There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea.

then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.

Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”

Then you came back and wept before the Lord, but he paid no attention to you whatsoever.

You may purchase food to eat and water to drink from them.

We kept only the livestock and plunder from the cities for ourselves.

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

There you will worship gods made by human hands – wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the Lord your God has commanded you.

You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness among you or your livestock.

Furthermore, the Lord your God will release hornets among them until the very last ones who hide from you perish.

who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,

Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the Lord will choose.

Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you.

You and your household must eat them annually before the Lord your God in the place he chooses.

Every one of you must give as you are able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

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

You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.