You must not worship the Lord your God the way they do! For everything that is abhorrent to him, everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!

for both of you rebelled against me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the desert of Zin when you did not show me proper respect among the Israelites.

or what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth in the middle of the Israelite camp and swallowed them, their families, their tents, and all the property they brought with them.

On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the Lord your God blesses you in all your villages. Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex.

Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community,

If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed.

The Lord your God will deliver it over to you and you must kill every single male by the sword.

As you move forward for battle, the priest will approach and say to the soldiers,

Remember what the Amalekites did to you on your way from Egypt,

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

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

If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.

and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy!

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.

for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you.

Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant – and you eat your fill,

You should not consider it difficult to let him go free, for he will have served you for six years, twice the time of a hired worker; the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.