\v 17 \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H8432"\w* [IDM] \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* said \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* what \w I|strong="H3808"\w* say, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* angry \w with|strong="H8313"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w act|strong="H1961"\w* mercifully \w toward|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w children|strong="H1129"\w*/descendants, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* what \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w things|strong="H2764"\w* if \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* what \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* telling \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* if \w you|strong="H5414"\w* obey \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* commandments \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* today \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* what \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* says \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \add for you to do\add*.”   
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\s1 Creatures that were forbidden to be eaten  
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\v 1 “\w We|strong="H4191"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* belong \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w show|strong="H7760"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* grieving \w by|strong="H3068"\w* gashing/cutting \w yourselves|strong="H5869"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w shaving|strong="H7144"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* hair \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* foreheads \add like the other people-groups do\add*.  
\v 2 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* alone. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* chose \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w special|strong="H5459"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 3 “\w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add Yahweh\add* detests.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="H7716"\w* animals \add whose meat\add* you are permitted \w to|strong="H7716"\w* eat are \w cattle|strong="H7716"\w*, \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*, \w goats|strong="H5795"\w*,  
\v 5 \w deer|strong="H3180"\w*, \w gazelles|strong="H6643"\w*, wild goats, antelopes, \w and|strong="H6643"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2169"\w* \w sheep|strong="H2169"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H8147"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w split|strong="H8156"\w* \w hoofs|strong="H6541"\w* \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* also ◄\w chew|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* cuds/regurgitate \w their|strong="H3605"\w* food \add from their stomachs\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w chew|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* again►.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w chew|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* cuds \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat. \w Those|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, rabbits, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* rock badgers. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w chew|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* cuds, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w hooves|strong="H6541"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w split|strong="H8156"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* acceptable \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* eat.  
\v 8 Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat pigs. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* unacceptable \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1320"\w* eat; \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w hooves|strong="H6541"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* split, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* chew \w cud|strong="H1625"\w*. Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H1320"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* animals; do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w dead|strong="H5038"\w* \w bodies|strong="H1320"\w*.  
\v 9 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H4325"\w* eat \w any|strong="H3605"\w* fish \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H2088"\w* \w scales|strong="H7193"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w fins|strong="H5579"\w*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \add that lives in the water\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w scales|strong="H7193"\w* \w and|strong="H5579"\w* \w fins|strong="H5579"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \add if you eat them\add*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* become unacceptable \add to Yahweh\add*.   
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\v 11 “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* are permitted \w to|strong="H3605"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3605"\w* flesh \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* acceptable \add to Yahweh\add*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w*, \w vultures|strong="H5404"\w*, black \w vultures|strong="H5404"\w*,  
\v 13 buzzards, all \w kinds|strong="H4327"\w* of kites,  
\v 14 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* crows,  
\v 15 \w ostriches|strong="H3284"\w*, seagulls,  
\v 16 \w owls|strong="H3244"\w*, hawks, falcons,  
\v 17 pelicans, vultures that eat dead animals, cormorants,  
\v 18 storks, herons, hoopoes, and \w bats|strong="H5847"\w*, you must not eat.   
\p
\v 19 “\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w insects|strong="H8318"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w wings|strong="H5775"\w* \add and which walk on the ground\add* \w are|strong="H5775"\w* unacceptable \add to Yahweh\add*; \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w them|strong="H1931"\w*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* insects \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w wings|strong="H5775"\w* \add and which hop along the ground\add* \w are|strong="H5775"\w* acceptable \w to|strong="H3605"\w* eat.   
\p
\v 21 “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w any|strong="H3605"\w* animal \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w died|strong="H5038"\w* naturally, \add because its blood has not been drained out\add*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H5237"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* live \w among|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H5237"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*; \add and those who belong to him are not permitted to eat the meat of animals whose blood has not been drained out\add*.  
\p “\w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cook|strong="H1310"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H1423"\w* sheep \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w goat|strong="H1423"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* mother’s \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*.”   
\s1 Giving tithes  
\p
\v 22 “Once \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* must \w set|strong="H3318"\w* apart ◄\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tithe|strong="H6237"\w*/10 percent► \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w crops|strong="H8393"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H8141"\w* \w produced|strong="H3318"\w*/harvested \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Take|strong="H8492"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* choose \add for you to worship him\add*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* meat \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1062"\w* male animals \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add the one who has blessed you by giving you these things\add*.  
\v 24 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \add for you to worship him\add* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w home|strong="H4725"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* tithes \add of your crops\add* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w*:  
\v 25 \w Sell|strong="H5414"\w* [IDM] \w the|strong="H5414"\w* tithes \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* crops, wrap \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* carefully \add in a cloth\add*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w take|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* chosen.  
\v 26 \w There|strong="H8033"\w*, \add with that money\add*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* buy \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w*—\w beef|strong="H1241"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w lamb|strong="H6629"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* fermented drinks. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* eat \add and drink\add* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*.  
\v 27 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* sure \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w neglect|strong="H5800"\w*/forget \add to help\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3881"\w* live \w in|strong="H2506"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w towns|strong="H8179"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.   
\p
\v 28 “\w At|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tithe|strong="H4643"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w crops|strong="H8393"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w produced|strong="H3318"\w*/harvested \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* store \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 29 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* food \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \add who live among you\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* widows \w who|strong="H3605"\w* live \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w towns|strong="H8179"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H3068"\w* come \add to where the food is stored\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4639"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* need. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
\c 15  
\s1 The year for canceling debts  
\p
\v 1 “\w At|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w every|strong="H6213"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w you|strong="H6213"\w* must ◄cancel \w all|strong="H6213"\w* debts/tell people \w who|strong="H6213"\w* owe \w you|strong="H6213"\w* money \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w they|strong="H8141"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* need \w to|strong="H6213"\w* pay \w it|strong="H6213"\w* back►.  
\v 2 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*: \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w lent|strong="H5383"\w* money \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w* Israeli \w must|strong="H3808"\w* cancel \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w debt|strong="H3027"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* insist \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* pay \w it|strong="H7121"\w* back. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* declared \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* debts \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* canceled \add every seven years\add*.  
\v 3  \add During that year\add* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* require \w foreigners|strong="H5237"\w* \add who live among you\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* pay what \w they|strong="H3027"\w* owe \w you|strong="H3027"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* must \w not|strong="H1961"\w* try \w to|strong="H1961"\w* require \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* fellow Israeli pay \w you|strong="H3027"\w* what \w he|strong="H3027"\w* owes \w you|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 4-5 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* our God will bless you in the land that he is giving to you. If you obey \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* our God and obey all the commandments that I am giving to you today, there will not be any poor people among you.  
\v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add be able to\add* \w lend|strong="H5670"\w* money \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* other people-groups, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add need to\add* \w borrow|strong="H5670"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w control|strong="H4910"\w* \add the finances of\add* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* people-groups, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w control|strong="H4910"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \add finances\add*.   
\p
\v 7 “\w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w towns|strong="H8179"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* Israelis \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* poor, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* selfish [IDM] \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* [IDM] \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w be|strong="H3027"\w* generous [IDM] \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w lend|strong="H5670"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* money \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w need|strong="H4270"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Be|strong="H1961"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H7489"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5973"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* debts \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* canceled \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w*, \add so I do not want to lend anyone any money now, because he will not need to pay it back when that year comes\add*.’ \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*. \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w act|strong="H7489"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H7126"\w* unfriendly \w way|strong="H1697"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* needy fellow Israeli, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add Yahweh will say that\add* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* sinned \add by not helping that person\add*.  
\v 10 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* freely \w to|strong="H3068"\w* poor \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w generously|strong="H5414"\w* [IDM].  
\v 11 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* bless \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w*. There \w will|strong="H3027"\w* always \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* generously \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* [DOU] \w people|strong="H3808"\w*.”   
\s1 Freeing slaves  
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\v 12 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* fellow Israeli men \w or|strong="H4376"\w* \w women|strong="H5680"\w* \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* themselves \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add to become your slave\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w free|strong="H2670"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w worked|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w comes|strong="H5973"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w free|strong="H2670"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 13 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* ◄\w empty-handed|strong="H7387"\w*/\w without|strong="H3808"\w* giving \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w*►.  
\v 14 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w generously|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* things \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*—\w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, grain, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wine|strong="H3342"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w once|strong="H3117"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* freed \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w reason|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w commanding|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*.   
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\v 16 “\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* slaves \w may|strong="H1961"\w* say, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.’ \w He|strong="H3588"\w* loves \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* treated \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w well|strong="H2895"\w*.  
\v 17 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* says \w that|strong="H3651"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* house \w and|strong="H5650"\w*, \add while he stands against the doorway\add*, \w pierce|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* earlobes \w with|strong="H6213"\w* ◄\w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w awl|strong="H4836"\w*/\w a|strong="H3068"\w* sharp pointed tool►. \w That|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* indicate \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w rest|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* life. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w thing|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H6213"\w* female \w slave|strong="H5650"\w* \add who does not want to leave you\add*.   
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\v 18 “\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* complain \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* required \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w*. \add Keep in mind that\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* paid \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* half \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w much|strong="H4932"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* pay \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5647"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w hire|strong="H7939"\w*. \add If you free them,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
\s1 Rules about sacrificing firstborn animals  
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\v 19 “◄\w Set|strong="H6942"\w* aside \w for|strong="H3068"\w*/\w Dedicate|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w*► \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* \w male|strong="H2145"\w* animals \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* force \w them|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w shear|strong="H1494"\w*/\w cut|strong="H1494"\w* \w off|strong="H1494"\w*► \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wool \add of the firstborn animals to sell the wool\add*.  
\v 20 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \add kill them and\add* eat \w their|strong="H3068"\w* meat \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* chooses \add for you to worship him\add*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* defects, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w serious|strong="H7451"\w* \w defect|strong="H3971"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 22 You \w may|strong="H2889"\w* \add kill and\add* eat \add the meat of those animals\add* \w at|strong="H8179"\w* your homes. Those \w who|strong="H2931"\w* \w have|strong="H8179"\w* done things \w that|strong="H8179"\w* cause \w them|strong="H3162"\w* \w to|strong="H8179"\w* \w become|strong="H3162"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H8179"\w* God \w and|strong="H8179"\w* those \w who|strong="H2931"\w* \w have|strong="H8179"\w* not done such things \w are|strong="H8179"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H8179"\w* eat \w that|strong="H8179"\w* meat, just \w like|strong="H3162"\w* anyone \w is|strong="H8179"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H8179"\w* eat \w the|strong="H8179"\w* meat \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* deer or \w an|strong="H8179"\w* antelope.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*; \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* drain \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground \add when you kill those animals\add*.”   
\c 16  
\s1 The Passover Festival  
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\v 1 “\add Each year\add* honor \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* celebrating \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \add Festival\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Abib \add in early spring\add*. \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* rescued \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 2  \add In order to celebrate that festival\add*, \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* choose \add for you to worship him\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \add there one young animal\add* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w or|strong="H1241"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY].  
\v 3  \add When you eat the Passover meal\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* yeast \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* kind \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, \w which|strong="H3899"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* called \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w suffering|strong="H6040"\w*/\w misery|strong="H6040"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w This|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* help \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \add where they were suffering because they were slaves\add*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* very \w quickly|strong="H2649"\w*. \add They did not put in yeast and wait for the dough to swell up\add*.  
\v 4  \add During that festival\add*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w yeast|strong="H7603"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* house \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. Furthermore, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \add of the animals\add* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add of the Passover Festival must be eaten during that night\add*; \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w remain|strong="H3885"\w* \w until|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w next|strong="H7200"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 5-6 “To honor \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* our God, you must offer the Passover sacrifice only at the place that he chooses for you \add to worship him\add*; do not offer that sacrifice in any other town in the land that \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* is giving to you. Offer that sacrifice when the sun is setting, at the same time of day that your ancestors \add started to\add* leave Egypt.  
\v 7 \w Boil|strong="H1310"\w* \add the meat\add* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* eat \w it|strong="H1242"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \add of worship\add* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* chooses. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w next|strong="H6437"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w you|strong="H6437"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H6437"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* tents.  
\v 8 \w Each|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w bread|strong="H4682"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* eat \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* yeast \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*. \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w gather|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \add It will be a day of rest\add*; \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.”   
\s1 The festival for harvesting grain  
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\v 9 “\add Each year\add*, \w from|strong="H7620"\w* \w the|strong="H5608"\w* day that \w you|strong="H7651"\w* \w start|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H2490"\w* harvest \w your|strong="H5608"\w* \w grain|strong="H7054"\w*, \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w weeks|strong="H7620"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* honor \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w celebrate|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Harvest \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w bringing|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w offering|strong="H5071"\w* \add of grain\add*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add by causing it to grow in your fields during that year\add*. \w If|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big harvest, \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big \w offering|strong="H5071"\w*. \w If|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* small harvest, \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* small \w offering|strong="H5071"\w*.  
\v 11  \add Each married couple\add* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8055"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \add who are in that town\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1121"\w*, \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* widows \add who are living among you\add*, \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8055"\w*. \w Bring|strong="H3881"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w offerings|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* worship \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* choose.   
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\v 12  \add “When you celebrate these festivals\add* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w obeying|strong="H8104"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* commands, \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* ancestors \w were|strong="H1961"\w* previously \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.”   
\s1 The Festival of Living in Shelters  
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\v 13 “\add Each year\add*, \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* threshed \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* grain \w and|strong="H3117"\w* pressed \add the juice from\add* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* grapes, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w must|strong="H2282"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \add Living in Temporary\add* \w Shelters|strong="H5521"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 14  \add Each married couple\add* along \w with|strong="H8055"\w* \w their|strong="H3881"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w their|strong="H3881"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \add who are in that town\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1121"\w*, \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* widows \add who are living among you\add*, \w should|strong="H1323"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8055"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* presence \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 Honor \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* celebrating \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w festival|strong="H2287"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* chooses \add for you to worship him\add*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8056"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w harvest|strong="H8393"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 16 “\w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H2282"\w* gather \add with your families\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* choose, \add to celebrate three festivals\add*: \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Passover \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Harvest \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Living|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Temporary|strong="H5521"\w* \w Shelters|strong="H5521"\w*. \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H2282"\w* bring [LIT] \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w offering|strong="H3068"\w* \add for Yahweh to these festivals\add*  
\v 17 \w in|strong="H3068"\w* proportion \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w blessings|strong="H1293"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add during that year\add*.”   
\s1 Judging people fairly  
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\v 18 “\w Appoint|strong="H5414"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H7860"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H8179"\w* \add in the land\add* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* must \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fairly|strong="H6664"\w*/\w justly|strong="H4941"\w*.  
\v 19 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w judge|strong="H4941"\w* \w unjustly|strong="H4941"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w another|strong="H5234"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* judges \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w bribes|strong="H7810"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w judge|strong="H4941"\w* \w accepts|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bribe|strong="H7810"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w honest|strong="H4941"\w*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* very difficult \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w judge|strong="H4941"\w* \w fairly|strong="H4941"\w* [IDM]; \add he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/\w innocent|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add must be punished\add*.  
\v 20 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* must \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3423"\w* fair \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w just|strong="H6664"\w* [DOU], \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enter \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\s1 Warning against worshiping other gods  
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\v 21 “\w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* next \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w wooden|strong="H6086"\w* statue \add that represents\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* goddess Asherah.  
\v 22 \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \add stone\add* \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w* \add to worship any idol, because\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w hates|strong="H8130"\w* \w them|strong="H8130"\w*.”   
