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.

Fix these words of mine into your mind and being,<n id="1" /> and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols<n id="2" /> on your forehead.

the blessing if you take to heart<n id="1" /> the commandments of the <sc>Lordsc> your God that I am giving you today,

But you must seek only the place he<n id="1" /> chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence,<n id="2" /> and you must go there.

When you do go across the Jordan River<n id="1" /> and settle in the land he<n id="2" /> is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.<n id="3" />

Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When the <sc>Lordsc> your God eliminates the nations from the place where you are headed and you dispossess them, you will settle down in their land.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext"><v id="(13:1)" /><n id="1" /> You<n id="2" /> must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it!<n id="3" />

some evil people<n id="1" /> have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities,<n id="2" /> saying, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go and serve other gods&#8221; (whom you have not known before).<n id="3" />

if you carefully obey<n id="1" /> him<n id="2" /> by keeping<n id="3" /> all these commandments that I am giving<n id="4" /> you today.

Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend<n id="1" /> him whatever he needs.<n id="2" />

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the <sc>Lordsc> your God redeemed you; therefore, I am commanding you to do this thing today.

you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door.<n id="1" /> Then he will become your servant permanently (this applies to your female servant as well).

<t /><p class="bodytext">Observe the month Abib<n id="1" /> and keep the Passover to the <sc>Lordsc> your God, for in that month<n id="2" /> he<n id="3" /> brought you out of Egypt by night.

<t /><p class="bodytext">You must appoint judges and civil servants<n id="1" /> for each tribe in all your villages<n id="2" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.<n id="3" />

You must pursue justice alone<n id="1" /> so that you may live and inherit the land the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you.p>

You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

When he sits on his royal throne he must make a copy of this law<n id="1" /> on a scroll<n id="2" /> given to him by the Levitical priests.

I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent<n id="1" /> of your land that the <sc>Lordsc> your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.