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248 Book of Deuteronomy

of thy womb, and in the fruit of thy cattle, in the 20 And that thou mayst love the Lord thy
fruitfulness of thy land, and in the plenty of all God, and obey his voice, and adhere to him (for
things. For the Lord will return to rejoice over he is thy life, and the length of thy days,) that
thee in all good things, as he rejoiced in thy fa- thou mayst dwell in the land, for which the Lord
thers: swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
10 Yet so if thou hear the voice of the Lord that he would give it them.
thy God, and keep his precepts and ceremonies,
which are written in this law: and return to the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all Chapter 31
thy soul.
And Moses went, and spoke all these words to
11 This commandment, that I command thee
all Israel,
this day is not above thee, nor far off from thee:
12 Nor is it in heaven, that thou shouldst say: 2 And he said to them: I am this day a hun-
dred and twenty years old, I can no longer go out
Which of us can go up to heaven to bring it unto
us, and we may hear and fulfil it in work? and come in, especially as the Lord also hath said
to me: Thou shalt not pass over this Jordan.
13 Nor is it beyond the sea: that thou mayst
excuse thyself, and say: Which of us can cross 3 The Lord thy God then will pass over be-
the sea, and bring it unto us: that we may hear, fore thee: he will destroy all these nations in thy
and do that which is commanded? sight, and thou shalt possess them: and this Jo-
14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy sue shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath
mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayst do it. spoken.
15 Consider that I have set before thee this 4 And the Lord shall do to them as he did to
day life and good, and on the other hand death Sehon and Og the kings of the Amorrhites, and
and evil: to their land, and shall destroy them.
16 That thou mayst love the Lord thy God, 5 Therefore when the Lord shall have delivered
and walk in his ways, and keep his command- these also to you, you shall do in like manner to
ments and ceremonies and judgments, and bless them as I have commmanded you.
thee in the land, which thou shalt go in to pos- 6 Do manfully and be of good heart: fear not,
sess. nor be ye dismayed at their sight: for the Lord
17 But if thy heart be turned away, so that thy God he himself is thy leader, and will not
thou wilt not hear, and being deceived with error leave thee nor forsake thee.
thou adore strange gods, and serve them: 7 And Moses called Josue, and said to him be-
18 I foretell thee this day that thou shalt per- fore all Israel: Take courage, and be valiant: for
ish, and shalt remain but a short time in the thou shalt bring this people into the land which
land, to which thou shalt pass over the Jordan, the Lord swore he would give to their fathers,
and shalt go in to possess it. and thou shalt divide it by lot.
19 I call heaven and earth to witness this day, 8 And the Lord who is your leader, he himself
that I have set before you life and death, bless- will be with thee: he will not leave thee, nor
ing and cursing. Choose therefore life, that both forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
thou and thy seed may live: 9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it