\c 17  
\s1 Warning against sacrificing defective animals  
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\v 1 “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w cattle|strong="H7716"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* goats \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* defects, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* hates \w that|strong="H3588"\w* kind \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
\s1 Punishment for idolatry  
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\v 2 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* living \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w towns|strong="H8179"\w* \add in the land\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* hear \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* some \w man|strong="H7451"\w* \w or|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w who|strong="H3068"\w* sins \w by|strong="H5674"\w* disobeying \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 3 Suppose someone tells \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* person \w has|strong="H6635"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stars.  
\v 4 \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* person \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H5046"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w*, \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w investigate|strong="H1875"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w thoroughly|strong="H3190"\w*. \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \add you find out that\add* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* true \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8441"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\v 5 \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w town|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w or|strong="H4191"\w* \w woman|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3318"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* person \w by|strong="H3318"\w* throwing \w stones|strong="H5619"\w* \w at|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w or|strong="H4191"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w execute|strong="H4191"\w* \w such|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* only if \w at|strong="H5921"\w* least \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* testify \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* saw \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add doing that\add*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w* if there \w is|strong="H6310"\w* only \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w*.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*/\w ones|strong="H7223"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* saw \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*► \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w ones|strong="H7223"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* throw stones \w at|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* [MTY] \add should throw stones at them\add*. \w By|strong="H3027"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w get|strong="H3027"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H4191"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* practice \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
\s1 Judging difficult cases  
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\v 8 “Sometimes \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* very \w difficult|strong="H6381"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w judge|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w decide|strong="H4941"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* really \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* trying \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w decide|strong="H4941"\w* \w whether|strong="H4480"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* someone injured \w or|strong="H4480"\w* killed \w another|strong="H5061"\w* \w person|strong="H5927"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* accidentally \w or|strong="H4480"\w* deliberately. \w Or|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* trying \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w decide|strong="H4941"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w person|strong="H5927"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* suing \w another|strong="H5061"\w* \w person|strong="H5927"\w* unfairly. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w town|strong="H8179"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* very \w difficult|strong="H6381"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* know \w what|strong="H1697"\w* really \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w judge|strong="H4941"\w* \w cannot|strong="H4480"\w* \w decide|strong="H4941"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add to worship him\add*.  
\v 9 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w should|strong="H3117"\w* \w present|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w case|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* serving \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w should|strong="H3117"\w* \w decide|strong="H8199"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w should|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 10 \w After|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* decision, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* must \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 11 Accept \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* decided, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* try \w to|strong="H5921"\w* change \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* decided [IDM].  
\v 12 \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w anyone|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* proudly/arrogantly disobeys \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w stands|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* presence \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add and decides what should be done\add*. \w By|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w*, \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w practices|strong="H6213"\w* \w among|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \add after that person is executed\add*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w act|strong="H2102"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*.”   
\s1 Proper behavior for a king  
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\v 14 “\add I know that\add* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupied|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say, ‘\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w like|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w*.’  
\v 15 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w permit|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* sure \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w appoint|strong="H7760"\w* \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* whom \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* chosen. \w That|strong="H1931"\w* man \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli; \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w appoint|strong="H7760"\w* \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foreigner|strong="H5237"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 16  \add After he becomes the king\add*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* acquire \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H7235"\w* \w number|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w himself|strong="H3808"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* send \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* buy \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w Never|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add for anything’\add*!  
\v 17 \w And|strong="H3701"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3824"\w* wives, because if \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H5493"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w him|strong="H7235"\w* [SYN] \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \add worshiping only\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w And|strong="H3701"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* acquire \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3824"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.   
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\v 18 “\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w becomes|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H3678"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* must \add appoint someone to\add* \w copy|strong="H4932"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* must \w copy|strong="H4932"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w kept|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H3548"\w* descended \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*.  
\v 19 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* must \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* new scroll \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* faithfully \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* [DOU] \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* regulations \add that are written\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*.  
\v 20 \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* does \w that|strong="H3117"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* [SYN] \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w think|strong="H3824"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* ◄\w better|strong="H5921"\w*/\w more|strong="H4480"\w* important► \w than|strong="H4480"\w* [IDM] \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w fellow|strong="H1121"\w* Israelis, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* completely obey [LIT] \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w commands|strong="H4687"\w*. \w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w rule|strong="H4467"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* kings \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* many \w years|strong="H3117"\w*.”   
\c 18  
\s1 What the priests were to receive  
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\v 1 “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w receive|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w receive|strong="H1961"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* food \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* offer \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* burned \add on the altar to be sacrificed\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* sacrifices \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* offered \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w allotted|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* other tribes \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*. \w What|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w receive|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* work/privilege \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \add priests\add*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 3 “\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* \w or|strong="H7794"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w*, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* must \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w shoulder|strong="H2220"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w cheeks|strong="H3895"\w*/\w jaws|strong="H3895"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w stomach|strong="H6896"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 4 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* must also \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* \w part|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add harvest\add*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* \w part|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \add that you make\add*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* \w part|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w* \add that you make\add*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* \w part|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* wool \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* shear \w from|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 5 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Levi \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \add from that tribe\add* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* priests \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H8334"\w* \w him|strong="H5975"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \add who has been living\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H8179"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* wants \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* chosen, \add and start living there\add*,  
\v 7 \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H8334"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* priest, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w serving|strong="H8334"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 8 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* must be given \w the|strong="H5921"\w* same amount \w of|strong="H5921"\w* food \add that the other priests receive\add*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2506"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H5921"\w* keep \w the|strong="H5921"\w* money \add that his relatives give him\add* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* selling some \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* possessions.   
\s1 A warning about pagan practices  
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\v 9 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* enter \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w imitate|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H8441"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people-groups \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 10 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* sacrifice \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* burning \w them|strong="H5674"\w* \add on your altars\add*. Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w practice|strong="H5172"\w* ◄\w divination|strong="H7081"\w*/using supernatural power \w to|strong="H1121"\w* reveal \add what will happen in\add* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* future►. Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* do/\w practice|strong="H5172"\w* ◄\w soothsaying|strong="H6049"\w*/magic \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* what \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w happen|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* future►. Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ◄interpret \w omens|strong="H7080"\w*/say \w that|strong="H1121"\w* because \w of|strong="H1121"\w* something \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* seen \w you|strong="H3808"\w* know what \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w happen|strong="H4672"\w*►. Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w practice|strong="H5172"\w* \w sorcery|strong="H3784"\w*/\w witchcraft|strong="H6049"\w*. Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w practice|strong="H5172"\w* ◄\w putting|strong="H5674"\w* spells \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*/saying \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* cause bad \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w happen|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* others►.  
\v 11 Do \w not|strong="H4191"\w* try \w to|strong="H4191"\w* talk \w with|strong="H4191"\w* spirits \w of|strong="H1875"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* people. Do \w not|strong="H4191"\w* do/practice magic.  
\v 12 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* hates people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* advance \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* going \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w expel|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*/\w practice|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* must always avoid doing \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w*.   
\s1 The promise to send a prophet like Moses  
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w expel|strong="H3423"\w* \add from the land that you will occupy\add* ◄consult/\w seek|strong="H3808"\w* advice \w from|strong="H8085"\w*► \w soothsayers|strong="H6049"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w practice|strong="H7080"\w* \w divination|strong="H7080"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3651"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 15  \add Some day\add* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* send \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w me|strong="H6965"\w*. \add He is the one who will tell you what will happen in the future\add*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w you|strong="H3644"\w* must \w heed|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 16 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w gathered|strong="H8085"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Sinai Mountain, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* pleaded \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w saying|strong="H6963"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* speak [MTY] \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* huge fire \add that is burning on the mountain\add*!’ \add Your ancestors said that because they were afraid\add* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \add if Yahweh spoke to them again\add*.   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*/wise.  
\v 18 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H6965"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 19 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*. \w And|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* punish anyone \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \w any|strong="H1697"\w* other \add person says that he is a\add* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \add and\add* dares \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* falsely \w says|strong="H1696"\w* comes \w from|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \w anyone|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w speaks|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w* other gods [MTY] \w have|strong="H5030"\w* revealed \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w* \add for doing that\add*.’   
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\v 21 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3045"\w*, ‘\w How|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \add that someone tells us\add* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H3045"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*?’  
\v 22  \add The answer is that\add* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* someone \w speaks|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \add about what will happen in the future\add*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* revealed \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*, \add you will know that\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w person|strong="H1696"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* wrongly claimed \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* revealed \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w need|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w afraid|strong="H1481"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add anything that\add* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \add says\add*.”   
\c 19  
\s1 The cities of refuge  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w gotten|strong="H5414"\w* rid \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people-groups \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w expelled|strong="H3423"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* start \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 2-3 you must divide into three parts the land that he is giving to you. Then choose \w a|strong="H3068"\w* city in each part. You must make good roads \add in order that people can get to those cities easily\add*. Someone who kills another person can escape to one of those cities \add to be safe/protected\add*.   
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\v 4 “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w rule|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* someone \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H2088"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w* person. \w If|strong="H1931"\w* someone ◄\w accidentally|strong="H1847"\w*/\w without|strong="H3808"\w* planning \w to|strong="H1697"\w*► \w kills|strong="H5221"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w* person \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w enemy|strong="H8130"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w may|strong="H7523"\w* \w escape|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* cities \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* safe/protected \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 5 \w For|strong="H3027"\w* example, \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \w two|strong="H4480"\w* \w men|strong="H3772"\w* go \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w axe|strong="H1631"\w* \w head|strong="H1270"\w* \w comes|strong="H4672"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w handle|strong="H6086"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w chopping|strong="H2404"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w axe|strong="H1631"\w* \w head|strong="H1270"\w* \w strikes|strong="H4672"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w kills|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w other|strong="H7453"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \add who was using the axe\add* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* safe \w there|strong="H4672"\w*, \add because the people of that city will protect him\add*.  
\v 6 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* accidentally \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w enemy|strong="H8130"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w can|strong="H4194"\w* try \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w run|strong="H7291"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* cities. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* there \w were|strong="H5315"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w*, \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w may|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H7235"\w* \w distance|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w relative|strong="H1350"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* [MTY], \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* supposed/expected \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w get|strong="H5381"\w* revenge, \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* angry, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w may|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H5381"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w catch|strong="H5381"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* other \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* arrives \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w*.  
\v 7  \add To prevent that from happening\add*, \w you|strong="H6680"\w* must choose \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w not|strong="H5892"\w* only \w one|strong="H3651"\w*, \add in order that someone can get to one of those cities quickly\add*.   
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\v 8-9 “If you do everything that I am today commanding you to do, and if you love \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* our God, and if you conduct your lives as he wants you to do, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* our God will give you much more land than you will have when you first occupy it, which is what he promised to do. He will give you all the land which he promised your ancestors that he would give to you. When he gives you that land, you must select three more cities \add to which people may escape\add*.  
\v 10 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*/\w have|strong="H1961"\w* killed \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* planning \w to|strong="H3068"\w*► \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* die, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* guilty \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \add allowing\add* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* executed, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 11 “\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w hates|strong="H8130"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemy|strong="H8130"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* hides \w and|strong="H6965"\w* waits \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \add to come along the road\add*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \add when he passes by, suddenly\add* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w attacks|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* murders \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* attacker \w flees|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \add to be protected there\add*,  
\v 12 \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add where the murdered man lived must not protect the attacker. They\add*. \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* other \w man|strong="H2205"\w* escaped, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w relative|strong="H1350"\w* who \w is|strong="H3027"\w* supposed/expected \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* revenge, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w may|strong="H5414"\w* \w execute|strong="H4191"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w*.  
\v 13 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2347"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* murder other \w people|strong="H3808"\w*! \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* execute \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* murder [MTY] \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H3478"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
\s1 Warning against moving boundaries  
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\v 14 “\add When you are living\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w move|strong="H5253"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* markers \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7453"\w*’ \w property|strong="H5159"\w* boundaries \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H7223"\w* \w placed|strong="H5414"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* long ago.”   
\s1 Warnings about witnesses  
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\v 15 “\w If|strong="H2398"\w* someone \w is|strong="H1697"\w* accused \w of|strong="H1697"\w* committing \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w crime|strong="H1697"\w*, \w one|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w witness|strong="H5707"\w*/person \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w says|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H5921"\w* saw \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*’► \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w enough|strong="H3605"\w*. \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* least \w two|strong="H8147"\w* ◄\w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*/\w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H3605"\w* saw \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*’►. \add If there is only one witness\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* judge \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w says|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* true.   
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\v 16 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* someone tries \w to|strong="H6965"\w* do \w wrong|strong="H2555"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* another person \w by|strong="H6965"\w* falsely accusing \w him|strong="H6030"\w*,  
\v 17 \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* must \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w where|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people worship, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add talk to\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w serving|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 18 \w The|strong="H1875"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* must ◄\w investigate|strong="H1875"\w* \w the|strong="H1875"\w* \w case|strong="H8199"\w* \w carefully|strong="H1875"\w*/try \w to|strong="H6030"\w* find \w out|strong="H1875"\w* which one \w is|strong="H2009"\w* telling \w the|strong="H1875"\w* truth►. \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \add the judges determine that\add* one \w of|strong="H1875"\w* \w them|strong="H3190"\w* \w has|strong="H2009"\w* \w accused|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H1875"\w* other \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w*,  
\v 19 \w that|strong="H6213"\w* person must \w be|strong="H7451"\w* punished \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* same way \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* other \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H7451"\w* been punished \add if the judge decided that he ◄was guilty/had done what is wrong►\add*. \w By|strong="H7451"\w* punishing \w such|strong="H6213"\w* people, \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H6213"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* rid \w of|strong="H7130"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w practice|strong="H6213"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 20 \w And|strong="H8085"\w*/\w Because|strong="H1697"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* person \w is|strong="H2088"\w* punished, everyone \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w has|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* dare \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w act|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.  
\v 21 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2347"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* punished \w like|strong="H7272"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w*. \w The|strong="H3027"\w* \w rule|strong="H3027"\w* should \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* murdered \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* executed; \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* gouged \w out|strong="H3808"\w* if \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* gouged \w out|strong="H3808"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w eye|strong="H5869"\w*, \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w tooth|strong="H8127"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* knocked \w out|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w tooth|strong="H8127"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* knocked \w out|strong="H3808"\w*; \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w cut|strong="H7272"\w* off \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* likewise \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w cut|strong="H7272"\w* off; \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w cut|strong="H7272"\w* off \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w also|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w cut|strong="H7272"\w* off.”   
\c 20  
\s1 Rules concerning fighting wars  
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\v 1 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \add soldiers\add* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* bigger \w than|strong="H4480"\w* yours, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \add ancestors safely\add* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 2 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H7126"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w ready|strong="H7126"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* start \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w the|strong="H7126"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* must \w stand|strong="H5066"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* front \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w troops|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w men|strong="H3478"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*! \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* going \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* enemies. \w Do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* timid \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* [DOU] \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w tremble|strong="H6206"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w panic|strong="H2648"\w* [DOU],  
\v 4 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* defeat \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.’   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w officers|strong="H7860"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w troops|strong="H5971"\w*, ‘\w If|strong="H6435"\w* anyone \w among|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w just|strong="H1696"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* [RHQ] \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H2596"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \add to God\add*, \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w should|strong="H4310"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \add and dedicate the house\add*. \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*, \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w else|strong="H6435"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w dedicate|strong="H2596"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \add and live in it\add*.  
