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'You shall not
make for yourselves
idols,
nor shall you
set up for yourselves an
image or a sacred
pillar,
nor shall you
place a
figured stone in your
land to
bow down to it; for I am the
LORD your
God.
.Wmyiq't -a{l h'beC;m.W l,s,p.W ~ilyil/a ~,k'l .Wf][;t -a{l ? t{w]x;T.vih.l ~,k.c.r;a.B .Wn.Tit a{l tyiK.f;m !,b,a.w ~,k'l ? ~,kyeh{l/a h'wh.y yin]a yiK 'hy,l'[
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'You shall
keep My
sabbaths and
reverence My
sanctuary; I am the
LORD.
yin]a .Wa'ryiT yiv'D.qim.W .Wr{m.viT y;t{t.B;v -t,a ? h'wh.y
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'If you
walk in My
statutes and
keep My
commandments so as to
carry them out,
.Wr.m.viT y;t{w.cim -t,a.w .WkeleT y;t{QUx.B -mia ? ~'t{a ~,tyif][;w
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then I shall
give you
rains in their
season, so that the
land will
yield its
produce and the
trees of the
field will
bear their
fruit.
H'l.Wb.y #,r'a'h h'n.t'n.w ~'Ti[.B ~,kyem.vig yiT;t'n.w ? w{y.riP !eTIy h,d'F;h #e[.w
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'Indeed, your
threshing will
last for you
until grape gathering, and
grape gathering will
last until sowing time. You will thus
eat your
food to the
full and
live securely in your
land.
gyiF;y ryic'b.W ryic'B -t,a vIy;D ~,k'l gyiFih.w ? ~,T.b;vyiw [;b{f'l ~,k.m.x;l ~,T.l;k]a;w [;r'z -t,a ? ~,k.c.r;a.B x;j,b'l
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'I shall also
grant peace in the
land, so that you may
lie down with
no one making you
tremble. I shall also
eliminate harmful beasts from the
land, and
no sword will
pass through your
land.
dyir]x;m !yea.w ~,T.b;k.v.W #,r'a'B ~w{l'v yiT;t'n.w ? r{b][;t -a{l b,r,x.w #,r'a'h -nim h'['r h'Y;x yiT;B.vih.w ? ~,k.c.r;a.B
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'But you will
chase your
enemies and they will
fall before you by the
sword;
~,kyen.pil .Wl.p'n.w ~,kyeb.y{a -t,a ~,T.p;d.r.W ? ]b,r'x,l
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five of you will
chase a
hundred, and a
hundred of you will
chase ten thousand, and your
enemies will
fall before you by the
sword.
h'b'b.r ~,Kim h'aem.W h'aem h'Vim]x ~,Kim .Wp.d'r.w ? b,r'x,l ~,kyen.pil ~,kyeb.y{a .Wl.p'n.w .Wp{D.rIy
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'So I will
turn toward you and make you
fruitful and
multiply you, and I will
confirm My
covenant with you.
yityeB.rih.w ~,k.t,a yityer.pih.w ~,kyel]a yityin'p.W ? ~,k.Tia yityir.B -t,a yit{myiq]h;w ~,k.t,a
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'You will
eat the
old supply and
clear out the
old because * of the
new.
.Wayicw{T v'd'x yen.Pim !'v'y.w !'vw{n !'v'y ~,T.l;k]a;w
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'Moreover, I will
make My
dwelling among you, and My
soul will not
reject you.
yiv.p;n l;[.git -a{l.w ~,k.kw{t.B yin'K.vim yiT;t'n.w ? ~,k.t,a
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'I will also
walk among you and be your
God, and you shall be My
people.
~yih{lael ~,k'l yityIy'h.w ~,k.kw{t.B yiT.k;L;h.tih.w ? ~'[.l yil -.Wy.hiT ~,T;a.w
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'I am the
LORD your
God,
who brought you out of the
land of
Egypt so that you would not be their
slaves, and I
broke the
bars of your
yoke and made you
walk erect.
