Israel, neither shall there be a whore keeper of the a Lev. 13:2 and send her out of his house, or if the latter man
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16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in what place he shall choose, in one of thy 1cities where it liketh him best: thou shalt not vex him. 17 ¶ There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a whore keeper of the sons of Israel. 18 ¶ Thou shalt neither bring the 1hire of a whore, nor 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. 19 ¶ cThou shalt not give to usury to thy brother: as usury of money, usury of meat, usury of anything that is put to usury. 20 Unto a 1stranger thou mayest lend upon usury, but thou shalt not lend upon usury unto thy brother, that the Lord thy God may 2bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to, in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 21 ¶ When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee, and so it should be sin unto thee. 22 But when thou abstainest from vowing, it shall be no sin unto thee. 23 That which is gone out of thy lips, thou shalt 1keep and perform, as thou hast vowed it willingly unto the Lord thy God: for thou hast spoken it with thy mouth. 24 ¶ When thou comest unto 1thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes at thy pleasure, as much as thou wilt: but thou shalt put none in thy 2vessel. 25 When thou comest unto thy neighbor's corn,
2 And when she is departed out of his house, and gone her way, and marry with another man, 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a letter of divorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or if the latter man die which took her to wife: 4 Then her first husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is 1defiled: for that is abomination in the sight of the Lord, and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God doth give thee to inherit. 5 ¶ When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go a warfare, 1neither shall be charged with any business, but shall be free at home one year, and rejoice with his wife, which he hath taken. 6 ¶ No man shall take the nether nor the upper 1millstone to pledge: for this gage is his living. 7 ¶ If any man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him, that thief shall die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you. 8 ¶ Take heed of the aplague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the Priests of the Levites shall teach you: take heed ye do as I commanded them. 9 Remember what the Lord thy God did unto bMiriam by the way after that ye were come out of Egypt. 10 When thou shalt ask again of thy neighbor anything lent, thou shalt not go 1into his house to fet his pledge. 11 But thou shalt stand without, and the man that borrowed it of thee, shall bring the pledge out of the doors unto thee. 12 Furthermore if it be a poor body, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge, 13 But shalt restore him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee 1before the Lord thy God. 14 ¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is needy and poor, neither of thy brethren nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates. 15 cThou shalt give him his hire for his day, neither shall the sun go down upon it: for he is poor, and therewith sustaineth his life: lest he cry against thee
c Exod. 22:24
Lev. 25:36
d Matt. 12:1
chapter 24
a Lev. 13:2
b Num. 12:20
c Lev. 10:13
dthou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand, but thou shalt not move a sickle to thy neighbor's corn. 24 1 Divorcement is permitted. 5 He that is newly married is exempted from war. 6 Of the pledge. 14 Wages must not be retained. 16 The good must not be punished for the bad. 17 The care of the stranger, fatherless, and widow.
1 When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, if so be she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath espied some filthiness in her, 1then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
23:16 1 Hebrew, gates. 23:18 1 Forbidding hereby that any gain gotten of evil things should be applied to the service of God, Mic. 2:7. 23:20 1 This was permitted for a time for the hardness of their hearts. 2 If thou show thy charity to thy brother, God will declare his love toward thee. 23:23 1 If the vow be lawful and godly. 23:24 1 Being hired for to labor. 2 To bring home to thine house.
24:1 1 Hereby God approveth not that light divorcement, but per mitteth it to avoid further inconvenience, Matt. 19:7. 24:4 1 Seeing that by dimitting her, he judged her to be unclean and defiled. 24:5 1 That they might learn to know one another's conditions, and so afterward live in godly peace. 24:6 1 Not anything whereby a man getteth his living. 24:10 1 As though thou wouldest appoint what to have, but shalt receive what he may spare. 24:13 1 Though he would be unthankful, yet God will not forget it.
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unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee. 16 ¶ dThe fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers, but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 Thou shalt not pervert the right of the 1stranger, nor of the fatherless, nor take a widow's raiment to pledge. 18 But remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt, and how the Lord thy God delivered thee thence. Therefore I command thee to do this thing. 19 ¶ eWhen thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fet it, but it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thine hands. 20 When thou 1beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again, but it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest thy 1vineyard, thou shalt not gather the grapes clean after thee, but they shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22 And remember that thou wast 1a servant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 25 3 The beating of the offenders. 5 To raise up seed to the kinsmen. 11 In what case a woman's hand must be cut off. 13 Of just weights and measures. 19 To destroy the Amalekites.
die and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not marry without, that is, unto a stranger, but his 1kinsman shall go in unto her, and take her to wife, and do the kinsman's office to her. 6 And 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 will not take his kinswoman, then let his kinswoman go up to the gate unto the Elders, and say, My kinsman refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel: he will not do the office of a kinsman unto me. 8 Then the Elders of the city shall call him, and commune with him: if he stand and say, I will not take her, 9 Then shall his kinswoman come unto him in the presence of the Elders, and loose his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and 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 whose shoe is put off. 11 ¶ 1When men strive together, one with another, if the wife of the one come near, for to rid her husband out of the hands of him that smiteth him, and put forth her hand, and take him by his privities, 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand: thine eye shall not spare her. 13 ¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag two manner of 1weights, a great and a small: 14 Neither shalt thou have in thine house divers 1measures, a great and a small: 15 But thou shalt have a right and just weight: a perfect and a just measure shalt thou have, that thy 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 abomination unto the Lord thy God. 17 cRemember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come out of Egypt: 18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of you, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast fainted and weary, and he feared not God. 19 Therefore, 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
d 2 Kings 14:6
2 Chron. 25:4 Jer. 31:29,30
Ezek. 18:20
e Lev. 19:9
Lev. 23:22
chapter 25
a 1 Cor. 9:9
1 Tim. 5:18
b Ruth 4:3 Matt. 22:24 Mark 12:19 Luke 20:28
c Exod. 17:4
1 When there shall be strife between men, and they shall come unto judgment, 1and sentence shall be given upon them, and the righteous shall be justified, and the wicked condemned, 2 Then if so be the wicked be worthy to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down, 1and to be beaten before his face, according to his trespass unto a certain number. 3 1Forty stripes shall he cause him to have, and not past, lest if he should exceed and beat him above that with many stripes, thy brother should appear despised in thy sight. 4 ¶ aThou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. 5 ¶ bIf brethren dwell together, and one of them
24:17 1 Because the world did least esteem these sorts of people, therefore God hath most care over them. 24:20 1 Or, gatherest thine olives. 24:21 1 Or, the grapes of thy vineyard. 24:22 1 God judged them not mindful of his benefit, except they were beneficial unto others. 25:1 1 Whether there be a plaintiff or none, the magistrates ought to try our faults, and punish according to the crime. 25:2 1 When the crime deserveth not death. 25:3 1 The Jews of superstition afterward took one away, 2 Cor.
