You have seen their detestable things<n id="1" /> and idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold.)<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">If a man is caught having sexual relations with<n id="1" /> a married woman<n id="2" /> both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge<n id="3" /> evil from Israel.p>

for I know about your rebellion and stubbornness.<n id="1" /> Indeed, even while I have been living among you to this very day, you have rebelled against the <sc>Lordsc>; you will be even more rebellious after my death!<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">butter from the herdp> <p class="poetry">and milk from the flock,p> <p class="poetry">along with the fat of lambs,p> <p class="poetry">rams and goats of Bashan,p> <p class="poetry">along with the best of the kernels of wheat;p> <p class="poetry">and from the juice of grapes you drank wine.p>

Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance<n id="1" /> among his brothers;<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> is his inheritance just as the <sc>Lordsc> your God told him.

However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself<n id="1" /> &#8211; you must not eat the life with the meat!

<t /><p class="bodytext">If your fellow Hebrew<n id="1" /> &#8211; whether male or female<n id="2" /> &#8211; is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let that servant<n id="3" /> go free.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Levitical priests<n id="1" /> &#8211; indeed, the entire tribe of Levi &#8211; will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the <sc>Lordsc> and of his inheritance.<n id="2" />

I will personally hold responsible<n id="1" /> anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet<n id="2" /> speaks in my name.p>

When you see<n id="1" /> your neighbor&#8217;s donkey or ox fallen along the road, do not ignore it;<n id="2" /> instead, you must be sure<n id="3" /> to help him get the animal on its feet again.<n id="4" />p>

When you make a vow to the <sc>Lordsc> your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he<n id="1" /> will surely<n id="2" /> hold you accountable as a sinner.<n id="3" />

&#8216;Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with<n id="1" /> his father&#8217;s former wife,<n id="2" /> for he dishonors his father.&#8217;<n id="3" /> Then all the people will say, &#8216;Amen!&#8217;

&#8216;Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.&#8217; Then all the people will say, &#8216;Amen!&#8217;

Then people will say, &#8220;Because they abandoned the covenant of the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of their ancestors, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or tremble before them, for the <sc>Lordsc> your God is the one who is going with you. He will not fail you or abandon you!&#8221;

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">They will be starved by famine,p> <p class="poetry">eaten by plague, and bitterly stung;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will send the teeth of wild animals against them,p> <p class="poetry">along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.p>

<p class="poetry">The sword will make people childless outside,p> <p class="poetry">and terror will do so inside;p> <p class="poetry">they will destroy<n id="1" /> both the young man and the virgin,p> <p class="poetry">the infant and the gray-haired man.p>

<p class="poetry">He has selected the best part for himself,p> <p class="poetry">for the portion of the ruler<n id="1" /> is set aside<n id="2" /> there;p> <p class="poetry">he came with the leaders<n id="3" /> of the people,p> <p class="poetry">he obeyed the righteous laws of the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">and his ordinances with Israel.p>

All along the way I, the <sc>Lordsc> your God,<n id="1" /> have blessed your every effort.<n id="2" /> I have<n id="3" /> been attentive to<n id="4" /> your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have<n id="5" /> been with you; you have lacked for nothing.&#8217;&#8221;p>