Of justice and charity.

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1 Job 29, 11, 13 & 31. 20. 2 Cor. 9. 13. 2 Tim. 1. 18. ch. 6. 25.

own raiment, and bless thee: and mit shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

14 ¶ Thou shalt not "oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether Ps. 106, 31. & he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

112 9.

Dan. 4. 27. a Mal. 3. 5. ¡ Lev. 19. 13.

Jer. 22 13.
James 5. 4.

15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and + setteth his heart upon it: Plest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

16 The fathers shall not be put to Kings 14.16. death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

2 Cur. 25. 4. Jer. $1.29, 30, Ez. 18, 20.

Ex. 22. 21.22. Prov. 22, 22. Is. 1. 23. Jer. 5. 28. & 223.

Ez. 22. 29.

Zech. 7. 10.
Mai 3. 5.

* Ex. 22. 26.
* ver. 22.
ca. 16. 12

- Lev. 19.9. 10. & 23, 22

xh 15. 10. P: 41 L Prov. 19. 17.

+ Heb. thou I shalt not

17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence therefore I command thee to do this thing.

19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the bough it af boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

CHAPTER XXV.

Stripes not to exceed forty. 4 The or not to be muzzled. 5 of raising seed unto a brother. 11 Of the immodest woman. 13 Of unjust weights. 17 The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out.

IF

F there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; Prov. 17. then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

Law of raising up seed.

e 2 Cor. 11. 24.

3 Forty stripes he may give him, B. C. 1451. and not exceed lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother Job 18. 3. should 'seem vile unto thee.

g Prov. 12. 10. 1 Cor. 9. 9.

1 Tim. 5. 18. Heb. thresheth, Hos. 10.11. h Matt. 22. 24. Mark 12. 19. Luke 20. 28.

4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. 5¶ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her hus- Or, next band's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.

6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his broth-Or, next er's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's 1 Ruth 4. 1, 2. brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother:

8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, "I like not to take her;

9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, Ruth 4. 7. and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.

10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

11 ¶ When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets;

12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, P thine eye shall not pity her.

13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small:

o Ruth 4. 11.

15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thyr Ex. 20. 12 days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

• Prov. 11. 1. 1 Thess. 4.6.

The offering of firstfruits.

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t Ex. 17. 8.

u Ps. 36. 1. Prov. 16. 6. Rom. 3. 18.

17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he "feared not God.

19 Therefore it shall be, when the * 1 Sam. 15. 3. LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

y Ex. 17. 14.

a Ex. 23. 19. &

34.26. Num.

18. 13. ch. 16.

10. Prov. 3.9.

b ch. 12. 5.

c Hos. 12. 12.

& 45. 7, 11.

CHAPTER XXVI.

God's covenant with Israel.

even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:

11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the "tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the father

year's tithes. 16 The covenant between God and the

people.

ND it shall be, when thou art

the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;

2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt bgo unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.

3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.

4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.

d

с

5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian d Gen. 43. 1,2. ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a 'few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

e Gen. 46. 1,6. Acts 7. 15.

f Gen. 46. 27. ch. 10. 22.

g Ex. 1. 11, 14.

b Ex. 2. 23, 24, 25. & 3. 9. & 4. 31.

i Ex. 12. 87, 51.

ch. 5. 15.

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

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 oppression:

8 And the LORD brought us forth & 13, 3, 14, 16. out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and * with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:

k ch. 4. 34.

9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land,

eat within thy gates, and be filled; 13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away

and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.

14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away aught thereof for any unclean use, nor given aught thereof for the dead but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

B. C. 1451.

1 Ex. 3. 8.

m ch. 12.7, 12, 18. & 16. 11.

Lev. 27. 30.

Num. 18. 24. o ch. 14. 28, 23.

p Ps. 119. 141, 153, 176.

q Lev. 7. 20. & 21.1, 11. Hos 9. 4.

Zech. 2. 13

15 Look down from thy holy habi- Is. 63. 15. tation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

The law to be written.

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Josh. 4. L

Josh. 8. 32.

AND Moses with the elder people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. 2 And it shall be, on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:

b

3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.

5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

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

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

8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; 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 statutes, which I command thee this day.

11 ¶ And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

12 These shall stand 'upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:

13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal † to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

14 ¶ And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

The curses of the law.

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any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place: and all the See Num. 5. people shall answer and say, Amen. 16 Cursed be he that setteth light 1 Ex. 20. 12.

by his latter er hishat

the people shall say, Amen.

17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark and all the people shall say, Amen.

22. Jer. 11.5. 1 Cor. 14. 16.

& 21. 17.
Lev. 19. 3.
ch. 21. 18.

m ch. 19. 14. Prov. 22. 28.

