1
"When the
LORD your
God brings you into the
land where * you are
entering to
possess it, and
clears away many nations before * you, the
Hittites and the
Girgashites and the
Amorites and the
Canaanites and the
Perizzites and the
Hivites and the
Jebusites,
seven nations greater and
stronger than you,
h'T;a -r,v]a #,r'a'h -l,a '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y '$]ayib.y yiK ? '$y,n'Pim ~yiB;r -mIyw{G l;v'n.w H'T.vir.l h'M'v -a'b ? yiZir.P;h.w yin][;n.K;h.w yir{m/a'h.w yiv'G.riG;h.w yiTix;h ? ~yim.Wc][;w ~yiB;r ~Iyw{g h'[.biv yis.Wb.y;h.w yi.Wix;h.w ? 'K,Mim
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and when the
LORD your
God delivers them
before you and you
defeat them, then you shall
utterly destroy them. You shall
make no covenant with them and
show no favor to them.
~er]x;h ~'tyiKih.w '$y,n'p.l '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y ~'n't.n.W ? a{l.w tyir.B ~,h'l t{r.kit -a{l ~'t{a ~yir]x;T ? ~eN'x.t
3
"Furthermore, you shall not
intermarry with them; you shall not
give your
daughters to their
sons,
nor shall you
take their
daughters for your
sons.
w{Tib.W w{n.bil !eTit -a{l '$.TiB ~'B !eT;x.tit a{l.w ? '$,n.bil x;Qit -a{l
4
"For they will
turn your
sons away from
following Me to
serve other gods; then the
anger of the
LORD will be
kindled against you and He will
quickly destroy you.
~yih{l/a .Wd.b'[.w y;r]x;aem '$.niB -t,a ryis'y -yiK ? '$.dyim.vih.w ~,k'B h'wh.y -p;a h'r'x.w ~yirex]a ? reh;m
5
"But
thus you shall
do to them: you shall
tear down their
altars, and
smash their sacred
pillars, and
hew down their
Asherim, and
burn their
graven images with
fire.
.Wc{TiT ~,hyet{x.B.zim ~,h'l .Wf][;t h{K -mia -yiK ? ~,hyelyis.p.W !.W[eD;g.T ~,heryev]a;w .WreB;v.T ~'t{beC;m.W ? vea'B !.Wp.r.fiT
6
"For you are a
holy people to the
LORD your
God; the
LORD your
God has
chosen you to be a
people for His own
possession out of
all the
peoples who are on the
face of the
earth.
r;x'B '$.B '$y,h{l/a h'why;l h'T;a vw{d'q ~;[ yiK ? l{Kim h'LUg.s ~;[.l w{l tw{y.hil '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y ? h'm'd]a'h yen.P -l;[ r,v]a ~yiM;['h
7
"The
LORD did not
set His
love on you
nor choose you
because you were
more in
number than any of the
peoples, for you were the
fewest of
all peoples,
~,k'B h'wh.y q;v'x ~yiM;['h -l'Kim ~,k.BUrem a{l ? ~yiM;['h -l'Kim j;[.m;h ~,T;a -yiK ~,k'B r;x.biY;w
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but
because the
LORD loved you and
kept the
oath which He
swore to your
forefathers, the
LORD brought you out by a
mighty hand and
redeemed you from the
house of
slavery, from the
hand of
Pharaoh king of
Egypt.
h'[Ub.V;h -t,a w{r.m'Vim.W ~,k.t,a h'wh.y t;b]h;aem yiK ? ~,k.t,a h'wh.y ayicw{h ~,kyet{b]a;l [;B.vin r,v]a ? h{[.r;P d;Yim ~yid'b][ tyeBim '$.D.piY;w h'q'z]x d'y.B ? ~Iy'r.cim -.k,l,m
9
"Know therefore that the
LORD your
God, He is
God, the
faithful God, who
keeps His
covenant and His
lovingkindness to a
thousandth generation with those who
love Him and
keep His
commandments;
~yih{l/a'h a.Wh '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y -yiK 'T.[;d'y.w ? wy'b]h{a.l d,s,x;h.w tyir.B;h rem{v !'m/a,N;h lea'h ? rw{D @,l,a.l w{t{w.cim yer.m{v.l.W
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but
repays those who
hate Him to their
faces, to
destroy them; He will not
delay with him who
hates Him, He will
repay him to his
face.
a{l w{dyib]a;h.l wy'n'P -l,a wy'a.n{f.l ~eL;v.m.W ? w{l -m,L;v.y wy'n'P -l,a w{a.n{f.l rex;a.y
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"Therefore, you shall
keep the
commandment and the
statutes and the
judgments which I am
commanding you
today, to
do them.
~yij'P.viM;h -t,a.w ~yiQUx;h -t,a.w h'w.ciM;h -t,a ]'T.r;m'v.w ? ~'tw{f][;l ~w{Y;h '$..W;c.m yik{n'a r,v]a
12
"Then it shall
come about,
because you
listen to
these judgments and
keep and
do them, that the
LORD your
God will
keep with you His
covenant and His
lovingkindness which He
swore to your
forefathers.
h,Lea'h ~yij'P.viM;h tea !.W[.m.viT b,qe[ h'y'h.w ? '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y r;m'v.w ~'t{a ~,tyif][;w ~,T.r;m.v.W ? [;B.vin r,v]a d,s,x;h -t,a.w tyir.B;h -t,a '$.l ? '$y,t{b]a;l
13
"He will
love you and
bless you and
multiply you; He will also
bless the
fruit of your
womb and the
fruit of your
ground, your
grain and your
new wine and your
oil, the
increase of your
herd and the
young of your
flock, in the
land which He
swore to your
forefathers to
give you.