11:24. 25:5 1 Because the Hebrew word signifieth not the natural brother, and the word that signifieth a brother, is taken also for a kinsman: it seemeth that it is not meant that the natural brother should marry his brother's wife, but some other of the kindred that was in that degree which might marry. 25:11 1 This law importeth that godly shamefastness be preserved: for it is an horrible thing to see a woman past shame. 25:13 1 Hebrew, stone and stone. 25:14 1 Hebrew, Ephah and Ephah, read Exod. 12:6.
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inheritance to possess it, then thou shalt put out the 1remembrance of Amalek from under heaven: forget not. 26 3 The offering of the firstfruits. 5 What they must protest when they offer them. 12 The [tithe] of the first year. 13 Their protestation in offering it. 19 To what honor God preferreth them which acknowledge him to be their Lord.
11 And thou shalt rejoice in all the good things which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and to thine 1household, 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, to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be satisfied, 13 Then thou shalt 1say before the Lord thy God, I have brought the hallowed thing out of mine house, and also have given it to the Levites and to the strangers, to the fatherless and to the widow, according to all thy acommandments which thou hast commanded me: I have 2transgressed none of the commandments, nor forgotten them, 14 I have not eaten thereof in my 1mourning, nor suffered ought to perish 2through uncleanness, nor given ought thereof for the dead, but have hearkened unto the voice of the Lord my God: I have done 3after all that thou hast commanded me. 15 Look down from thine holy habitation, even from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us (as thou swarest unto our fathers) the land that floweth with milk and honey. 16 ¶ This day the Lord thy God doth command thee to do these ordinances and laws: keep them therefore, and do them with 1all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 17 Thou hast set up the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his ordinances, and his commandments, and his laws, and to hearken unto his voice. 18 1And the Lord hath set thee up this day, to be a bprecious people unto him (as he hath promised thee) and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments. 19 And to make thee chigh above all nations (which he hath made) in praise, and in name, and in glory, dand that thou shouldest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath said. 27 2 They are commanded to write the law upon stones for a remembrance. 5 Also to build an altar. 13 The cursings are given on mount Ebal.
chapter 26
a Deut. 14:27
b Deut. 7:6
Deut. 14:2
c Deut. 4:7
Deut. 28:1
d Deut. 7:6
Deut. 14:2
1 Also when thou shalt come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for inheritance, and shalt possess it, and dwell therein, 2 1Then shalt thou take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, and bring it out of the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and put it in a basket, and go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, to 2place his name there. 3 And thou shalt come unto the Priest, that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I acknowledge 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 Then the Priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God. 5 And thou shalt answer and say before the Lord thy God, A 1Syrian was my father, who being ready to perish for hunger, went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a small company and grew there unto a nation great, mighty 2and full of people. 6 And the Egyptians vexed us, and troubled us, and laded us with cruel bondage. 7 But when we 1cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our adversity, and on our labor, and on our oppression: 8 And the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a mighty hand, and stretched out arm, with great terribleness, both in signs and wonders. 9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. 10 And now, lo, I have 1brought 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:
25:19 1 This was partly accomplished by Saul, about 450 years afterward. 26:2 1 By this ceremony they acknowledged that they received the land of Canaan as a free gift of God. 2 To be called upon, served and worshipped spiritually, Deut. 12:5. 26:5 1 Meaning, Jacob, who served 20 years in Syria. 2 Only by God's mercy, and not by their fathers' deservings. 26:7 1 Alleging the promises made unto our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 26:10 1 In token of a thankful heart, and mindful of this benefit. 26:11 1 Signifying that God giveth us not goods for ourselves only,
but for their uses also which are committed to our charge. 26:13 1 Without hypocrisy. 2 Of malice and contempt. 26:14 1 Or, for any necessity. 2 By putting them to any profane use. 3 As far as my sinful nature would suffer: for else, as David and Paul say, there is not one just, Ps. 24:3; Rom. 3:10. 26:16 1 With a good and simple conscience. 26:18 1 Signifying that there is a mutual bond between God and his people.
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15 ¶ Cursed be the man that shall make any carved or molten 1image, which is 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: So be it. 16 Cursed be he that 1curseth his father and his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it. 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's 1mark: And all the people shall say: So be it. 18 Cursed be he that maketh the 1blind go out of the way: And all the people shall say: So be it. 19 Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow: And all the people shall say: So be it. 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife: for he hath uncovered his father's 1skirt: And all the people shall say: So be it. 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: And all the people shall say: So be it. 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it. 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his 1mother-in-law: And all the people shall say: So be it. 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor 1secretly: And all the people shall say: So be it. 25 cCursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shall say: So be it. 26 dCursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this Law, to do them: And all the people shall say: So be it. 28 1 The promises to them that obey the Commandments. 15 The threatenings to the contrary.
1 Then Moses with the Elders of Israel 1commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments, which I command you this day. 2 And when ye shall pass aover Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster, 3 1And shalt write upon them all the words of this Law, when thou shalt come over, that thou mayest go into 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 when ye shall pass over Jordan, ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. 5 bAnd there shalt thou build unto the Lord thy God an altar, even an altar of stones: thou shalt lift none 1iron instrument upon them. 6 Thou shalt make the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones, and 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, 1well and plainly. 9 ¶ And Moses and the Priests of the Levites, spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed and hear, O Israel: this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. 10 Thou 1shalt hearken therefore unto the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his ordinances, 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 shall pass over Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and 1Joseph, and Benjamin. 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal, to 1curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall answer and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
chapter 27
a Josh. 4:1
b Exod. 20:25
Josh. 8:31
c Ezek. 22:12
d Gal. 3:10
chapter 28
a Lev. 26:3
1 If athou shalt obey diligently the voice of the Lord thy God, and observe and do all his commandments, which I command thee this day, then the Lord thy God will 1set thee on high above all the nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and 1overtake thee, if thou shalt obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the 1city, and blessed
27:1 1 As God's minister and charged with the same. 27:3 1 God would that his Law should be set up in the borders of the land of Canaan, that all that looked thereon might know that the land was dedicated to his service. 27:5 1 The altar should not be curiously wrought, because it should continue but for a time: for God would have but one altar in Judah. 27:8 1 That everyone may well read it, and understand it. 27:10 1 This condition hath bound thee unto, that if thou wilt be his people, thou must keep his laws. 27:12 1 Meaning, Ephraim and Manasseh. 27:13 1 Signifying, that if they would not obey God for love, they should be made to obey for fear.