\v 6 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* anyone \w among|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* harvested \w any|strong="H4310"\w* \w grapes|strong="H2490"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* [RHQ], \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w should|strong="H4310"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \add stays here and\add* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w else|strong="H6435"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \add harvest the grapes and\add* \w enjoy|strong="H2490"\w* \add the wine made from them\add*.  
\v 7 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* anyone \w among|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* engaged \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \add but has not married her yet\add* [RHQ], \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w should|strong="H4310"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \add he stays here and\add* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w else|strong="H6435"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*.’   
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\v 8 “\w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w officers|strong="H7860"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w also|strong="H3254"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘If anyone \w among|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3373"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w timid|strong="H7390"\w* [RHQ], \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w should|strong="H4310"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*, \w in|strong="H1004"\w* order \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* fellow \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w also|strong="H3254"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w being|strong="H5971"\w* courageous.’  
\v 9 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6485"\w* \w officers|strong="H7860"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H6485"\w* \w troops|strong="H5971"\w*, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* must \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \add to lead the groups of soldiers\add*.   
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\v 10 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H7126"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add that is far away\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w attack|strong="H3898"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*, first tell \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w there|strong="H7965"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* surrender, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w attack|strong="H3898"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 11 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* gates \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w surrender|strong="H6605"\w*, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \add surrender\add* peacefully, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* decide \w instead|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w your|strong="H5921"\w* troops \w must|strong="H3808"\w* surround \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city \add and break through the walls\add*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w*, \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* enables \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* capture [IDM] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* must \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* livestock, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \add that you want to take\add* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* enjoy \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies; \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 15 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* settle.   
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\v 16 “\w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* kill \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H2421"\w* [LIT].  
\v 17 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* must get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w completely|strong="H2763"\w*. Get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Heth people-group, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Amor people-group, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Periz people-group, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Hiv people-group, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Jebus people-group; \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 18 \w If|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w their|strong="H3605"\w* gods.   
\p
\v 19 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* surround \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, trying \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w capture|strong="H8610"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fruit|strong="H4480"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \add outside the city\add*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w eat|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fruit|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w your|strong="H5921"\w* enemies.  
\v 20 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w use|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* ladders \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w towers|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* enable \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \add go over the walls and\add* capture \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.”   
\c 21  
\s1 When no one knows who murdered someone  
\p
\v 1 “\w Suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* murdered \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w person|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\v 2  \add If that happens\add*, \w your|strong="H3318"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* must \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* where \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w person|strong="H8199"\w*’s corpse \w was|strong="H5892"\w* found \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w measure|strong="H4058"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* distance \w from|strong="H3318"\w* there \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* nearby \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* closest \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* corpse \w was|strong="H1961"\w* found \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w select|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H1241"\w* \w cow|strong="H5697"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w used|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H5892"\w* doing \w work|strong="H5647"\w*.  
\v 4 \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H3381"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \w near|strong="H8033"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stream|strong="H5158"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* ground \w has|strong="H1931"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H5647"\w* \w plowed|strong="H5647"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w planted|strong="H2232"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w break|strong="H6202"\w* \w its|strong="H6202"\w* \w neck|strong="H6202"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w*.  
\v 5 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H5066"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H8334"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* representatives [MTY] \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* settle \w disputes|strong="H7379"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* someone \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* injured.  
\v 6 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* closest \w town|strong="H5892"\w* must \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* young \w cow|strong="H5697"\w* \w whose|strong="H5697"\w* \w neck|strong="H6202"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w broken|strong="H6202"\w*,  
\v 7 \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* say, ‘\w We|strong="H7200"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* murder \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w person|strong="H7200"\w* [MTY], \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H2088"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w forgive|strong="H3722"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w rescued|strong="H6299"\w* \add from Egypt\add*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w consider|strong="H5414"\w* ◄\w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* guilty/\w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* punished \w because|strong="H3068"\w*► \w of|strong="H3068"\w* murdering \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* ◄\w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*/\w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w done|strong="H5414"\w* something \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* wrong►. Instead, \w forgive|strong="H3722"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*.’  
\v 9 \w By|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considers \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* guilty \w for|strong="H3588"\w* murdering \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w person|strong="H5869"\w*.”   
\s1 The rule about marrying women who are captured  
\p
\v 10 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add soldiers\add* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* enables \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* [IDM], \w and|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w become|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prisoners|strong="H7628"\w*/\w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w capture|strong="H7617"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*►,  
\v 11 \w one|strong="H3303"\w* \w of|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* may \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w among|strong="H3303"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* woman \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H7200"\w* likes, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H7200"\w* may want \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 12 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H1548"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w there|strong="H8432"\w* she must \w shave|strong="H1548"\w* \add all the hair off\add* \w her|strong="H1548"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w cut|strong="H1548"\w* \w her|strong="H1548"\w* fingernails \add to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli\add*.  
\v 13 \w She|strong="H5921"\w* must \w take|strong="H5493"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* wearing \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* captured, \add and put on Israeli clothes\add*. \w She|strong="H5921"\w* must \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w man|strong="H1167"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w mourn|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w month|strong="H3391"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add leaving\add* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* parents. \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w marry|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Later|strong="H1961"\w*, \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w* \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H7971"\w* allow \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* leave \w him|strong="H7971"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w because|strong="H8478"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w forced|strong="H6031"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* sex \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w treat|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w slave|strong="H5315"\w* \add and sell her to someone else\add*.”   
\s1 The oldest son’s inheritance  
\p
\v 15 “\w Suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* wives, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* likes \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* dislikes \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* does \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 16 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* decides how \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w divide|strong="H5157"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* possessions \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w possess|strong="H5157"\w* \add after he dies\add*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* wife \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* loves \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w giving|strong="H1069"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \add a bigger share,\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* share \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* older \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w should|strong="H3117"\w* \w receive|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 17 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* older \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wife \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* does \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w*, \w twice|strong="H8147"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w much|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* possessions. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w share|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w receive|strong="H5414"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w being|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.”   
\s1 A rebellious son  
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\v 18 “\w Suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* boy \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H4784"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H5637"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* always ◄\w rebelling|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H4784"\w*/disobeying► \add his parents\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H6963"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w him|strong="H6963"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H6963"\w* [MTY].  
\v 19 If \w that|strong="H5892"\w* happens, \w his|strong="H3318"\w* parents must \w take|strong="H8610"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* ◄\w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w*/central meeting \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w*► \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w he|strong="H3318"\w* lives \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w have|strong="H5892"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w* stand \w in|strong="H5892"\w* front \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* parents \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w say|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* ours \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H5637"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* always \w rebelling|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H4784"\w* \w us|strong="H8085"\w*. \w He|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H6963"\w* [MTY]. \w He|strong="H2088"\w* wastes \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1121"\w* money (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, eats too much food) \w and|strong="H1121"\w* gets drunk.’  
\v 21 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* elders \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w execute|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H4191"\w* throwing stones \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*. \w By|strong="H4191"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w this|strong="H8085"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* practice \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \add about what happened\add* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \add to do what he did\add*.”   
\s1 Burying criminals  
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\v 22 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w someone|strong="H4191"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w having|strong="H1961"\w* \w committed|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* crime \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H6086"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* deserves \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w hang|strong="H8518"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w corpse|strong="H4191"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* post,  
\v 23 \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w corpse|strong="H5038"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H3885"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3885"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w died|strong="H5038"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* cursed \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* whose \w corpse|strong="H5038"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H3885"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* post. \add You must bury the corpse that day\add*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w defile|strong="H2930"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\c 22  
\s1 Various other laws  
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\v 1 “\w If|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* Israeli’s \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* has strayed \w away|strong="H7725"\w*, do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* act \w as|strong="H1992"\w* though \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Take|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \add to its owner\add*.  
\v 2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* owner \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H7138"\w* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w who|strong="H7138"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* owner \w is|strong="H1961"\w*, \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w animal|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \add It can stay with you\add* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* owner \w comes|strong="H1961"\w*, \w searching|strong="H1875"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H8432"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w animal|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 3 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w if|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* see \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* piece \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w clothing|strong="H8071"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* someone \w has|strong="H3605"\w* lost. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 4 “\w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fellow Israeli’s \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w cow|strong="H7794"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w has|strong="H5973"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*, \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* act \w as|strong="H6965"\w* though \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w*. \w Help|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* owner \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w lift|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* animal \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \add so that it can stand on its feet again\add*.   
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\v 5 “Women \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wear|strong="H3847"\w* \w men|strong="H1397"\w*’s \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H1397"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wear|strong="H3847"\w* women’s \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* hates \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 6 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w happen|strong="H7122"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w find|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w*’s \w nest|strong="H7064"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* mother \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w sitting|strong="H7257"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nest|strong="H7064"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w eggs|strong="H1000"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w* \w birds|strong="H6833"\w*, \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* mother \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* \add and kill it\add*.  
\v 7 \w You|strong="H7971"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w* birds, \w but|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* allow \w the|strong="H3947"\w* mother bird \w to|strong="H7971"\w* fly \w away|strong="H7971"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3190"\w* \w this|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* things \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 8 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄railing/low wall► around \w the|strong="H3588"\w* edge \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w someone|strong="H5307"\w* \w falls|strong="H5307"\w* \w off|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* \add and dies\add*, ◄\w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* guilty \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w causing|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w person|strong="H1818"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w die|strong="H5307"\w*/\w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w death|strong="H1818"\w* [MTY] \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* fault►.   
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\v 9 “Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w plant|strong="H2232"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w crop|strong="H8393"\w* \w in|strong="H2233"\w* \w the|strong="H6942"\w* area \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* grapevines \w are|strong="H3808"\w* growing. \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* do, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w harvest|strong="H8393"\w* \w the|strong="H6942"\w* \w crops|strong="H8393"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w planted|strong="H2232"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w harvest|strong="H8393"\w* \w the|strong="H6942"\w* grapes \add to make wine from them\add*.   
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\v 10 “\w Do|strong="H2790"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* hitch \w together|strong="H3162"\w* an \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* \w and|strong="H7794"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \add for plowing your fields\add*.   
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\v 11 “Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wear|strong="H3847"\w* \w clothing|strong="H8162"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* made \w by|strong="H3808"\w* weaving \w together|strong="H3162"\w* ◄\w wool|strong="H6785"\w* \w and|strong="H6785"\w* \w linen|strong="H6593"\w*/\w two|strong="H3808"\w* different kinds \w of|strong="H3808"\w* thread►.   
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\v 12 “\add Twist threads together to\add* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w tassels|strong="H1434"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* sew/fasten \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* four bottom \w corners|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* cloak.   
\s1 Rules concerning sex  
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\v 13 “\w Suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w marries|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* young \w woman|strong="H8130"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* sex \w with|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* later decides \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* does \w not|strong="H3588"\w* want \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\v 14 \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w says|strong="H1697"\w* \w false|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*, \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w claims|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1331"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 15 If \w that|strong="H5892"\w* happens, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w*’s parents \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* sheet \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* bed \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* daughter \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w*, \w which|strong="H5892"\w* still \w has|strong="H3318"\w* bloodstains \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* show \w it|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w at|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ◄\w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w*/central meeting place \w in|strong="H5892"\w*► \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* father \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w* must say \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* wife. But \w now|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* says \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* doesn’t want \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* more.  
\v 17 \w And|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H1697"\w* falsely \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1331"\w* \w when|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* married \w her|strong="H6566"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w look|strong="H2009"\w*! \w Here|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* proves \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1331"\w*! \w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w at|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* bloodstains \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sheet \w where|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* slept \w the|strong="H6440"\w* night \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* married!’ \w And|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w show|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sheet \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* whip \w him|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 19 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* require \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fine|strong="H3701"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* 100 pieces \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* father \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H7451"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* Israeli \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* disgraced. \w Also|strong="H8034"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*; \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* wife. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w divorce|strong="H7971"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 20 “\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* true, \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* prove \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1331"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* married \w her|strong="H4672"\w*,  
\v 21 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H7130"\w* father’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H7130"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* throwing \w stones|strong="H5619"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w her|strong="H7130"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* something \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w disgraceful|strong="H5039"\w*, \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w having|strong="H3588"\w* sex \w with|strong="H1004"\w* some \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \add while she was still living\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w her|strong="H7130"\w* father’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w By|strong="H3318"\w* \w executing|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H7130"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w get|strong="H3318"\w* rid \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w practice|strong="H6213"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 22 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1167"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w caught|strong="H4672"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w having|strong="H1167"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w another|strong="H1571"\w* \w man|strong="H1167"\w*’s \w wife|strong="H1166"\w*, \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1167"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w*. \w By|strong="H3478"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w get|strong="H4672"\w* rid \w of|strong="H1167"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w practice|strong="H1167"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 23 “\w Suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* some \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man sees \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* \w engaged|strong="H1961"\w*/promised \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* married \w to|strong="H1961"\w* another man, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* \w caught|strong="H4672"\w* \w having|strong="H1961"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* [EUP] \w her|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\v 24 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w take|strong="H3318"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ◄\w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w*/central meeting place \w in|strong="H5921"\w*► \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*. \w There|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w execute|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* throwing \w stones|strong="H5619"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w execute|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* shout \w for|strong="H5921"\w* help \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w though|strong="H1931"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*. \w And|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1931"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w someone|strong="H4191"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* already \w engaged|strong="H5921"\w*/\w promised|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* married. \w By|strong="H5921"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w get|strong="H3318"\w* rid \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* practice \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 25 “\w But|strong="H2388"\w* suppose \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* open \w countryside|strong="H7704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w meets|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w* \w who|strong="H4672"\w* \w is|strong="H7704"\w* engaged/promised \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* married, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* he rapes \w her|strong="H4672"\w*. If \w that|strong="H7704"\w* happens, only \w that|strong="H7704"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 26 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* deserves \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w executed|strong="H6213"\w*. \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w case|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* attacks \w another|strong="H7453"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \add in the countryside\add* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w murders|strong="H7523"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\v 27 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* man \w who|strong="H4672"\w* raped \w her|strong="H4672"\w* saw \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H5291"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* open \w countryside|strong="H7704"\w*, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w called|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w*, \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w was|strong="H5291"\w* \w no|strong="H4672"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w who|strong="H4672"\w* could \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w*.   
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\v 28 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man rapes \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w* \w who|strong="H4672"\w* \w is|strong="H5291"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* engaged/promised \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* married, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* someone sees \w him|strong="H4672"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5291"\w* doing \w that|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\v 29 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* 50 pieces \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w*’s father, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w marry|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, \w because|strong="H8478"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w forced|strong="H6031"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w divorce|strong="H7971"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H7901"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 30 “ man must not disgrace his father by having sex with any of his father’s wives.”   
\c 23  
\s1 Exclusion from Yahweh’s people  
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\v 1 “\w Any|strong="H3808"\w* man whose testicles \w are|strong="H3808"\w* crushed \w or|strong="H3808"\w* whose penis \w is|strong="H3671"\w* cut \w off|strong="H1540"\w* \w shall|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* ◄included \w as|strong="H3947"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3671"\w*/allowed \w to|strong="H1540"\w* worship \w with|strong="H3947"\w*► \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w people|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 2 “\w No|strong="H3808"\w* ◄illegitimate person/person whose mother \w and|strong="H3068"\w* father \w were|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* married►, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* descendant \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* person, extending \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* tenth generation, \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* included \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w people|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 3 “\w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Ammon \w or|strong="H3808"\w* Moab people-groups \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* ◄included \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w*/\w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w with|strong="H3068"\w*► \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, extending \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*.  
