any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky,

anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth.

“I am the Lord your God, he who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery.

be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.

You will eat your fill and then praise the Lord your God because of the good land he has given you.

be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a place of flowing streams.

The heavens – indeed the highest heavens – belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

then he promises, “I will send rain for your land in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.

However, you must not eat its blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.

you must set apart for yourselves three cities in the middle of your land that the Lord your God is giving you as a possession.

You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the Lord, and they will respect you.

The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.

Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off.

Then we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

Then he will bring you to the land your ancestors possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.

The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.

Of Joseph he said: May the Lord bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath;

with the harvest of the earth and its fullness and the pleasure of him who resided in the burning bush. May blessing rest on Joseph’s head, and on the top of the head of the one set apart from his brothers.