And you must tell the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter;

or with any stone large enough that a man could die, without seeing him, and throws it at him, and he dies, even though he was not his enemy nor sought his harm,

and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood,

So the Lord our God did indeed give over to us King Og of Bashan and his whole army and we struck them down until not a single survivor was left.

In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him?

And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?

You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance just as the Lord your God told him.

You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).

You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

However, if the servant says to you, “I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,

When he sits on his royal throne he must make a copy of this law on a scroll given to him by the Levitical priests.

However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities.

Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, and they both bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.

A person of illegitimate birth may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so.

You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the Lord your God.

And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.

And this is the blessing to Judah. He said, Listen, O Lord, to Judah’s voice, and bring him to his people. May his power be great, and may you help him against his foes.

He has selected the best part for himself, for the portion of the ruler is set aside there; he came with the leaders of the people, he obeyed the righteous laws of the Lord and his ordinances with Israel.