\v 4 \w One|strong="H3808"\w* reason \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \add leaders\add* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* give \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors food \w and|strong="H3068"\w* water \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* traveling \w from|strong="H5704"\w* Egypt \add to Canaan\add*. \w Another|strong="H1571"\w* reason \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H5704"\w* pay Balaam, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* son \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Beor \w from|strong="H5704"\w* Pethor \add town\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Mesopotamia, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* curse \w you|strong="H5704"\w* Israelis.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* pay \w attention|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w*; \w instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w caused|strong="H1697"\w* \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* bless \w your|strong="H5921"\w* ancestors, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* loved \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 6 \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H8085"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* Israel \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nation, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* well \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w two|strong="H3808"\w* people-groups \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w enable|strong="H2015"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* prosper.   
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\v 7 “\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* despise \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Edom people-group, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \add descendants of your ancestor Jacob\add*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w*. \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* despise \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* Egypt, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \add they treated your ancestors well when\add* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* lived \w in|strong="H3117"\w* Egypt.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* children \w and|strong="H1961"\w* grandchildren \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* Edom \w and|strong="H1961"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w* \add who live among you\add* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w included|strong="H1961"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w*/allowed \w to|strong="H1961"\w* worship \w with|strong="H1961"\w*► \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w people|strong="H3808"\w*.”   
\s1 Keeping the camp clean  
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\v 9 “\w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* living \w in|strong="H3068"\w* tents \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H7992"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* fighting \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* avoid doing things \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* make \w them|strong="H1121"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 10 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* soldier \w becomes|strong="H3588"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H3318"\w* God \w because|strong="H3588"\w* semen \w comes|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* body \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* night, \add the next morning\add* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H4264"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* stay \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* day.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w evening|strong="H3915"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* day, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H2351"\w* bathe \w himself|strong="H8432"\w*, \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w at|strong="H4264"\w* sunset \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w back|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*.   
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\v 12 “\w Your|strong="H1961"\w* soldiers \w must|strong="H4264"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* toilet area outside \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* where \w you|strong="H8432"\w* can \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \add when you need to\add*.  
\v 13  \add When you go to fight against your enemies\add*, \w carry|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stick \w along|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* weapons, \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* need \w to|strong="H3318"\w* defecate [EUP], \w you|strong="H3027"\w* can dig \w a|strong="H3068"\w* hole \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* stick, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* cover \w up|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* hole \add when you have finished defecating\add*.  
\v 14 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H2351"\w* \w keep|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* camp acceptable \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* God, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* camp \w to|strong="H7725"\w* protect \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* defeat \w your|strong="H5921"\w* enemies. Do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* do anything disgraceful/indecent \w that|strong="H1961"\w* would \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* abandon \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
\s1 Various other laws  
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\v 15 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* slaves \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w escape|strong="H5337"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* masters \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add and request you to protect them\add*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* masters.  
\v 16 Allow \w them|strong="H5337"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* stay/live \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*, \w in|strong="H5650"\w* whatever town \w they|strong="H3808"\w* choose, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* mistreat \w them|strong="H5337"\w*.   
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\v 17 “\w Do|strong="H3238"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add allow\add* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* Israeli \w man|strong="H2896"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* woman \add to\add* become \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prostitute \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* temple.  
\v 18 \w Also|strong="H3478"\w*, do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* earned money \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H6945"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* money \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w temple|strong="H6945"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* solemnly promised \w to|strong="H3478"\w* pay \w that|strong="H3478"\w* money \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* hates \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H6945"\w*.   
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\v 19 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* lend money \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fellow Israeli, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* charge \w them|strong="H8147"\w* interest.  
\v 20 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w charge|strong="H5391"\w* \w interest|strong="H5392"\w* when \w you|strong="H3605"\w* lend \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* foreigners \add who live in your land\add*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* when \w you|strong="H3605"\w* lend \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* Israelis. \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* bless \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* enter \w and|strong="H3701"\w* occupy.   
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\v 21 “\w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w vow|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* give \w something|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add or to do something for him\add*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* soon \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* expects \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* committing \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sin.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [SYN] \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w vow|strong="H5088"\w* \add to do something\add*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2399"\w*.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* voluntarily promise \w to|strong="H1961"\w* do something, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* do \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 24 “\w When|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* walk \w through|strong="H1696"\w* someone else’s vineyard, \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \add pick and\add* \w eat|strong="H6310"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* many grapes \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* want, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* must \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \add cut some from a vine and carry them away\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* container.  
\v 25 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* walk \add along a path\add* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w*’s field \w of|strong="H3627"\w* grain, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* pluck/pick \w some|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* grain \w and|strong="H3754"\w* eat \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cut \w any|strong="H5315"\w* grain \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sickle \add and take it with you\add*.”   
\c 24  
\s1 Laws about divorcing and remarrying  
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\v 1 “\w Suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w marries|strong="H1166"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w* decides \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* doesn’t \w like|strong="H1961"\w*. \w And|strong="H7971"\w* \w suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w writes|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* paper \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* divorcing \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* paper \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* [SYN] \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w sends|strong="H7971"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* suppose \w that|strong="H1004"\w* \w she|strong="H1980"\w* \w goes|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* marries another man,  
\v 3 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \add later also\add* decides \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* does \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3027"\w* \w writes|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* paper \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* divorcing \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w sends|strong="H7971"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Or|strong="H1004"\w*, \w suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* second husband \w dies|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 4 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w either|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w things|strong="H7223"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w*, \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w husband|strong="H1167"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w consider|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w consider|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* \add if he married her again\add*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* [MTY] \w by|strong="H3068"\w* doing \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\s1 Various laws  
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\v 5 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* recently \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add be required to\add* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldier|strong="H6635"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w required|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H1697"\w* \add for the government\add* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \add after being married\add*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H8141"\w* stay happily \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* wife \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 6 “\w Anyone|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* lends money \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \add is allowed to require that person to give him something\add* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* guarantee \add that he will pay back the money that he borrowed. But\add* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H2254"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w millstone|strong="H7393"\w*/stone \w for|strong="H3588"\w* grinding grain►. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w taking|strong="H2254"\w* \add the millstone that his family needs to grind the grain to make the bread\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* need \w to|strong="H5315"\w* stay \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 7 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w kidnaps|strong="H1589"\w*/\w steals|strong="H1589"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fellow|strong="H1121"\w* Israeli \w to|strong="H3478"\w* cause \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w become|strong="H1197"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w slave|strong="H5315"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w* \add to become someone else’s slave\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w execute|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*. \w By|strong="H4191"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w get|strong="H4672"\w* rid \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 8 “If \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* suffering \w from|strong="H3881"\w* ◄\w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*/\w a|strong="H3068"\w* dreaded skin \w disease|strong="H6883"\w*►, \w be|strong="H5061"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H3881"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w instructions|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H3548"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* forget \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Miriam|strong="H4813"\w*, \add when she became a leper\add*, \w after|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 10 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w lend|strong="H5670"\w* \w something|strong="H3972"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* someone, do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* go into \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w take|strong="H5670"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* cloak \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* says \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* give \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* guarantee \add that he will return what he has borrowed\add*.  
\v 11 \w Stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w his|strong="H3318"\w* house, \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* man \w to|strong="H3318"\w* whom \w you|strong="H3318"\w* \w are|strong="H5975"\w* \w lending|strong="H5383"\w* something will \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* cloak \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w*, do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* keep \w that|strong="H1931"\w* cloak \w all|strong="H7901"\w* night.  
\v 13 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* sets, \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w cloak|strong="H8008"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w wear|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w sleeps|strong="H7901"\w*. \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add ask God to\add* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* pleased \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 14 “Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* mistreat \w any|strong="H3808"\w* servants whom \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w hired|strong="H7916"\w* \w who|strong="H1616"\w* \w are|strong="H8179"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w and|strong="H6041"\w* \w needy|strong="H6041"\w* [DOU], whether \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H8179"\w* Israelis \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \w who|strong="H1616"\w* \w are|strong="H8179"\w* living \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w town|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Every|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w sunset|strong="H8121"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H5375"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w*/\w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* money \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* earned. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* need \w to|strong="H3068"\w* get \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish [MTY] \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w having|strong="H1961"\w* sinned \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 16 “Parents \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* crimes \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* crimes \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* parents \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*. \w People|strong="H1121"\w* should \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w* only \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* crimes \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 17 “\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* [LIT] do \w for|strong="H4941"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \add who live\add* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w for|strong="H4941"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w* \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H5186"\w* laws state \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* done \w for|strong="H4941"\w* them. \w And|strong="H4941"\w* \add if you lend something to\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* widow, do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H2254"\w* \w her|strong="H5186"\w* coat \w from|strong="H5186"\w* \w her|strong="H5186"\w* \w as|strong="H4941"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* guarantee \add that she will return it\add*.  
\v 18 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add you had great hardships/troubles when\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescued|strong="H6299"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w commanding|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add to help others who have troubles\add*.   
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\v 19 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w crops|strong="H7105"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \add that you left\add* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* bundle \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*. \add Leave it there\add* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w*, \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* widows. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 20 \w And|strong="H2132"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* harvested/picked all \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w olives|strong="H2132"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* \w once|strong="H1961"\w*, do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* back \add to pick the ones that are still\add* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w*.  
\v 21  \add Similarly\add*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w pick|strong="H5953"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* grapes \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*, \w do|strong="H5953"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* back \w a|strong="H3068"\w* second \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \add to try to find more\add*. Leave \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w*, \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w*, \w and|strong="H3754"\w* widows \add among you\add*.  
\v 22 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add Yahweh was kind to you when\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w commanding|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add to be kind to those who are needy\add*.”   
\c 25  
\s1 Whipping criminals  
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\v 1 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \add two\add* Israelis \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dispute|strong="H7379"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w court|strong="H4941"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add probably\add* \w decide|strong="H8199"\w*/\w declare|strong="H6663"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H6662"\w* \w of|strong="H4941"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6663"\w*/\w did|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H7561"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7563"\w*► \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* other \w one|strong="H6662"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7563"\w*.  
\v 2 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* says \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7563"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* punished, \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* command \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w lie|strong="H1961"\w* \add with his face\add* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* whipped. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w times|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* whip \w will|strong="H1961"\w* depend \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \add what kind of\add* crime \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w committed|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 3 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H4347"\w* permitted \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w as|strong="H3254"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w as|strong="H3254"\w* 40 \w times|strong="H7227"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w*. \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H4347"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* 40 \w times|strong="H7227"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H7227"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* humiliated publicly.   
\s1 Don’t muzzle your ox  
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\v 4 When \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* treading/walking \w on|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* grain \add to separate the chaff from the grain\add*, do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w muzzle|strong="H2629"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w*/put \w a|strong="H3068"\w* covering \w on|strong="H3808"\w* \w its|strong="H3808"\w* mouth► \add to prevent it from eating some of the grain\add*.   
\s1 Responsibility to a dead brother  
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\v 5 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w two|strong="H3947"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w same|strong="H1992"\w* property, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*’s widow \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w someone|strong="H4191"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* member \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w family|strong="H4191"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w brother|strong="H2993"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w duty|strong="H2992"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* do \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 6 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w* \w gives|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1060"\w*, \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w son|strong="H1060"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w considered|strong="H1961"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1060"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w*’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* disappear \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 7 “\w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w the|strong="H3947"\w* dead \w man|strong="H2205"\w*’s \w brother|strong="H2993"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w woman|strong="H8034"\w*, \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ◄\w gate|strong="H8179"\w*/central meeting place► \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w town|strong="H8179"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \add town\add* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="H3947"\w* husband’s \w brother|strong="H2993"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* do ◄\w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w duty|strong="H2992"\w*/\w what|strong="H5927"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w* supposed \w to|strong="H3478"\w* do►. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w refuses|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add marry me in order that I may give birth to a son who will \add* prevent \w my|strong="H3947"\w* dead husband’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* disappearing \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w summon|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*. If \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w still|strong="H5975"\w* refuses \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* widow,  
\v 9 \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5066"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w watching|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w sandals|strong="H5275"\w* \add to symbolize/show that he would not receive any of her property\add*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w spit|strong="H3417"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* say \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w happens|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H1129"\w* refuses \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* needed \add to allow his dead brother to have a son\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* name \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* disappear.’  
\v 10 \w After|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* happens, \w that|strong="H3478"\w* man’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* known \w as|strong="H7121"\w* ‘\w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* man \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w sandal|strong="H5275"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* pulled \w off|strong="H2502"\w*’.   
\s1 Two other laws  
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \add two\add* \w men|strong="H2388"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w fighting|strong="H5327"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w each|strong="H3162"\w* \w other|strong="H3162"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* man’s wife \w comes|strong="H7126"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w help|strong="H2388"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* husband \w by|strong="H3027"\w* grabbing \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w other|strong="H3162"\w* man’s \w genitals|strong="H4016"\w*,  
\v 12 \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* act mercifully \w toward|strong="H3709"\w* \w her|strong="H7112"\w*; \w cut|strong="H7112"\w* \w off|strong="H7112"\w* \w her|strong="H7112"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*.   
\p
\v 13-14 “\add When you are buying or selling things\add*, do not try to cheat people by having two kinds of weights, \add one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something\add*, and two kinds of measuring baskets, \add one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something\add*.  
\v 15 \w Always|strong="H3117"\w* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* correct weights \w and|strong="H3068"\w* correct measuring baskets, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* hates \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w act|strong="H6213"\w* \w dishonestly|strong="H5766"\w*, \add and he will punish them\add*.   
\s1 Getting revenge on the Amalek people-group  
\p
\v 17 Continue \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w* people-group \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* ancestors \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w coming|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 18 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w attacked|strong="H2179"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w as|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w were|strong="H1870"\w* traveling, when \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H1870"\w* \w weak|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w exhausted|strong="H5889"\w*. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3373"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w attacked|strong="H2179"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w from|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rear|strong="H2179"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* killed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1870"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w walk|strong="H1870"\w* \w as|strong="H3605"\w* fast \w as|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* others.  
\v 19 \w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \add that he promised to give you\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* \w from|strong="H3423"\w* \add fighting\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, kill \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w* people-group, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remember|strong="H2143"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \add to do this\add*!”   
\c 26  
\s1 Offerings at harvest time  
\p
\v 1 “\w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w settled|strong="H3427"\w*/\w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w*► \w there|strong="H3427"\w*,  
\v 2  \add each of\add* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* crops \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* harvest, \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w basket|strong="H2935"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w chosen|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* worship [MTY] \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* serving \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\add By giving you this first part of my harvest\add* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w declaring|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \add picked it in\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*.’  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w basket|strong="H2935"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* food \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w where|strong="H3027"\w* sacrifices \w are|strong="H3027"\w* offered \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* must say \w this|strong="H6440"\w*: ‘\w My|strong="H3068"\w* ancestor \add Jacob\add* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1419"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* Aram/Syria \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w continually|strong="H3068"\w* wandering \add from one place to another\add*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* family \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w small|strong="H4592"\w* group \add when they went there\add*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w lived|strong="H1481"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* descendants \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w*/\w populous|strong="H7227"\w* [DOU] \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w powerful|strong="H6099"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w* \w treated|strong="H7489"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w very|strong="H7489"\w* \w harshly|strong="H7186"\w* [DOU], \w and|strong="H7186"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w forced|strong="H6031"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* become \w their|strong="H5414"\w* slaves \w and|strong="H7186"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w* \w very|strong="H7489"\w* \w hard|strong="H7186"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*. \w You|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3068"\w* \w suffering|strong="H6040"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3068"\w* forced \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w* very hard, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* oppressed.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY] \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* performing \w many|strong="H1419"\w* kinds \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w miracles|strong="H4159"\w* [DOU], \w and|strong="H3068"\w* other \w terrifying|strong="H4172"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w*, \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 9 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H2461"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* fertile [IDM].  