'$.n.jib -yir.P .$;reb.W '$,B.rih.w '$.k;reb.W '$.beh]a;w ? '$,r'h.cIy.w '$.v{ryit.w '$.n'g.D '$,t'm.d;a -yir.p.W ? h'm'd]a'h l;[ '$,na{c t{r.T.v;[.w '$y,p'l]a -r;g.v ? .$'l t,t'l '$y,t{b]a;l [;B.vin -r,v]a
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"You shall be
blessed above all peoples; there will be
no male or female
barren among you or among your
cattle.
'$.b h,y.hIy -a{l ~yiM;['h -l'Kim h,y.hiT .$.Wr'B ? '$,T.m,h.bib.W h'r'q][;w r'q'[
15
"The
LORD will
remove from you
all sickness; and He will not
put on you
any of the
harmful diseases of
Egypt which you have
known, but He will
lay them on
all who
hate you.
yew.d;m -l'k.w yil{x -l'K '$.Mim h'wh.y ryiseh.w ? .$'B ~'myif.y a{l 'T.[;d'y r,v]a ~yi['r'h ~Iy;r.cim ? '$y,a.n{f -l'k.B ~'n't.n.W
16
"You shall
consume all the
peoples whom the
LORD your
God will
deliver to you; your
eye shall not
pity them,
nor shall you
serve their
gods, for that would be a
snare to you.
'$y,h{l/a h'wh.y r,v]a ~yiM;['h -l'K -t,a 'T.l;k'a.w ? d{b][;t a{l.w ~,hyel][ '$.nye[ s{x't -a{l .$'l !et{n ? .$'l a.Wh veqw{m -yiK ~,hyeh{l/a -t,a
17
"If you should
say in your
heart,
'These nations are
greater than I;
how can I
dispossess them?'
yiN,Mim h,Lea'h ~Iyw{G;h ~yiB;r '$.b'b.liB r;ma{t yiK ? ~'vyirw{h.l l;k.Wa h'kyea
18
you shall not be
afraid of them; you shall
well remember what the
LORD your
God did to
Pharaoh and to
all Egypt:
h'f'[ -r,v]a tea r{K.ziT r{k'z ~,hem a'ryit a{l ? ~Iy'r.cim -l'k.l.W h{[.r;p.l '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y
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the
great trials which your
eyes saw and the
signs and the
wonders and the
mighty hand and the
outstretched arm by
which the
LORD your
God brought you out.
So shall the
LORD your
God do to
all the
peoples of
whom you are
afraid.
t{t{a'h.w '$y,nye[ .Wa'r -r,v]a t{l{d.G;h t{S;M;h ? h'y.Wj.N;h ;[{r.Z;h.w h'q'z]x;h d'Y;h.w ~yit.p{M;h.w ? h'wh.y h,f][;y -neK '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y '$]aicw{h r,v]a ? ~,hyen.Pim aer'y h'T;a -r,v]a ~yiM;['h -l'k.l '$y,h{l/a
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"Moreover, the
LORD your
God will
send the
hornet against them,
until those who are
left and
hide themselves from you
perish.
~'B '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y x;L;v.y h'[.riC;h -t,a ~;g.w ? '$y,n'Pim ~yir'T.siN;h.w ~yir'a.viN;h d{b]a -d;[
21
"You shall not
dread them, for the
LORD your
God is in your
midst, a
great and
awesome God.
'$,B.riq.B '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y -yiK ~,hyen.Pim #{r][;t a{l ? a'rw{n.w lw{d'G lea
22
"The
LORD your
God will
clear away these nations before * you
little by
little; you will not be
able to
put an
end to them
quickly, for the
wild beasts would
grow too numerous for you.
'$y,n'Pim lea'h ~Iyw{G;h -t,a '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y l;v'n.w ? h,B.riT -n,P reh;m ~'t{L;K l;k.Wt a{l j'[.m j;[.m ? h,d'F;h t;Y;x '$y,l'[
23
"But the
LORD your
God will
deliver them
before you, and will
throw them into
great confusion until they are
destroyed.
h'm.Wh.m ~'m'h.w '$y,n'p.l '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y ~'n't.n.W ? ~'d.m'Vih d;[ h'l{d.g
24
"He will
deliver their
kings into your
hand so that you will make their
name perish from
under heaven;
no man will be able to
stand before you
until you have
destroyed them.
~'m.v -t,a 'T.d;b]a;h.w '$,d'y.B ~,hyek.l;m !;t'n.w ? '$y,n'p.B vyia beC;y.tIy -a{l ~Iy'm'V;h t;x;Tim ? ~'t{a '$.dim.vih d;[
25
"The
graven images of their
gods you are to
burn with
fire; you shall not
covet the
silver or the
gold that is on them,
nor take it for yourselves,
or you will be
snared by it, for it is an
abomination to the
LORD your
God.
d{m.x;t -a{l vea'B !.Wp.r.fiT ~,hyeh{l/a yelyis.P ? veq\WiT !,P .$'l 'T.x;q'l.w ~,hyel][ b'h'z.w @,s,K ? a.Wh '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y t;b][w{t yiK w{B
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"You shall not
bring an
abomination into your
house, and
like it
come under the
ban; you shall
utterly detest it and you shall
utterly abhor it, for it is
something banned.
'tyIy'h.w '$,tyeB -l,a h'be[w{t ayib't -a{l.w ? .WN,b][;t.T be[;t.w .WN,c.Q;v.T #eQ;v .Wh{m'K ~,rex ? a.Wh ~,rex -yiK