~,k.t,a yitaecw{h r,v]a ~,kyeh{l/a h'wh.y yin]a ? r{B.v,a'w ~yid'b][ ~,h'l t{y.him ~Iy;r.cim #,r,aem ? t.WYim.mw{q ~,k.t,a .$elw{a'w ~,k.LU[ t{j{m
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'But
if you do not
obey Me and do not
carry out
all these commandments,
t{w.ciM;h -l'K tea .Wf][;t a{l.w yil .W[.m.vit a{l -mia.w ? h,Lea'h
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if, instead, you
reject My
statutes, and
if your
soul abhors My
ordinances so as not to
carry out
all My
commandments, and so
break My
covenant,
y;j'P.vim -t,a ~ia.w .Ws'a.miT y;t{QUx.B -mia.w ? y;t{w.cim -l'K -t,a tw{f][ yiT.lib.l ~,k.v.p;n l;[.giT ? yityir.B -t,a ~,k.r.p;h.l
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I, in
turn, will
do this to you: I will
appoint over you a
sudden terror,
consumption and
fever that will
waste away the
eyes and cause the
soul to
pine away; also, you will
sow your
seed uselessly, for your
enemies will
eat it up.
~,kyel][ yiT.d;q.pih.w ~,k'l ta{Z -h,f/[,a yin]a -p;a ? tw{L;k.m t;x;D;Q;h -t,a.w t,p,x;V;h -t,a h'l'h,B ? ~,k][.r;z qyir'l ~,T.[;r.z.W v,p'n t{byid.m.W ~Iy;nye[ ? ~,kyeb.y{a .WhUl'k]a;w
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'I will
set My
face against you so that you will be
struck down before your
enemies; and those who
hate you will
rule over you, and you will
flee when
no one is
pursuing you.
~,kyeb.y{a yen.pil ~,T.p;Gin.w ~,k'B y;n'p yiT;t'n.w ? @ed{r -nyea.w ~,T.s;n.w ~,kyea.n{f ~,k'b .Wd'r.w ? ~,k.t,a
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'If also
after these things you do not
obey Me, then I will
punish you
seven times more for your
sins.
yiT.p;s'y.w yil .W[.m.vit a{l h,Lea -d;[ -mia.w ? ~,kyeta{J;x -l;[ [;b,v ~,k.t,a h'r.S;y.l
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'I will also
break down your
pride of
power; I will also
make your
sky like
iron and your
earth like
bronze.
~,kyem.v -t,a yiT;t'n.w ~,k.ZU[ !w{a.G -t,a yiT.r;b'v.w ? h'vUx.N;K ~,k.c.r;a -t,a.w l,z.r;B;K
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'Your
strength will be
spent uselessly, for your
land will not
yield its
produce and the
trees of the
land will not
yield their
fruit.
H'l.Wb.y -t,a ~,k.c.r;a !eTit -a{l.w ~,k]x{K qyir'l ~;t.w ? w{y.riP !eTIy a{l #,r'a'h #e[.w
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'If then, you
act with
hostility against Me and are
unwilling * to
obey Me, I will
increase the
plague on you
seven times according to your
sins.
;[{m.vil .Wba{t a{l.w yir,q yiMi[ .Wk.leT -mia.w ? ~,kyeta{J;x.K [;b,v h'K;m ~,kyel][ yiT.p;s'y.w yil
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'I will
let loose among you the
beasts of the
field, which will
bereave you of your
children and
destroy your
cattle and
reduce your number so that your
roads lie deserted.
h'l.Kiv.w h,d'F;h t;Y;x -t,a ~,k'b yiT.x;l.vih.w ? h'jyi[.mih.w ~,k.T.m,h.B -t,a h'tyir.kih.w ~,k.t,a ? ~,kyek.r;D .WM;v'n.w ~,k.t,a
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'And
if by
these things you are not
turned to Me, but
act with
hostility against Me,
yiMi[ ~,T.k;l]h;w yil .Wr.s\Wit a{l h,Lea.B -mia.w ? yir,q
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then I will
act with
hostility against you; and I,
even I, will
strike you
seven times for your
sins.
yityeKih.w yir,q.B ~,k'Mi[ yin]a -p;a yiT.k;l'h.w ? ~,kyeta{J;x -l;[ [;b,v yin'a -m;G ~,k.t,a
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'I will also
bring upon you a
sword which will
execute vengeance for the
covenant; and when you
gather together into your
cities, I will
send pestilence among you, so that you shall be
delivered into
enemy hands.
tyir.B -m;q.n t,m,q{n b,r,x ~,kyel][ yitaebeh.w ? ~,k.kw{t.B r,b,d yiT.x;Liv.w ~,kyer'[ -l,a ~,T.p;s/a,n.w ? beyw{a -d;y.B ~,T;Tin.w
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'When I
break your
staff of
bread,
ten women will
bake your
bread in
one oven, and they will
bring back your
bread in
rationed amounts, so that you will
eat and not be
satisfied.