\v 10 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* \w part|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* harvest \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* received.’ \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* must \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* basket \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w*.  
\v 11 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* must celebrate \add by eating a meal together to thank\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* must invite \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* \add and eat\add* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\s1 The tithes  
\p
\v 12 \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \add who are living among you\add* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* widows ◄\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tithe|strong="H4643"\w*/10 percent► \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w crops|strong="H8393"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H8179"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H7646"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7646"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* eat.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H1571"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacred|strong="H6944"\w* tithe \add from my harvest this year\add*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* widows, \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* disobeyed \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \add about the tithes\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \add about tithes\add*.  
\v 14  \add I declare that\add* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w eaten|strong="H1197"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* food \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tithe \w while|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* mourning \add for someone who died\add*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* touched \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w while|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*; \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w offered|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \add spirits of\add* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \add concerning the tithe\add*.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \add please\add* \w look|strong="H8259"\w* \w down|strong="H8259"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w your|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w Also|strong="H3478"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* very fertile [IDM] \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w which|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w which|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* what \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H7650"\w*.’   
\s1 Yahweh’s own people  
\p
\v 16 \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanding|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* faithfully, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* inner \w being|strong="H5315"\w* [DOU].  
\v 17 \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w declared|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* wants \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3212"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* tells \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 18 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w declared|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4687"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w*.  
\v 19 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* greater \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w established|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w honor|strong="H8597"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* [DOU]. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w truly|strong="H6213"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*.”   
\c 27  
\s1 The stone tablets set up on Ebal Mountain  
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\v 1 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H3117"\w*, along \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w*, said \w this|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: “\w Obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 2-4  \add Soon\add* you will cross the Jordan \add River\add* and enter the land that \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, the God whom our ancestors \add worshiped\add*, promised to give to you. There, in that very fertile [IDM] land on the \add west\add* side of the Jordan \add River\add*, set up some large stones \add on Ebal Mountain\add*, and cover them with plaster. Then write on those stones all these laws and teachings/instructions.  
\v 5 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H5130"\w* sacrifices \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cut \w those|strong="H5921"\w* stones \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* tools.  
\v 6 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* make \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* must \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H1129"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w uncut|strong="H8003"\w* stones.  
\v 7 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* must \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* maintain fellowship \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* must eat \add your share of those offerings\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*/celebrate \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 8 \w And|strong="H1697"\w*, \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* stones, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* must \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w very|strong="H3190"\w* clearly.”   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H3117"\w*, along \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w be|strong="H1961"\w* quiet \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \add to what I am saying\add*. \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="H6213"\w*, \w you|strong="H6680"\w* must \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* tells \w you|strong="H6680"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w rules|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* regulations \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.”   
\s1 The curses from disobeying God  
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\v 11 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H3117"\w* said \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\v 12 “\w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tribes|strong="H5975"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w*, \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* must \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gerizim|strong="H1630"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add request Yahweh to\add* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 13 \w And|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tribes|strong="H5975"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, Asher, \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*, \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* must \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ebal|strong="H5858"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* listen \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* things \w that|strong="H2022"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H2022"\w* do \w when|strong="H5975"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w curses|strong="H7045"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people.   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w shout|strong="H6963"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* words \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*:   
\b  
\q1
\v 15 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* curse \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w makes|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w idol|strong="H6459"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* stone, \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* wood, \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w metal|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w* \w sets|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \add and worships it\add*.  
\q2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considers \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* humans [SYN], \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8441"\w*/\w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w*.’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* must \w reply|strong="H6030"\w*, ‘◄Amen/\w We|strong="H6213"\w* want \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*►.’   
\q1
\v 16 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* curse \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w dishonors|strong="H7034"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w or|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* mother.’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* must reply, ‘◄Amen/\w We|strong="H3605"\w* want \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* happen►.’   
\q1
\v 17 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* curse \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* removes someone \w else|strong="H3605"\w*’s markers \w of|strong="H1366"\w* property boundaries.’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* must reply, ‘◄Amen/\w We|strong="H3605"\w* want \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* happen►.’   
\q1
\v 18 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* curse \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w leads|strong="H7686"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* person \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w go|strong="H5971"\w* ◄\w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wrong \w direction|strong="H1870"\w*/where \w that|strong="H5971"\w* person does \w not|strong="H1870"\w* want \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w go|strong="H5971"\w*►.’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* must reply, ‘◄Amen/\w We|strong="H3605"\w* want \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* happen►.’   
\q1
\v 19 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* curse \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* deprives \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \w or|strong="H1616"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w* \w or|strong="H1616"\w* \w widows|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* laws state must \w be|strong="H1616"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H4941"\w* them.’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H4941"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* must reply, ‘◄Amen/\w We|strong="H3605"\w* want \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* happen►.’   
\q1
\v 20 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* curse \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ◄shows \w no|strong="H3605"\w* respect \w for|strong="H3588"\w*/disgraces \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father►  
\q2 \w by|strong="H5973"\w* \w having|strong="H3588"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* [EUP] \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father’s wives.’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* must reply, ‘◄Amen/\w We|strong="H3588"\w* want \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1540"\w* happen►.’   
\q1
\v 21 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* curse \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* [EUP] \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* animal.’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* must reply, ‘◄Amen/\w We|strong="H3605"\w* want \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* happen►.’   
\q1
\v 22 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* curse \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* sister \w or|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* half-sister.’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* must reply, ‘◄Amen/\w We|strong="H3605"\w* want \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* happen►.’   
\q1
\v 23 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* curse \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* [EUP] \w his|strong="H3605"\w* mother-in-law.’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* must reply, ‘◄Amen/\w We|strong="H3605"\w* want \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* happen►.’   
\q1
\v 24 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* curse \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w* murders someone \w else|strong="H3605"\w*.’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* must reply, ‘◄Amen/\w We|strong="H3605"\w* want \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* happen►.’   
\q1
\v 25 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* curse \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w accepts|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bribe|strong="H7810"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* murder \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*/\w has|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H5315"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w* \w something|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* wrong.►’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* reply, ‘◄Amen/\w We|strong="H5315"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* happen►.’   
\q1
\v 26 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* curse \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* disobeys \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* refuses \w to|strong="H6213"\w* declare \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add are good\add*.’  
\q2 \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w reply|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘◄Amen/\w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*►.’”   
\c 28  
\s1 The blessings from obeying God  
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\v 1 “\w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* tells \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* faithfully \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w commanding|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* greater \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.  
\v 2 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* bless \w you|strong="H3588"\w*:   
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\v 3 \w He|strong="H1288"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* everything \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* do when \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*  
\pi1 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H1288"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* everything \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* do when \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \add working\add* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w He|strong="H1288"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w by|strong="H6629"\w* giving \w you|strong="H1288"\w* many children [IDM] \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w by|strong="H6629"\w* giving \w you|strong="H1288"\w* abundant crops, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w cattle|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w He|strong="H1288"\w* will \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* by causing \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w to|strong="H1288"\w* have good harvests \w with|strong="H1288"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H1288"\w* grain [MTY] \w to|strong="H1288"\w* make bread.   
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\v 6 \w He|strong="H3318"\w* will \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \add everywhere\add*—\w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \add of your houses\add* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \add your houses\add*.   
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\v 7 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \add the armies of\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w*;  
\pi1 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w attack|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w direction|strong="H1870"\w*, \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w*/many \w directions|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add by filling\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* barns \add with grain\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\pi1 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 9 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add has given to you\add* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* lives \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* wants \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w continue|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w*.   
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\v 10 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w realize|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY] \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 11 “\w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w prosper|strong="H3498"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w much|strong="H3498"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* many children [IDM], many cattle, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* abundant crops \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 12 “\w When|strong="H6256"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* needed, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w where|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* stores \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add will be able to\add* \w lend|strong="H3867"\w* money \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* need \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w borrow|strong="H3867"\w* \add money from them\add*.   
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\v 13 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* faithfully \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* nation \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leader|strong="H7218"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* nations, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* inferior \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*; \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* prosperous \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* needy/\w poor|strong="H7218"\w* [IDM].   
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\v 14  \add Yahweh will do all these things for you\add* if \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \add obeying\add* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w commanding|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* if \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods.   
\s1 The curses from disobeying God  
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\v 15 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* telling \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* faithfully \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w rules|strong="H2708"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* regulations \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*:   
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\v 16 \w He|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* curse you when you \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*  
\pi1 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* curse you when you \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \add working\add* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.   
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\v 17 He will curse you by not allowing you to have good harvests with plenty of grain [MTY] to make bread.   
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\v 18 He \w will|strong="H6629"\w* curse you \w by|strong="H6629"\w* giving you only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* few children [IDM], \w by|strong="H6629"\w* causing you \w to|strong="H6629"\w* \w have|strong="H6629"\w* poor crops, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w by|strong="H6629"\w* not enabling you \w to|strong="H6629"\w* \w have|strong="H6629"\w* many \w cattle|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w He|strong="H3318"\w* will curse \w you|strong="H3318"\w* \add everywhere\add*—\w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \add of your houses\add* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3318"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \add your houses\add*.   
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\v 20 If \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w reject|strong="H5800"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\pi1 \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H3994"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w causing|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3027"\w* confused/\w not|strong="H6213"\w* know \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*►, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* frustrated \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\pi1 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \add your enemies\add* \w quickly|strong="H4118"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* {\w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4118"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*}.   
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\v 21 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* experience terrible \w diseases|strong="H1698"\w*,  
\pi1 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w not|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* remains alive \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* enter \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w*/afflict \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* diseases \w that|strong="H3068"\w* shrivel \w your|strong="H3068"\w* bodies, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w fever|strong="H6920"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w inflammation|strong="H1816"\w*/swelling.  
\pi1 \w It|strong="H5221"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w extremely|strong="H5704"\w* hot, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5221"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5704"\w* rain.  
\pi1 \w There|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w scorching|strong="H7711"\w* winds, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add Yahweh will cause\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* crops \w to|strong="H5704"\w* rot.  
\pi1 \w All|strong="H5704"\w* \w these|strong="H5221"\w* things \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w die|strong="H5221"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H7218"\w* rain [MET], \add with the result that\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add as hard as\add* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* [MET].   
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\v 24 \w Instead|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* sending \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w strong|strong="H5414"\w* winds \w to|strong="H5704"\w* blow sand \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* ruined.   
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\v 25 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*;  
\pi1 \w your|strong="H3068"\w* soldiers \w will|strong="H3068"\w* attack \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w direction|strong="H1870"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w*/many \w directions|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\pi1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H4467"\w* see \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* happening \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* horrible.   
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\v 26  \add You will die\add*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* wild \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w eat|strong="H3978"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w corpses|strong="H5038"\w*,  
\pi1 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* scare/shoo \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w away|strong="H2729"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w boils|strong="H7822"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* skin, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \add many years ago\add*.  
\pi1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w tumors|strong="H6076"\w*, open \w sores|strong="H6076"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* skin \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w itch|strong="H2775"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cure|strong="H7495"\w* those diseases.   
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\v 28 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \add some of\add* \w you|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become insane; \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause some \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become \w blind|strong="H5788"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \add some of\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w minds|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become confused.   
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\v 29  \add Because you will not be able to see where you are going\add*, \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w midday|strong="H6672"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w grope|strong="H4959"\w*/\w feel|strong="H4959"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*► around \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* hands, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* darkness.  
\pi1 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w continually|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w robbed|strong="H1497"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 30 Some \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w men|strong="H2490"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* engaged/promised \w to|strong="H2490"\w* marry \w a|strong="H3068"\w* young \w woman|strong="H1004"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* someone \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* rape \w her|strong="H1129"\w*.  
\pi1 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\pi1 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* grapevines, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w eat|strong="H2490"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w grapes|strong="H2490"\w*; \add someone else will eat them\add*.   
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\v 31 \w Your|strong="H5414"\w* enemies \w will|strong="H5869"\w* butcher \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w cattle|strong="H6629"\w* \w while|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w watch|strong="H5869"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* meat \w to|strong="H7725"\w* eat.  
\pi1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* drag \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w while|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w watch|strong="H5869"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\pi1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*; \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add rescue them\add*.   
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\v 32 \w While|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w watch|strong="H7200"\w*, \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w slaves|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* very sadly \w watch|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* return, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* ◄\w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w watch|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* vain/\w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* never return►.   
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\v 33 \w People|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* foreign \w nation|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* crops \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w worked|strong="H3018"\w* \w hard|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w produce|strong="H6529"\w*,  
\pi1 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w constantly|strong="H3117"\w* \w treat|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* harshly \w and|strong="H3117"\w* cruelly [DOU].   
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\v 34 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* result \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* these terrible \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*/\w experience|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* insane.   
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\v 35 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w legs|strong="H7785"\w* \add to be covered with\add* painful \w boils|strong="H7822"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*,  
\pi1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w boils|strong="H7822"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* bottoms \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tops \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* heads.   
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\v 36 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* rest \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w* country, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* lived \w before|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\pi1 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* stone.   
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\v 37 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w in|strong="H3068"\w* nearby countries see what \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* shocked/horrified;  
\pi1 \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* make fun [DOU] \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* plant \w plenty|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w seeds|strong="H2233"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* reap \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w small|strong="H4592"\w* harvest, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* locusts \w will|strong="H7704"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3588"\w* crops.   
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\v 39 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* grapevines \w and|strong="H8354"\w* take care \w of|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* pick \w any|strong="H3808"\w* grapes \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H5647"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w worms|strong="H8438"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w vines|strong="H3754"\w*.   
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\v 40 \w Olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* grow \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* get \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* rub \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* skin \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w olives|strong="H2132"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w drop|strong="H5394"\w* \add on the ground before they are ripe\add*.   
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\v 41 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* stay \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w captured|strong="H7628"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w*.   
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\v 42 Swarms \w of|strong="H6086"\w* locusts/insects \w will|strong="H3605"\w* eat \w your|strong="H3605"\w* crops \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \add the leaves of\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 43 \w Foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \w who|strong="H1616"\w* \w live|strong="H7130"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w will|strong="H1616"\w* become \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \add powerful\add*, \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1616"\w* become \w less|strong="H4295"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w less|strong="H4295"\w* \add powerful\add*.   
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\v 44 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add have money to \add* \w lend|strong="H3867"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add have any money to\add* \w lend|strong="H3867"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\pi1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* superior [IDM] \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* inferior \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* [IDM].   
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\v 45 “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* disasters, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* experience \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rules|strong="H2708"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* regulations \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 46 “These disasters \w will|strong="H1961"\w* warn [DOU] \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w* \add about what happens to groups who disobey Yahweh\add*.   