27:15 1 Under this he containeth all the corruptions of God's service, and the transgression of the first Table. 27:16 1 Or, contemneth: and this appertaineth to the second Table. 27:17 1 He condemneth all injuries and extortions. 27:18 1 Meaning, that helpeth not and counselleth not his neighbor. 27:20 1 In committing villiany against him, Lev. 20:11; Deut. 22:30; Ezek. 22:10. 27:23 1 Meaning, his wife's mother. 27:24 1 For God that seeth in secret, will revenge it. 28:1 1 He will make thee the most excellent of all people. 28:2 1 When thou thinkest thyself forsaken. 28:3 1 Thou shalt live wealthily.
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also in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit 1of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy dough. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou 1comest in, and blessed also when thou goest out. 7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise against thee, to fall before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee 1seven ways. 8 The Lord shall command the blessing to be with thee in thy store houses, and in all that thou settest thine 1hand to, and will bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 9 The Lord shall make thee an 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, 10 Then all people of the earth shall see that the Name of the Lord is 1called upon over thee, 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 swore unto thy fathers, to give thee. 12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, even the 1heaven to give rain unto thy land in due season, and to bless all the work of thine hands: and bthou shalt lend unto many nations, but shalt not borrow thyself. 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the 1tail, and thou shalt be above only, and shalt not be beneath, if thou obey the commandments of the Lord thy God which I command thee this day, to keep and to do them. 14 But thou shalt not decline from any of the words, which I command you this day, either to the cright hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 15 ¶ dBut if thou wilt not obey the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep and to do all his commandments, and his ordinances, which I command thee this day, then all these curses shall come upon thee,
and overtake thee. 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the town, and cursed also in the field. 17 Cursed shall thy basket be, and thy 1dough. 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 also when thou goest out. 20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, trouble, and 1shame, in all that which thou settest thine hand to do, until thou be destroyed, and perish quickly, because of the wickedness of thy works, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he hath consumed thee from the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 22 eThe Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with the fever, and with a burning ague, and with fervent heat, and with the sword, and with 1blasting, and with the mildew, and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And thine heaven that is over thine head, shall be 1brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron. 24 The Lord shall give thee for the rain of thy land, dust and ashes: even from 1heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 And the Lord shall cause thee to fall before thine enemies: thou shalt come out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them, and shalt be 1scattered through all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And thy 1carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and none shall fray them away. 27 The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the hemorrhoids, and with the scab, and with the itch, that thou canst not be healed. 28 And the Lord shall smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with atoning of heart. 29 Thou shalt also grope at noon days, as the 1blind gropeth in darkness, and shalt not prosper in thy ways: thou shalt never but be oppressed with wrong, and be powled evermore, and no man shall succor thee. 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man
b Deut. 15:6
c Josh. 23:6
d Lev. 26:14
Lam. 2:17
Mal. 2:2
e Lev. 26:16
28:4 1 Thy children and succession. 28:6 1 All thine enterprises shall have good success. 28:7 1 Meaning, many ways. 28:8 1 God will bless us, if we do our duty, and not be idle. 28:10 1 In that he is thy God, and thou art his people. 28:12 1 For nothing in the earth is profitable but when God sendeth his blessings from heaven. 28:13 1 Or, the lowest 28:17 1 Or, store. 28:20 1 Or, rebuke.
28:22 1 Or, drought. 28:23 1 It shall give thee no more moisture than if it were of brass. 28:24 1 Or, out of the air as dust raised with wind. 28:25 1 Some read, thou shalt be a terror and fear, when they shall hear how God hath plagued thee. 28:26 1 Thou shalt be cursed both in thy life and in thy death: for the burial is a testimony of the resurrection which sign for thy wicked ness thou shalt lack. 28:29 1 In things most evident and clear thou shalt lack discretion and judgment.
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shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not 1eat the fruit. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and no man shall rescue them for thee. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes 1shall still look for them, even till they fall out, and there shall be no power in thine hand. 33 The fruit of thy land and all thy labors shall a people which thou knowest not, eat, and thou shalt never but suffer wrong, and violence always: 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight which thine eyes shall see. 35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the thighs, with a sore botch, that thou canst not be healed: even from the sole of the foot unto the top of thine head. 36 The Lord shall bring thee and thy 1King (which thou shalt set over thee) unto a nation, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, and there thou shalt serve other gods: even wood and stone, 37 And thou shalt fbe a wonder, a proverb and a common talk among all people, whither the Lord shall carry thee. 38 Thou shalt carry out much seed into the field, and shalt gather but little in: for the grasshoppers shall destroy it. 39 gThou shalt plant a vineyard, and dress it, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the worms shall eat it. 40 Thou shalt have Olive trees in all thy coasts, but shalt not anoint thyself with the oil: for thine olives shall 1fall. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but shalt not have them: for they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land 1shall the grasshopper consume. 43 The stranger that is among you, shall climb above thee up on high, and thou shalt come down beneath alow. 44 He shall lend thee, and thou shalt not lend 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 obeyedst not the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments, and his ordinances, which he commanded thee: 46 And they shall be upon 1thee for signs and wonders, and upon thy seed forever, 47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with a good heart, for the abundance of all things. 48 Therefore thou shalt serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send upon thee, in hunger and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in need of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck until he have destroyed thee. 49 The Lord shall bring a nation upon thee from far, even from the end of the world, flying swift as an eagle: a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand: 50 A nation of a 1fierce countenance, which will not regard the person of the old, nor have compassion of the young. 51 The same shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed, and he shall leave thee neither wheat, wine, nor oil, neither the 1increase of thy kine, nor the flocks of thy sheep, until he have brought thee to naught. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy cities, until thine high and strong walls fall down, wherein thou trustedst in all the land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy 1cities throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 53 hAnd thou shalt eat the fruit of thy body, even the flesh of thy sons and thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, during the siege and straitness wherein thine enemies shall enclose thee: 54 So that the man (that is tender and exceeding dainty among you,) ishall be grieved at his brother, and at his wife that lieth in his bosom, and at the remnant of his children, which he hath yet left, 55 For fear of giving unto any of them of the flesh of his children, whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him in that siege, and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall besiege thee in all thy cities. 56 The tender and dainty 1woman among you, which never would venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground (for her softness and tenderness) shall be grieved at her husband that lieth in her bosom, and at her son, and at her daughter, 57 And at her 1afterbirth (that shall come out
f Jer. 24:9
Jer. 25:9 1 Kings 9:7
g Mic. 6:15
Hag. 1:6
h Lev. 26:29 2 Kings 6:29 Lam. 4:10
i Deut. 15:9
28:30 1 Hebrew, make it common. 28:32 1 When they shall return from their captivity. 28:36 1 As he did Manasseh, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah and others. 28:40 1 Or, be shaken before they be ripe. 28:42 1 Under one kind he containeth all the vermin, which destroy the fruits of the land: and this is an evident token of God's curse. 28:46 1 God's plagues be evident signs that he is offended with thee.
