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Divers laws Chap. her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and fend her out of his houfe..

2 And when she is departed out of his houfe, the may go and be another mans wife.

3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and fendeth her out of his houfe; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

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16 The fathers fhall not be put to death for the children, neither fhall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man fhall be put to death for his own fin.

17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the ftranger, nor of the fatherlefs, nor take a widows raiment to pledge.

18 But thou shalt remember that thou waft a bond-man in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

4 Her former husband which fent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that he is defiled: for that abomination before the LORD, and hou fhalt not caufe the land to fin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee 19 When thou cutteft down thine for an inheritance. harveft in thy field, and haft forgot a fheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it fhall be for the ftranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

5 When a man hath raken a new wife, he fhall not go out to war, neither fhall he be charged with any bulinefs: bur he thall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

No man (hall take the nether or the upper milftone to pledge: for he ta kech a mans life to pledge,

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Iiracl, and maketh merchandise of him, or fellech him; then that thief thall die, and thou fhalt put evil away from among you.

20 When thou beateft thine olivetree, thou shall not go over the boughs again: it fhall be for the ftranger, for the fatherlefs, and for the widow.

21 When thou gathereft the grapes of thy vineyard, thon fhalt not glean is afterward: it fhall be for the ftranger, for the fatherlefs, and for the widow, 22 And chou fhalt remember that Take heed in the plague of lepro-thou waft a bond-man in the land of fies that the beedive and do the dierefore command chce to do you: as I commanded. them, fo ye fhall obferve to do.

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9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.

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CHAP. XXV.

i Stripes must not exceed forty. 4. The ox not to be muzzled. 5 Of railmg feed unto a brother. Of the immodeft wor man, 13 of unjust weights. 17 The mebro-mory of Amalek is to be blotted out.

Jo When thou doft lend thy ther any thing, thou shalt not go into his houfe to fetch his pledge.

11 Thou shalt ftand abroad, and the man to whom thou doft lend fhall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee..

12 And if the man be poor, thou fhalt not fleep with his pledge.

13 In any cafe thou halt deliver him the pledge again when the fun goeth down, that he may fleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it fhall be righteoufnefs unto thee before the LORD chy God,

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men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them, then they fhall juftifie the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

2 And it fhall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge thall caufe him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

3 Forty ftripes he may give him, and not exceed: left if he fhould exceed and beat him above thefe with many ftripes, then thy brother fhould feem vile unto thee,

4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

14 Thou shalt not opprefs an hired fervant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy ftrangers that are in thy land within thy gates. 15 At his day thou shalt give him his If brethren dwell together, and hire, neither thall the fun go down upon one of them die and have no child, the it, for he is poor, and fetteth his heart wife of the dead fhall not marry withes

And it fhall be, that the firft-born h the beareth, fhall fucceed in the

basket of firft-fruits. 16 The covenant between God and the people.

me be or put out of is dead, that A in unto the land which the LORD

not Ifrael.

And if the man like not to take his ers wife, then let his brothers wife p to the gate unto the elders, and My husbands brother refufeth to up unto his brother a name in Ifhe will not perform the duty of my nds brother.

Then the elders of his city fhall call and fpeak unto him: and if he to it, and fay, I like not to take her: Then fhall his brothers wife come him in the prefence of the elders, oofe his fhoe from off his foot, pit in his face, and fhall anfwer y, So fhall it be done unto that that will not build up his brothers

And his name fhall be called in , The houfe of him that hath his Loofed.

When men ftrive together one nother, and the wife of the one eth near for to deliver her husband the hand of him that fmiteth him, utteth forth her hand, and taketh -y the fecrets

Then thou shalt cut off her hand, eye fhall not pity her.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag = weights, a great and a fmall. Thou shalt not have in thine houfe meafures, a great and a fmall. But thou halt have a perfect and eight, a perfect and just measure thou have: that thy days may be ned in the land which the LORD od giveth thee.

For all that do fuch things, and all o unrighteously, are an abominato the LORD thy God.

Remember what Amalek did thee by the way, when ye were forth out of Egypt:

thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and poffeffeft it, and dwelleft therein :

2 That thou (halt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou fhalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and fhalt put it in a basket, and fhalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God fhall choofe to place his name there.

