At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages.

You must supply them generously<n id="1" /> from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress &#8211; as the <sc>Lordsc> your God has blessed you, you must give to them.

by serving other gods and worshiping them &#8211; the sun,<n id="1" /> moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship.<n id="2" />

Furthermore, he must not marry many<n id="1" /> wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

and serves in the name of the <sc>Lordsc> his God like his fellow Levites who stand there before the <sc>Lord.sc>

You must not shed innocent blood<n id="1" /> in your land that the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.<n id="2" />

In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

The young woman&#8217;s father must say to the elders, &#8220;I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected<n id="1" /> her.

The judge<n id="1" /> may sentence him to forty blows,<n id="2" /> but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite<n id="3" /> with contempt.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> you enter the land that the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it,

<p class="bodytext">Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: &#8220;Be quiet and pay attention, Israel. Today you have become the people of the <sc>Lordsc> your God.

&#8220;The following tribes<n id="1" /> must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Your children<n id="1" /> will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the <sc>Lord,sc><n id="1" /> and they will respect you.

Your children<n id="1" /> will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

then the <sc>Lordsc> will increase your punishments and those of your descendants &#8211; great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses.

There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky,<n id="1" /> because you will have disobeyed<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> your God.

It is not in heaven, as though one must say, &#8220;Who will go up to heaven to get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?&#8221;

I declare to you this very day that you will certainly<n id="1" /> perish! You will not extend your time in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.<n id="2" />

when all Israel comes to appear before the <sc>Lordsc> your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them<n id="1" /> within their hearing.