28:50 1 Or, barbarous, cruel or impudent. 28:51 1 Or, firstborn of thy bullock. 28:52 1 Or, gates. 28:56 1 As came to pass in the days of Joram king of Israel, 2 Kings 6:20, and when the Romans besieged Jerusalem. 28:57 1 Hunger shall so bite her, that she shall be ready to eat her child before it be delivered.
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from between her feet) and at her children, which she shall bear: for when all things lack, she shall eat them secretly, during the siege and straightness wherewith thine enemy shall besiege thee in thy cities. 58 ¶ If thou wilt not keep and do 1all the words of the Law (that are written in this book) and fear this glorious and fearful Name, THE LORD THY GOD, 59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore diseases and of long durance. 60 Moreover, he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, whereof thou wast afraid, and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 And every sickness, and every plague, which is not 1written in the book of this Law, will the Lord heap upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 62 And ye shall be left few in number, where ye were as the jstars of heaven in multitude, because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And as the Lord hath rejoiced over you, to do you good, and to multiply you, so he will rejoice over you, to destroy you, and bring you to naught, and ye shall be rooted out of the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the Lord shall 1scatter thee among all people from the one end of the world unto the other, and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, nor thy fathers, even wood and stone. 65 Also among these nations thou shalt find no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: for the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and looking to return till thine eyes fall out, and a sorrowful mind. 66 And thy life shall 1hang before thee, and thou shalt fear both night and day, and shalt have none assurance of thy life. 67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were evening, and at the evening thou shalt say, Would God it were morning, for the fear of thine heart, which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes, which thou shalt see. 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again
with 1ships by the way, whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and there shall be no buyer. 29 2 The people are exhorted to observe the commandments. 10 The whole people from the highest to the lowest are comprehended under God's covenant. 19 The punishment of him that flattereth himself in his wickedness. 24 The cause of God's wrath against his people.
j Deut. 10:22
chapter 29
a Deut. 4:6 1 Kings 2:3
1 These are the 1words of the covenant which the Lord commandeth Moses to make with the children of Israel, in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he had made with them in 2Horeb. 2 ¶ And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh and unto all his servants, and unto all his land, 3 The 1great tentations which thine eyes have seen, those great miracles and wonders: 4 Yet the Lord hath not 1given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxed old upon you, neither is thy shoe waxed old upon thy foot. 6 Ye have eaten no 1bread, neither drunk wine, nor strong drink, that ye might know how that I am the Lord your God. 7 After, ye came unto this place, and Sihon King of Heshbon, and Og King of Bashan came out against us unto battle, and we slew them, 8 And took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. 9 aKeep therefore the words of this covenant and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye shall do. 10 Ye stand this day everyone of you before the Lord your 1God: your heads of your tribes, your Elders and your officers, even all the men of Israel: 11 Your children, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood, unto the drawer of thy water, 12 That thou shouldest 1pass into the covenant of the Lord thy God, and into his oath which the
28:58 1 For he that offendeth in one, is guilty of all, James 2:10. 28:61 1 Declaring, that God hath infinite means to plague the wicked, besides them that are ordinary or written. 28:64 1 Signifying that it is a singular gift of God to be in a place whereas we may worship God purely, and declare our faith and religion. 28:66 1 Or, thou shall be in doubt of thy life. 28:68 1 Because they were unmindful of that miracle, when the Sea gave place for them to pass through. 29:1 1 That is, the articles, or conditions.
2 At the first giving of the law, which was forty years before. 29:3 1 The proofs of my power. 29:4 1 He showeth that it is not in man's power to understand the mysteries of God, if it be not given him from above. 29:6 1 Made by man's art, but Manna, which is called the bread of Angels. 29:10 1 Who knoweth your hearts, and therefore ye may not think to dissemble with him. 29:12 1 Alluding to them, that when they made a sure covenant, divided a beast in twain, and passed between the parts divided, Gen. 15:10.
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Lord thy God maketh with thee this day, 13 For to establish thee this day a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 14 Neither make I this covenant and this oath with you only, 15 But as well with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, as with him 1that is not here with us this day. 16 For ye know, how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the midst of the nations, which ye passed by. 17 And ye have seen their abominations and their idols (wood and stone, silver and gold) which were among them, 18 That there should not be among you man nor woman, nor family, nor tribe, which should turn his heart away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, and that there should not be among you 1any root that bringeth forth bgall and wormwood, 19 So that when he heareth the words of this curse, he 1bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, although I walk according to the stubbornness of mine own heart, thus adding 2drunkenness to thirst. 20 The Lord will not be merciful unto him, but then the wrath of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and every curse that is written in this book, shall light upon him, and the Lord shall put out his name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according unto all the curses of the covenant, that is written in the book of this Law. 22 So that the 1generation to come, even your children, that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they shall see the plagues of this land, and the diseases thereof, wherewith the Lord shall smite it: 23 (For all that land shall burn with brimstone and salt: it shall not be sown, nor bring forth, nor any grass shall grow therein, like as in the overthrowing of cSodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his wrath and in his anger.) 24 Then shall all nations say, dWherefore hath the
Lord done thus unto this land? how fierce is this great wrath? 25 And they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he had made with them, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, 26 And went and served other gods and worshipped them: even gods which they knew not, and 1which had given them nothing, 27 Therefore the wrath of the Lord waxed hot against this land, to bring upon it every curse that is written in this book. 28 And the 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. 29 The 1secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong unto us, and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this Law. 30 1 Mercy showed when they repent. 6 The Lord doth circumcise the heart. 11 All excuse of ignorance is taken away. 15, 19 Life and death is set before them. 20 The Lord is their life which obey him.
b Acts 8:23
c Gen. 19:24,25
d 1 Kings 9:8
Jer. 22:8
1 Now when all these things shall come upon thee, either the blessing or the curse which I have set before thee, and thou shalt 1turn into thine heart, among all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and obey his voice in all that I command thee this day: thou, and thy children with all thine 1heart and with all thy soul, 3 Then the Lord thy God will cause thy captives to return, and have compassion upon thee, and will return, to gather thee out of all the people where the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. 4 Though thou werest cast unto the utmost part of 1heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he 2take thee, 5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it, and he will show thee favor, and will multiply thee above thy fathers. 6 And the Lord thy God will 1circumcise thine
29:15 1 Meaning, their posterity. 29:18 1 Such sin, as the bitter fruit thereof might choke and destroy you. 29:19 1 Or, flatter. 2 For as he that is thirsty desireth to drink much, so he that followeth his appetites, seeketh by all means, and yet cannot be satisfied. 29:22 1 God's plagues upon them that rebel against him, shall be so strong, that all ages shall be astonished. 29:26 1 Or, which had not given them a land to possess.
