Category Archives: Deuteronomy

Atonement for an Unsolved Murder 1 If someone is found slain, lying in a field in the land theLordyour God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who the killer was, 2 your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance from the body to the neighboring towns. 3 Then […]

1 If you see your fellow Israelite’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it but be sure to take it back to its owner. 2 If they do not live near you or if you do not know who owns it, take it home with you and keep it until they come looking for […]

Exclusion From the Assembly 1 No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of theLord. 2 No one born of a forbidden marriagenor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of theLord, not even in the tenth generation. 3 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants […]

1 If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, 2 and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, 3 and her […]

1 When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty. 2 If the guilty person deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make them lie down and have them flogged in his presence with the number of lashes […]

Firstfruits and Tithes 1 When you have entered the land theLordyour God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, 2 take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land theLordyour God is giving you and put them in a […]

The Altar on Mount Ebal 1 Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all these commands that I give you today. 2 When you have crossed the Jordan into the land theLordyour God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster. 3 Write on them all the […]

Blessings for Obedience 1 If you fully obey theLordyour God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, theLordyour God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey theLordyour God: 3 You will be blessed in the […]

Renewal of the Covenant 1 These are the terms of the covenant theLordcommanded Moses to make with the Israelites in Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb. 2 Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them: Your eyes have seen all that theLorddid in Egypt to Pharaoh, to […]

Prosperity After Turning to the Lord 1 When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever theLordyour God disperses you among the nations, 2 and when you and your children return to theLordyour God and obey him with all your heart and with […]