~yiv'n r,f,[ .Wp'a.w ~,x,l -heJ;m ~,k'l yir.biv.B ? l'q.viM;B ~,k.m.x;l .Wbyiveh.w d'x,a r.WN;t.B ~,k.m.x;l ? .W['B.fit a{l.w ~,T.l;k]a;w
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'Yet
if in spite of
this you do not
obey Me, but
act with
hostility against Me,
yiMi[ ~,T.k;l]h;w yil .W[.m.vit a{l ta{z.B -mia.w ? yir,q.B
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then I will
act with
wrathful hostility against you, and I,
even I, will
punish you
seven times for your
sins.
~,k.t,a yiT.r;SIy.w yir,q -t;m]x;B ~,k'Mi[ yiT.k;l'h.w ? ]m,kyeta{J;x -l;[ [;b,v yin'a -p;a
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'Further, you will
eat the
flesh of your
sons and the
flesh of your
daughters you will
eat.
.Wleka{T ~,kyet{n.B r;f.b.W ~,kyen.B r;f.B ~,T.l;k]a;w
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'I then will
destroy your
high places, and
cut down your
incense altars, and
heap your
remains on the
remains of your
idols, for My
soul shall
abhor you.
~,kyen'M;x -t,a yiT;r.kih.w ~,kyet{m'B -t,a yiT.d;m.vih.w ? ~,kyel.WLiG yer.giP -l;[ ~,kyer.giP -t,a yiT;t'n.w ? ~,k.t,a yiv.p;n h'l]['g.w
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'I will
lay waste your
cities as well and will
make your
sanctuaries desolate, and I will not
smell your
soothing aromas.
~,kyev.D.qim -t,a yitw{Miv]h;w h'B.r'x ~,kyer'[ -t,a yiT;t'n.w ? ~,k]x{xyin ;xyer.B ;xyir'a a{l.w
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'I will
make the
land desolate so that your
enemies who
settle in it will be
appalled over it.
'hy,l'[ .Wm.m'v.w #,r'a'h -t,a yin]a yit{Miv]h;w ? H'B ~yib.v{Y;h ~,kyeb.y{a
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'You, however, I will
scatter among the
nations and will
draw out a
sword after you, as your
land becomes desolate and your
cities become waste.
~,kyer]x;a yit{qyir]h;w ~Iyw{G;b h,r'z/a ~,k.t,a.w ? .Wy.hIy ~,kyer'[.w h'm'm.v ~,k.c.r;a h't.y'h.w b,r'x ? h'B.r'x
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'Then the
land will
enjoy its
sabbaths all the
days of the
desolation, while you are in your
enemies' land;
then the
land will
rest and
enjoy its
sabbaths.
yem.y l{K 'hy,t{t.B;v -t,a #,r'a'h h,c.riT z'a ? #,r'a'h t;B.viT z'a ~,kyeb.y{a #,r,a.B ~,T;a.w h'M;V\h ? 'hy,t{t.B;v -t,a t'c.rih.w
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'All the
days of its
desolation it will
observe the
rest which it did not
observe on your
sabbaths, while you were
living on it.
h't.b'v -a{l r,v]a tea t{B.viT h'M;V'h yem.y -l'K ? 'hy,l'[ ~,k.T.biv.B ~,kyet{t.B;v.B
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'As for those of you who may be
left, I will also
bring weakness into their
hearts in the
lands of their
enemies. And the
sound of a
driven leaf will
chase them, and even when
no one is
pursuing they will
flee as
though from the
sword, and they will
fall.
t{c.r;a.B ~'b'b.liB .$,r{m yitaebeh.w ~,k'B ~yir'a.viN;h.w ? .Ws'n.w @'Din h,l'[ lw{q ~'t{a @;d'r.w ~,hyeb.y{a ? @ed{r !yea.w .Wl.p'n.w b,r,x -t;sUn.m
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'They will therefore
stumble over
each other as if running from the
sword, although
no one is
pursuing; and you will
have no strength to
stand up
before your
enemies.