29:29 1 Moses hereby proveth their curiosity, which seek those things that are only known to God: and their negligence that regard not that, which God hath revealed unto them, as the Law. 30:1 1 By calling to remembrance, both his mercies and plagues. 30:2 1 In true repentance is none hypocrisy. 30:4 1 Even to the world's end. 2 And bring thee into thy country. 30:6 1 God will purge all thy wicked affections, which thing is not in thine own power to do.
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it. 19 bI call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore 1choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live, 20 By loving the Lord thy God, by obeying his voice, and by cleaving unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days, that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them. 31 2, 7 Moses preparing himself to die, appointeth Joshua to rule the people. 9 He giveth the law to the Levites, that they should read it to the people. 19 God giveth them a song as a witness between him and them. 23 God confirmeth Joshua. 29 Moses showeth them that they will rebel after his death.
heart, and the heart of thy seed, that thou mayest love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7 And the Lord thy God will lay all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, and that persecute thee. 8 1Return thou therefore, and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments, which I command thee this day. 9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of the land for thy wealth: for the Lord will turn again, and 1rejoice over thee to do thee good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers, 10 Because thou shalt obey the voice of the Lord thy God, in keeping his commandments and his ordinances, which are written in the book of this law, when thou shalt return unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul. 11 ¶ For this commandment which I command thee this day, is 1not hid from thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, aWho shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it us, and cause us to hear it, that we may do it? 13 Neither is it beyond the 1sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it us, and cause us to hear it, that we may do it? 14 But the 1word is very near unto thee: even in thy mouth, and in thine heart, for to 2do it. 15 Behold, I have set before thee this day life and good, death and evil, 16 In that I command thee this day, 1to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandment, and his ordinances, and his laws, that thou mayest 2live, and be multiplied, and that the Lord thy God may bless thee in the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not obey, but shalt be seduced and worship other gods, and serve them, 18 I pronounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, ye shall not prolong your days in the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to possess
chapter 30
a Rom. 10:6
b Deut. 4:26
chapter 31
a Num. 20:12
Deut. 3:26
b Num. 27:18
c Num. 21:24
d Deut. 7:2
1 Then Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel, 2 And said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day: I 1can no more go out and in: also the Lord hath said unto me, aThou shalt not go over this Jordan. 3 The Lord thy God he will go over before thee: he will destroy these nations before thee, and thou shalt possess them. bJoshua, he shall go before thee, as the Lord hath said. 4 And the Lord shall do unto them, as he did to cSihon and to Og kings of the Amorites, and unto their land whom he destroyed. 5 And the Lord shall give them 1before you, that ye may do unto them according unto every dcommandment which I have commanded you. 6 Pluck 1up your hearts therefore, and be strong: dread not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God himself doth go with thee: he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 7 ¶ And Moses called Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be 1of a good courage and strong: for thou shalt go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers, to give them, and thou shalt give it them to inherit. 8 And the Lord himself doth 1go before thee: he will be with thee: he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not therefore, nor be discomforted.
30:8 1 If we will have God to work in us with his holy Spirit, we must turn again to him by repentance. 30:9 1 He meaneth not that God is subject to these passions, to rejoice, or to be sad: but he useth this manner of speech to declare the love that he beareth unto us. 30:11 1 The Law is so evident that none can pretend ignorance. 30:13 1 By heaven and the sea he meaneth places most far dis tant. 30:14 1 Even the law and the Gospel. 2 By faith in Christ. 30:16 1 So that to love and obey God, is only life and felicity.
2 He addeth these promises to signify that it is for our profit that we love him, and not for his. 30:19 1 That is, love and obey God: which thing is not in man's power, but God's Spirit only worketh it in his elect. 31:2 1 I can no longer execute mine office. 31:5 1 Into your hands. 31:6 1 Or, be of good courage. 31:7 1 For he that must govern the people, hath need to be valiant to repress vice, and constant to maintain virtue. 31:8 1 Signifying that man can never be of good courage, except he be persuaded of God's favor and assistance.
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9 ¶ And Moses wrote this Law, and delivered it unto the Priests the sons of Levi (which bare the Ark of the covenant of the Lord) and unto all the Elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, eEvery seventh year fwhen the year of freedom shall be in the feast of the Tabernacles: 11 When all Israel shall come to appear 1before the Lord thy God, and the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this Law before all Israel that they may hear it. 12 Gather the people together: men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and keep and observe all the words of this Law, 13 And that their children which 1have not known it, may hear it, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 14 ¶ Then the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days are come, that thou must die: Call Joshua, and stand ye in the Tabernacle of the Congregation that I may give him a 1charge. So Moses and Joshua went, and stood in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 15 And the Lord appeared in the Tabernacle in the pillar of a 1cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the Tabernacle. 16 ¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of a strange land (whither they go to dwell therein) and will forsake me: and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17 Wherefore my wrath will wax hot against them at that day, and I will forsake them, and will 1hide my face from them: then they shall be consumed, and many adversities and tribulations shall come upon them: so then they will say, Are not these troubles come upon me, because God is not with me? 18 But I will surely hide my face in that day, because of all the evil which they shall commit, in that they are turned unto other gods. 19 Now therefore write ye this 1song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be my witness against the children of Israel. 20 For I will bring them into the land (which I
sware unto their fathers) that floweth with milk and honey: and they shall eat and fill themselves, and wax fat: 1then shall they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and contemn me, and break my covenant. 21 And then when many adversities and tribulations shall come upon them, this song shall 1answer them to their faces as a witness: for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their posterity: for I know their imagination, which they go about even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. 22 ¶ Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. 23 And God gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, gBe strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land, which I sware unto them, and I will be with thee. 24 ¶ And when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this Law in a book until he had finished them, 25 Then Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the Ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, 26 Take the book of this Law, and put ye it in the side of the Ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a 1witness against thee. 27 For I know thy rebellion and thy stiff neck: behold, I being yet alive with you this day, ye are rebellious against the Lord: how much more then after my death? 28 Gather unto me all the Elders of your tribes, and your 1officers, that I may speak these words in their audience, and call heaven and earth to record against them. 29 For I am sure that after my death, ye will utterly be corrupt and turn from the way which I have commanded you: therefore evil will come upon you at the length, because ye will commit evil in the sight of the Lord, by provoking him to anger through the 1work of your hands. 30 Thus Moses spake in the audience of all the Congregation of Israel the words of this song, until he had ended them. 32 The song of Moses containing 7 God's benefits toward the people, 15 and their ingratitude toward him. 20 God menaceth them, 21 and speaketh of the vocation of the Gentiles. 46 Moses commandeth to teach the Law to the children. 49 God forewarneth Moses of his death.
e Neh. 8:1
f Deut. 15:1
g Josh. 1:6
31:11 1 Before the Ark of the covenant, which was the sign of God's presence, and the figure of Christ. 31:13 1 Which were not born when the law was given. 31:14 1 Or, commandment. 31:15 1 In a cloud that was fashioned like a pillar. 31:17 1 That is, I will take my favor from them: as to turn his face toward us, is to show us his favor. 31:19 1 To preserve you and your children from idolatry, by remem bering God's benefits.
