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Rise ye up ,
take your journey ,
and pass over the river Arnon :
behold ,
I have given into thine hand Sihon the (
note :)
According to his promise made to Abraham , (
Gen_15
:16 ).(:
note )
Amorite ,
king of Heshbon ,
and his land :
begin to possess [
it ],
and contend with him in battle .
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This day will I (
note :)
This declares that the hearts of men are in God '
s hands either to be made faint ,
or bold .(:
note )
begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations [
that are ]
under the whole heaven ,
who shall hear report of thee ,
and shall tremble ,
and be in anguish because of thee .
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Then I sent messengers out of the wildernes of Kedemoth vnto Sihon King of Heshbon ,
with wordes of peace ,
saying ,
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Let me passe through thy land :
I will go by the hie way :
I will neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left .
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Thou shalt sell me meate for money ,
for to eate ,
and shalt giue me water for money for to drinke :
onely I will go through on my foote ,
* (
As the (
note :)
Because neither intreaty nor examples or others could move him ,
he could not complain of his just destruction .(:
note )
children of Esau which dwell in Seir ,
and the Moabites which dwell in Ar ,
did unto me ;)
until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us .
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But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him :
for the LORD thy God (
note :)
God in his election and reprobation not only appoints the ends ,
but the means tending to the same .(:
note )
hardened his spirit ,
and made his heart obstinate ,
that he might deliver him into thy hand ,
as [
appeareth ]
this day .
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And the Lorde sayd vnto me ,
Beholde ,
I haue begun to giue Sihon and his land before thee :
begin to possesse and inherite his land .
*
Then came out Sihon to meete vs ,
him selfe with all his people to fight at Iahaz .
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But the Lord our God deliuered him into our power ,
and we smote him ,
and his sonnes ,
and all his people .
*
And we took all his cities at that time ,
and utterly destroyed the men ,
and the (
note :)
God had cursed Canaan ,
and therefore he did not want any of the wicked race to be preserved .(:
note )
women ,
and the little ones ,
of every city ,
we left none to remain :
*
Onely the cattell we tooke to our selues ,
and the spoyle of the cities which we tooke ,
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From Aroer ,
which is by the banke of the riuer of Arnon ,
and from the citie that is vpon the riuer ,
euen vnto Gilead :
there was not one citie that escaped vs :
for the Lorde our God deliuered vp all before vs .
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Onely vnto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not ,
nor vnto any place of the riuer Iabbok ,
nor vnto the cities in the mountaines ,
nor vnto whatsoeuer the Lorde our God forbade vs .
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When (
note :)
Meaning ,
upon just occasion :
for God does not permit his people to fight every time it seems good to them .(:
note )
thou goest out to battle against thine enemies ,
and seest horses ,
and chariots , [
and ]
a people more than thou ,
be not afraid of them :
for the LORD thy God [
is ]
with thee ,
which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt .
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And when ye are come nere vnto the battel ,
then the Priest shal come forth to speake vnto the people ,
*
And shal say vnto them ,
Heare ,
O Israel :
ye are come this day vnto battell against your enemies :
let not your heartes faynt ,
neither feare ,
nor be amased ,
nor adread of them .
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For the LORD your God [
is ]
he that (
note :)
Is present to defend you with his grace and power .(:
note )
goeth with you ,
to fight for you against your enemies ,
to save you .
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And the officers shall speak unto the people ,
saying ,
What man [
is there ]
that hath built a new house ,
and hath not (
note :)
For when they first entered to dwell in a house ,
they gave thanks to God ,
acknowledging that they had that benefit by his grace .(:
note )
dedicated it ?
let him go and return to his house ,
lest he die in the battle ,
and another man dedicate it .
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And what man [
is he ]
that hath planted a vineyard ,
and hath not [
yet ] (
note :)
The Hebrew word signifies to make common or profane , (
Lev_19
:25 )(:
note )
eaten of it ?
let him [
also ]
go and return unto his house ,
lest he die in the battle ,
and another man eat of it .
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And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife ,
and hath not taken her ?
let him go and returne againe vnto his house ,
lest he die in the battell ,
and another man take her .
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And let the officers speake further vnto the people ,
and say ,
Whosoeuer is afrayde and faynt hearted ,
let him go &
amp ;
returne vnto his house ,
least his brethrens heart faynt like his heart .
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And after that the officers haue made an ende of speaking vnto the people ,
they shal make captaines of the armie to gouerne the people .
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When thou commest neere vnto a citie to fight against it ,
thou shalt offer it peace .
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And it shall be ,
if it make thee answer of (
note :)
If it accept peace .(:
note )
peace ,
and open unto thee ,
then it shall be , [
that ]
all the people [
that is ]
found therein shall be tributaries unto thee ,
and they shall serve thee .
*
But if it will make no peace with thee ,
but make war against thee ,
then shalt thou besiege it .
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And the Lord thy God shall deliuer it into thine handes ,
and thou shalt smite all the males thereof with the edge of the sworde .
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Onely the women , &
amp ;
the children , &
amp ;
the cattel , &
amp ;
all that is in the citie ,
euen all the spoyle thereof shalt thou take vnto thy selfe ,
and shalt eate the spoyle of thine enemies ,
which the Lord thy God hath giuen thee .
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Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities [
which are ]
very far off from thee ,
which [
are ]
not of the cities of these (
note :)
For God had appointed the Canaanites to be destroyed ,
and made the Israelites the executers of his will , (
Deu_7
:1 ).(:
note )
nations .
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But of the cities of this people ,
which the Lorde thy God shall giue thee to inherite ,
thou shalt saue no person aliue ,
*
But shalt vtterly destroy them :
to wit ,
the Hittites ,
and the Amorites ,
the Canaanites , &
amp ;
the Perizzites ,
the Hiuites ,
and the Iebusites ,
as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee ,
*
That they teache you not to doe after all their abominations ,
which they haue done vnto their gods , &
amp ;
so ye should sinne against the Lorde your God .
*
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time ,
in making war against it to take it ,
thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them :
for thou mayest eat of them ,
and thou shalt not cut them down (
for the (
note :)
Some read :
For man shall be instead of the tree of the field ,
to come out in the siege against you .(:
note )
tree of the field [
is ]
man '
s [
life ])
to employ [
them ]
in the siege :
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Onely those trees ,
which thou knowest are not for meate ,
those shalt thou destroy and cut downe , &
amp ;
make fortes against the citie that maketh warre with thee ,
vntil thou subdue it .