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\v 47 “\w Because|strong="H8478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* blessed \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w abundantly|strong="H7230"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* ways, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w* \w very|strong="H7230"\w* \w joyfully|strong="H8057"\w* [DOU], \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 48 “\w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* enemies whom \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* attack \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* hungry \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w thirsty|strong="H6772"\w*; \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* clothes \w to|strong="H5704"\w* wear; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w lack|strong="H2640"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* need. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H5647"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w* [MET] \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* hard \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w gets|strong="H7971"\w* \w rid|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 49 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w an|strong="H5375"\w* army \w from|strong="H5921"\w* very \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w* [HYP] \w to|strong="H3068"\w* attack \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w whose|strong="H1471"\w* soldiers speak \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w language|strong="H3956"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* know/\w understand|strong="H8085"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w swoop|strong="H1675"\w* \w down|strong="H1675"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add quickly\add* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w an|strong="H5375"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* [SIM] attacks \w its|strong="H5921"\w* prey.  
\v 50 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w fierce|strong="H5794"\w* looking. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* act mercifully \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* anyone, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w children|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\v 51 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \add kill and\add* eat \w your|strong="H3808"\w* livestock, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w your|strong="H3808"\w* crops, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* ◄starve/die because \w you|strong="H5704"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* eat►. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w cattle|strong="H6629"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*; \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* die \add from hunger\add*.  
\v 52 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6887"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* surround \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w towns|strong="H8179"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w break|strong="H3068"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H1219"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \add around your towns\add*, \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* trusted/thought \w would|strong="H3068"\w* protect \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 53 “\w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H1323"\w* \add your towns\add*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* extremely hungry, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* result \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* own \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 54-55 When your enemies have surrounded your towns, even the most gentle and sensitive men among you will want food very desperately, with the result that they will \add kill their own children and\add* eat their flesh, because they will not have anything else to eat. They will not even share any of it with their brothers or wives whom they love very much or with any of their children who are still alive.  
\v 56-57 Even the most gentle and sensitive/kind women among you, who are very refined/rich with the result that they have never had to walk anywhere [HYP], will do the same thing. When your enemies have surrounded your towns, those women will be extremely hungry, with the result that after they give birth to \w a|strong="H3068"\w* baby, they will secretly \add kill it and\add* eat its flesh and also eat its afterbirth. And they will not share any of it with their husbands whom they love very much or with any of their other children.   
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\v 58 “If \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* faithfully \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w writing|strong="H3789"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* if \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w glorious|strong="H3513"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY],  
\v 59 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add punish you by\add* causing \w you|strong="H6381"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w afflictions|strong="H4347"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w plagues|strong="H4347"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* last \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H1419"\w* years.  
\v 60 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* experience \w the|strong="H3605"\w* plagues \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w sent|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* never \w be|strong="H7725"\w* healed.  
\v 61 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* cause \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* experience \w many|strong="H5704"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w sicknesses|strong="H2483"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* diseases \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* talked \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* die.  
\v 62 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7230"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 63 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3190"\w* \w happy|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3190"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w happy|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* ruin \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*. \add Those of\add* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add who do not die from these plagues\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* snatched \w away|strong="H5255"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* soon \w be|strong="H1961"\w* entering \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w*.   
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\v 64 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w among|strong="H7097"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* people-groups, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* areas/\w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* stone, gods \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w*/\w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w*.  
\v 65 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w places|strong="H1992"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* restless. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* constantly worried/anxious, \w feel|strong="H5869"\w* hopeless, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* discouraged.  
\v 66 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* always \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w* \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* enemies \w will|strong="H1961"\w* kill \w you|strong="H3808"\w*. \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* very fearful, all \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H3119"\w* all \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\v 67 Because \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* very fearful/\w afraid|strong="H6342"\w* because \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \add terrible\add* things \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, \w each|strong="H5414"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* say ‘\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w wish|strong="H4310"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* already!’ \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w each|strong="H5414"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* say ‘\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w wish|strong="H4310"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* already!’  
\v 68 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* send \add some of\add* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* ships, \w even|strong="H5750"\w* though \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \add be forced to\add* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* try \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \add in order to have food to eat\add*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*. \add All those things will happen to you if you do not obey the laws that Yahweh is giving to you\add*.”   
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\s1 The agreement made in Moab  
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\v 1 \w These|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w were|strong="H3478"\w* required \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* agreement \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w making|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H4714"\w* commanded \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* agreement \add when they/we were\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Moab region \add on the east side of the Jordan River\add*. \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* addition \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* agreement \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*/\w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Sinai \add Mountain\add*.   
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\v 2 Moses/\w I|strong="H7200"\w* summoned \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* said \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, “\w You|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* [SYN] \w for|strong="H5869"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5869"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* king \w of|strong="H5869"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* officials \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* entire country.  
\v 3 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* [SYN] \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* plagues \add that Yahweh caused them to experience\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* various miracles [DOU] \add that Yahweh performed\add*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w until|strong="H5921"\w* \w now|strong="H3212"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H7272"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enabled \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* understand \add the meaning of\add* \w all|strong="H3212"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* seen \w and|strong="H3212"\w* heard.  
\v 5 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* 40 years \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w traveled|strong="H3045"\w*/walked \w through|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* desert. During \w that|strong="H3588"\w* time, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* sandals \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* worn \w out|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\v 6 \w You|strong="H5221"\w* did \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H4428"\w* bread \w to|strong="H3318"\w* eat \w or|strong="H4428"\w* wine \w or|strong="H4428"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* fermented/strong drinks \w to|strong="H3318"\w* drink, \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add took care of you\add*, \w in|strong="H4428"\w* order \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H5221"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* know \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H3318"\w* God.   
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\v 7 “\w And|strong="H3947"\w* when \w we|strong="H3068"\w* came \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w*, Sihon, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* king who ruled \w in|strong="H5414"\w* Heshbon \add city\add*, \w and|strong="H3947"\w* Og, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* king who ruled \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Bashan \add region\add*, came \add with their armies\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* attack \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w but|strong="H3947"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* defeated \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 8 \w We|strong="H6213"\w* took/conquered \w their|strong="H3605"\w* land \w and|strong="H6213"\w* divided \w it|strong="H6213"\w* among \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1697"\w* Reuben \w and|strong="H6213"\w* Gad, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* half \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1697"\w* Manasseh.   
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\v 9 “\w So|strong="H6440"\w* faithfully keep \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H6440"\w* agreement, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* order \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* successful \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 10 Today \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* us \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w standing|strong="H6086"\w* \w in|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w presence|strong="H7130"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H7130"\w* God. \w The|strong="H5704"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w our|strong="H7130"\w* tribes, \w our|strong="H7130"\w* elders, \w our|strong="H7130"\w* officials, \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* Israeli \w men|strong="H4264"\w*,  
\v 11 \w your|strong="H3068"\w* wives, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* children, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* foreigners \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* wood \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w carry|strong="H5674"\w* water \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* here.  
\v 12  \add We are here\add* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w keep|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w solemn|strong="H7650"\w* agreement \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 13  \add He is making this agreement with you\add* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* order \w to|strong="H3808"\w* confirm \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*. \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* promised \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H1285"\w* \w which|strong="H1285"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* vowed \w to|strong="H3808"\w* give \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* ancestors Abraham, Isaac \w and|strong="H1285"\w* Jacob.  
\v 14 \w This|strong="H3588"\w* agreement \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4714"\w* making \w this|strong="H5674"\w* agreement \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w* \add who are here today\add* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w also|strong="H1471"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* descendants \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* born.   
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\v 16 “\w You|strong="H5973"\w* remember \add the things that our ancestors suffered\add* \w in|strong="H6086"\w* Egypt, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* how \w they|strong="H7200"\w* traveled \w through|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* land \w that|strong="H7200"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H7200"\w* other nations \add after they came out of Egypt\add*.  
\v 17 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* countries \w they|strong="H1992"\w* saw \w those|strong="H1992"\w* disgusting idols \w made|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* wood \w and|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add decorated with\add* silver \w and|strong="H3068"\w* gold.  
\v 18 \w So|strong="H4616"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* sure \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H6771"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* woman \w or|strong="H8085"\w* family \w or|strong="H8085"\w* tribe \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w here|strong="H2063"\w* \add today\add* turns \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H1288"\w* God, \w to|strong="H3212"\w* worship/\w serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* nations. Doing \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* root \add of a plant that would grow\add* among \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w bear|strong="H3212"\w* poisonous \w and|strong="H3212"\w* bitter fruit [MET].   
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\v 19 “\w Be|strong="H3808"\w* sure \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w today|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* hears \w this|strong="H2088"\w* agreement thinks, ‘\w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* well \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* stubbornly \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w*.’ \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* stubborn \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* eventually get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w both|strong="H3605"\w* good \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* evil \w people|strong="H3808"\w* [MET].  
\v 20 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* forgive \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add stubborn\add* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*. Instead, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* extremely angry [DOU] \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* person, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* person \w will|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* curses \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* told \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w about|strong="H3605"\w*, \w until|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* gets rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* person \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* family [IDM].  
\v 21 \w From|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H1755"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* separate \w that|strong="H7200"\w* individual. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w experience|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H1755"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w disasters|strong="H4347"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* listed \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* agreement \w that|strong="H7200"\w* states \w the|strong="H7200"\w* things \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* curse \add those who disobey\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* laws \add that I have written\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* scroll/book.   
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\v 22 “\w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* future, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* descendants \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* countries \w will|strong="H3068"\w* see \w the|strong="H3605"\w* disasters \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* illnesses \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w to|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 23 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* see \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* land \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* ruined \w by|strong="H5921"\w* burning sulfur \w and|strong="H3068"\w* salt. \w Nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* planted. \w Not|strong="H6213"\w* \w even|strong="H6213"\w* weeds \w will|strong="H3068"\w* grow \w there|strong="H2088"\w*. \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* land \w will|strong="H3068"\w* resemble Sodom \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Gomorrah \add cities\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Admah \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Zeboiim \add cities\add*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* destroyed \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* angry [DOU] \add with the people who lived there\add*.  
\v 24 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5800"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* other nations \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ask, ‘\w Why|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* land? \w Why|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* very angry \add with the people who lived here\add*?’   
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\v 25 “\w Then|strong="H3045"\w* other \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* reply, ‘\w It|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* because \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w keep|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* agreement \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* whom \w their|strong="H5647"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*, \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w* \w when|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H5647"\w* Egypt.  
\v 26 \w Instead|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* served/worshiped \w other|strong="H2088"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* never worshiped \w before|strong="H5921"\w*, gods \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* told \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship.  
\v 27 \w So|strong="H2088"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* became \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli people \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* land, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* caused \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w all|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* disasters \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* leader warned \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 28 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H1697"\w* \w extremely|strong="H5704"\w* angry [DOU] \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* took/yanked \w them|strong="H6213"\w* [MET] \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* land \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w banished|strong="H1540"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* another land, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H5704"\w*.’   
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\v 29 “\add There are some\add* things that \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* our God has ◄kept secret/not revealed►, but he has revealed his laws to us, and \add he expects\add* us and our descendants to obey them forever.”   
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\s1 Bringing them back to Israel  
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\v 1 “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* bless \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add if you obey him\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add if you disobey him\add*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must choose \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* want. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \add you choose not to obey his laws\add*, \w some|strong="H8033"\w* day \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* countries \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w scatter|strong="H5080"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* remember \add what I told you\add*.  
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w*, \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* faithfully [IDM] \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\v 3 \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w merciful|strong="H7355"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* prosperous \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Even|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w scattered|strong="H5080"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w most|strong="H3068"\w* distant places \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w back|strong="H3947"\w* \add to your land\add*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* again \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land where \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors lived. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w you|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* prosperous \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w* \w than|strong="H7235"\w* \w you|strong="H3190"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* now.  
\v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* change [MET] \w your|strong="H3068"\w* inner \w beings|strong="H5315"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* love \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H5315"\w* \w than|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* love \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H2233"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* wants \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H4616"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* continue \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* land.  
\v 7 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H8130"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* oppressed/\w persecuted|strong="H7291"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* disasters \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* told \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 8 \w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* wants \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* successful \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* many children [IDM], \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3068"\w* cattle, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* abundant crops. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w happy|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* enable \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w prosper|strong="H3498"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H2896"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w happy|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* enable \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w prosper|strong="H3498"\w*.  
\v 10  \add But he will do those things only\add* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w rules|strong="H2708"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w regulations|strong="H3789"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \add in this scroll\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* love \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* love \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w want|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* wants \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\s1 Choose life, not death  
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* very \w difficult|strong="H6381"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add to obey\add*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add difficult to know\add*.  
\v 12 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* result \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* need \w to|strong="H5927"\w* say, ‘◄\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* need \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \add down here to us\add* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* order \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*?/\w Someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* need \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \add down here to us\add* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* order \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.►’ [RHQ]  
\v 13 \w And|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* result \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* need \w to|strong="H6213"\w* say, ‘◄\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* need \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w back|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*, \w in|strong="H6213"\w* order \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*?/\w Someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* need \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w back|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*, \w in|strong="H6213"\w* order \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.►’ [RHQ]  
\v 14  \add You do not need to do that because\add* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* \w commands|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* here \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* know \w them|strong="H6213"\w* [MTY] \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* ◄memorized \w them|strong="H6213"\w*/\w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w minds|strong="H3824"\w*►. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \add easily\add* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* listen! \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am allowing \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* choose between \add doing what is\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \add doing what is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, between \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \add for a long time\add* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \add what will cause you\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \add while you are still young\add*.  
\v 16  \add I say again\add*, \w if|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* love \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2421"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* wants \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w rules|strong="H2708"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w*, \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* prosper \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3423"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* land \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w about|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* enter \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w away|strong="H5080"\w* \add from Yahweh\add* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* says, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w yourselves|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w led|strong="H5080"\w* \w away|strong="H5080"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* other gods,  
\v 18 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am warning \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \add soon\add* die. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w enter|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am requesting \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \add everyone in\add* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w testify|strong="H5749"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am allowing \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* choose whether \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add want to\add* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* soon \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, whether \add you want Yahweh to\add* bless \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w So|strong="H4616"\w* choose \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\v 20  \add Choose to\add* love \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* [MTY], \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3068"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H3068"\w*/\w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w close|strong="H1692"\w* relationship \w with|strong="H3068"\w*► \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* descendants \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\c 31  
\s1 Moses appointed Joshua to succeed him  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H1697"\w* finished \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\v 2 \w he|strong="H3117"\w*/\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5674"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* 120 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* everywhere \add that you go\add* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* leader). \w Furthermore|strong="H5750"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* told \w me|strong="H5674"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add enable you to\add* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* living \w there|strong="H3068"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* can \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* leader, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1696"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* already \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H6213"\w* nations \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H6213"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Amor people-group \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* armies [MTY].  
\v 5 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* conquer \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H6440"\w*, \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* must \add kill all of the people of those nations, which is\add* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Be|strong="H3808"\w* brave \w and|strong="H1980"\w* confident. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H2388"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \add Do not forget that\add* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* always \w help|strong="H2388"\w* [LIT] \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* listening, \w he|strong="H3588"\w*/\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Be|strong="H3068"\w* brave \w and|strong="H4872"\w* confident. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* lead \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* occupy \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 8 \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* always \w help|strong="H5800"\w* [LIT] \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*.”   
\s1 The laws are to be read periodically  
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\v 9 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w down|strong="H3789"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add on two scrolls\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \add one scroll\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chest containing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Ten Commandments, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add gave the other scroll\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, “\w At|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w every|strong="H8141"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w at|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w time|strong="H4150"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w all|strong="H6680"\w* debts \w are|strong="H8141"\w* canceled, \add read this to the people\add* during \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \add Living in Temporary\add* \w Shelters|strong="H5521"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* gather \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* chooses \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w worship|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Gather|strong="H6950"\w* \w together|strong="H6950"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w*—\w men|strong="H5971"\w*, women, \w children|strong="H2945"\w*, \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \add who are living\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w towns|strong="H8179"\w*—\w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \add these laws\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* faithfully \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* written \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*.  