31:20 1 For this is the nature of flesh, no longer to obey God, than it is under the rod. 31:21 1 That these evils are come upon them, because they forsook me. 31:26 1 Of thine infidelity, when thou shalt turn away from the doc trine contained therein. 31:28 1 As governors, judges and magistrates. 31:29 1 By idolatry, and worshipping images, which are the work of your hands.
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1 Hearken, ye 1heavens, and I will speak: and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. 2 My 1doctrine shall drop as the rain, and my speech shall still as the dew, as the shower upon the herbs, and as the great rain upon the grass. 3 For I will publish the Name of the Lord: give ye glory unto our God. 4 Perfect is the work of the 1mighty God: for all his ways are judgment. God is true, and without wickedness: just and righteous is he. 5 They have corrupted themselves toward him by their vice, not being his children, but a froward and crooked generation. 6 Do ye so reward the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father, that hath bought thee? he hath 1made thee, and proportioned thee. 7 ¶ Remember the days of old: consider the years of so many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee: thine Elders, and they will tell thee. 8 When the most high God divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the borders of the 1people, according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the Lord's portion is his people: Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 10 He found him in the land of the wilderness, in a waste and roaring wilderness: he led him about, he taught him, and kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, 1fluttereth over her birds, stretcheth out her wings, taketh them and beareth them on her wings, 12 So the Lord alone led him, and there was no 1strange god with him. 13 He carried him up to the high places of the 1earth, that he might eat the fruits of the fields, and he caused him to suck 2honey out of the stone, and oil out of the hard rock: 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep with fat of the lambs, and rams fed in Bashan, and goats, with the fat of the grains of wheat: and the red 1liquor of the grape hast thou drunk. 15 ¶ But he that should have been 1upright, when he waxed fat, spurned with his heel: thou art fat, thou
art gross, thou art laden with fatness: therefore he forsook God that made him, and regarded not the strong God of his salvation. 16 They provoked him with 1strange gods: they provoked him to anger with abominations. 17 They offered unto devils, not to God, but to gods whom they knew not: 1new gods that came newly up, whom their fathers feared not. 18 Thou hast forgotten the mighty God, that begat thee, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. 19 The Lord then saw it, and was angry, for the provocation of his 1sons and of his daughters. 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them: I will see what their end shall be: for they are a froward generation, children in whom is no faith. 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God: they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: aand I will move them to jealousy with those which are no 1people: I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 22 For fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burn unto the bottom of hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 23 I will spend plagues upon them: I will bestow mine arrows upon them. 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and consumed with heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the venom of serpents creeping in the dust. 25 The sword shall 1kill them without, and in the chambers fear: both the young man and the young woman, the suckling with the man of gray hair. 26 I have said, I would scatter them abroad: I would make their remembrance to cease from among men, 27 Save that I feared the fury of the enemy, lest their adversaries should 1wax proud, and lest they should say, Our high hand and not the Lord hath done all this. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 29 Oh that they were wise, then they would under-
chapter 32
a Rom. 10:19
32:1 1 As witness of this people's ingratitude. 32:2 1 He desireth that he may speak to God's glory, and that the people, as the green grass, may receive the dew of his doctrine. 32:4 1 The Hebrew word is rock, noting that God only is mighty, faithful and constant in his promise. 32:6 1 Not according to the common creation, but he hath made thee a new creature by his Spirit. 32:8 1 When God by his providence divided the world, he lent for a time that portion to the Canaanites, which should after be an inheri tance for all his people Israel. 32:11 1 To teach them to fly. 32:12 1 Or, god of strange nations. 32:13 1 Meaning, of the land of Canaan, which was high in respect
of Egypt. 2 That is, abundance of all things even in the very rocks. 32:14 1 Hebrew, blood. 32:15 1 He showeth what is the principal end of our vocation. 32:16 1 By changing his service for their superstitions. 32:17 1 Scripture calleth new, whatsoever man inventeth, be the error never so old. 32:19 1 He calleth them God's children, not to honor them, but to show them from what dignity they are fallen. 32:21 1 Which I have not favored, nor given my law unto them. 32:25 1 They shall be slain both in the field and at home. 32:27 1 Rejoicing to see the godly afflicted, and attributing that to themselves, which is wrought by God's hand.
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stand this: they would 1consider their latter end. 30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their strong God had sold them, and the Lord had 1shut them up? 31 For their god is not as our God, even our enemies being judges. 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the vines of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters be bitter. 33 Their 1wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel gall of asps. 34 Is not this laid in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? 35 bVengeance and recompense are mine: their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their destruction is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them, make haste. 36 For the Lord shall judge his people, and 1repent toward his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and none 2shut up in hold nor left abroad. 37 When men shall say, Where are their gods, their mighty God, in whom they trusted, 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and did drink the wine of their drink offering? let them rise up, and help you: let him be your refuge. 39 Behold now, for I, I am he, and there is no gods with me: cI kill, and give life: I wound, and I make whole: neither is there any that can deliver out of mine hand. 40 For 1I lift up mine hand to heaven, and say, I live forever. 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment, I will execute vengeance on mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, (and my sword shall eat flesh) for the blood of the slain, and of the captives, when I begin to take vengeance of the enemy. 43 dYe nations, praise his people: for he will avenge the 1blood of his servants, and will execute vengeance upon his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. 44 ¶ Then Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the audience of the people, he and 1Hoshea the son of Nun.
45 When Moses had made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel, 46 Then he said unto them, eSet your hearts unto all the words which I testify against you this day, that ye may command them unto your children, that they may observe and do all the words of this Law. 47 For it is no 1vain word concerning you, but it is your life, and by this word ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 48 fAnd the Lord spake unto Moses the selfsame day, saying, 49 Go up into the mountain of Abarim, unto the mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho: and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession, 50 And die in the mount which thou goest up unto, and thou shalt be ggathered unto thy people, has Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people, 51 Because ye itrespassed against me among the children of Israel, at the waters 1of Meribah, at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin: for ye 2sanctified me not among the children of Israel. 52 Thou shalt therefore see the land before thee, but shalt not go thither, I mean, into the land which I give the children of Israel. 33 1 Moses before his death blesseth all the tribes of Israel. 26 There is no god like to the God of Israel: 29 Nor any people like unto his.
b Rom. 12:19
Heb. 10:30
c 1 Sam. 2:6
d Rom. 15:10
e Deut. 6:6 Deut. 11:18
f Num. 27:12
g Gen. 25:8
h Num. 20:25,28
Num. 3:38
i Num. 20:12,13
Num. 27:14
1 Now this is the 1blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death, and said, 2 The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them, and appeared clearly from mount Paran, and he came with ten 1thousands of Saints, and at his right hand a fiery Law for them. 3 Though he love the people, yet 1all thy Saints are in thine hands: and they are humbled at 2thy feet, to receive thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a Law for an 1inheritance of the Congregation of Jacob. 5 Then 1he was among the 2righteous people, as King, when the heads of the people, and the tribes of Israel were assembled.