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If [
one ]
be found (
note :)
This law declares how horrible murder is ,
seeing that because of one man a whole country will be punished ,
unless remedy is found .(:
note )
slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it ,
lying in the field , [
and ]
it be not known who hath slain him :
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Then thine Elders &
amp ;
thy Iudges shal come forth ,
and measure vnto the cities that are round about him that is slayne .
*
Aud let ye Elders of that citie ,
which is next vnto the slaine man ,
take out of the droue an heifer that hath not bene put to labour ,
nor hath drawen in the yoke .
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And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough (
note :)
That the blood shed of the innocent beasts in a solitary place ,
might make them abhor the fact .(:
note )
valley ,
which is neither eared nor sown ,
and shall strike off the heifer '
s neck there in the valley :
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Also the Priests the sonnes of Leui (
whom the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister , &
amp ;
to blesse in the name of the Lorde )
shal come forth , &
amp ;
by their word shal all strife &
amp ;
plague be tried .
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And all the Elders of that citie that came neere to the slayne man ,
shal wash their hands ouer the heifer that is beheaded in the valley :
*
And shal testifie ,
and say ,
Our handes haue not shed this blood ,
neither haue our eies seene it .
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Be merciful , (
note :)
This was the prayer ,
which the priests made in the audience of the people .(:
note )
O LORD ,
unto thy people Israel ,
whom thou hast redeemed ,
and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel '
s charge .
And the blood shall be forgiven them .
*
So shalt thou take away the cry of innocet blood from thee ,
when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord .
*
Whe thou shalt go to warre against thine enemies , &
amp ;
the Lord thy God shal deliuer them into thine hands , &
amp ;
thou shalt take the captiues ,
*
And shalt see among the captiues a beautifull woman ,
and hast a desire vnto her , &
amp ;
wouldest take her to thy wife ,
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Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house ; (
note :)
Signifying that her former life must be changed before she could be joined to the people of God .(:
note )
and she shall shave her head ,
and pare her nails ;
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And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her ,
and shall remain in thine house , (
note :)
As having renounced parents and country .(:
note )
and bewail her father and her mother a full month :
and after that thou shalt go in unto her ,
and be her husband ,
and she shall be thy This was only allowed in the wars ,
otherwise the Israelites could not marry strangers .
wife .
*
And if thou haue no fauour vnto her ,
then thou mayest let her go whither she will ,
but thou shalt not sell her for money ,
nor make marchandise of her ,
because thou hast humbled her .
*
If a man have two wives ,
one beloved ,
and another (
note :)
This declares that the plurality of wives came from a corrupt affection .(:
note )
hated ,
and they have born him children , [
both ]
the beloved and the hated ;
and [
if ]
the firstborn son be hers that was hated :
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Then when the time commeth ,
that hee appointeth his sonnes to be heires of that which he hath ,
he may not make the sonne of the beloued first borne before the sonne of the hated ,
which is the first borne :
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But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [
for ]
the firstborn ,
by giving him a (
note :)
As much as to two of the others .(:
note )
double portion of all that he hath :
for he [
is ]
the beginning of his strength ;
the right of the firstborn [
is ]
Unless he is unworthy ,
as Reuben ,
Jacob '
s son ,
was .
his .
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If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son ,
which will not obey the voice of his father ,
or the voice of his (
note :)
For it is the mother '
s duty also to instruct her children .(:
note )
mother ,
and [
that ],
when they have chastened him ,
will not hearken unto them :
*
Then shall his father and his mother take him , &
amp ;
bring him out vnto the Elders of his citie , &
amp ;
vnto the gate of the place where he dwelleth ,
*
And shall say vnto the Elders of his citie ,
This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient ,
and he wil not obey our admonition :
he is a ryotour ,
and a drunkard .
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And all the men of his city shall (
note :)
A death which was also appointed for blasphemers and idolaters :
so that to disobey the parents is most horrible .(:
note )
stone him with stones ,
that he die :
so shalt thou put evil away from among you ;
and all Israel shall hear ,
and fear .
*
If a man also haue committed a trespasse worthy of death ,
and is put to death , &
amp ;
thou hangest him on a tree ,
*
His body shall not remain (
note :)
For God '
s law is satisfied by his death ,
and nature abhors cruelty .(:
note )
all night upon the tree ,
but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day ; (
for he that is hanged [
is ]
accursed of God ;)
that thy land be not defiled ,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee [
for ]
an inheritance .
*
Thou shalt not see thy brother '
s ox or his sheep go astray ,
and (
note :)
As though your did not see it .(:
note )
hide thyself from them :
thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother .
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And if thy brother [
be ]
not (
note :)
Showing that brotherly affection must be shown ,
not only to those who dwell near to us ,
but also to those who are far off .(:
note )
nigh unto thee ,
or if thou know him not ,
then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house ,
and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it ,
and thou shalt restore it to him again .
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In like manner shalt thou do with his (
note :)
You are bound to do much more for your neighbour .(:
note )
ass ;
and so shalt thou do with his raiment ;
and with all lost thing of thy brother '
s ,
which he hath lost ,
and thou hast found ,
shalt thou do likewise :
thou mayest not hide thyself .
*
Thou shalt not see thy brothers asse nor his oxe fal downe by the way ,
and withdrawe thy selfe from them ,
but shalt lift them vp with him .
*
The (
note :)
For that alters the order of nature ,
and shows that you despise God .(:
note )
woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man ,
neither shall a man put on a woman '
s garment :
for all that do so [
are ]
abomination unto the LORD thy God .
*
If a bird '
s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree ,
or on the ground , [
whether they be ]
young ones ,
or eggs ,
and the dam sitting upon the young ,
or upon the eggs , (
note :)
If God detests cruelty done to little birds ,
how much more to man ,
made according to his image ?(:
note )
thou shalt not take the dam with the young :
*
But shalt in any wise let the damme go , &
amp ;
take the yong to thee ,
that thou mayest prosper and prolong thy dayes .
*
When thou buildest a newe house ,
thou shalt make a battlemet on thy roofe ,
that thou lay not blood vpo thine house ,
if any man fal thence .
*
Thou shalt not (
note :)
The tenor of this law is to walk in simplicity and not to be curious about new fads .(:
note )
sow thy vineyard with divers seeds :
lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown ,
and the fruit of thy vineyard ,
be defiled .
