upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter; and against her afterbirth that cometh out from between her feet, and against her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in thy gates.

LORD thy God with joyfulness, and thy gates. 56The tender and delicate with gladness of heart, by reason of woman among you, who would not the abundance of all things; 48there- adventure to set the sole of her foot fore shalt thou serve thine enemy whom the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 49The LORD will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the vulture swoopeth down; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all favour to the young. And he shall the words of this law that are written eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the in this book, that thou mayest fear fruit of thy ground, until thou be this glorious and awful Name, the destroyed; that also shall not leave LORD thy God; 59then the LORD will thee corn, wine, or oil, the increase of make thy plagues wonderful, and the thy kine, or the young of thy flock, plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, until he have caused thee to perish. and of long continuance, and sore 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy sicknesses, and of long continuance. gates, until thy high and fortified walls And He will bring back upon thee come down, wherein thou didst trust, all the diseases of Egypt, which thou throughout all thy land; and he shall wast in dread of; and they shall cleave besiege thee in all thy gates through- unto thee. Also every sickness, and out all thy land, which the LORD thy every plague, which is not written God hath given thee. 53 And thou in the book of this law, them will the shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, LORD bring upon thee, until thou be the flesh of thy sons and of thy destroyed. 62 And ye shall be left daughters whom the LORD thy God few in number, whereas ye were as hath given thee; in the siege and the stars of heaven for multitude; in the straitness, wherewith thine because thou didst not hearken unto enemies shall straiten thee. 54The the voice of the LORD thy God. 63And man that is tender among you, and it shall come to pass, that as the LORD very delicate, his eye shall be evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining; 55so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in all

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rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it. 64And the LORD shall scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods,

which thou hast not known, thou your God. And when ye came unto nor thy fathers, even wood and stone. this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, 65And among these nations shalt and Og the king of Bashan, came out thou have no repose, and there shall against us unto battle, and we smote be no rest for the sole of thy foot; them. And we took their land, and but the LORD shall give thee there a gave it for an inheritance unto the trembling heart, and failing of eyes, Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and and languishing of soul. And thy to the half-tribe of the Manassites. life shall hang in doubt before thee; Observe therefore the words of this and thou shalt fear night and day, covenant, and do them, that ye may and shalt have no assurance of thy make all that ye do to prosper. life. 67In the morning thou shalt say: 'Would it were even!' and at even thou shalt say: 'Would it were morning!' for the fear of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And the your officers, even all the men of LORD shall bring thee back into Egypt in ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee: 'Thou shalt see it no more again'; and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

69 These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which He made with them in Horeb.

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And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; "the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders; but the LORD hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. "Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye might know that I am the LORD

נצבים

"Ye are standing this day all of you before the LORD your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and

Israel, 10your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water; "that thou shouldest enter into the covenant of the LORD thy God-and into His oath-which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day; 12that He may establish thee this day unto Himself for a people, and that He may be unto thee a God, as He spoke unto thee, and as He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 13Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; 14but with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day-15for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed; 16and ye have seen their detestable things, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them-17lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go to serve the gods of

LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day'.-28The secret things belong unto the LORD our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

those nations; lest there should be to bring upon it all the curse that among you a root that beareth gall is written in this book; 27and the and wormwood; 18and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying: 'I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart that the watered be swept away with the dry'; 19the LORD will not be willing to pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy shall be kindled 30 And it shall come to pass, when against that man, and all the curse all these things are come upon that is written in this book shall lie thee, the blessing and the curse, which upon him, and the LORD shall blot out I have set before thee, and thou shalt his name from under heaven; 20and bethink thyself among all the nations, the LORD shall separate him unto evil whither the LORD thy God hath out of all the tribes of Israel, accord-driven thee, 2and shalt return unto ing to all the curses of the covenant the LORD thy God, and hearken to that is written in this book of the His voice according to all that I comlaw. 21And the generation to come, mand thee this day, thou and thy your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith the LORD hath made it sick; 22and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath; 23even all the nations shall say: 'Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great thy fathers. And the LORD thy God anger?' 24then men shall say: 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them forth out of the land of Egypt; 25 and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that He had not allotted unto them; 26therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land,

children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul; that then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. If any of thine that are dispersed be in the uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will He fetch thee. And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and He will do thee good, and multiply thee above

will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. "And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee. And thou shalt return and hearken to the voice of the LORD, and do all His commandments which

I command thee this day.

And the LORD thy God will make thee overabundant in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good; for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers; 10if thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed; 20to love the LORD thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unto Him; for that is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

וילך

31 And Moses went and spoke these

words unto all Israel. 2And he said unto them: 'I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in; and the LORD hath said unto me: Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. The LORD thy God, He will go over before thee;

11For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off. 12It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?' 13Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou should-He will destroy these nations from est say: 'Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?' 14But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them; and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. 4And the LORD will do unto them as He did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto their land; whom He destroyed. 5And the LORD will deliver them up before you, and ye shall do unto them according unto all the commandment which I have commanded you. "Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.'

15See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil, 16in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances; then thou shalt live and multiply, and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it. 17But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not "And Moses called unto Joshua, and hear, but shalt be drawn away, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel: worship other gods, and serve them; 'Be strong and of good courage; for 18I declare unto you this day, that ye thou shalt go with this people into shall surely perish; ye shall not pro- the land which the LORD hath sworn long your days upon the land, whither unto their fathers to give them; and thou passest over the Jordan to go thou shalt cause them to inherit in to possess it. 19I call heaven and it. And the LORD, He it is that doth

go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.' And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. 1oAnd Moses commanded them, saying: 'At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, "when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; 13and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.'

them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day: Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? 18And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. 19Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel. 20For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten their fill, and waxen fat; and turned unto other gods, and served them, and despised Me, and broken My covenant; then it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I 14 And the LORD said unto Moses: know their imagination how they do 'Behold, thy days approach that thou even now, before I have brought them must die; call Joshua, and present into the land which I swore.' yourselves in the tent of meeting, Moses wrote this song the same day, that I may give him a charge.' And and taught it the children of Israel. Moses and Joshua went, and pre-23And he gave Joshua the son of Nun sented themselves in the tent of meet- a charge, and said: 'Be strong and ing. 15And the LORD appeared in the of good courage; for thou shalt bring Tent in a pillar of cloud; and the the children of Israel into the land pillar of cloud stood over the door which I swore unto them; and I will of the Tent. 16And the LORD said un- be with thee.' to Moses: 'Behold, thou art about 24 And it came to pass, when Moses to sleep with thy fathers; and this had made an end of writing the words people will rise up, and go astray after of this law in a book, until they the foreign gods of the land, whither were finished, 25that Moses commandthey go to be among them, and will ed the Levites, that bore the ark of forsake Me, and break My covenant the covenant of the LORD, saying: which I have made with them. 17Then 26 Take this book of the law, and put My anger shall be kindled against it by the side of the ark of the covthem in that day, and I will forsake enant of the LORD your God, that

22So