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Deuteronomy 11

“You must love the Lord your God and always obey his requirements, decrees, regulations, and commands. They didn’t see the miraculous signs and wonders he performed in Egypt against Pharaoh and all his land. “Your children didn’t see how the Lord cared for you in the wilderness until you arrived here. “Therefore, be careful to obey every command I am giving you today, so you may have strength to go in and take over the land you are about to enter. For the land you are about to enter and take over is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you planted your seed and made irrigation ditches with your foot as in a vegetable garden. “If you carefully obey the commands I am giving you today, and if you love the Lord your God and serve him with all your heart and soul, “But be careful. Don’t let your heart be deceived so that you turn away from the Lord and serve and worship other gods. “So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. “Be careful to obey all these commands I am giving you. Show love to the Lord your God by walking in his ways and holding tightly to him. No one will be able to stand against you, for the Lord your God will cause the people to fear and dread you, as he promised, wherever you go in the whole land. “When the Lord your God brings you into the land and helps you take possession of it, you must pronounce the blessing at Mount Gerizim and the curse at Mount Ebal. you must be careful to obey all the decrees and regulations I am giving you today.

Deuteronomy 12

“These are the decrees and regulations you must be careful to obey when you live in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. You must obey them as long as you live. Break down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Burn their Asherah poles and cut down their carved idols. Completely erase the names of their gods! There you will bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, your offerings to fulfill a vow, your voluntary offerings, and your offerings of the firstborn animals of your herds and flocks. “Your pattern of worship will change. Today all of you are doing as you please, “You must celebrate there in the presence of the Lord your God with your sons and daughters and all your servants. And remember to include the Levites who live in your towns, for they will receive no allotment of land among you. “But you may not eat your offerings in your hometown—neither the tithe of your grain and new wine and olive oil, nor the firstborn of your flocks and herds, nor any offering to fulfill a vow, nor your voluntary offerings, nor your sacred offerings. “When the Lord your God expands your territory as he has promised, and you have the urge to eat meat, you may freely eat meat whenever you want. But never consume the blood, for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the lifeblood with the meat. “When the Lord your God goes ahead of you and destroys the nations and you drive them out and live in their land, “So be careful to obey all the commands I give you. You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them.

Deuteronomy 13

“Suppose there are prophets among you or those who dream dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or miracles, “Suppose someone secretly entices you—even your brother, your son or daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend—and says, ‘Let us go worship other gods’—gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known. Stone the guilty ones to death because they have tried to draw you away from the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery. “When you begin living in the towns the Lord your God is giving you, you may hear Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the open square and burn it. Burn the entire town as a burnt offering to the Lord your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt. “The Lord your God will be merciful only if you listen to his voice and keep all his commands that I am giving you today, doing what pleases him.

Deuteronomy 14

“Since you are the people of the Lord your God, never cut yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead. “You must not eat any detestable animals that are ceremonially unclean. And you may not eat the pig. It has split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is ceremonially unclean for you. You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses. “You may eat any bird that is ceremonially clean. “All winged insects that walk along the ground are ceremonially unclean for you and may not be eaten. “You must set aside a tithe of your crops—one-tenth of all the crops you harvest each year. “Now when the Lord your God blesses you with a good harvest, the place of worship he chooses for his name to be honored might be too far for you to bring the tithe. And do not neglect the Levites in your town, for they will receive no allotment of land among you. Give it to the Levites, who will receive no allotment of land among you, as well as to the foreigners living among you, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, so they can eat and be satisfied. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all your work.

Deuteronomy 15

“At the end of every seventh year you must cancel the debts of everyone who owes you money. “There should be no poor among you, for the Lord your God will greatly bless you in the land he is giving you as a special possession. “But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them. Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do. “If a fellow Hebrew sells himself or herself to be your servant and serves you for six years, in the seventh year you must set that servant free. “But suppose your servant says, ‘I will not leave you,’ because he loves you and your family, and he has done well with you. “You must set aside for the Lord your God all the firstborn males from your flocks and herds. Do not use the firstborn of your herds to work your fields, and do not shear the firstborn of your flocks. But you must not consume the blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 16

“In honor of the Lord your God, celebrate the Passover each year in the early spring, in the month of Abib, for that was the month in which the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. Let no yeast be found in any house throughout your land for those seven days. And when you sacrifice the Passover lamb on the evening of the first day, do not let any of the meat remain until the next morning. Roast the lamb and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses. Then you may go back to your tents the next morning. “Count off seven weeks from when you first begin to cut the grain at the time of harvest. Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, so be careful to obey all these decrees. For seven days you must celebrate this festival to honor the Lord your God at the place he chooses, for it is he who blesses you with bountiful harvests and gives you success in all your work. This festival will be a time of great joy for all. All must give as they are able, according to the blessings given to them by the Lord your God. “You must never set up a wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build for the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 17

“Never sacrifice sick or defective cattle, sheep, or goats to the Lord your God, for he detests such gifts. When you hear about it, investigate the matter thoroughly. If it is true that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, But never put a person to death on the testimony of only one witness. There must always be two or three witnesses. and present them to the Levitical priests or the judge on duty at that time. They will hear the case and declare the verdict. Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the Lord your God must die. In this way you will purge the evil from Israel. “The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself or send his people to Egypt to buy horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You must never return to Egypt.’ “When he sits on the throne as king, he must copy for himself this body of instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. This regular reading will prevent him from becoming proud and acting as if he is above his fellow citizens. It will also prevent him from turning away from these commands in the smallest way. And it will ensure that he and his descendants will reign for many generations in Israel.

Deuteronomy 18

“Remember that the Levitical priests—that is, the whole of the tribe of Levi—will receive no allotment of land among the other tribes in Israel. Instead, the priests and Levites will eat from the special gifts given to the Lord, for that is their share. “These are the parts the priests may claim as their share from the cattle, sheep, and goats that the people bring as offerings: the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach. “Suppose a Levite chooses to move from his town in Israel, wherever he is living, to the place the Lord chooses for worship. “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there. The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the Lord your God forbids you to do such things.” “Then the Lord said to me, ‘What they have said is right. If the prophet speaks in the Lord’s name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that the Lord did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and need not be feared.

Deuteronomy 19

“When the Lord your God destroys the nations whose land he is giving you, you will take over their land and settle in their towns and homes. “If someone kills another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, the slayer may flee to any of these cities to live in safety. “If the distance to the nearest city of refuge is too far, an enraged avenger might be able to chase down and kill the person who caused the death. Then the slayer would die unfairly, since he had never shown hostility toward the person who died. you must designate three additional cities of refuge. (He will give you this land if you are careful to obey all the commands I have given you—if you always love the Lord your God and walk in his ways.) “But suppose someone is hostile toward a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders him and then flees to one of the cities of refuge. “When you arrive in the land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession, you must never steal anyone’s land by moving the boundary markers your ancestors set up to mark their property. you must impose on the accuser the sentence he intended for the other person. In this way, you will purge such evil from among you. You must show no pity for the guilty! Your rule should be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Deuteronomy 20