thou hast not planted; and when thou hast eaten, and art filled, 12 take heed to thyself, that thou forget not the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt-out of the house 13 of bondage. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him 14 alone, and cleave to him, and swear by his name. Go not af15 ter other gods-after any of the gods of the nations around you. (For the zealous God-the Lord thy God is among you) lest the Lord thy God, being provoked to wrath against thee, 16 destroy thee from the face of the land. Thou shalt not try the 17 Lord thy God, as you tried him at Temptation. Thou shalt diligently keep the commandments of the Lord thy God-all the testimonies, and the rules of rectitude, which he shall give 18 thee in charge; and thou shalt do what is well pleasing and

good in the sight of the Lord thy God, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst go in, and take possession of 19 that good land, out of which the Lord hath, with an oath, promised your fathers to drive all thine enemies from before thee, 20 as the Lord hath spoken. And when thy son shall, in time to

come, ask thee, saying, What is the meaning of these testimonies, and these rules of rectitude, and these judgments, 21 which the Lord our God hath enjoined on us? Then thou

shalt say to thy son, We were servants to Pharao, in the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought us out thence, with a 22 strong hand, and with an outstretched arm. And when the

Lord had shewn signs, and wonders, great, and grievous, in 23 Egypt, on Pharao, and on his household, in our sight, he

brought us out thence, to give us this land, which, with an 24 oath, he promised to give our fathers; and the Lord commanded us to practise all these rules-to fear the Lord our God, that it may be well with us always, that we may live, as 25 we now do. For we shall find mercy, if we be careful to perform all these commandments in the sight of the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.

VII.

Now when the Lord thy God hath brought thee into that land, to which thou art going, there to possess it, and hath removed from before thee mighty nations-the Chettite, and the Gergasite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pheresite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, seven nations, more 2 numerous, and stronger than you-When the Lord thy God

shall deliver them into thy hands, thou shalt smite them; thou shalt utterly destroy them; thou shalt not make a covenant with 3 them. You shall neither shew them mercy, nor contract mar

riages with them. Thou shalt not give thy daughter to his son, 4 nor take his daughter for thy son. For she will cause thy son to apostatise from me, and to serve other gods, and the Lord will be provoked to wrath against you, and speedily destroy 5 thee. But in this manner thou shalt deal with them-their altars you shall destroy; their pillars you shall break to pieces; their groves you shall cut down; and the graven images of their 6 gods you shall burn with fire. For thou art a people dedicated to the Lord thy God, and the Lord thy God hath chosen thee, to be a peculiar people to himself, in preference to all the na7 tions which are on the face of the earth. It was not because you were the most numerous of all the nations, that the Lord preferred you, and made choice of you; for you are the fewest 8 of all the nations: but because the Lord loved you, therefore in performance of the oath which he swore to your fathers, the Lord led you out with a strong hand, and the Lord redeemed thee from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao 9 king of Egypt. Know therefore that the Lord thy God is the only God--the God to be confided in, who keepeth covenant and mercy for thousands of generations with them who love 10 him, and keep his commandments; and who requiteth to their face them who hate him, so as to destroy them. To them indeed who hate him he will not be slack; to their face he will 11 requite them. Therefore keep the commandments, and the

rules of rectitude, and these judgments, which I this day com12 mand thee to do. And it shall come to pass, that if you hearken to these rules, and keep and practise them, the Lord thy God will keep with thee the covenant, and the mercy, which he, with an 13 oath, confirmed to your fathers. And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; and he will bless the offspring of thy womb, and the product of thy land-thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, thy herds of cattle, and thy flocks of sheep, in the land which he, with an oath, promised thy fathers to give 14 thee. Thou shalt be blessed above all the nations. There shall

not be a male without a progeny, nor a female barren among 15 you, or your cattle. And the Lord will remove from thee every

malady, and will not lay upon thee any of the sore diseases of Egypt, which thou hast seen, which thou hast known: but will 16 lay them upon all that hate thee. And thou shalt consume all the spoils of the nations, which the Lord thy God giveth thee: 17 Thine eye shall not have pity on them. And thou shalt not perform religious service to their gods; for this is a snare for thee. Now if thou shouldst say in thy heart, This nation is stronger 18 than I; how shall I be able to exterminate them? Be not afraid of them; but keep up a lively remembrance of all that the Lord 19 thy God did to Pharao, and to all the Egyptians-the great trials which thine eyes have seen,-the signs and great wonders-the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm-As the Lord thy God brought thee out, so will the Lord your God 20 deal with all the nations, of whom you are afraid. The Lord

thy God will indeed send hornets against them, until they who 21 are left, and hid from thee, are utterly destroyed. Thou shalt