*
Thou shalt not plow with an oxe and an asse together .
*
Thou shalt not weare a garment of diuers sorts ,
as of woollen and linen together .
*
Thou shalt make thee fringes vpon the foure quarters of thy vesture ,
wherewith thou couerest thy selfe .
*
If a man take a wife ,
and when he hath lyen with her ,
hate her ,
*
And give (
note :)
That is ,
be an occasion that she is slandered .(:
note )
occasions of speech against her ,
and bring up an evil name upon her ,
and say ,
I took this woman ,
and when I came to her ,
I found her not a maid :
*
Then shal the father of the mayde and her mother take and bring the signes of the maydes virginitie vnto the Elders of the citie to the gate .
*
And the maydes father shall say vnto the Elders ,
I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wife ,
and he hateth her :
*
And ,
lo ,
he hath given occasions of speech [
against her ],
saying ,
I found not thy daughter a maid ;
and yet these [
are the tokens of ]
my daughter '
s virginity .
And they shall spread the (
note :)
Meaning ,
the sheet ,
in which the signs of her virginity were .(:
note )
cloth before the elders of the city .
*
Then the Elders of the citie shal take that man and chastise him ,
*
And they shall amerce him in an hundred [
shekels ]
of silver ,
and give [
them ]
unto the father (
note :)
For the fault of the child becomes the shame of the parents :
therefore he was recompensed when she was faultless .(:
note )
of the damsel ,
because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel :
and she shall be his wife ;
he may not put her away all his days .
*
But if this thing be true ,
that the mayde be not found a virgine ,
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Then shall they bring forth the mayde to the doore of her fathers house , &
amp ;
the men of her citie shal stone her with stones to death :
for shee hath wrought follie in Israel ,
by playing ye whore in her fathers house :
so thou shalt put euill away from among you .
*
If a man be found lying with a woman marryed to a man ,
then they shall dye euen both twaine :
to wit ,
the man that lay with the wife , &
amp ;
the wife :
so thou shalt put away euil from Israel .
*
If a maid be betrothed vnto an husband , &
amp ;
a man finde her in the towne &
amp ;
lye with her ,
*
Then shall yee bring them both out vnto the gates of the same citie ,
and shall stone them with stones to death :
the mayde because she cried not ,
being in the citie , &
amp ;
the man ,
because he hath humbled his neighbours wife :
so thou shalt put away euill from among you .
*
But if a man finde a betrothed mayde in the field ,
and force her ,
and lye with her ,
then the man that lay with her ,
shal dye alone :
*
But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing ; [
there is ]
in the damsel no sin [
worthy ]
of death :
for as when a man riseth against his neighbour ,
and slayeth him ,
even so (
note :)
Meaning ,
that the innocent cannot be punished .(:
note ) [
is ]
this matter :
*
For he found her in the fieldes :
the betrothed mayde cryed ,
and there was no man to succour her .
*
If a man finde a mayde that is not betrothed ,
and take her ,
and lye with her ,
and they be founde ,
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Then the man that lay with her ,
shall giue vnto the maydes father fiftie shekels of siluer :
and she shalbe his wife ,
because he hath humbled her :
he can not put her away all his life .
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A man shall not (
note :)
He shall not lie with his stepmother ,
meaning by this all other variations forbidden in (
Leviticus .
strkjv @
18:1-30 ).(:
note )
take his father '
s wife ,
nor discover his father '
s skirt .
*
He that is wounded in the stones ,
or hath his privy member cut off , (
note :)
Either to bear office ,
or to marry a wife .(:
note )
shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD .
*
*
The Ammonites and the Moabites shall not enter into the Congregation of the Lord :
euen to their tenth generation shal they not enter into the Congregation of the Lord for euer ,
*
Because they (
note :)
By this he condemns all who do not aid the children of God in their calling .(:
note )
met you not with bread and with water in the way ,
when ye came forth out of Egypt ;
and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia ,
to curse thee .
*
Neuerthelesse ,
the Lorde thy God would not hearken vnto Balaam ,
but the Lord thy God turned the curse to a blessing vnto thee ,
because the Lord thy God loued thee .
*
Thou (
note :)
You shall have nothing to do with them .(:
note )
shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever .
*
Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite :
for he is thy brother ,
neither shalt thou abhorre an Egyptian ,
because thou wast a strager in his land .
*
The children that are begotten (
note :)
If the fathers have renounced their idolatry ,
and received circumcision .(:
note )
of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation .
*
When thou goest out with the host against thine enemies ,
keepe thee then from all wickednesse .
*
If there be among you any that is vncleane by that which commeth to him by night ,
he shall goe out of the hoste ,
and shall not enter into the hoste ,
*
But at euen he shall wash him selfe with water ,
and when the sunne is downe ,
he shall enter into the hoste .
*
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp ,
whither thou shalt (
note :)
For the necessities of nature .(:
note )
go forth abroad :
*
And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon ;
and it shall be ,
when thou wilt ease thyself abroad ,
thou shalt dig therewith ,
and shalt turn back and (
note :)
Meaning by this that his people should be pure both in body and soul .(:
note )
cover that which cometh from thee :
*
For the Lord thy God walketh in the mids of thy campe to deliuer thee ,
and to giue thee thine enemies before thee :
therefore thine hoste shalbe holy ,
that he see no filthie thing in thee and turne away from thee .
*
Thou shalt not (
note :)
This is meant of the heathen ,
who fled because of their masters '
cruelty ,
and embrace the true religion .(:
note )
deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee :
*
He shall dwell with thee ,
euen among you ,
in what place he shal chuse ,
in one of thy cities where it liketh him best :
thou shalt not vexe him .
*
There shalbe no whore of the daughters of Israel ,
neither shal there be a whore keeper of the sonnes of Israel .
*
Thou shalt not bring the (
note :)
Forbidding that any income gained from evil things should be applied to the service of God , (
Mic_2
:7 ).(:
note )
hire of a whore ,
or the price of a dog ,
into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow :
for even both these [
are ]
abomination unto the LORD thy God .
*
Thou shalt not giue to vsurie to thy brother :
as vsurie of money ,
vsurie of meate ,
vsurie of any thing that is put to vsurie .
*
Unto a (
note :)
This was permitted for a time because of the hardness of their hearts .(:
note )
stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ;
but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury :
that the LORD thy God may If you show charity to your brother ,
God will declare his love toward you .
bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it .
