Of Christ, the true Prophet. CHAP. XIX. 15 T The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken. 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. 20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. 21 And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken ? 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. CHAP. XIX. The Cities of Refuge. WHEN the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;, 2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither." 41 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past; Laws to be DEUTERONOMY, observed in war diligent inquisition: and behold, ifling unto the people, that they shall the witness be a false witness, and make captains of the armies to lead hath testified falsely against his the people. brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall hence forth commit no more any such evil among you. 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. CHAP. XX. The Priest's exhortation to Battle. W VHEN thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of of the land of Egypt. And it shall be when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein, shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiego it: 13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thy hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: 14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself: and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. 3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your ene- 16 But of the cities of these peo⚫ mies: let not your hearts faint, ple which the LORD thy God doth fear not, and do not tremble, nei-give thee for an inheritance, thou ther be ye terrified because of shalt save alive nothing that them; breatheth: 4 For the LORD your God is 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. 5 T And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. 6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not vet enten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. 7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted ? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart. them, namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: 18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations which they have done unto their gods, so should ye sin against the LORD your God. 19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them: and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: 20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it bo subdued. IF CHAP. XXI. Expiation of uncertain Murder. 9 And it shall be, when the off- one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy Gud giveth ers have made an end of speak-thee to possess it, lying in the Usage of captive females. CHAP. XXII. Arebellious son to be stoned field, and it be not known who] thou shalt not sell her at all for hath slain him: money; thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her. 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: 3 And it shall be that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley; 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near, (for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD,) and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried; 6 And all the elders of that city that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: 15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated: 16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn, before the son of the hated, which is indeed the first-born: 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the first-born, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his. 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 20 And they shall say unto the 8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy elders of his city, This our son is people Israel, whom thou hast re-stubborn and rebellious, he will deemed, and lay not innocent not obey our voice; he is a glutblood unto thy people of Israel's ton, and a drunkard." charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. 10 TWhen thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thy hands, and thou hast taken them captive, 11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife: 12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thy house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails: 13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month and after that, thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. 14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you, and all Israel shall hear, and fear. 22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. CHAP. XXII. Sundry Laws and Ordinances. HOU shalt not see thy bro ther's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother se after it, and thou shalt restore to him again. 3 In like manner shalt thou 195 Punishment of slander, DEUTERONOMY, unchastity, and adultery with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost things of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. 18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; 19 And they shall amerce him 4 T Thou shalt not see thy bro-in a hundred shekels of silver, ther's ass or his ox fall down by and give them unto the father of the way, and hide thyself from the damsel, because he hath them: thou shalt surely help him to brought up an evil name upon a lift them up again. virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. 51 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a wo man's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. 20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: 21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die; because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you. 22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the 8T When thou buildest a new woman, and the woman: so shalt house, then thou shalt make a bat-thou put away evil from Israel. tlement for thy roof, that thou 23 If a damsel that is a virgin bring not blood upon thy house, if be betrothed unto a husband, and any man fall from thence. a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. 10 1 Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together. 11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. 12 T Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. 13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: 24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you. 251 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die: 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: 15 Then shall the father of the 27 For he found her in the field, damsel, and her mother, take and and the betrothed damsel cried, and bring forth the tokens of the dam-there was none to save her. sel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: 16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her, 28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's fa17 And lo, he hath given occa-ther fifty shekels of silver, and she sions of speech against her, say-shall be his wife; because he hath ing, I found not thy daughter a humbled her, he may not put her maid; and yet these are the tokens away all his days. of my daughter's virginity. And I 30 TA man shall not take his fa Of cleanliness in the camp. CHAP. XXIV. Of usury, vows, &c. ther's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. CHAP. XXIII. E that is wounded in the HE stones, or hath his privy mem ber cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 5 Nevertheless, the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam: but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. 7 T Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land. 8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation. 9 When the host goest forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. 10 1 If there be among you any man that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: 11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. 12 T Thou shalt have a place also without the camp,, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: 13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon: and it shall be when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. 17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God. 19 T Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: 20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thy hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. 22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a free-will-offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. 24 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill, at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. 25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thy hand: but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn. CHAP. XXIV. The Law of Divorce, &c. THEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt it come to pass that she find no turn back, and cover that which favour in his eyes, because he hath cometh from thee: found some uncleanness in her: 14 For the LORD thy God walk- then let him write her a bill of eth in the midst of thy camp, to divorcement, and give it in he 197 |