Category Archives: Deuteronomy

The Law Concerning Unsolved Murder 1 “Ifanyoneis found slain, lying in the field in the land which theLordyour God is giving you to possess,andit is not known who killed him, 2 then your elders and your judges shall go out and measurethedistancefrom the slain man to the surrounding cities. 3 And it shall bethatthe elders […]

1 “Youshall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep going astray, and hide yourself from them; you shall certainly bring them back to your brother. 2 And if your brotherisnot near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it to your own house, and it shall remain with you […]

Those Excluded from the Congregation 1 “He who is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shallnot enter the assembly of theLord. 2 “One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of theLord; even to the tenth generation none of hisdescendantsshall enter the assembly of theLord. 3 “An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly […]

Law Concerning Divorce 1 “When aman takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her acertificate of divorce, putsitin her hand, and sends her out of his house, 2 when she has departed from his […]

1 “If there is adispute between men, and they come to court, thatthejudgesmay judge them, and theyjustify the righteous and condemn the wicked, 2 then it shall be, if the wicked mandeserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie downand be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a […]

Offerings of Firstfruits and Tithes 1 “And it shall be, when you come into the land which theLordyour God is giving youasan inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, 2 that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that […]

The Law Inscribed on Stones 1 Now Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: “Keep all the commandments which I command you today. 2 And it shall be, on the daywhen you cross over the Jordan to the land which theLordyour God is giving you, thatyou shall set up for yourselves large […]

Blessings on Obedience 1 “Now it shall come to pass,if you diligently obey the voice of theLordyour God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that theLordyour Godwill set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you andovertake you, because you obey […]

The Covenant Renewed in Moab 1 Thesearethe words of thecovenant which theLordcommanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which He made with them in Horeb. 2 Now Moses called all Israel and said to them:“You have seen all that theLorddid before your eyes in the […]

The Blessing of Returning to God 1 “Nowit shall come to pass, whenall these things come upon you, the blessing and thecurse which I have set before you, andyou callthemto mind among all the nations where theLordyour God drives you, 2 and youreturn to theLordyour God and obey His voice, according to all that I […]