Day 66 of 364

^25:1If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked. ^25:2It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number. ^25:3He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight. ^25:4You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain. ^25:5If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her. ^25:6It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel. ^25:7If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.” ^25:8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says, “I don’t want to take her,” ^25:9then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.” ^25:10His name shall be called in Israel, “The house of him who had his sandal removed.” ^25:11When men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and grabs him by his private parts, ^25:12then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity. ^25:13You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light. ^25:14You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small. ^25:15You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you. ^25:16For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God. ^25:17Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt, ^25:18how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God. ^25:19Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget. ^26:1It shall be, when you have come in to the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, possess it, and dwell in it, ^26:2that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that the LORD your God gives you. You shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there. ^26:3You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, “I profess today to the LORD your God, that I have come to the land which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.” ^26:4The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the LORD your God’s altar. ^26:5You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation. ^26:6The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us. ^26:7Then we cried to the LORD, the God of our fathers. The LORD heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. ^26:8The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs, and with wonders; ^26:9and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. ^26:10Now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, the LORD, have given me.” You shall set it down before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God. ^26:11You shall rejoice in all the good which the LORD your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the foreigner who is among you. ^26:12When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates and be filled. ^26:13You shall say before the LORD your God, “I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them. ^26:14I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor given of it for the dead. I have listened to the LORD my God’s voice. I have done according to all that you have commanded me. ^26:15Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.” ^26:16Today the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart and with all your soul. ^26:17You have declared today that the LORD is your God, and that you would walk in his ways, keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice. ^26:18The LORD has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments. ^26:19He will make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God, as he has spoken. ^27:1Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep all the commandment which I command you today. ^27:2It shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Jordan to the land which the LORD your God gives you, that you shall set yourself up great stones, and coat them with plaster. ^27:3You shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have passed over, that you may go in to the land which the LORD your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. ^27:4It shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall coat them with plaster. ^27:5There you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You shall not use any iron tool on them. ^27:6You shall build the LORD your God’s altar of uncut stones. You shall offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God. ^27:7You shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there. You shall rejoice before the LORD your God. ^27:8You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.” ^27:9Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, Israel! Today you have become the people of the LORD your God. ^27:10You shall therefore obey the LORD your God’s voice, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you today.” ^27:11Moses commanded the people the same day, saying, ^27:12“These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. ^27:13These shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. ^27:14With a loud voice, the Levites shall say to all the men of Israel, ^27:15‘Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ All the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’ ^27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ^27:17‘Cursed is he who removes his neighbor’s landmark.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ^27:18‘Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ^27:19‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ^27:20‘Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife, because he dishonors his father’s bed.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ^27:21‘Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ^27:22‘Cursed is he who lies with his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ^27:23‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ^27:24‘Cursed is he who secretly kills his neighbor.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ^27:25‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ^27:26‘Cursed is he who doesn’t uphold the words of this law by doing them.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’” ^28:1It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the LORD your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. ^28:2All these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you listen to the LORD your God’s voice. ^28:3You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field. ^28:4You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock. ^28:5Your basket and your kneading trough shall be blessed. ^28:6You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out. ^28:7The LORD will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways. ^28:8The LORD will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to. He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you. ^28:9The LORD will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in his ways. ^28:10All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the LORD’s name, and they will be afraid of you. ^28:11The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. ^28:12The LORD will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow. ^28:13The LORD will make you the head, and not the tail. You will be above only, and you will not be beneath, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you today, to observe and to do, ^28:14and shall not turn away from any of the words which I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. ^28:15But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the LORD your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come on you and overtake you. ^28:16You will be cursed in the city, and you will be cursed in the field. ^28:17Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed. ^28:18The fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock will be cursed. ^28:19You will be cursed when you come in, and you will be cursed when you go out. ^28:20The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me. ^28:21The LORD will make the pestilence cling to you, until he has consumed you from off the land where you go in to possess it. ^28:22The LORD will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with fiery heat, with the sword, with blight, and with mildew. They will pursue you until you perish. ^28:23Your sky that is over your head will be bronze, and the earth that is under you will be iron. ^28:24The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust. It will come down on you from the sky, until you are destroyed. ^28:25The LORD will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth. ^28:26Your dead bodies will be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there will be no one to frighten them away. ^28:27The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with the tumors, with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed. ^28:28The LORD will strike you with madness, with blindness, and with astonishment of heart. ^28:29You will grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. You will only be oppressed and robbed always, and there will be no one to save you. ^28:30You will betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You will build a house, and you won’t dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, and not use its fruit. ^28:31Your ox will be slain before your eyes, and you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be violently taken away from before your face, and will not be restored to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have no one to save you. ^28:32Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look and fail with longing for them all day long. There will be no power in your hand. ^28:33A nation which you don’t know will eat the fruit of your ground and all of your work. You will only be oppressed and crushed always, ^28:34so that the sights that you see with your eyes will drive you mad. ^28:35The LORD will strike you in the knees and in the legs with a sore boil, of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head. ^28:36The LORD will bring you, and your king whom you will set over yourselves, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers. There you will serve other gods of wood and stone. ^28:37You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away. ^28:38You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in, for the locust will consume it. ^28:39You will plant vineyards and dress them, but you will neither drink of the wine, nor harvest, because worms will eat them. ^28:40You will have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you won’t anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off. ^28:41You will father sons and daughters, but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity. ^28:42Locusts will consume all of your trees and the fruit of your ground. ^28:43The foreigner who is among you will mount up above you higher and higher, and you will come down lower and lower. ^28:44He will lend to you, and you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail. ^28:45All these curses will come on you, and will pursue you and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you didn’t listen to the LORD your God’s voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you. ^28:46They will be for a sign and for a wonder to you and to your offspring forever. ^28:47Because you didn’t serve the LORD your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; ^28:48therefore you will serve your enemies whom the LORD sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. ^28:49The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies: a nation whose language you will not understand, ^28:50a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young. ^28:51They will eat the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed. They also won’t leave you grain, new wine, oil, the increase of your livestock, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish. ^28:52They will besiege you in all your gates until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout all your land. They will besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land which the LORD your God has given you. ^28:53You will eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies will distress you. ^28:54The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye will be evil toward his brother, toward the wife whom he loves, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining, ^28:55so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he has nothing left to him, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you in all your gates. ^28:56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye will be evil toward the husband that she loves, toward her son, toward her daughter, ^28:57toward her young one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of all things in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you in your gates. ^28:58If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD your God, ^28:59then the LORD will make your plagues and the plagues of your offspring fearful, even great plagues, and of long duration, and severe sicknesses, and of long duration. ^28:60He will bring on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they will cling to you. ^28:61Also every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, the LORD will bring them on you until you are destroyed. ^28:62You will be left few in number, even though you were as the stars of the sky for multitude, because you didn’t listen to the LORD your God’s voice. ^28:63It will happen that as the LORD 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. You will be plucked from the land that you are going in to possess. ^28:64The LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth. There you will serve other gods which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone. ^28:65Among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; but the LORD will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and pining of soul. ^28:66Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be afraid night and day, and will have no assurance of your life. ^28:67In the morning you will say, “I wish it were evening!” and at evening you will say, “I wish it were morning!” for the fear of your heart which you will fear, and for the sights which your eyes will see. ^28:68The LORD will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I told you that you would never see it again. There you will offer yourselves to your enemies for male and female slaves, and nobody will buy you.