*
When thou shalt vowe a vowe vnto the Lord thy God ,
thou shalt not be slacke to paye it :
for the Lorde thy God will surely require it of thee ,
and so it should be sinne vnto thee .
*
But when thou absteinest from vowing ,
it shalbe no sinne vnto thee .
*
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt (
note :)
If the vow is lawful and godly .(:
note )
keep and perform ; [
even ]
a freewill offering ,
according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God ,
which thou hast promised with thy mouth .
*
When thou comest into (
note :)
Being hired for labour .(:
note )
thy neighbour '
s vineyard ,
then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure ;
but thou shalt not put [
any ]
in thy To bring home to your house .
vessel .
*
When thou commest into thy neighbours corne thou mayest plucke the eares with thine hand ,
but thou shalt not moue a sickle to thy neighbours corne .
*
When a man hath taken a wife ,
and married her ,
and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes ,
because he hath found some uncleanness in her : (
note :)
By this God does not approve light divorcement ,
but permits it to avoid further inconvenience ; (
Mat_19
:7 ).(:
note )
then let him write her a bill of divorcement ,
and give [
it ]
in her hand ,
and send her out of his house .
*
And when she is departed out of his house , &
amp ;
gone her way ,
and marrie with an other man ,
*
And if the latter husband hate her , &
amp ;
write her a letter of diuorcement , &
amp ;
put it in her hand ,
and send her out of his house ,
or if the latter man die which tooke her to wife :
*
Her former husband ,
which sent her away ,
may not take her again to be his wife ,
after that she is (
note :)
Seeing that by divorcing her he judged her to be unclean and defiled .(:
note )
defiled ;
for that [
is ]
abomination before the LORD :
and thou shalt not cause the land to sin ,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee [
for ]
an inheritance .
*
When a man hath taken a new wife ,
he shall not go out to war , (
note :)
That they might learn to know one another '
s conditions ,
and so afterward live in godly peace .(:
note )
neither shall he be charged with any business : [
but ]
he shall be free at home one year ,
and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken .
*
No man shall take the nether or the upper (
note :)
Not anything by which a man gets his living .(:
note )
millstone to pledge :
for he taketh [
a man '
s ]
life to pledge .
*
If any man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel ,
and maketh marchandise of him ,
or selleth him ,
that thiefe shal die :
so shalt thou put euil away from among you .
*
Take heede of the plague of leprosie ,
that thou obserue diligently ,
and doe according to all that the Priestes of the Leuites shall teach you :
take heede ye doe as I commanded them .
*
Remember what the Lord thy God did vnto Miriam by the way after that ye were come out of Egypt .
*
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing ,
thou shalt not go (
note :)
As though you would appoint what to have ,
but shall receive what be may spare .(:
note )
into his house to fetch his pledge .
*
But thou shalt stand without ,
and the man that borowed it of thee ,
shall bring the pledge out of the doores vnto thee .
*
Furthermore if it be a poore body ,
thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge ,
*
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down ,
that he may sleep in his own raiment ,
and bless thee :
and it shall be righteousness unto thee (
note :)
Though he would be unthankful ,
yet God will not forget it .(:
note )
before the LORD thy God .
*
Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruant that is needie and poore ,
neyther of thy brethren ,
nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates .
*
Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day ,
neither shall the sunne goe downe vpon it :
for he is poore ,
and therewith susteineth his life :
lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde ,
and it be sinne vnto thee .
*
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children ,
nor the children put to death for the fathers ,
but euery man shalbe put to death for his owne sinne .
*
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the (
note :)
Because the world valued these people least ,
therefore God has most care over them .(:
note )
stranger , [
nor ]
of the fatherless ;
nor take a widow '
s raiment to pledge :
*
But remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt ,
and howe the Lorde thy God deliuered thee thence .
Therefore I commaund thee to doe this thing .
*
When thou cuttest downe thine haruest in thy fielde ,
and hast forgotten a sheafe in the fielde ,
thou shalt not goe againe to fet it ,
but it shalbe for the stranger ,
for the fatherles , &
amp ;
for the widowe :
that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in all the workes of thine hands .
*
When thou beatest thine oliue tree ,
thou shalt not goe ouer the boughes againe ,
but it shalbe for the stranger ,
for the fatherlesse ,
and for the widowe .
*
When thou gatherest thy vineyard ,
thou shalt not gather the grapes cleane after thee ,
but they shalbe for the stranger ,
for the fatherlesse ,
and for the widowe .
*
And thou shalt remember that thou wast (
note :)
God judged them not mindful of his beasts ,
unless they were beneficial to others .(:
note )
a bondman in the land of Egypt :
therefore I command thee to do this thing .
*
If there be a controversy between men ,
and they come unto judgment , (
note :)
Whether there is a plaintiff or not ,
the magistrates should try our faults ,
and punish according to the crime .(:
note )
that [
the judges ]
may judge them ;
then they shall justify the righteous ,
and condemn the wicked .
*
And it shall be ,
if the wicked man [
be ]
worthy to be beaten ,
that the judge shall cause him to lie down , (
note :)
When the crime does not deserve death .(:
note )
and to be beaten before his face ,
according to his fault ,
by a certain number .
*
*
Thou shalt not mousell the oxe that treadeth out the corne .
*
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 (
note :)
Because the Hebrew word does not signify the natural brother ,
and the word that signifies a brother ,
is taken also for a kinsman :
it seems that it does not mean that the natural brother should marry his brothers wife ,
but some other kindred that was in the degree that might marry .(:
note )
husband '
s brother shall go in unto her ,
and take her to him to wife ,
and perform the duty of an husband '
s brother unto her .
*
And the first borne which she beareth ,
shall succeede in the name of his brother which is dead ,
that his name be not put out of Israel .
*
And if the man will not take his kinsewoman ,
then let his kinsewoman goe vp to the gate vnto the Elders ,
and say ,
My kinsman refuseth to rayse vp vnto his brother a name in Israel :
hee will not doe the office of a kinsman vnto me .
*
Then the Elders of his citie shall call him ,
and commune with him :
if he stand and say ,
I wil not take her ,
*
Then shall his kinswoman come vnto him in the presence of the Elders ,
and loose his shooe from his foote ,
and spit in his face ,
and answere ,
and say ,
So shall it be done vnto that man ,
that will not buylde vp his brothers house .