32:29 1 They would consider the felicity, that was prepared for them, if they had obeyed God. 32:30 1 Or, delivered them to their enemies. 32:33 1 The fruits of the wicked are as poison, detestable to God, and dangerous for man. 32:36 1 Or, change his mind. 2 When neither strong nor weak in a manner remain. 32:40 1 That is, I swear, read Gen. 14:12. 32:43 1 Whether the blood of God's people be shed for their sins or trial of their faith, he promiseth to revenge it. 32:44 1 Or, Joshua.
32:47 1 For I will perform my promise unto you, Isa. 55:10. 32:51 1 Or, of strife. 2 Ye were not earnest and constant to maintain mine honor. 33:1 1 This blessing containeth not only a simple prayer, but an assurance of the effect thereof. 33:2 1 Meaning, infinite Angels. 33:3 1 Hebrew, his Saints, that is, the children of Israel. 2 As thy disciples. 33:4 1 To us and our successors. 33:5 1 Or, Moses. 2 Or, Israel.
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6 ¶ Let 1Reuben live, and not die, though his men be a small number. 7 ¶ And thus he blessed Judah, and said, Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: his hands shall be 1sufficient for him, if thou help him against his enemies. 8 ¶ And of Levi he said, Let thy aThummim and thine Urim be with thine Holy one, whom thou didst prove in Massah, and didst cause him to strive at the waters of Meribah. 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, 1I have not seen him, neither knew he his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they observed thy word, and kept thy Covenant. 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy Law: they shall put incense before thy face, and the burnt offering upon thine Altar. 11 Bless, O Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: 1smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. 12 ¶ Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall 1dwell in safety by him: the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and dwell between his shoulders. 13 ¶ And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord is his land for the sweetness of heaven, for the dew, and for the 1depth lying beneath, 14 And for the sweet increase of the Sun, and for the sweet increase of the Moon, 15 And for thy sweetness of the top of the ancient mountains, and for the sweetness of the old hills, 16 And for the sweetness of the earth, and abundance therefore: and the good will of him that dwelt in the 1bush, shall come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was bseparated from his brethren. 17 His beauty shall be like his firstborn bullock, and his 1horns as the horns of an unicorn: with them he shall smite the people together, even the ends of the world: these are also the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these are the thousands of Manasseh. 18 ¶ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun,
in thy 1going out, and thou Issachar in thy tents. 19 They shall call the people unto the 1mountain: there they shall offer the sacrifices of righteousness: for 2they shall suck of the abundance of the sea, and of the treasures hid in the sand. 20 ¶ Also of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, that catcheth for his prey the arm with the head. 21 And he looked to himself at the beginning, because there was a portion of the 1Law-giver hid: yet he shall come with the heads of the people, to execute the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel. 22 ¶ And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. 23 ¶ Also of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and filled with the blessing of the Lord, possess 1the West and the South. 24 ¶ And of Asher he said, Asher shall be blessed with children: he shall be acceptable unto his brethren, and shall dip his foot in oil. 25 Thy shoes shall be 1iron and brass, and thy strength shall continue as long as thou livest. 26 ¶ There is none like God, O righteous people, which rideth upon the heavens for thine help, and on the clouds in his glory. 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and under his arms thou art forever: he shall cast out the enemy before thee, and will say, Destroy them. 28 Then Israel 1the fountain of Jacob shall dwell alone in safety in a land of wheat and wine: also his heavens shall drop the dew. 29 Blessed art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thine help, and which is the sword of thy glory? therefore 1thine enemies shall be in subjection to thee, and thou shalt tread upon their high places. 34 1 Moses seeth all the Land of Canaan. 5 He dieth. 8. Israel weepeth. 9 Joshua succeedeth in Moses' room. 10 The praise of Moses.
chapter 33
a Exod. 28:30
b Gen. 49:26
1 Then Moses went from the plain of Moab up into mount 1Nebo unto the top of Pisgah that is
33:6 1 Reuben shall be one of the tribes of God's people, though for his sin his honor be diminished, and his family but small. 33:7 1 Signifying, that he should hardly obtain Jacob's promises, Gen. 49:8. 33:9 1 He preferred God's glory to all natural affection, Exod. 32:29. 33:11 1 He declareth that the ministers of God have many enemies, and therefore have need to be prayed for. 33:12 1 Because the Temple should be built in Zion, which was in the tribe of Benjamin, he showeth that God should dwell with him there. 33:13 1 Or, fountains. 33:16 1 Which was God appearing unto Moses, Exod. 3:2. 33:17 1 Or, strength.
33:18 1 In thy prosperous voyages upon the Sea, Gen. 49:13. 33:19 1 Or, mount Zion. 2 The tribe of Zebulun. 33:21 1 So the portion of the Gadites, and others on this side Jordan was God's, though it was not so known. 33:23 1 Meaning, near the sea. 33:25 1 Thou shalt be strong, or thy country full of metal. It seemeth that Simeon is left out, because he was under Judah, and his portion of his inheritance, Josh. 19:9. 33:28 1 Who was plentiful in issue as a fountain. 33:29 1 Thine enemies for fear shall lie and fain to be in subjection. 34:1 1 Which was a part of mount Abarim, Num. 27:12.
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7 Moses was now an hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated: 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plain of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. 9 And 1Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom: for Moses had put his hands upon him. And the children of Israel were obedient unto him, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses. 10 But there arose not a Prophet since in Israel like unto Moses (whom the Lord knew 1face to face.) 11 In all the miracles and wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt before Pharaoh and before all his servants, and before all his land, 12 And in all that mighty 1hand and all that great fear, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
over against Jericho: and the Lord showed him aall the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 2 And all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost 1sea: 3 And the South, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. 4 And the Lord said unto him, bThis is the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. 5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. 6 And 1he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab over against Beth Peor, but no man knoweth of his sepulcher unto 2this day.
chapter 34
a Deut. 3:27
b Gen. 12:7
Gen. 13:15
34:2 1 Called, Mediterranean. 34:6 1 To wit, the Angel of the Lord, Jude 9. 2 That the Jews might not have occassion thereby to commit Idolatry. 34:9 1 Hereby appeareth the favor of God, that leaveth not his
Church destitute of a governor. 34:10 1 Unto whom the Lord did reveal himself so plainly, as Exod. 33:11. 34:12 1 Meaning, the power of God working by Moses in the wilderness.
