indeed taken you and brought you out of the land of Egyptout of the iron furnace-out of Egypt, to be to him a chosen 21 people, as at this day; but with me the Lord God was angry for

the things spoken by you, and he solemnly said that I should not cross this Jordan, and that I should not enter that land, 22 which the Lord thy God giveth thee for a possession. For I am to die in this land, and not to cross that Jordan; but you 23 are to cross it. When you shall possess that good land, take heed to yourselves, that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord our God, which he made with you, and transgress and make for yourselves a graven image of any of the things about 24 which the Lord thy God hath given thee a charge; for the 25 Lord thy God is a consuming fire-a zealous God. If there

fore, when you have begotten sons, and sons' sons, and have been long in the land, you transgress, and make a graven image -the likeness of any thing whatever, and do evil in the sight of 26 the Lord your God, to provoke him to wrath, I call heaven and

earth this day to witness against you, that you shall surely perish from the land, to which you are going, to cross the Jordan there to take possession of it. You shall not prolong your days 27 therein, but shall be utterly rooted out. And the Lord will scatter

you among all the nations, and you shall be left few in number, 28 among all the nations, to which the Lord will bring you. And

there you shall serve other gods, the works of men's hands, stocks and stones, which can neither see, nor hear, nor eat, 29 nor smell. Yet there, on seeking the Lord your God you will find him, when you seek him with your whole heart and with 30 your whole soul-In thy affliction, when all these things have come upon thee in the latter days, when thou shalt turn to the Lord thy God, and hearken to his voice; because the Lord 31 thy God is a merciful God; he will not forsake thee utterly, nor totally destroy thee. He will not forget the covenant of thy fathers, which the Lord confirmed to them with an oath.

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Enquire of the days which are past-those which were before thee, from the day God created man on the earth, and from one end of heaven to the other; hath there ever been 33 any thing like this great thing? Hath any thing been heard like it? Hath any nation heard the voice of the living God, speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and

34 art still alive? Or hath God come, and made trial to take for himself a nation out of the midst of a nation, by trials, and by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and with a strong hand, and an outstretched arm, and with great visions, according to all that the Lord our God hath done in Egypt, before thine 35 eyes? So that thou must needs know that the Lord thy God is 36 very God, and that there is none else besides him. From

heaven he caused his voice to be heard to instruct thee; and on earth he shewed thee his great fire. And thou hast heard his 37 words out of the midst of the fire. Because he loved thy fathers, he chose you their seed after them; and by his mighty 38 power he hath brought thee out of Egypt, to destroy nations greater and mightier than thou art, before thee-to bring thee in, and give thee their land for a possession, as is the case with 39 thee this day. Know therefore this day, and revolve it in thy mind, that the Lord thy God is alone God, in the heaven above, and in the earth beneath, and that there is none other 40 besides him. You shall therefore keep his commandments,

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and his rules of rectitude, which I this day give you in charge, that it may be well with thee and with thy children after thee —that you may live long in the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for ever.

Then Moses set apart three cities on the side of Jordan, to42 wards the rising of the sun, for the slayer to flee to. Whoever should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times 43 past, might flee to one of these cities, and live, namely, Bo

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sor, in the wilderness, in the plain, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth, in Galaaditis, for the Gadites; and Gaulon, in Basan, for the Manassites.

THIS is the law which Moses laid before the children of 45 Israel these are the testimonies, and the rules of rectitude, and the judgments, which Moses delivered in his speech to 46 the Israelites, after they came out of the land of Egypt on the bank of the Jordan, in the vale near the house of Phogor, in the land of Seon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Esebon, whom Moses and the Israelites slew after their coming out of the land of Egypt, when they took possession both of this land, and the land of Og king of Basan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were on the side of the Jordan towards the

48 rising of the sun, from Aroer, which is on the border of the 49 brook Arnon, to the mountain of Seon, which is Aermon, comprehending all that part of Araba on the eastern bank of Jordan, below the cliff of Asedoth.

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When Moses had convened all Israel, he said to them, Hear, O Israel, the rules of rectitude and the judgments, which I this day deliver in your hearing, that you may learn them, and may be careful to perform them.