not be affrighted at them; for the Lord thy God-the Great and 22 Mighty God, is with thec. The Lord thy God will indeed con

sume those nations from before thee, by little and little. Thou wilt not be enabled to destroy them at once, lest the land be23 come a waste, and the wild beasts multiply against thee. But the Lord thy God will deliver them into thy hands, and thou shalt destroy them with a great destruction, until you may ut24 terly exterminate them. When he shall deliver their kings into your hands, you shall destroy their name out of that place. None shall be able to stand before thee, until thou hast utterly 25 destroyed them. The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire. Thou shalt not covet the silver nor the gold thereof. Thou shalt not take any of it for thyself, lest thou be 26 ensnared by it. Because it is an abomination to the Lord thy God, therefore thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house; for thou wilt be an Anathema as well as it. Thou shalt utterly detest it, and hold it in utter abomination; for it is an Anathema. [a devoted thing.]

VIII.

All the commands which I this day give you in charge you shall be careful to perform, that you may live, and be multiplied, and go in, and possess the land which the Lord your 2 God solemnly promised to your fathers; and thou shalt keep

in remembrance all the way which the Lord thy God led thee

in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and prove thee, and know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldst keep his 3 commandments or not. And when he had afflicted thee, and suffered thee to hunger, then he fed thee with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might shew thee, that man can live not on bread only; but that man can live on any thing 4 which God is pleased to appoint. Thy garments did not be

come too old for thee, nor were thy shoes worn out from un5 der thee; nor the feet galled during the whole forty years; so

that thou must know in thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his 6 son, so the Lord thy God will chasten thee; keep therefore the

commandments of the Lord thy God, by walking in his ways, 7 and fearing him. For the Lord thy God will bring thee to a good, and extensive land, where there are brooks of water, and 8 fountains from the deeps, issuing forth from the plains, and from the hills-a land of wheat, and barley, where there are vineyards, and fig trees, and pomegranates—a land of oil-olive 9 and honey—a land wherein thou shalt eat bread, without scarcity, and in which thou shalt not want any thing--a land, the stones of which are iron, and out of the mountains of which thou 10 shalt dig brass. Therefore when thou hast eaten, and art satis

fied, thou shalt bless the Lord thy God in that good land, which 11 he hath given thee. Take heed to thyself, that thou forget not the Lord thy God, so as not to keep his commandments, and his judgments, and his rules of rectitude, which I this day 12 command thee. When thou hast eaten, and art satisfied, and 13 hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein, and when thy

herds, and thy flocks, are multiplied, and thou hast silver and 14 gold in abundance, and all thy possessions are multiplied, be not elated in heart, nor forget the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage15 who conducted you through that great and frightful wilderness, where there were biting serpents and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water-who brought a fountain 16 of water for thee out of a flinty rock-who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thou didst not know, and which was not known by thy fathers, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days.

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Say not in thy heart, My own power, and the strength of

18 my own hand hath procured me this great wealth: but remember the Lord thy God, that it is he who giveth thee power to procure wealth, that he may establish the covenant which the 19 Lord made with thy fathers, as at this day. Indeed if thou forget the Lord thy God, and go after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I call heaven and earth this day to witness 20 against you, that you shall surely perish. In like manner as the other nations which the Lord God destroyed before you, so shall you perish, because you have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord your God.

IX.

Hear, O Israel! Thou art now about to cross the Jordan, to go in to possess nations much greater and stronger than 2 you, large cities, which are walled up to the sky, a people great and numerous, and of great stature, the children of Enak, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard it said, 3 Who can stand before the sons of Enak? Know therefore this day, that the Lord thy God will himself march before thee. He is a consuming fire. He will destroy them. He will cause them to turn back from before thy face, and will destroy them 4 speedily, as the Lord hath said to thee. Now when the Lord thy God hath destroyed those nations from before thee, speak not in thy heart, saying, On the account of my righteousness 5 the Lord hath brought me in to possess this good land. It is not on the account of thy righteousness, nor for the sanctity of thy heart, that thou goest in to possess their land; but, because of the wickedness of those nations, the Lord will drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish his covenant which the Lord made with our fathers-with Abraham, 6 and Isaak, and Jacob. Know therefore this day, that it is not for thy righteousness that the Lord thy God giveth thee that good land for a possession; for thou art a stiffnecked people. 7 Remember-never forget how often thou hast provoked to wrath the Lord thy God, in the wilderness. From the day you came out of Egypt, till your coming to this place, you have 8 gone on in a course of rebellion against the Lord. At Choreb you provoked the Lord, so that the anger of the Lord was kind9 led against you, to destroy you utterly. When I went up the mountain to receive the tables of stone-the tables of the covenant which the Lord had made with you. Now I was on