Reiteration of the Call to Obedience 11:1 You must love the LORD your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times. 11:2 Bear in mind today that I am not speaking to your children who have not personally experienced the judgments of the LORD your God, which revealed his
The Central Sanctuary 12:1 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess. 12:2 You must by all means destroy all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their
13:1 Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder, 13:2 and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, “Let us follow other gods” – gods whom you have not previously known – “and let us
The Holy and the Profane 14:1 You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead. 14:2 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face
Release for Debt Slaves 15:1 At the end of every seven years you must declare a cancellation of debts. 15:2 This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person; he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite, for it is to be recognized as “the LORD’s
The Passover-Unleavened Bread Festival 16:1 Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night. 16:2 You must sacrifice the Passover animal (from the flock or the herd) to the LORD your God in the place where he chooses to locate
17:1 You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the LORD your God. 17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you – who
Provision for Priests and Levites 18:1 The Levitical priests – indeed, the entire tribe of Levi – will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the LORD and of his inheritance. 18:2 They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the LORD alone is their
Laws Concerning Manslaughter 19:1 When the LORD your God destroys the nations whose land he is about to give you and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and houses, 19:2 you must set apart for yourselves three cities in the middle of your land that the LORD your God is giving you as a
Laws Concerning War with Distant Enemies 20:1 When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry and troops who outnumber you, do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you. 20:2 As you move forward for battle, the priest