3 And thou fhalt go unto the prieft that fhall be in thofe days, and fay unto him, I profefs this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD fware unto our fathers for to give us.

4 And the prieft fhall take the basket out of thine hand, and fet it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.

5 And thou fhalt fpeak and fay before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perifh was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and fojourned there with a few, and became there a nation great, mighty, and populous.

And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.

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7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppreffion,

8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt, with a mighty hand, and with an out-ftretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with figns, and with wonders.

9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and hony.

10. And now behold, I have brought the firft-fruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, haft given me: and thou fhalt fet it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God.

How he met thee by the way, and the hindmoft of thee, even all that eble behind thee, when thou waft II And thou fhalt rejoyce in every nd weary; and he feared not God. good thing which the LORD thy God Therefore it fhall be, when the hath given unto thee, and unto thine

thy God hath given thee 'reft house chou and the Levire and the ftran

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ave given them unto the Lemto the ftranger, to the fad to the widow, according to mandments, which thou haft

gone over Jordan, that ye shall fet up thefe ftones which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaifter them with plaifter.

Ime: Thave not tranfgreffed And there fhalrthou build an altar ndments, neither have 1 for unto the LORD thy God, an altar of ftones: thou fhalt not lift up any iron tool upon them."

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ve not eaten thereof in my neither have I taken away of for any unclean ufe, nor thereof for the dead: but I ed to the voice of the LORD d have done according to all' ift commanded me.

down from thy holy habitaheaven, and blefs thy people he land which thou haft gihou fwareft unto our fathers, flowech with milk and ho

is day the LORD thy God anded thee to do thefe ftadgments: thou fhalt therend do them with all thine with all thy foul.i

haft avouched the LORD be thy God, and to walk in nd to keep his ftatutes, and dments, and his judgments, ken anto his voice.

e LORD hath avouched thee be his peculiar people, as he ed thee, and that thou shouldhis commandments:

o make thee high above all ch he hath made, in praife, e, and in honour, and that be an holy people unto the God, as he hath spoken. HA P. XXVII. are to write the law upon ftones. Eld an altar of whole ftones. urfes on mount Ebal.

ofes with the elders of Ifrael, manded the people, faying, he commandments which I ou this day.

fhall be on the day when you over Jordan unto the land LORD thy God giveth thee, fhalt fer thee up great 1 plaifter them with plai

6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole ftones: and thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God.

7 And thou shalt offer peace-offerings, and fhalt eat there, and rejoyce before the LORD thy God.

8 And thou fhalt write upon the ftones all the words of this law, very plainly.

9 And Mofes, and the pricfts the Levites fpake unto all Ifrael, faying, Take beed, and hearken, O Ifrael, this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.

10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his ftatutes which I command thee this day.

11 And Mofes charged the people the fame day, faying,

12 Thefe fhall ftand upon mount Gerizzim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon and Levi, and Judah, and Iffachar, and Jofeph, and Benjamin.

13 And thefe fhall ftand upon mount Ebal to curfe; Reuben, Gad, and Aher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

14 And the Levites fhall speak and fay unto all the men of Ifrael with a loud voice,

15 Curfed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth ir in a secret place: and all the people fhall anfwer and fay, Amen.

16 Curfed be he that fetteth light by his father or his mother: and all the people shall fay, Amen.

17 Curfed be he that removeth his neighbours land-mark: and all the people fhall fay, Amen.

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to wander out of the way and all the people fhall fay, Amen.

19 Curfed be he that perverteth the judgment of the ft anger, fatherless, and widow: and all the people fhall fay,

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20 Curfed be he that lieth with his fathers wife; because he uncovereth his fathers skirt and all the people fhall Say, Amen.

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21 Curfed be he that lieth with any manner of beaft: and all the people thall fay, Amen.

22 Curfed be he that lieth with his fifter, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: and all the people fhall fay, Amen.

23 Curfed be he that liech with his mother in law: and all the people hall lay, Amen.

24 Curfed be he that fmiteth his neighbour fecretly: and all the people fhall fay, Amen.

25 Curfed be he that taketh reward to flay an innocent perfon: and all the people fhall fay, Amen.

26 Curfed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them; and all the people fhall fay, Amen.

CHAP. XXVIII.

