Deuteronomy (The Speeches of Moses) - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 207
The Five Books of Moses
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29*25 Because they rejected the Covenant of the EVER- L1v1NG, the GOD of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of the Mitzeraim, and they went and served other gods, and worshipped them ; gods whom they knew not, and who Therefore the anger of the LORD burnt against the country, and He caused all the affliction written in this record to come upon it. The EvER·r.1v1Nc; will also pluckyou up from the ground with violence, and with great wrath, and Bing you into other countries. The Secret Reasons are with our
EvER·L1V1NG GOD; but the revela- ever, that we may practise the whole of the Decrees of this Law! iiriuarhs ¤£ Qlztum tu ®¤h. 30 Consequently when these events come upon you, the blessings and ·» 5 the cursings which I have put before you, and you cause your heart to tum back in every nation where your EVER-LIVING GOD has scattered you, and you return to your EvER—L1v1NG GOD, and listen to His voice in all that I have commanded you to—day, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul,~——and return to your Even-Lrvruo GOD, your rest and your comfort,-——then the EvsR~L1v1No, your GOD, will come again and -collect you from every People where He had scattered you. If you have been drawn to the limits of the sky, your Evan-Lrvmo GOD will collect you from there,———the Evsirmviuo, your Gon, will take you and bring you to the country possess it, and will cause you to EVER-Lrvmo will put all those alilic· tions upon your enemies, and on voice of the EvER·L1vING, and practise all His commands, which I command you to-day. Your EVER- g L1vlNG GOD also will cause you to excel in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the produce of your cattle, in the beauti- ful produce of your farms,-—f0r the EvER>LivxNG will come to rejoice over you in delight, as He rejoiced over your fathers,~——because you listen to the voice of your EvER·LlvlNG GOD, to preserve His Commandments and Institutions which are written in this record of the Law,-··when you return to the EvER·L1v1NG, your GOD, with all your heart and with all your soul. For these laws which I command you to—day, will never depart, or go -·far from you. They are not in the heavens, that you Who can go up for us to the heavens, and bringthem to us that we may listen to and practise Nor are they across the sea, Who can cross over for us, and bring them to us, that we may hear and practise them ? ’ for the matter is very close to you,
in your smooth, and in your heart to practise. Look! I put before you to·day
Life, and Prosperity,—~and Sin, and Death! What I propose to you is Life,¢——to love the EvER·L1v1NG, your GOD,~·-to walk in His ways, to preserve His Legislation, and Institutions, and Decrees, when your Evan-Livmo Goo will increase you, and bless you in the land which you are going to possess! But if your heart revolts, and you
will not listen, but degrade your- selves, and worship vile gods, and serve them, I announce to you to- day that perishing you shall perish ; your time shall not be long on the ground which you are passing the jordan to go and possess! Bear witness to me, now, Heavens and Earth! I place Life and Death before you,-—-the Blessing and the Curse! Therefore choose for your- selves the Life,——··that you and your posterity may live l Love your EVER- Livmo Gon, listen to His voice,and hold to Him,-·-for He will give you life, and extend your time, to rest upon the land that the EvER—L1v1NG promised to your fathers,—Tto Abra-
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