‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire.

These are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that Moses spoke to the Israelites after he had brought them out of Egypt,

You must build the altar of the Lord your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.

“(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled.

Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by strength and power. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before the Lord.

Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the Lord had vowed to them.

I am speaking to you because you are the ones who saw all the great deeds of the Lord!

You have forgotten the Rock who fathered you, and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children (since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

you must by all means slaughter the inhabitants of that city with the sword; annihilate with the sword everyone in it, as well as the livestock.

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

He must eat the same share they do, despite any profits he may gain from the sale of his family’s inheritance.

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to formulate blessings in his name, as they do to this very day.

The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.

You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the Lord your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.

You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.

‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Of Gad he said: Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad. Like a lioness he will dwell; he will tear at an arm – indeed, a scalp.