@ed{r.w b,r,x -yen.Pim.K wyix'a.B -vyia .Wl.v'k.w ? ~,kyeb.y{a yen.pil h'm.Wq.T ~,k'l h,y.hit -a{l.w !Iy'a
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'But you will
perish among the
nations, and your
enemies' land will
consume you.
~,kyeb.y{a #,r,a ~,k.t,a h'l.k'a.w ~Iyw{G;B ~,T.d;b]a;w
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'So those of you who may be
left will
rot away because of their
iniquity in the
lands of your
enemies; and
also because of the
iniquities of their
forefathers they will
rot away with them.
~,kyeb.y{a t{c.r;a.B ~'n{w][;B .WQ;MIy ~,k'B ~yir'a.viN;h.w ? .WQ'MIy ~'Tia ~'t{b]a t{n{w][;B @;a.w
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'If they
confess their
iniquity and the
iniquity of their
forefathers, in their
unfaithfulness which they
committed against Me, and
also in their
acting with
hostility against Me-
~'l][;m.B ~'t{b]a !{w][ -t,a.w ~'n{w][ -t,a .WD;w.tih.w ? yiMi[ .Wk.l'h -r,v]a @;a.w yib -.Wl]['m r,v]a ? yir,q.B
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I
also was
acting with
hostility against them, to
bring them into the
land of their
enemies -or if their
uncircumcised heart becomes humbled so that they
then make amends for their
iniquity,
~'t{a yitaebeh.w yir,q.B ~'Mi[ .$elea yin]a -p;a ? ler'[,h ~'b'b.l [;n'KIy z'a -w{a ~,hyeb.y{a #,r,a.B ? ~'n{w][ -t,a .Wc.rIy z'a.w
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then I will
remember My
covenant with
Jacob, and I will
remember also My
covenant with
Isaac, and My
covenant with
Abraham as
well, and I will
remember the
land.
yityir.B -t,a @;a.w bw{q][;y yityir.B -t,a yiT.r;k'z.w ? #,r'a'h.w r{K.z,a ~'h'r.b;a yityir.B -t,a @;a.w q'x.cIy ? r{K.z,a
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'For the
land will be
abandoned by them, and will
make up for its
sabbaths while it is
made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be
making amends for their
iniquity,
because they
rejected My
ordinances and their
soul abhorred My
statutes.
'hy,t{t.B;v -t,a #,rit.w ~,hem bez'[eT #,r'a'h.w ? !;[;y ~'n{w][ -t,a .Wc.rIy ~eh.w ~,hem h'M;v.h'B ? h'l]['G y;t{QUx -t,a.w .Ws'a'm y;j'P.vim.B !;[;y.b.W ? ~'v.p;n
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'Yet in
spite * of
this, when they are in the
land of their
enemies, I will not
reject them,
nor will I so
abhor them as to
destroy them,
breaking My
covenant with them; for I am the
LORD their
God.
~,hyeb.y{a #,r,a.B ~'tw{y.hiB ta{z -m;G -p;a.w ? rep'h.l ~'t{L;k.l ~yiT.l;[.g -a{l.w ~yiT.s;a.m -a{l ? ~,hyeh{l/a h'wh.y yin]a yiK ~'Tia yityir.B
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'But I will
remember for them the
covenant with their
ancestors,
whom I
brought out of the
land of
Egypt in the
sight of the
nations, that I might be their
God. I am the
LORD.' "
~'t{a -yitaecw{h r,v]a ~yin{vair tyir.B ~,h'l yiT.r;k'z.w ? ~,h'l t{y.hil ~Iyw{G;h yenye[.l ~Iy;r.cim #,r,aem ? h'wh.y yin]a ~yih{lael
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These are the
statutes and
ordinances and
laws which the
LORD established between Himself and the
sons of
Israel through Moses at
Mount Sinai.
!;t'n r,v]a t{rw{T;h.w ~yij'P.viM;h.w ~yiQUx;h h,Lea ? y;nyis r;h.B lea'r.fIy yen.B !yeb.W w{nyeB h'wh.y ? h,v{m -d;y.B