T h e b o o k o f j o s h u a
1 2 The Lord encourageth Joshua to invade the land. 4 The borders and limits of the land of the Israelites. 5 The Lord promiseth to assist Joshua, if he obey his word. 11 Joshua command eth the people to prepare themselves to pass over Jordan, 12 and exhorteth the Reubenites to execute their charge.
and of a good courage, fear not, nor be discouraged? for I the Lord thy God will be with thee whithersoever thou goest. 10 ¶ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals: for 1after three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it. 12 And unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh spake Joshua, saying, 13 fRemember the word, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this 1land. 14 ¶ Your wives, your children, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you 1on this side Jordan: but ye shall go over before your brethren armed, all that be men of war, and shall help them, 15 Until the Lord have given your brethren rest as well as to you, and until they also shall possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth them: then shall ye return unto the land of your possession, and shall possess it, which land Moses the Lord's 1servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun rising. 16 Then they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us, we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 17 As we obeyed Moses in all things, 1so will we obey thee: only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 18 Whosoever shall rebel against thy commandment, and will not obey thy words in all that thou commandest him, let him be put to death: only be strong and of good courage. 2 1 Joshua sendeth men to spy Jericho, whom Rahab hideth. 11 She confesseth the God of Israel. 12 She
chapter 1
a Josh. 14:9
b Deut. 11:24
c Heb. 13:5
d Deut. 31:23
e Deut. 3:32
Deut. 28:14
1 Now after the 1death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, 2 Moses my servant is dead: now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I give them, that is, to the children of Israel. 3 aEvery place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, have I given you, as I said unto Moses. 4 bFrom the 1wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river 2Perath: all the land of the 3Hittites, even unto the great 4Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 5 There shall not a man be able to withstand thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee: cI will not leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 dBe strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide the land for an inheritance, which I swore unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be thou strong, and 1of a most valiant courage, that thou mayest observe and do according to all the Law which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: ethou shalt not turn away from it to the right hand, nor to the left, that thou mayest 2prosper whithersoever thou goest. 8 Let not this book of the Law depart out of thy mouth, but meditate therein day and 1night, that thou mayest observe and do according to all that is written therein: for then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then shalt thou 2have good success. 9 Have not I commanded thee, saying, Be strong
f Num. 32:20
1:1 1 The beginning of this book dependeth on the last chapter of Deut. which was written by Joshua as a preparation to his history. 1:4 1 Of Zin, called Kadesh and Paran. 2 Or, Euphrates. 3 Meaning, the whole land of Canaan. 4 Called Mediterranean. 1:7 1 Or, grow stronger and stronger. 2 He showeth wherein consisteth true prosperity, even to obey the word of God. 1:8 1 Showing that it was not possible to govern well, without con
tinual study of God's word. 2 Or, govern wisely. 1:11 1 Meaning, from the day that this was proclaimed, Josh. 3:2. 1:13 1 Which belonged to Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan. 1:14 1 Or, beyond Jordan from Jericho. 1:15 1 By your request, but yet by God's secret appointment, Deut. 33:21. 1:17 1 They do not only promise to obey him so long as God is with him: but to help to punish all that rebel against him.
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mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have: and that ye will deliver our 1souls from death. 14 And the men answered her, 1Our life for you to die, if ye utter not this our business: and when the Lord hath given us the land, we will deal mercifully and truly with thee. 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. 16 And she said unto them, Go you into the 1mountain, lest the pursuers meet with you, and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: then afterward may ye go your way. 17 And the men said unto her, 1We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. 18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this cord of red thread in the window, whereby thou lettest us down, and thou shalt bring thy father and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household home to thee. 19 And whosoever then doth go out at the doors of thine house into the street, 1his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: but whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand touch him: 20 And if thou utter this our 1matter, we will be quit of thine oath, which thou hast made us swear. 21 And she answered, According unto your words, so be it: then she sent them away, and they departed, and she bound the 1red cord in the window. 22 ¶ And they departed, and came into the mountain, and there abode three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed 1over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that came unto them. 24 Also they said unto Joshua, Surely the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land: for even all the inhabitants of the country faint because of us. 3 3 Joshua commandeth them to depart when the Ark removeth. 7 The Lord promiseth to exalt Joshua before
requireth a sign for her deliverance. 21 The spies return to Joshua with comfortable tidings.
chapter 2
a Heb. 11:31
James 2:25
1 Then Joshua the son of Nun sent out of 1Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, and also Jericho, and they went, and acame into an 2harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. 2 Then report was made to the King of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men hither tonight, of the children of Israel, to spy out the country. 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab saying, 1Bring forth the men that are come to thee, and which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the land. 4 (But the woman had taken the two men, and hid them.) Therefore said she thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were. 5 And when they shut the gate in the dark, the men went out, whither the men went, I wot not: follow ye after them quickly, for ye shall overtake them. 6 (But she had brought them up to the 1roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread abroad upon the roof.) 7 And certain men pursued after them, the way to Jordan, unto the fords, and as soon as they which pursued after them, were gone out, they shut the gate. 8 ¶ And before they were asleep, she came up unto them upon the roof, 9 And said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that the 1fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the Lord bdried up the water of the red Sea cbefore you when ye came out of Egypt, and what you did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, unto dSihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed: 11 And when we heard it, our hearts 1did faint, and there remained no more 2courage in any because of you: for 3the Lord your God, he is the God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, that as I have showed you mercy, ye will also show mercy unto my father's house, and give me a true token, 13 And that ye will save alive my father and my
b Exod. 14:21,22
c Josh. 4:23
d Num. 21:24
2:1 1 Which place was in the plain of Moab near unto Jordan. 2 Or, taverner's house, or hostess. 2:3 1 Though the wicked see the hand of God upon them, yet they repent not, but seek how they may by their power and policy resist his working. 2:6 1 Meaning, upon the house: for then their houses were flat above, so that they might do their business thereupon. 2:9 1 For so God promised, Deut. 28:7; Josh. 5:1. 2:11 1 Or, melted. 2 Or, spirit. 3 Herein appeareth the great mercy of God, that in this common
destruction he would draw a most miserable sinner to repent, and confess his Name. 2:13 1 Or, lives. 2:14 1 We warrant you on pain of our lives. 2:16 1 Which was near unto the city. 2:17 1 We shall be discharged of our oath if thou dost perform this condition that followeth: for so shalt thou and thine be delivered. 2:19 1 He shall be guilty of his own death. 2:20 1 So that others should think to escape by the same means. 2:21 1 Or, scarlet colored. 2:23 1 To wit, the river Jordan.