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But the land which you are entering to possess it is a land of hills and valleys, drinking water from the rain of the heavens;

and a curse if you will not hear the commandments of Jehovah your God, but will turn aside out of the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.

But you shall seek to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes; for you shall seek His dwelling, to put His name there. And you shall go there.

but in the place which Jehovah shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command.

But you shall eat it before Jehovah your God in the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, you and your son, and your daughter, and your male slave, and your female slave, and the Levite who is within your gates. And you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God in all that you put your hand to .

But killing you shall kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to cause him to die, and the hand of all the people last.

But you shall not eat of those that only chew the cud, or those only dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rock badger; for they chew the cud but do not divide the hoof. They shall be unclean to you.

And the swine, because it divides the hoof, but does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead body.

But you shall not eat of these: the eagle, the black vulture, and the bearded vulture,

You may exact it from a foreigner, but your hand shall release whatever is yours with your brother,

For Jehovah your God will bless you as He promised you. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. And you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

But opening you shall open your hand to him, and lending you shall lend him enough for his need in that which he lacks.

But at the place which He shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, you shall sacrifice the Passover offering at evening, at the going of the sun, at the time when you came out of Egypt.

but each with his gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah your God, which He has given you.

For these nations whom you shall expel listen to observers of clouds, and to those divining. But as to you, Jehovah your God has not given to you to do so.

But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, that which I have not commanded him to speak, and who speaks in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it shall be well with you.

But of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah your God is giving to you as an inheritance, you shall not keep alive any that breathes.

But you shall utterly destroy them, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as Jehovah your God has commanded you;

But he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated one, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the firstfruit of his strength, the right of the first-born is his.