\v 13  \add If they do that\add*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* laws \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*.”   
\s1 Moses predicted their disobedience  
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H4872"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w me|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H2005"\w* carefully. \w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w soon|strong="H7126"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Summon|strong="H7121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Sacred Tent \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \add to be the new leader\add*.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Sacred Tent.   
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\v 15 \w There|strong="H5975"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*/\w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* close \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tent.  
\v 16 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w me|strong="H5973"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5973"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* soon die [EUP]. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H2181"\w* \w unfaithful|strong="H2181"\w* [MET] \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* ◄\w break|strong="H6565"\w*/stop obeying► \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5800"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* begin \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5236"\w*/pagan gods \add that are worshiped by the people\add* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H7130"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enter.  
\v 17 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* [DOU] \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H5800"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* [IDM], \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* destroy \w them|strong="H1992"\w* {\w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed}. \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* say, ‘\add We are certain that\add* [RHQ] \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* happening \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.’  
\v 18 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \add especially because\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* started \w to|strong="H6213"\w* worship \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w help|strong="H6213"\w* [IDM] \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 19 “\w So|strong="H4616"\w*, \add I am going to give you\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w song|strong="H7892"\w*. \w Write|strong="H3789"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \add on a scroll\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* memorize \w it|strong="H7760"\w*. \w It|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* \w that|strong="H4616"\w* accuses \w them|strong="H7760"\w*.  
\v 20 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am about \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w take|strong="H7650"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w* into \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very fertile [IDM] land, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* ancestors \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would give \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*. There \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H7646"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7646"\w* \w to|strong="H7650"\w* eat, \w with|strong="H2100"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* \add stomachs\add* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \add always\add* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w full|strong="H7646"\w* \w and|strong="H2461"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w become|strong="H1878"\w* \w fat|strong="H1878"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w to|strong="H7650"\w* other gods \w and|strong="H2461"\w* start \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*, \w and|strong="H2461"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w despise|strong="H5006"\w* \w me|strong="H5006"\w* \w and|strong="H2461"\w* ◄\w break|strong="H6565"\w*/stop obeying► \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w with|strong="H2100"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*.  
\v 21 \w And|strong="H6030"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w experience|strong="H3045"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* \w disasters|strong="H4672"\w*. \w After|strong="H2233"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w*, \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w song|strong="H7892"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* \add that says, ‘Now you know why Yahweh punished your ancestors\add*.’ \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w give|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* thinking \add that they will do when they are living there\add*.”  
\v 22 \w So|strong="H2063"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \add Yahweh gave Moses/me this song\add*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w*/\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w down|strong="H3789"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w*/\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w appointed|strong="H6680"\w*/\w set|strong="H6680"\w* apart► \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*, “\w Be|strong="H1961"\w* brave \w and|strong="H1121"\w* confident, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* lead \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w vowed|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w writing|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w all|strong="H8552"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*/\w me|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* Sacred Chest \w that|strong="H3068"\w* contained \w the|strong="H5375"\w* Ten Commandments,  
\v 26 “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add are written\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w beside|strong="H6654"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Sacred Chest \w that|strong="H3068"\w* contains \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* testify \add about what Yahweh will do\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* people \add if they disobey him\add*.  
\v 27  \add I say this\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w these|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H4194"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H7186"\w* [DOU]. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \add with them\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebel|strong="H4784"\w* much \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*!  
\v 28 \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w gather|strong="H6950"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H7860"\w*, \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* can \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \add of this song\add*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w request|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w on|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* witnesses \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w testify|strong="H5749"\w* \w against|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 29 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w after|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* future, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H4639"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w experience|strong="H3045"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*.”   
\s1 The song that Moses sang to them  
\p
\v 30 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w*, \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1696"\w* listened, \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w sang|strong="H1696"\w*/\w recited|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w song|strong="H7892"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5704"\w*:   
\c 32  
\q1
\v 1 “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*, \add all you who are in the\add* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \add all you who are on the\add* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* [MTY].   
\q1
\v 2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* wish/desire \w that|strong="H4306"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w teaching|strong="H3948"\w* will fall \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* drops  
\q2 \w or|strong="H2919"\w* be \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H5140"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H5921"\w* be \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* gentle \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* young \w plants|strong="H6212"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w showers|strong="H7241"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w grass|strong="H6212"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w praise|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY].  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \add all you people should\add* tell others \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* very great.   
\q1
\v 4 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w like|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* [MET] \add under which we are protected\add*;  
\q2 \add everything\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* does \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8549"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w just|strong="H6662"\w*/\w fair|strong="H3477"\w* [DOU].  
\q1 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* does \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* says \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* never does \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5766"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 5 “\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \add you Israeli people\add* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* very unfaithful \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H1121"\w*;  
\q2 because \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* sins, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \add deserve to\add* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* extremely wicked \w and|strong="H1121"\w* deceitful [DOU].   
\q1
\v 6 \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5036"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* senseless [DOU] \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 ◄\w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w way|strong="H2063"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w repay|strong="H1580"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add for all that he has done for you\add*?/\w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w way|strong="H2063"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w repay|strong="H1580"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add for all that he has done for you\add*.► [RHQ]  
\q1 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* father; \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w created|strong="H7069"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ];  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H5971"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 7 “\w Think|strong="H2142"\w* \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \add what happened\add* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H5769"\w*;  
\q2 \w consider|strong="H2142"\w* \w what|strong="H2142"\w* happened \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H2142"\w* ancestors.  
\q1 \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w your|strong="H2142"\w* parents, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w inform|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*;  
\q2 \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w older|strong="H2205"\w* people, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* God, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* greater than any other god, long ago \w divided|strong="H6504"\w* \w the|strong="H5157"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* into \w groups|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3478"\w* assigned \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5157"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w their|strong="H1471"\w* land.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3478"\w* determined where \w each|strong="H1471"\w* people-group \w should|strong="H3478"\w* live  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* ◄assigned \w to|strong="H3478"\w*/chose \w for|strong="H1121"\w*► \w each|strong="H1471"\w* people-group \w a|strong="H3068"\w* god/angel.   
\q1
\v 9 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* decided \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* chose \add us, the descendants of\add* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 10 “\w He|strong="H4057"\w* saw \add our ancestors\add* \w when|strong="H4672"\w* they \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*,  
\q2 wandering \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land ◄\w that|strong="H5869"\w* was desolate/where \w no|strong="H4672"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* lived►.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H4057"\w* protected \w them|strong="H4672"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* took care \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*,  
\q2 \w as|strong="H5869"\w* every \w person|strong="H5869"\w* takes \w good|strong="H5869"\w* care \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H5437"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. [SIM, IDM]   
\q1
\v 11  \add Yahweh protected his people\add* just \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H3947"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* encourages \w its|strong="H5921"\w* babies \add to fly\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3947"\w* flutters \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* [\w MET|strong="H5375"\w*],  
\q2 \w spreading|strong="H6566"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* catching \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add if they start to fall\add*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* only \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H5148"\w* \w them|strong="H5148"\w*;  
\q2 no other \w foreign|strong="H5236"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* helped \w him|strong="H5973"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 13 “\add After they entered the land that Yahweh promised to give to them\add*,  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* enabled \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* rule \w the|strong="H5921"\w* hilly areas;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* ate \w the|strong="H5921"\w* crops \w that|strong="H1116"\w* grew \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* found \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8081"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* trees [MTY] grew \add even\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w stony|strong="H5553"\w* \w ground|strong="H7704"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w The|strong="H5973"\w* \w cows|strong="H1241"\w* gave \w them|strong="H1121"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w curds|strong="H2529"\w*/yogurt, \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w goats|strong="H6260"\w* gave \w them|strong="H1121"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*,  
\q2 they \w had|strong="H1121"\w* well-fed \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*,  
\q1 they \w had|strong="H1121"\w* very good \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* they made delicious \w wine|strong="H2561"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H8354"\w* \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 15 “\w The|strong="H6213"\w* Israeli people became rich \w and|strong="H6213"\w* prosperous,  
\q2 but \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* rebelled \w against|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H6697"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5203"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H6213"\w* \w created|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H6213"\w* powerfully saves \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 So he abandoned them because \w they|strong="H8441"\w* started \w to|strong="H8441"\w* worship \w other|strong="H2114"\w*/\w strange|strong="H2114"\w* gods.  
\q1 Because \w of|strong="H7065"\w* \w their|strong="H2114"\w* worshiping \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* idols,  
\q2 he \w became|strong="H7065"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* gods \w who|strong="H7138"\w* were \add really\add* \w demons|strong="H7700"\w*,  
\q2 gods \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w their|strong="H3045"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3045"\w* recently \w found|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w*,  
\q2 gods whom \w your|strong="H3045"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* revered.   
\q1
\v 18 \w They|strong="H3205"\w* \w forgot|strong="H7911"\w* \add the true\add* \w God|strong="H6697"\w*, \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w one|strong="H6697"\w* \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w protects|strong="H6697"\w* \w them|strong="H3205"\w* [MET],  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w one|strong="H6697"\w* \w who|strong="H3205"\w* created \w them|strong="H3205"\w* \w and|strong="H6697"\w* caused \w them|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* live.   
\b  
\q1
\v 19 “\w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \add they had abandoned him\add*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H7200"\w* \w angry|strong="H3708"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* rejected \add the Israeli people, who are like\add* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said, ‘\w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w very|strong="H1992"\w* wicked/stubborn \w people|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q2 \w very|strong="H1992"\w* unfaithful;  
\q1 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* help \w them|strong="H1992"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w then|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w watch|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* happens \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \f + \fr 32:21 \fq Because they \ft hey\f*\w made|strong="H7065"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w very|strong="H7065"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* because \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* worshiping \w idols|strong="H1892"\w*, \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w really|strong="H1992"\w* gods;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* caused \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \add jealous [MET] because I want them to worship only me\add*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* now, \w in|strong="H5971"\w* order \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* become \w jealous|strong="H7065"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* send \add to attack them an army of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5036"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2022"\w* \w be|strong="H2022"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* angry, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2022"\w* destroy \w them|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3857"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2022"\w* \w burn|strong="H3344"\w* \w on|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H4146"\w* \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* place where dead people \w are|strong="H2022"\w* [MET];  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w fire|strong="H3857"\w* \w will|strong="H2022"\w* destroy \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth \w and|strong="H2022"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3588"\w* grows \w on|strong="H2022"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2022"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w burn|strong="H3344"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3588"\w* \w down|strong="H3588"\w* under \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5595"\w* cause \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* experience many \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*;  
\q2 \add they will feel as though\add* [MET] \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am shooting \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 24 They \w will|strong="H2534"\w* die \w because|strong="H5973"\w* \w of|strong="H2534"\w* being hungry \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w because|strong="H5973"\w* \w of|strong="H2534"\w* having \w hot|strong="H2534"\w* fevers  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w because|strong="H5973"\w* \w of|strong="H2534"\w* terrible diseases;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H2534"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* wild animals \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w attack|strong="H3898"\w* [MTY] \w them|strong="H7971"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* poisonous snakes \w to|strong="H7971"\w* bite [MTY] \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Outside|strong="H2351"\w* \add their houses, their enemies\add* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w them|strong="H7921"\w* [MTY] \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H1571"\w* \w their|strong="H1571"\w* homes, \add their enemies will cause\add* \w them|strong="H7921"\w* \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* terrified.  
\q1 \w Their|strong="H1571"\w* enemies \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w young|strong="H7921"\w* men \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w young|strong="H7921"\w* \w women|strong="H1330"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w infants|strong="H3243"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w old|strong="H7872"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w gray|strong="H7872"\w* \w hair|strong="H7872"\w*.   
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\v 26 I wanted \w to|strong="H7673"\w* scatter \w the|strong="H7673"\w* Israeli people \w to|strong="H7673"\w* distant countries  
\q2 \w in|strong="H7673"\w* order that \w no|strong="H7673"\w* one would ever \w remember|strong="H2143"\w* them.   
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\v 27 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \add if I did that\add*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* wrongly boast  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ones|strong="H7311"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \add gotten rid of my people\add*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* say, “\w We|strong="H6435"\w* [SYN] \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ones|strong="H7311"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* defeated \w them|strong="H3027"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6466"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.”’   
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\v 28 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* Israelis \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H6098"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* sense.  
\q2 None \w of|strong="H6098"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H8394"\w* wise.   
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\v 29 \w If|strong="H3863"\w* \w you|strong="H7919"\w* were \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*, \w you|strong="H7919"\w* \w would|strong="H3863"\w* \w understand|strong="H7919"\w* \add why you would be punished\add*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H7919"\w* \w would|strong="H3863"\w* \w have|strong="H7919"\w* realized \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H2063"\w* going to happen to \w you|strong="H7919"\w*.   
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\v 30  \add You would have realized\add* \w why|strong="H3808"\w* 1,000 \add of your soldiers\add* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* defeated \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \add of the enemy soldiers\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H3808"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* 10,000 \add Israeli soldiers\add*.  
\q1 \add You would realize that this would happen\add* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* always defended \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [MET], \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H3068"\w* defeat \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* abandoned \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Your|strong="H3588"\w* enemies know \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* gods \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* powerful \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H6697"\w*,  
\q2 \add so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis\add*.   
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\v 32 \w Your|strong="H3588"\w* enemies \w are|strong="H6025"\w* like [MET] grapevines planted near \add the ruins of\add* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H5467"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w* \add cities\add*;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w* \w from|strong="H1612"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w vines|strong="H1612"\w* \w are|strong="H6025"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4846"\w* \w and|strong="H5467"\w* \w poisonous|strong="H7219"\w*;   
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\v 33 the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \add from those grapes\add* \w is|strong="H2534"\w* \w like|strong="H2534"\w* the \w poison|strong="H2534"\w* \w of|strong="H2534"\w* \w snakes|strong="H8577"\w* [DOU].   
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\v 34  \add “Yahweh says\add*, ‘\w I|strong="H3808"\w* know [RHQ] \add what I have planned to do to the Israeli people and to their enemies\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3808"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* plans \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* secure \add that it as though he locked them up\add* [MET].   
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\v 35 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H7138"\w* \w will|strong="H7272"\w* get \w revenge|strong="H5359"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* pay \w those|strong="H3588"\w* enemies back \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* done \add to my people\add*,  
\q2 \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* right \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* punished [IDM];  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7272"\w* \w soon|strong="H7138"\w* experience disasters,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7272"\w* punish/destroy \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w quickly|strong="H2363"\w*.’   
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\v 36 “\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H5971"\w* innocent/\w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w done|strong="H3027"\w* things \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* wrong►,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* merciful \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* helpless,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* very few \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w free|strong="H5800"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H5971"\w* \w alive|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 37 Then \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* will ask his people, ‘Where \w are|strong="H6697"\w* \w the|strong="H2620"\w* gods  
\q2 that you thought would protect you [MET]?   
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\v 38 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* gods \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w best|strong="H2459"\w* parts \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H2459"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* sacrificed,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* poured \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H1961"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* should begin \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* should \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ones \w who|strong="H8354"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w protect|strong="H5826"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*!   
