They will lend to you but you will not lend to them; they will become the head and you will become the tail!p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Moreover, at that time I pleaded with the <sc>Lordsc>,

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Is this not stored up with me?&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Is it not sealed up in my storehouses?p>

However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant,<n id="1" /> will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.<n id="2" />

Commission<n id="1" /> Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.&#8221;

He is the one you should praise;<n id="1" /> he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen.

Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves,<n id="1" /> it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;This commandment I am giving<n id="1" /> you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.

The <sc>Lordsc> is indeed going before you &#8211; he will be with you; he will not fail you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Is this how you repay<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">you foolish, unwise people?p> <p class="poetry">Is he not your father, your creator?p> <p class="poetry">He has made you and established you.p>

When Sihon and all his troops<n id="1" /> emerged to encounter us in battle at Jahaz,<n id="2" />

Do not be afraid of them, for the <sc>Lordsc> your God will personally fight for you.&#8221;p>

For the <sc>Lordsc> your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.<n id="1" />p>

and any winged thing on the ground are impure to you &#8211; they may not be eaten.<n id="1" />

The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish<n id="1" /> him.

<p class="bodytext">One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.<n id="1" />p>

If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.<n id="1" />

Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day:

Understand today that the <sc>Lordsc> your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he<n id="1" /> has told you.

As for the <sc>Lordsc> your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the <sc>Lordsc> has said.