*
And his name shall be called in Israel ,
The house of him whose shooe is put off .
*
*
Then thou shalt cut off her hande :
thine eye shall not spare her .
*
Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes ,
a great and a small ,
*
Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures ,
a great and a small :
*
But thou shalt haue a right &
amp ;
iust weight :
a perfite and a iust measure shalt thou haue ,
that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land ,
which the Lord thy God giueth thee .
*
For all that doe such things ,
and all that doe vnrighteously ,
are abomination vnto the Lord thy God .
*
Remeber what Amalek did vnto thee by the way ,
when ye were come out of Egypt :
*
How he met thee by ye way , &
amp ;
smote ye hindmost of you ,
all that were feeble behind thee ,
when thou wast fainted &
amp ;
weary , &
amp ;
he feared not God .
*
Therefore it shall be ,
when the 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 (
note :)
This was partly accomplished by Saul ,
about 450 years later .(:
note )
remembrance of Amalek from under heaven ;
thou shalt not forget [
it ].
*
Also when thou shalt come into the lande which the Lord thy God giueth thee for inheritance ,
and shalt possesse it , &
amp ;
dwell therein ,
*
*
And thou shalt come vnto the Priest ,
that shall be in those dayes ,
and say vnto him ,
I acknowledge this day vnto the Lord thy God ,
that I am come vnto the countrey which the Lorde sware vnto our fathers for to giue vs .
*
Then the Priest shall take the basket out of thine hand , &
amp ;
set it downe before the altar of the Lord thy God .
*
And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God ,
A (
note :)
Meaning ,
Jacob ,
who served 20 years in Syria .(:
note )
Syrian 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 ,
Only by God '
s mercy ,
and not by their father '
s deserving .
and populous :
*
And the Egyptians vexed vs ,
and troubled vs ,
and laded vs with cruell bondage .
*
And when we (
note :)
Alleging the promises made to our fathers ,
Abraham ,
Isaac and Jacob .(:
note )
cried unto the LORD God of our fathers ,
the LORD heard our voice ,
and looked on our affliction ,
and our labour ,
and our oppression :
*
And the Lord brought vs out of Egypt in a mightie hande ,
and a stretched out arme ,
with great terriblenesse ,
both in signes and wonders .
*
And he hath brought vs into this place , &
amp ;
hath giuen vs this land ,
euen a lande that floweth with milke and hony .
*
And now ,
behold ,
I have (
note :)
In token of a thankful heart ,
and mindful of this benefit .(:
note )
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 :
*
And thou shalt rejoice in every good [
thing ]
which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee ,
and unto thine (
note :)
Signifying that God does not give us goods for ourselves only ,
but to be used also by those who are committed to our charge .(:
note )
house ,
thou ,
and the Levite ,
and the stranger that [
is ]
among you .
*
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tythes of thine increase ,
the thirde yeere ,
which is the yeere of tithing ,
and hast giuen it vnto the Leuite ,
to the stranger ,
to the fatherlesse , &
amp ;
to the widowe ,
that they may eate within thy gates ,
and be satisfied ,
*
Then thou shalt (
note :)
Without hypocrisy .(:
note )
say before the LORD thy God ,
I have brought away the hallowed things out of [
mine ]
house ,
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 Of malice and contempt .
transgressed thy commandments ,
neither have I forgotten [
them ]:
*
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning ,
neither have I taken away [
ought ]
thereof for [
any ]
unclean [
use ],
nor given [
ought ]
thereof for the dead : [
but ]
I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God , [
and ]
have done (
note :)
As far as my sinful nature would allow :
or else as David and Paul say ,
there is not one just , (
Psa_14
:3 ;
Rom_3
:10 ).(:
note )
according to all that thou hast commanded me .
*
Looke downe from thine holy habitation ,
euen from heauen ,
and blesse thy people Israel , &
amp ;
the lande which thou hast giuen vs (
as thou swarest vnto our fathers )
the land that floweth with milke and hony .
*
This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments :
thou shalt therefore keep and do them with (
note :)
With a good and simple conscience .(:
note )
all thine heart ,
and with all thy soul .
*
Thou hast set vp the Lorde this day to be thy God ,
and to walke in his wayes ,
and to keepe his ordinances ,
and his commandements ,
and his lawes ,
and to hearken vnto his voyce .
*
*
And to make thee high aboue al nations (
which he hath made )
in praise , &
amp ;
in name ,
and in glory , &
amp ;
that thou shouldest be an holy people vnto the Lord thy God ,
as he hath said .
*
And Moses with the elders of Israel (
note :)
As God '
s minister and charged with the same .(:
note )
commanded the people ,
saying ,
Keep all the commandments which I command you this day .
*
And when ye shal passe ouer Iorden vnto the lande which the Lorde thy God giueth thee ,
thou shalt set thee vp great stones ,
and playster them with plaister ,
*
*
Therefore when ye shal passe ouer Iorden ,
ye shal set vp these stones ,
which I command you this daye in mount Ebal ,
and thou shalt plaister them with plaister .
*
And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God ,
an altar of stones :
thou shalt not lift up [
any ] (
note :)
The altar should not be curiously wrought ,
because it would continue but for a time :
for God would have only one altar in Judah .(:
note )
iron [
tool ]
upon them .
*
Thou shalt make the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones ,
and offer burnt offerings thereon vnto the Lord thy God .
*
And thou shalt offer peace offrings , &
amp ;
shalt eate there and reioyce before the Lord thy God :
*
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law (
note :)
That everyone may well read it ,
and understand it .(:
note )
very plainly .
*
And Moses &
amp ;
the Priestes of the Leuites spake vnto all Israel ,
saying ,
Take heede &
amp ;
heare ,
O Israel :
this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God .
*
Thou (
note :)
This condition has bound you to it ,
that if you will be his people ,
you must keep his laws .(:
note )
shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God ,
and do his commandments and his statutes ,
which I command thee this day .
*
And Moses charged the people the same day ,
saying ,
*
These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people ,
when ye are come over Jordan ;
Simeon ,
and Levi ,
and Judah ,
and Issachar ,
and (
note :)
Meaning ,
Ephraim and Manasseh .(:
note )
Joseph ,
and Benjamin :
*
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to (
note :)
Signifying ,
that if they would not obey God out of love ,
they would be made to obey out of fear .(:
note )
curse ;
Reuben ,
Gad ,
and Asher ,
and Zebulun ,
Dan ,
and Naphtali .