2 The Lord your God made a covenant with you at Choreb. 3 It was not only with your fathers that the Lord made this covenant, but with you also-with you who are all here alive 4 this day. Face to face the Lord spoke to you, at that moun5 tain, out of the midst of the fire. I indeed stood between the Lord and you, at that time, to declare to you the words of the Lord, because you were terrified at the fire, and did not go 6 up to the mountain; and he said, I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bon7 dage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt 8 not make for thyself an idol, nor the likeness of any thing in the heaven above, or of any of the things which are on the earth 9 below, or which are in the waters below the earth. Thou shalt not worship them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a zealous God, retributing, to them who hate me, the sins of fathers upon children, to the third and fourth generation, and 10 shewing mercy for thousands [of generations] to them who 11 love me, and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take

the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord thy God 12 will not purify him who taketh his name in vain. Keep the day

of the sabbaths to hallow it, as the Lord thy God hath com13 manded thee. Labour six days, and do all thy works; but on 14 the seventh day are the sabbaths for the Lord thy God. On it thou shalt not do any work-neither thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man servant nor thy maid servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor the proselyte who sojourneth with thee; that thy man servant, and thy maid 15 servant, and thy labouring beast may rest as well as thou. Remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm; for this cause the Lord thy

God hath commanded thee to keep the day of the sabbaths 16 and hallow it. Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst live long in the land which the Lord thy 17 God giveth thee. Thou shalt not commit murder. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt 21 not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, nor his field, nor his man servant, nor his maid servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor any thing which is thy neighbour's.

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These are the injunctions which the Lord delivered verbally, to all your congregation, at the mount, out of the midst of the fire. There was darkness, thick darkness, a turbid tempest, and a loud voice. And he added no more. And having written them on two tables of stone, he gave them to me. 23 Now when you heard the voice from the midst of the fire (the mountain indeed was burning with fire) you came to me, 'even 24 all the leaders of your tribes, and your elders, and said, Behold the Lord our God hath shewn us his glory, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire. We have this day seen 25 that God can speak to man, and he may live. Now therefore let us not die, for this great fire will consume us, if we continue any longer to hear the voice of the Lord our God; and we 26 shall die. For what mortal, who hath heard the voice of the

living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, 27 can live. Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God may say, and thou shalt rehearse to us all that the Lord our 28 God may speak to thee, and we will hear and do it. And the

Lord heard the sound of your words when you spoke to me. And the Lord said to me, I have heard the sound of the words of this people, even all that they have spoken to thee. All that 29 they have said is right. O that they may have their heart so dis

posed in them as to fear me, and to keep my commandments continually, that it may be well with them, and their children 30 for ever. Go say to them, Return to your houses. But as for 31 thee, Stand thou here with me, and I will speak to thee all the commandments, and the rules of rectitude, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them; and let them act accord

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ful therefore to do as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. 33 Turn not aside to the right, nor to the left, from walking in all

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the way which the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, that he may give thee rest, and that it may be well with thee, and that you may live long in the land, of which you shall take pos

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Now these are the commandments, and the rules of rectitude, and the judgments, which the Lord our God commanded you to be taught, that you may act conformably thereto in the land to which you are going, there to take possession of it; 2 that you may fear the Lord your God. You shall keep all his statutes, and his commandments, which I this day command you, both thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, 3 all the days of thy life, that you may live many days. Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to perform; that it may be well with thee, and that you may be greatly multiplied, as the Lord, the God of thy fathers, hath promised to give thee a land flowing with milk and honey. These indeed are the rules of rectitude, and the judgments, which the Lord gave in charge to the children of Israel, in the wilderness, on their coming out of the land of Egypt.

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Hear O Israel! The Lord is our God. The Lord is one. And 5 thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole understanding, 6 and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole might. And these

injunctions, which I this day give thee in charge, shall be in thy 7 heart, and in thy soul; and thou shalt impress them on thy children, and speak of them, when thou sittest at home, and when thou art walking abroad, and when thou liest down, and 8 when thou risest up; and thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy right hand, and it shall be immoveably before thine eyes. 9 You shall also write them on the posts of your houses and 10 gates. And when the Lord thy God hath brought thee into

the land, which, with an oath he promised to thy fathers, to Abraham, and Isaak, and Jacob, to give thee cities, great and 11 beautiful, which thou hast not builded-houses full of all good things, which thou hast not filled; cisterns of hewn stone, which thou hast not hewed; vineyards, and olive yards which