18 Cursed be he that maketh then Lev. 19. 14. blind to wander out of the way: and all the people shall say, Amen.

ch. 10. 18. & 24. 17. Mal. 3. 5.

19° Cursed be he that perverteth the Ex. 22. 21, 22. judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow: and all the people shall say, Amen.

20 P Cursed be he that lieth with his P Lev. 18. 8. & 20. 11. father's wife; because he uncovereth ch. 22. 30. his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, Amen.

21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast: and all the people shall say, Amen.

22Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother and all the people shall say, Amen.

q Lev. 18. 23. & 20. 15.

r Lev. 18. 9. & 20. 17.

& 20. 14.

23 Cursed be he that lieth with his Lev. 18. 17. mother in law and all the people shall say, Amen.

24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly and all the people shall say, Amen.

25 "Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say, Amen.

t Ex. 20. 13. & 21. 12, 14. Lev. 24. 17. Num. 35. 31. ch. 19. 11.

u Ex. 23. 7, 8. ch. 10. 17. & 16. 19.

Ez. 22. 12.

Ps. 119. 21. Jer. 11. 3. Gal. 3. 10.

26 Cursed be he that confirmethx ch. 28. 15. not all the words of this law to do them and all the people shall say, Amen.

CHAPTER XXVIII.
The blessings for obedience. 15 The curses for dis-

obedience.

A thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

ND it shall come to pass, aifa Ex. 15. 26.

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

e

Lev. 26. 3. Is. 55. 2.

b ch. 26. 19.

c ver. 15. Zech. 1. 6.

3 dBlessed shalt thou be in the city, Ps. 128. 1, 4. and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall 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.

e Gen. 39. 5. f ver. 11. Gen. 22. 17. & 49. 25. ch. 7. 13. Ps. 107. 38. & 127.3. & 128.3. Prov. 10. 22. 1 Tim. 4. 8.

5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thyr dogh, Il store.

or, kneadingtrough.

Blessings for obedience.

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g Ps. 121. 8.

h Lev. 26. 7, 8.

39,41. Ps. 89.

6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

7 The LORD shall cause thine ene2 Sam. 22. 38, mies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

23. 25.

See ver.

i Lev. 25. 21.

Prov. 3. 10. k ch. 15. 10.

i

8 The LORD shall command the Or, barns, blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou *settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

1 Ex. 19. 5, 6.

18, 19. & 29.

9 The LORD shall establish thee a ch. 7.6.& 26. holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

13.

m Num. 6. 27. 2 Chr. 7. 14. Is. 63. 19. Dan. 9. 18, 19. n ch. 11. 25.

o ver. 4. ch. 30.

10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be "afraid of thee.

11 And the LORD shall 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 Sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven P to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the LORD shall make thee 'the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt 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 observe and to do them:

14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

15 But it shall come to pass, "if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

20 The LORD shall send upon thee

a

Curses for disobedience.

b

cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in B. C. 1451. all that thou settest thine hand unto

† for to do, until thou be destroyed, † Heb. which and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The LORD shall make the pesti- Ps. 80. 16. lence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. f

c Lev. 26, 25. Jer. 24. 10.

d Lev, 26. 16.

Or, drought. Am. 4. 9.

23 And thy heaven that is over thy Lev. 26. 19. head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them; and hshalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

26 And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with 'thek ver. 35. Ex. emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and "astonishment of heart:

29 And thou shalt "grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

Curses for disobedience.

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⚫ver. 51. Lev. 26. 16. Jer. 5. 17.

tver. 67.

u ver. 27.

12 Kings 17. 4.6. & 24. 12,

14257,11 2 Chr. 33. 11.

33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

35 The LORD shall "smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; Ich 4. 28. & and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

& 36. 6, 20.

ver, 64. Jer.

16. 13.

* 1 Kings 9.7,
& Jer. 21. 9.
& 25.9.
Zect. 3. 13.
PB. 44. 14.

Mic. 6. 15.
Hag. 1. 6.

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

40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughHeb. Beyters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; shall not be for they shall go into captivity.

thine.

La 1. 5. | Or, pomest.

d

42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: 'he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies, which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst,

52 And he shall besiege thee in all 42 Kings 25. thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

r Lev. 26. 29. 2 Kings 6. 28, 29. Jer. 19.9. Lam. 2. 20. & 4. 10.

53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy Heb. belly. sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, ch. 13. 6. and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave :

55 So 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 enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

⚫ ch. 15. 9.

u ver. 54.

56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, "her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that Heb. aftercometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.