*
And the Leuites shal answere and say vnto all the men of Israel with a loude voyce ,
*
Cursed [
be ]
the man that maketh [
any ]
graven or molten (
note :)
Under this he contains all the corruptions of God '
s service ,
and the transgression of the first table .(:
note )
image ,
an abomination unto the LORD ,
the work of the hands of the craftsman ,
and putteth [
it ]
in [
a ]
secret [
place ].
And all the people shall answer and say ,
Amen .
*
Cursed [
be ]
he that (
note :)
Or ,
condemns ;
and this applies to the second table .(:
note )
setteth light by his father or his mother .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
*
Cursed [
be ]
he that removeth his neighbour '
s (
note :)
He condemns all injuries and extortions .(:
note )
landmark .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
*
Cursed [
be ]
he that maketh the (
note :)
Meaning ,
that does not help and counsel his neighbour .(:
note )
blind to wander out of the way .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
*
Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger ,
the fatherles ,
and the widow :
And all the people shal say :
So be it .
*
Cursed [
be ]
he that lieth with his father '
s wife ;
because he uncovereth his father '
s (
note :)
In committing wickedness against him , (
Lev_20
:11 ;
Deu_22
:30 ;
Eze_22
:10 )(:
note )
skirt .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
*
Cursed be he that lieth with any beast :
And all the people shal say :
So be it .
*
Cursed be he that lyeth with his sister ,
the daughter of his father ,
or the daughter of his mother :
And all the people shal say :
So be it .
*
Cursed [
be ]
he that lieth with his (
note :)
Meaning ,
his wife '
s mother .(:
note )
mother in law .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
*
Cursed [
be ]
he that smiteth his neighbour (
note :)
For God that sees in secret ,
will avenge it .(:
note )
secretly .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
*
Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood :
And all the people shal say :
So be it .
*
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the wordes of this Law ,
to do them :
And all the people shal say :
So be it .
*
And it shall come to pass ,
if 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 (
note :)
He will make you the most excellent of all people .(:
note )
set thee on high above all nations of the earth :
*
And all these blessings shall come on thee ,
and (
note :)
When you think you are forsaken .(:
note )
overtake thee ,
if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God .
*
Blessed [
shalt ]
thou [
be ]
in the (
note :)
You will live richly .(:
note )
city ,
and blessed [
shalt ]
thou [
be ]
in the field .
*
Blessed [
shall be ]
the fruit (
note :)
Your children and succession .(:
note )
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 .
*
Blessed shalbe thy basket and thy dough .
*
Blessed [
shalt ]
thou [
be ]
when thou (
note :)
All your enterprises will have good success .(:
note )
comest in ,
and blessed [
shalt ]
thou [
be ]
when thou goest out .
*
The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face :
they shall come out against thee one way ,
and flee before thee (
note :)
Meaning many ways .(:
note )
seven ways .
*
The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses ,
and in all that thou settest thine (
note :)
God will bless us ,
if we do our duty and are not idle .(:
note )
hand unto ;
and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee .
*
The Lorde shal make thee an holy people vnto himself ,
as he hath sworne vnto thee ,
if thou shalt keepe the commandements of the Lord thy God ,
and walke in his wayes .
*
And all people of the earth shall see that thou art (
note :)
In that he is your God ,
and you are his people .(:
note )
called by the name of the LORD ;
and they shall be afraid of thee .
*
And the Lord shal make thee plenteous in goods ,
in the fruite of thy body ,
and in the fruite of thy cattell ,
and in the fruite of thy grounde ,
in the land which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers ,
to giue thee .
*
The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure ,
the (
note :)
For nothing in the earth is profitable but when God sends his blessings from heaven .(:
note )
heaven 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 .
*
And the Lord shal make thee the head , &
amp ;
not the tayle , &
amp ;
thou shalt be aboue onely ,
and shalt not bee beneath ,
if thou obey the commandements of the Lord thy God ,
which I command thee this day ,
to keepe and to do them .
*
But thou shalt not decline from any of the wordes ,
which I command you this day ,
either to the right hand or to the left ,
to goe after other gods to serue them .
*
But if thou wilt not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God ,
to keepe &
amp ;
to do all his commandementes and his ordinances ,
which I command thee this day ,
then al these curses shal come vpon thee ,
and ouertake thee .
*
Cursed shalt thou bee in the towne ,
and cursed also in the fielde .
*
Cursed shal thy basket be , &
amp ;
thy dough .
*
Cursed shall be the fruite of thy body ,
and the fruite of thy land ,
the increase of thy kine , &
amp ;
the flockes of thy sheepe .
*
Cursed shalt thou be when thou commest in ,
and cursed also when thou goest out .
*
The Lorde shall sende vpon thee cursing ,
trouble , &
amp ;
shame ,
in all that which thou settest thine hand to do ,
vntil thou be destroyed ,
and perish quickely ,
because of the wickednesse of thy workes whereby thou hast forsaken me .
*
The Lord shall make the pestilence cleaue vnto thee ,
vntill he hath consumed thee from the land ,
whither thou goest to possesse it .
*
The Lorde shall smite thee with a consumption ,
and with the feuer ,
and with a burning ague ,
and with feruent heate , &
amp ;
with the sworde ,
and with blasting ,
and with the mildew , &
amp ;
they shal pursue thee vntill thou perish .
*
And thy heaven that [
is ]
over thy head shall be (
note :)
It will give you no more moisture than if it were of brass .(:
note )
brass ,
and the earth that is under thee [
shall be ]
iron .
*
The Lorde shal giue thee for the rayne of thy land ,
dust &
amp ;
ashes :
euen from heauen shal it come downe vpon thee ,
vntil thou be destroyed .
*
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 shalt be (
note :)
Some read ,
you shall be a terror and fear ,
when they hear how God has plagued you .(:
note )
removed into all the kingdoms of the earth .
*
And thy (
note :)
You will be cursed both in your life and in your death :
for the burial is a testimony of the resurrection a sign you will lack because of your wickedness .(:
note )
carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air ,
and unto the beasts of the earth ,
and no man shall fray [
them ]
away .
*
The Lord wil smite thee with the botch of Egypt , &
amp ;
with the emeroids , &
amp ;
with the skab ,
and with the itche ,
that thou canst not be healed .
