Deuteronomy 26
26"When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession and you have conquered it and settled there,H935H776H3068H430H5414H5159H3423H34272put some of the first produce from each crop you harvest into a basket and bring it to the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored.H3947H7225H6529H127H935H776H3068H430H5414H7760H2935H1980H4725H3068H430H977H7931H80343Go to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, 'With this gift I acknowledge to the LORD your God that I have entered the land he swore to our ancestors he would give us.'H935H3548H3117H559H5046H3117H3068H430H935H776H3068H7650H1H54144The priest will then take the basket from your hand and set it before the altar of the LORD your God.H3548H3947H2935H3027H3240H6440H4196H3068H4305"You must then say in the presence of the LORD your God, 'My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.H6030H559H6440H3068H430H761H6H1H3381H4714H1481H4962H4592H1471H1419H6099H72276When the Egyptians oppressed and humiliated us by making us their slaves,H4713H7489H6031H5414H7186H56567we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors. He heard our cries and saw our hardship, toil, and oppression.H6817H3068H430H1H3068H8085H6963H7200H6040H5999H39068So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and powerful arm, with overwhelming terror, and with miraculous signs and wonders.H3068H3318H4714H2389H3027H5186H2220H1419H4172H226H41599He brought us to this place and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey!H935H4725H5414H776H776H2100H2461H170610And now, O LORD, I have brought you the first portion of the harvest you have given me from the ground.' Then place the produce before the LORD your God, and bow to the ground in worship before him.H935H6529H7225H127H3068H5414H3240H6440H3068H430H7812H6440H3068H43011Afterward you may go and celebrate because of all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household. Remember to include the Levites and the foreigners living among you in the celebration.H8055H2896H3068H430H5414H1004H3881H1616H713012"Every third year you must offer a special tithe of your crops. In this year of the special tithe you must give your tithes to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, so that they will have enough to eat in your towns.H3615H6237H4643H8393H7992H8141H8141H4643H5414H3881H1616H3490H490H398H8179H764613Then you must declare in the presence of the LORD your God, 'I have taken the sacred gift from my house and have given it to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, just as you commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten any of your commands.H559H6440H3068H430H1197H6944H1004H5414H3881H1616H3490H490H4687H6680H5674H4687H791114I have not eaten any of it while in mourning; I have not handled it while I was ceremonially unclean; and I have not offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God and have done everything you commanded me.H398H205H1197H2931H5414H4191H8085H6963H3068H430H6213H668015Now look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you swore to our ancestors to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.'H8259H6944H4583H8064H1288H5971H3478H127H5414H7650H1H776H2100H2461H170616"Today the LORD your God has commanded you to obey all these decrees and regulations. So be careful to obey them wholeheartedly.H3117H3068H430H6680H6213H2706H4941H8104H6213H3824H531517You have declared today that the LORD is your God. And you have promised to walk in his ways, and to obey his decrees, commands, and regulations, and to do everything he tells you.H559H3068H3117H430H3212H1870H8104H2706H4687H4941H8085H696318The LORD has declared today that you are his people, his own special treasure, just as he promised, and that you must obey all his commands.H3068H559H3117H5459H5971H1696H8104H468719And if you do, he will set you high above all the other nations he has made. Then you will receive praise, honor, and renown. You will be a nation that is holy to the LORD your God, just as he promised."H5414H5945H1471H6213H8416H8034H8597H6918H5971H3068H430H1696
Deuteronomy 27
27Then Moses and the leaders of Israel gave this charge to the people: "Obey all these commands that I am giving you today.H4872H2205H3478H6680H5971H559H8104H4687H6680H3117 2When you cross the Jordan River and enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.H3117H5674H3383H776H3068H430H5414H6965H1419H68H7874H7875 3Write this whole body of instruction on them when you cross the river to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you—a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.H3789H1697H8451H5674H935H776H3068H430H5414H776H2100H2461H1706H3068H430H1H1696 4When you cross the Jordan, set up these stones at Mount Ebal and coat them with plaster, as I am commanding you today.H5674H3383H6965H68H6680H3117H2022H5858H7875H7874 5"Then build an altar there to the LORD your God, using natural, uncut stones. You must not shape the stones with an iron tool.H1129H4196H3068H430H4196H68H5130H1270 6Build the altar of uncut stones, and use it to offer burnt offerings to the LORD your God.H1129H4196H3068H430H8003H68H5927H5930H3068H430 7Also sacrifice peace offerings on it, and celebrate by feasting there before the LORD your God.H2076H8002H398H8055H6440H3068H430 8You must clearly write all these instructions on the stones coated with plaster."H3789H68H1697H8451H3190H874 9Then Moses and the Levitical priests addressed all Israel as follows: "O Israel, be quiet and listen! Today you have become the people of the LORD your God.H4872H3548H3881H1696H3478H559H5535H8085H3478H3117H1961H5971H3068H430 10So you must obey the LORD your God by keeping all these commands and decrees that I am giving you today."H8085H6963H3068H430H6213H4687H2706H6680H3117 11That same day Moses also gave this charge to the people.H4872H6680H5971H3117H559 12"When you cross the Jordan River, the tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin must stand on Mount Gerizim to proclaim a blessing over the people.H5975H2022H1630H1288H5971H5674H3383H8095H3878H3063H3485H3130H1144 13And the tribes of Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali must stand on Mount Ebal to proclaim a curse.H5975H2022H5858H7045H7205H1410H836H2074H1835H5321 14"Then the Levites will shout to all the people of Israel.H3881H6030H559H376H3478H7311H6963 15'Cursed is anyone who carves or casts an idol and secretly sets it up. These idols, the work of craftsmen, are detestable to the LORD.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'H779H376H6213H6459H4541H8441H3068H4639H3027H2796H7760H5643H5971H6030H559H543 16'Cursed is anyone who dishonors father or mother.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'H779H7034H1H517H5971H559H543 17'Cursed is anyone who steals property from a neighbor by moving a boundary marker.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'H779H5253H7453H1366H5971H559H543 18'Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'H779H5787H7686H1870H5971H559H543 19'Cursed is anyone who denies justice to foreigners, orphans, or widows.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'H779H5186H4941H1616H3490H490H5971H559H543 20'Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with one of his father's wives, for he has violated his father.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'H779H7901H1H802H1540H1H3671H5971H559H543 21'Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with an animal.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'H779H7901H929H5971H559H543 22'Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with his sister, whether she is the daughter of his father or his mother.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'H779H7901H269H1323H1H1323H517H5971H559H543 23'Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with his mother-in-law.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'H779H7901H2859H5971H559H543 24'Cursed is anyone who attacks a neighbor in secret.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'H779H5221H7453H5643H5971H559H543 25'Cursed is anyone who accepts payment to kill an innocent person.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'H779H3947H7810H5221H5355H5315H1818H5971H559H543 26'Cursed is anyone who does not affirm and obey the terms of these instructions.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'H779H6965H1697H8451H6213H5971H559H543
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