The bleffings for ob dience, 15 The cur fes for disobedience. ANd it fhall come to país, if thou

halt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God to obferve; and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day; that the LORD thy God will fet thee on high above all ations of the earth.

2 And all these bleffings fhall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

3 Bieffed fealt thou be in the city, and bieffed fhalt thou be in the field.

4 Bleffed fhall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

5 Bleffed fhall be thy basket and thy ftore.

6 Bleffed fbalt thou be when thou comeft in, and bleffed fbalt thou be when. dou goeft out.

The bleffings for obedience. blefling upon thee in thy ftore-houfes, and in all that thou fetteft thine hand unto: and he fhall bless thee in the land which the Load thy God giveth thee.

9 The LORD fhall eftablish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath fworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

10 And all people of the earth fhall fee that thou art called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of thee.

11 And the LORD fhall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD fware unto thy fathers to give thee.

12 The LORD fhall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his feafon, and to blefs all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thop fhalt not borrow.

1 And the LORD fhall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou fhalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day to obferve and to do them:

14 And than fakt not go afide from any of the words which I command chee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to ferve them.

15 Buric hall come to pafs, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to obferve to do all his commandments and his ftatutes which I command thee this day; that all thefe curfes fhall come upon thee, and overtake thee.

16 Curfed fbalt thou be in the city, and curfed fhalt thou be in the field.

17 Čurfed fball be thy basket and thy ftore.

18 Curfed fball be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increafe of thy kine, and the flocks of thy fheep.ion

19 Curfed fhalt thou be when thou comeft in, and cursed shalt thou be when

The LORD fhall caufe thine ene-thou goeft out. mies that rife up against thee to be fmitren before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee feven ways.

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20 The LORD fhall fend upon thee curfing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou fetteft thine hand unto, for to do; until thou be deftroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wicked

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LORD fhall make the rain of owder and duft: from heaven ome down upon thee, until ftroyed.

LORD fhall caufe thee to be fore thine enemies: thou fhalt way against them, and fice s before them; and fhalt be nto all the kingdoms of the

I thy carcafe fhall be meat owls of the air, and unto the e earth, and no man fhall fray LORD will fmite thee with of Egypt, and with the eme with the fcab, and with the eof thou canst not be healed. LORD fhall fmite thee with and blindness, and aftonith

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thy foot unto the top of thy head.

36 The LORD hall bring thee, and thy king which thon fhalt fer over thee unto a nation which neither thou not thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and ftone.

37 And thou fhalt become an afto nishment, a proverb, and a by word, among all nations whither the LORD fhall lead thee.

38 Thou shalt carry much feed out into the field, and fhalt gather but little in: for the locuft fhall confume it.

39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but fhalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the worms fhall eat them.

40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coafts, but thou shalt not anoint thy felf with the oyl: for thine olive fhall caft his fruits.

41 Thou shalt beget fons and daughe ters, but thou shalt not enjoy them: for they shall go into captivity.

42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land Thall the locuft confume.

43 The ftranger that is within thee fhall get up above thee very high; and thou fhalt come down very low.

44 He fhall lend to thee, and thou fhalt not lend to him: he fhall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

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45 Moreover, all thefe curfes fhall come upon thee, and fhall purfue thee, fhalt betroth a wife, and an- and overtake thee, till thou be deftroyhall lie with her: thou fhalted because thou hearknedft not unto ufe, and thou shalt not dwell the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep oufhalt plant a vineyard, and his commandments and his ftatutes acher the grapes thereof. which he commanded thee. eox fball be flain before thine thou shalt not eat thereof hall be violently taken away e thy face, and fhall not be thee: thy fheep fall be given enemies, and thou shalt have cue themo

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46 And they fhall be upon thee for a fign, and for a wonder, and upon thy feed for ever.

47 Because thou fervedft not the Lord thy God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things

48 Therefore fhalt thou ferve thine enemies which the LORD fhall fend 2gainst thee, in hunger, and in thirft, and in nakedness, and in want of all things and he shall put a yoke of iron

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