*
And ye Lorde shal smite thee with madnes ,
and with blindnes ,
and with astonying of heart .
*
And thou shalt grope at noonday ,
as the (
note :)
In things most evident and clear you will lack discretion and judgment .(:
note )
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 ].
*
Thou shalt betroth a wife , &
amp ;
another man shal lye with her :
thou shalt builde an house ,
and shalt not dwell therein :
thou shalt plant a vineyard ,
and shalt not eate the fruite .
*
Thine oxe shalbe slayne before thine eyes ,
and thou shalt not eate thereof :
thine asse shall be violently taken away before thy face ,
and shal not be restored to thee :
thy sheepe shalbe giuen vnto thine enemies ,
and no man shal rescue them for thee .
*
Thy sons and thy daughters [
shall be ]
given unto another people ,
and thine eyes (
note :)
When they will return from their captivity .(:
note )
shall look ,
and fail [
with longing ]
for them all the day long :
and [
there shall be ]
no might in thine hand .
*
The fruite of thy land and all thy labours shall a people ,
which thou knowest not ,
eate ,
and thou shalt neuer but suffer wrong ,
and violence always :
*
So that thou shalt be madde for the sight which thine eyes shal see .
*
The Lord shal smite thee in the knees ,
and in the thighes ,
with a sore botche ,
that thou canst not be healed :
euen from the sole of thy foote vnto the top of thine head .
*
The LORD shall bring thee ,
and thy (
note :)
As he did Manasseh ,
Joiakim ,
Zedekiah and others .(:
note )
king which thou shalt set over thee ,
unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known ;
and there shalt thou serve other gods ,
wood and stone .
*
And thou shalt be a wonder ,
a prouerbe and a common talke among all people ,
whither the Lord shall carie thee .
*
Thou shalt carie out much seede into the fielde ,
and shalt gather but litle in :
for the grashoppers shall destroy it .
*
Thou shalt plant a vineyard ,
and dresse it ,
but shalt neither drinke of the wine ,
nor gather the grapes :
for the wormes shall eate it .
*
Thou shalt haue Oliue trees in all thy coastes ,
but shalt not anoynt thy selfe with the oyle :
for thine oliues shall fall .
*
Thou shalt beget sonnes ,
and daughters ,
but shalt not haue them :
for they shall goe into captiuitie .
*
All thy trees and fruit of thy land (
note :)
Under one kind he contains all the vermin ,
which destroy the fruit of the land :
and this is an evident token of God '
s curse .(:
note )
shall the locust consume .
*
The straunger that is among you ,
shall clime aboue thee vp on hie ,
and thou shalt come downe beneath alow .
*
He shall lend thee ,
and thou shalt not lend him :
he shalbe the head , &
amp ;
thou shalt be ye tayle .
*
Moreouer ,
all these curses shall come vpon thee ,
and shall pursue thee and ouertake thee ,
till thou be destroyed ,
because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lorde thy God ,
to keepe his commaundements ,
and his ordinances ,
which he commanded thee :
*
And they shalbe vpon thee for signes &
amp ;
wonders ,
and vpon thy seede for euer ,
*
Because thou seruedst not the Lorde thy God with ioyfulnesse and with a good heart for the abundance of all things .
*
Therefore thou shalt serue thine enemies which the Lord shal send vpon thee ,
in hunger &
amp ;
in thirst ,
and in nakednesse ,
and in neede of all things ?
And he shall put a yoke of yron vpon thy necke vntill he haue destroyed thee .
*
The Lord shall bring a nation vpon thee from farre ,
euen from the ende of the world ,
flying swift as an Egle :
a nation whose tongue thou shalt not vnderstand :
*
A nation of a fierce countenance ,
which will not regarde the person of the olde ,
nor haue compassion of the yong .
*
The same shall eate the fruit of thy cattell ,
and the fruite of thy land vntill thou be destroyed ,
and he shall leaue thee neyther wheate ,
wine ,
nor oyle ,
neither the increase of thy kyne ,
nor the flockes of thy sheepe ,
vntill he haue brought thee to nought .
*
And he shall besiege thee in all thy cities ,
vntill thine hie and strong walles fall downe ,
wherein thou trustedst in all the lande :
and hee shall besiege thee in all thy cities throughout all thy lande ,
which the Lorde thy God hath giuen thee .
*
And thou shalt eate the fruite of thy bodie :
euen the flesh of thy sonnes and thy daughters ,
which the Lorde thy God hath giuen thee ,
during the siege &
amp ;
straitnesse wherein thine enemie shall inclose thee :
*
So that the man (
that is tender and exceeding deintie among you )
shalbe grieued at his brother ,
and at his wife ,
that lieth in his bosome ,
and at the remnant of his children ,
which hee hath yet left ,
*
For feare of giuing vnto any of them of the flesh of his children ,
whom he shall eate ,
because he hath nothing left him in that siege ,
and straitnesse ,
wherewith thine enemie shall besiege thee in all thy cities .
*
The tender and delicate (
note :)
As came to pass in the days of Joram king of Israel , (
2Ki_6
:28 )
and when the Romans besieged Jerusalem .(:
note )
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 ,
*
And toward her (
note :)
Hunger will so bite her ,
that she will be ready to eat her child before it is delivered .(:
note )
young one that cometh 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 .
*
If thou wilt not observe to do (
note :)
For he that offends in one ,
is guilty of all , (
Jam_2
:10 )(:
note )
all the words of this law that are written in this book ,
that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name ,
THE LORD THY GOD ;
*
The the Lord wil make thy plagues wonderfull ,
and the plagues of thy seede ,
euen great plagues and of long continuance ,
and sore diseases ,
and of long durance .
*
Moreouer ,
he will bring vpon thee all the diseases of Egypt ,
whereof thou wast afraide ,
and they shall cleaue vnto thee .
*
Also every sickness ,
and every plague ,
which [
is ]
not (
note :)
Declaring ,
that God has infinite means to plague the wicked ,
besides those that are ordinary or written .(:
note )
written in the book of this law ,
them will the LORD bring upon thee ,
until thou be destroyed .
*
And ye shall be left few in nomber ,
where ye were as the starres of heauen in multitude ,
because thou wouldest not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God .
*
And as the Lord hath reioyced ouer you ,
to doe you good ,
and to multiply you ,
so he will reioyce ouer you ,
to destroy you ,
and bring you to nought ,
and ye shalbe rooted out of the land ,
whither thou goest to possesse it .