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\v 39 “\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w realize|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, am \w God|strong="H3027"\w*;  
\q2 \w there|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* other \w god|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add a real\add* \w god|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H2421"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* cause \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w wound|strong="H4272"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w there|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H2421"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* prevent \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w doing|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* things.   
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\v 40 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w raise|strong="H5375"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w toward|strong="H3027"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* solemnly declare  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* just \w as|strong="H3588"\w* sure \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*,   
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\v 41 \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H6862"\w* \w sharpen|strong="H8150"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*,  
\q2 \w as|strong="H4941"\w* \w I|strong="H6862"\w* [SYN] prepare \w to|strong="H7725"\w* punish \w people|strong="H6862"\w*,  
\q1 \w I|strong="H6862"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w get|strong="H3027"\w* \w revenge|strong="H5359"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H6862"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H6862"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 42 \w I|strong="H1320"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w kill|strong="H2491"\w* all \add of my enemies\add* \w with|strong="H1320"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H7218"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w be|strong="H1818"\w* as though \w I|strong="H1320"\w* \w had|strong="H1320"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \w that|strong="H1320"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w be|strong="H1818"\w* covered \w with|strong="H1320"\w* their \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H1320"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w kill|strong="H2491"\w* [MTY] all \w those|strong="H7633"\w* whom \w I|strong="H1320"\w* capture  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7218"\w* cut \w off|strong="H7218"\w* their \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w*’ \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*.’   
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\v 43 “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w all|strong="H7725"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* well \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w praise|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* gets \w revenge|strong="H5358"\w* \w on|strong="H7725"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* kill \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* serve \w him|strong="H7725"\w*;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* cleanses \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*’s land  
\q2 \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w has|strong="H5650"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* defiled \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* sins.”   
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\v 44 \w Joshua|strong="H1954"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w recited|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w song|strong="H7892"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* listening.  
\v 45 \w When|strong="H3615"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w*/\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w reciting|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w song|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\v 46 Moses/\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “Never forget \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. Teach \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w order|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* faithfully \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 47 \w These|strong="H2088"\w* \w instructions|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* important [LIT]. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \add you obey\add* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w occupy|strong="H3423"\w*.”   
\s1 God told Moses that he would see the land from far away  
\p
\v 48 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w same|strong="H6106"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*/\w me|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\v 49 “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Abarim|strong="H5682"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w range|strong="H2088"\w* \add here\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* region, \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \w Climb|strong="H5927"\w* \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \add toward the west\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 50 \w You|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* [EUP, DOU], \w like|strong="H4191"\w* \w your|strong="H5927"\w* \add older\add* brother Aaron \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w Hor|strong="H2023"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\v 51 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w die|strong="H1121"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4603"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w presence|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Meribah Springs \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kadesh|strong="H6946"\w* \add town\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Zin|strong="H6790"\w* \w Desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* honor \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w respect|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w presence|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* deserve \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\v 52  \add When you are on that mountain where I told you to go\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* distance \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w about|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enter \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\c 33  
\s1 Moses blessed the Israeli tribes  
\p
\v 1 \w Before|strong="H6440"\w* God’s prophet \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, \w he|strong="H4872"\w* \add asked God to\add* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 2 \w This|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* what \w he|strong="H3068"\w* said:  
\b  
\q1 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \add and spoke\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* us \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sinai|strong="H5514"\w* \add Mountain\add*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \add came like\add* [MET] \w the|strong="H3068"\w* sun \w rises|strong="H2224"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Edom \add region\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H2022"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w light|strong="H3313"\w* \w shone|strong="H3313"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* us \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \add in the desert\add* near \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \add after we left Sinai Mountain\add*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* 10,000 angels,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* flaming fire \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* truly \w loves|strong="H2245"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* protects [MTY] \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* prostrate \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* front \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w listen|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* instructions.   
\q1
\v 4 \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w to|strong="H6680"\w* \w obey|strong="H8451"\w*,  
\q2 \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H4872"\w* \w would|strong="H4872"\w* \w be|strong="H3290"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* most precious thing \w that|strong="H4872"\w* \add the descendants of\add* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* owned.   
\q1
\v 5 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3162"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3478"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.   
\b  
\p
\v 6  \add I say this about the tribe of\add* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*:  
\q1 \w I|strong="H1961"\w* desire/hope \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* tribe \w will|strong="H1961"\w* never disappear,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* they \w will|strong="H1961"\w* never \w become|strong="H1961"\w* numerous.   
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\p
\v 7 “ \w say|strong="H6963"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \add the tribe of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*:  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w call|strong="H8085"\w* \w out|strong="H3027"\w* \add for help\add*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* unite \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w other|strong="H2063"\w* tribes \w again|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\q1 Fight \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w help|strong="H5828"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fight \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* say this \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \add the tribe of\add* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*:  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, give \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* who \w are|strong="H4325"\w* dedicated \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sacred stones \add that they will use to find out what you want to be done\add*;  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w tested|strong="H5254"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spring|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* desert, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spring|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w named|strong="H5921"\w* \w Massah|strong="H4532"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* also \w named|strong="H5921"\w* \w Meribah|strong="H4809"\w*  
\q2 \add to find out if they would ◄remain loyal to/continue to obey► you\add*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Levi \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* told \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add made with the Israeli people\add*;  
\q1 \w those|strong="H1121"\w* laws \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* important \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* [HYP]  
\q2 \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* siblings \w and|strong="H1121"\w* parents \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H4196"\w* Levi \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli people [DOU] \w your|strong="H5921"\w* rules \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ones|strong="H4941"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* burn \w incense|strong="H6988"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w completely|strong="H3632"\w* burn \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w offerings|strong="H3478"\w* \add that the people bring\add*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H6467"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* ◄\w accept|strong="H7521"\w*/\w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w pleased|strong="H7521"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w*► \w all|strong="H1288"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q1 \w Crush|strong="H4272"\w*/Destroy \w all|strong="H1288"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H8130"\w*;  
\q2 \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6965"\w* enable \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H8130"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w able|strong="H2428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fight \w against|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*.   
\b  
\p
\v 12 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* say \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \add the tribe of\add* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*:  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w loves|strong="H3039"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3117"\w* keeps \w them|strong="H5921"\w* safe.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* protects \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w continually|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w lives|strong="H7931"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H3802"\w* [MET].   
\b  
\p
\v 13 “ say \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H3130"\w* \add the tribes of\add* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*:  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* desire/hope \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w*  
\q2 \w by|strong="H3068"\w* giving \w them|strong="H8478"\w* rain/\w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* water \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w deep|strong="H8415"\w* \add in the ground\add*,   
\q1
\v 14 by giving \w them|strong="H8121"\w* good \w fruit|strong="H8393"\w* \add ripened \add* by \w the|strong="H8393"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8121"\w* good \w crops|strong="H8393"\w* at \w harvest|strong="H8393"\w* time.   
\q1
\v 15 \w I|strong="H1389"\w* desire/hope \w that|strong="H7218"\w* very nice fruit \w will|strong="H1389"\w* grow \w on|strong="H7218"\w* trees \w in|strong="H7218"\w* their \w ancient|strong="H5769"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2042"\w*/\w hills|strong="H1389"\w* [DOU],   
\q1
\v 16 \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w that|strong="H7218"\w* their land \w will|strong="H7522"\w* be have many \w good|strong="H7522"\w* crops,  
\q2 blessed \w by|strong="H7931"\w* \add Yahweh\add*, \w the|strong="H3130"\w* \w one|strong="H5139"\w* who appeared \w to|strong="H7218"\w* me \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* burning \w bush|strong="H5572"\w*.  
\q1 I \w desire|strong="H7522"\w*/hope \w that|strong="H7218"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H7522"\w* bless \w the|strong="H3130"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w all|strong="H4393"\w* those ways,  
\q2 because \w he|strong="H3130"\w* \w was|strong="H3130"\w* \w the|strong="H3130"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w his|strong="H7931"\w* \add older\add* brothers \add when they were in Egypt\add*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w The|strong="H5971"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1060"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* \w as|strong="H5971"\w* \w strong|strong="H7161"\w* \w as|strong="H5971"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bull|strong="H7794"\w*;  
\q2 \add with their weapons they will wound their enemies, like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H7214"\w* \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* \add gores other animals\add* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w its|strong="H3162"\w* \w horns|strong="H7161"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w force|strong="H5971"\w* \w other|strong="H3162"\w* people-groups,  
\q2 \w all|strong="H3162"\w* \w of|strong="H1060"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* exiled \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5971"\w* \w most|strong="H1060"\w* distant \w places|strong="H1992"\w* \w on|strong="H7161"\w* \w the|strong="H5971"\w* earth.  
\q1 \w That|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H7161"\w* what \add the descendants of the two sons of Joseph\add* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* do,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5971"\w* \w ten|strong="H7233"\w* \w thousands|strong="H7233"\w* \add of the tribe\add* \w of|strong="H1060"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5971"\w* \w thousands|strong="H7233"\w* \add of the tribe\add* \w of|strong="H1060"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.   
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\v 18 “ say \w this|strong="H3318"\w* \w about|strong="H3318"\w* \add the tribes of\add* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \add and Issachar\add*:  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3318"\w* desire/hope \w that|strong="H8055"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* people \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \w will|strong="H2074"\w* prosper \w in|strong="H8055"\w* \w their|strong="H3318"\w* travels \add across the seas\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H8055"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* people \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w* \w will|strong="H2074"\w* prosper while \w they|strong="H3318"\w* stay \w at|strong="H3318"\w* home \add and take care of their cattle and crops\add*.   
\q1
\v 19 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w invite|strong="H7121"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add from the other Israeli tribes\add* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \add where they worship Yahweh\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* correct/\w proper|strong="H6664"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w become|strong="H7121"\w* rich \w from|strong="H5971"\w* \add the work that they do on\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w seas|strong="H3220"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H5971"\w* \add the things that they make from\add* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \add find in\add*) \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \add on the beaches\add*.   
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\v 20 “ say this about \add the tribe of\add* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*:  
\q1 \w Praise|strong="H1288"\w* \add Yahweh\add*, \w the|strong="H1288"\w* one who \w made|strong="H7337"\w* \w their|strong="H7337"\w* \add territory\add* \w large|strong="H7337"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H1288"\w* people \w of|strong="H2220"\w* \w their|strong="H7337"\w* tribe \add will attack their enemies fiercely\add* [SIM] \w like|strong="H2220"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H3833"\w* \w that|strong="H1288"\w* crouches,  
\q2 waiting \w to|strong="H2220"\w* \w tear|strong="H2963"\w* off \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* \w or|strong="H2220"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w scalp|strong="H6936"\w* \add of some animal\add*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w chose|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w best|strong="H7218"\w* \w part|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w land|strong="H2513"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6213"\w*;  
\q2 \add a large share of the land\add*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* share \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leader|strong="H7218"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w allotted|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add gathered together\add*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* decided \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Gad \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* large share \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w land|strong="H2513"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Gad obeyed \w the|strong="H7200"\w* commands \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* decided \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 22 “ say this \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \add the tribe\add* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*:  
\q1 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* people \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w are|strong="H4480"\w* like [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H1482"\w* lion;  
\q2 they \w leap|strong="H2187"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \add their caves in the\add* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region to attack their enemies\add*.   
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\v 23 “ say \w this|strong="H3068"\w* about \add the tribe of\add* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*:  
\q1 \add The people of the tribe of\add* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1293"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H4392"\w* kind \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3423"\w*;  
\q2 \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land extends far \w south|strong="H1864"\w* \w from|strong="H3423"\w* Lake \add Galilee\add*.   
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\v 24 “ say \w this|strong="H1121"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \add the tribe of\add* Asher:  
\q1 \w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asher \w more|strong="H1961"\w* than \w he|strong="H7272"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* other tribes.  
\q2 \w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H7272"\w* \w favor|strong="H7521"\w* Asher’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* most \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H1288"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H1121"\w* desire/hope \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* land \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add be filled with olive trees that will\add* \w produce|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1121"\w* [IDM] \add olives to make olive\add* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25 \w Their|strong="H3117"\w* \add towns will be protected by high walls with gates that have\add* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* bars;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* desire/hope \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* strong \w and|strong="H3117"\w* secure/protected \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* alive.   
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\v 26 “You people \w of|strong="H8064"\w* \w Israel|strong="H8064"\w*, there \w is|strong="H1346"\w* no \w god|strong="H8064"\w* \w like|strong="H8064"\w* \w your|strong="H8064"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q2 \w who|strong="H5828"\w* \w rides|strong="H7392"\w* majestically across \w the|strong="H7392"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H8064"\w* \w help|strong="H5828"\w* you.   
\q1
\v 27 God, who lives \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*, \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* one who ◄gives \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w refuge|strong="H4585"\w*/protects \w you|strong="H6440"\w*►;  
\q2 \add it is as though\add* \w he|strong="H6440"\w* puts \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \add to support you\add*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H2220"\w* \w expel|strong="H1644"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* enemies \w while|strong="H8478"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* advance;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H6440"\w* has told \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w all|strong="H5769"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28 So, \w you|strong="H5869"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* safely;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H5869"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* disturbed \w by|strong="H3478"\w* others;  
\q1 \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5869"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w where|strong="H7931"\w* \add you will live\add*, there \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* there \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H5869"\w* rain.   
\q1
\v 29 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w has|strong="H3068"\w* blessed/\w is|strong="H3068"\w* pleased \w with|strong="H3068"\w*► \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q2 \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* certainly [RHQ] \w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w nation|strong="H5971"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* rescued \add from being slaves in Egypt\add*.  
\q1 \add He will be like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* protect \w you|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* defeat \add your enemies\add*.  
\q1 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* begging \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add to act mercifully toward them\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* trample \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* backs/necks.”   
\c 34  
\s1 How Moses died  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H4872"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w climbed|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \add region\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Pisgah|strong="H6449"\w* Peak \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \add the Jordan River\add* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \add that the Israelis would occupy\add*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* north \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \add city\add*;  
\v 2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the land that the tribe of\add* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* occupy; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \add that the tribes\add* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \add had occupied\add*; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \add that the tribe of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* occupy \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Mediterranean \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*;  
\v 3 \w the|strong="H5704"\w* desert \add area in the south part of Judah\add*; \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \add Jordan\add* \w Valley|strong="H1237"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w extends|strong="H5704"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \add in the north\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Zoar|strong="H6820"\w* \add city in the south\add*.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H5414"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, saying ‘\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*.’ \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \add from a distance\add*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \add always\add* served \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add faithfully\add*, \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \add on that mountain\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \add region\add*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H6310"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* happen.  
\v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w Moses|strong="H3808"\w*’ body \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \add region\add*, \w opposite|strong="H4136"\w*/\w near|strong="H5704"\w* \w Beth-Peor|strong="H1047"\w* \add town\add*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H6912"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w was|strong="H4872"\w* 120 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H4872"\w* still very strong, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* could still \w see|strong="H5869"\w* [MTY] very \w well|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w mourned|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w him|strong="H4872"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \add region\add* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* 30 \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w very|strong="H4392"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5564"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \add to appoint him to be their new leader\add*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Since|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w time|strong="H5750"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \add lived\add*, \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* spoke \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* face-to-face/directly.  
\v 11 \w No|strong="H6213"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* prophet \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* [DOU] \w miracles|strong="H4159"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* Moses \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* front \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* [HYP] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 12 \w No|strong="H6213"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* prophet \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w terrifying|strong="H4172"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w while|strong="H5869"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis watched.