*
And the LORD shall (
note :)
Signifying that it is a singular gift from God to be in a place where we may worship God purely and declare our faith and religion .(:
note )
scatter thee among all people ,
from the one end of the earth even unto the other ;
and there thou shalt serve other gods ,
which neither thou nor thy fathers have known , [
even ]
wood and stone .
*
Also among these nations thou shalt finde no rest ,
neither shall the sole of thy foote haue rest :
for the Lord shal giue thee there a trembling heart ,
and looking to returne till thine eyes fall out ,
and a sorowfull minde .
*
And thy life shall hang before thee ,
and thou shalt feare both night and day ,
and shalt haue none assurance of thy life .
*
In the morning thou shalt say ,
Woulde God it were euening ,
and at the euening thou shalt say ,
Would God it were morning ,
for ye feare of thine heart ,
which thou shalt feare ,
and for the sight of thine eyes ,
which thou shalt see .
*
And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with (
note :)
Because they were unmindful of that miracle ,
when the sea made room for them to pass through .(:
note )
ships ,
by the way whereof I spake unto thee ,
Thou shalt see it no more again :
and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen ,
and no man shall buy [
you ].
*
These [
are ]
the (
note :)
That is ,
the articles ,
or conditions .(:
note )
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 At the first giving of the law ,
which was forty years earlier .
Horeb .
*
And Moses called all Israel ,
and said vnto them ,
Ye haue seene all that the Lorde did before your eyes in the lande of Egypt vnto Pharaoh and vnto all his seruantes ,
and vnto all his lande ,
*
The (
note :)
The proofs of my power .(:
note )
great temptations which thine eyes have seen ,
the signs ,
and those great miracles :
*
Yet the LORD hath not (
note :)
He shows that it is not in man '
s power to understand the mysteries of God if it is not given to him from above .(:
note )
given you an heart to perceive ,
and eyes to see ,
and ears to hear ,
unto this day .
*
And I haue led you fourty yere in the wildernesse :
your clothes are not waxed olde vpon you ,
neyther is thy shooe waxed olde vpon thy foote .
*
Ye have not eaten (
note :)
Made by man '
s art ,
but manna ,
which is called the bread of angels .(:
note )
bread ,
neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink :
that ye might know that I [
am ]
the LORD your God .
*
After ,
ye came vnto this place ,
and Sihon King of Heshbon ,
and Og King of Bashan came out against vs vnto battell ,
and we slewe them ,
*
And tooke their lande ,
and gaue it for an inheritance vnto the Reubenites ,
and to the Gadites ,
and to the halfe tribe of Manasseh .
*
Keepe therefore the wordes of this couenant and doe them ,
that ye may prosper in all that ye shall doe .
*
Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your (
note :)
Who knows your hearts ,
and therefore you may not think to conceal from him .(:
note )
God ;
your captains of your tribes ,
your elders ,
and your officers , [
with ]
all the men of Israel ,
*
Your children ,
your wiues ,
and thy stranger that is in thy campe from the hewer of thy wood ,
vnto the drawer of thy water ,
*
That thou shouldest (
note :)
Alluding to them ,
that when they made a sure covenant ,
divided a beast in two ,
and past between the parts divided , (
Gen_15
:10 ).(:
note )
enter into covenant with the LORD thy God ,
and into his oath ,
which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day :
*
For to establish thee this day a people vnto him selfe ,
and that he may be vnto thee a God ,
as he hath said vnto thee ,
and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers ,
Abraham ,
Izhak ,
and Iaakob .
*
Neither make I this couenant , &
amp ;
this othe with you onely ,
*
But with [
him ]
that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God ,
and also with [
him ] (
note :)
Meaning ,
their posterity .(:
note )
that [
is ]
not here with us this day :
*
For ye knowe ,
how we haue dwelt in the land of Egypt ,
and how we passed thorowe the middes of the nations ,
which ye passed by .
*
And ye haue seene their abominations and their idoles (
wood ,
and stone ,
siluer and golde )
which were among them ,
*
Lest 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 [
and ]
serve the gods of these nations ;
lest there should be among you (
note :)
Such sin ,
as the bitter fruit of it might choke and destroy you .(:
note )
a root that beareth gall and wormwood ;
*
And 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 imagination of mine heart ,
to add (
note :)
For as he that is thirsty desires to drink much so he that follows his appetites seeks by all means and yet cannot be satisfied .(:
note )
drunkenness to thirst :
*
The Lord will not be mercifull vnto him ,
but then the wrath of the Lorde and his ielousie shall smoke against that man ,
and euery curse that is written in this booke ,
shall light vpon him ,
and the Lorde shall put out his name from vnder heauen ,
*
And the Lord shall separate him vnto euil out of all the tribes of Israel ,
according vnto all the curses of the couenant ,
that is written in the booke of this Lawe .
*
So that the (
note :)
God '
s plagues on those who rebel against him will be so strong ,
that all ages will be astonished .(:
note )
generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you ,
and the stranger that shall come from a far land ,
shall say ,
when they see the plagues of that land ,
and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it ;
* (
For all that land shall burne with brimstone and salt :
it shall not be sowen ,
nor bring forth ,
nor any grasse shall growe therein ,
like as in the ouerthrowing of Sodom ,
and Gomorah ,
Admah ,
and Zeboim ,
which the Lord ouerthrewe in his wrath and in his anger )
*
Then shall all nations say ,
Wherefore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this lande ?
how fierce is this great wrath ?
*
And they shall answere ,
Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lorde God of their fathers ,
which he had made with them ,
when he brought them out of the land of Egypt ,
*
And went and serued other gods and worshipped them :
euen gods which they knewe not ,
and which had giuen them nothing ,
*
Therefore the wrath of the Lorde waxed hot against this land ,
to bring vpon it euery curse that is written in this booke .
*
And ye Lord hath rooted them out of their land in anger ,
and in wrath ,
and in great indignation ,
and hath cast them into another land ,
as appeareth this day .
*
The (
note :)
Moses by this proves their curiosity ,
who seek those things that are only known to God :
and their negligence who do not regard that which God has revealed to them ,
as the law .(:
note )
secret [
things belong ]
unto the LORD our God :
but those [
things which are ]
revealed [
belong ]
unto us and to our children for ever ,
that [
we ]
may do all the words of this law .
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