- Deuteronomy 11:26
רְאֵה אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לִפְנֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם בְּרָכָה וּקְלָלָה׃
See, this day I set before you blessing and curse:
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חֲזוֹ דַּאֲנָא יָהֵיב קֳדָמֵיכוֹן יוֹמָא דֵין בִּרְכָן וּלְוָטִין׃
Look, I place before you today, a blessing and a curse.
- Deuteronomy 11:27
אֶת־הַבְּרָכָה אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶל־מִצְוֺת יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם׃
blessing, if you obey the commandments of the ETERNAL your God that I enjoin upon you this day;
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יָת בִּרְכָן אִם תְּקַבְּלוּן לְפִקּוֹדַיָּא דַּייָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן דַּאֲנָא מְפַקֵּיד יָתְכוֹן יוֹמָא דֵין׃
The blessing—that you heed [obey] the commandments of Adonoy, your God, that I am commanding you today.
- Deuteronomy 11:28
וְהַקְּלָלָה אִם־לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ אֶל־מִצְוֺת יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְסַרְתֶּם מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יְדַעְתֶּם׃
and curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the ETERNAL your God, but turn away from the path that I enjoin upon you this day and follow other gods, whom you have not experienced.
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וּלְוָטִין אִם לָא תְקַבְּלוּן לְפִקּוֹדַיָּא דַּייָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן וְתִסְטוֹן מִן אוֹרְחָא דַּאֲנָא מְפַקֵּיד יָתְכוֹן יוֹמָא דֵין לִמְהָךְ בָּתַר טָעֲוָת עַמְמַיָּא דְּלָא יְדַעְתּוּן׃
And the curse—if you do not heed the commandments of Adonoy, your God, and you veer from the course which I command you this day, to follow other gods [idols of the nations] which you did not know.
- Deuteronomy 11:29
וְהָיָה כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה בָא־שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ וְנָתַתָּה אֶת־הַבְּרָכָה עַל־הַר גְּרִזִים וְאֶת־הַקְּלָלָה עַל־הַר עֵיבָל׃
When the ETERNAL your God brings you into the land that you are about to enter and possess, you shall pronounce the blessing at Mount Gerizim and the curse at Mount Ebal.—
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וִיהֵי אֲרֵי יַעֵילִנָּךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְאַרְעָא דְּאַתְּ עָלֵיל לְתַמָּן לְמֵירְתַהּ וְתִתֵּין יָת מְבָרְכַיָּא עַל טוּרָא דִּגְרִיזִין וְיָת מְלָטְטַיָּא עַל טוּרָא דְּעֵיבָל׃
When Adonoy, your God, has brought you to the land that you are coming to inherit, you shall place the blessers on Mount Gerizim and the cursers on Mount Eival.
- Deuteronomy 11:30
הֲלֹא־הֵמָּה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן אַחֲרֵי דֶּרֶךְ מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בְּאֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּעֲרָבָה מוּל הַגִּלְגָּל אֵצֶל אֵלוֹנֵי מֹרֶה׃
Both are on the other side of the Jordan, beyond the west road that is in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah—near Gilgal, by the terebinths of Moreh.
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הֲלָא אִנּוּן בְּעִבְרָא דְּיַרְדְּנָא אֲחוֹרֵי אוֹרַח מַעֲלָנֵי שִׁמְשָׁא בַּאֲרַע כְּנַעֲנָאָה דְּיָתֵיב בְּמֵישְׁרָא לָקֳבֵיל גִּלְגָּלָא בִּסְטַר מֵישְׁרֵי מוֹרֶה׃
Are they not across the Yardein and far beyond, along the route of the sunset? In the land of the Canaanites who dwell on the Arava Plain, opposite Gilgol, next to the [at the side of] Moreh Plain.
- Deuteronomy 11:31
כִּי אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן לָבֹא לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָכֶם וִירִשְׁתֶּם אֹתָהּ וִישַׁבְתֶּם־בָּהּ׃
For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the ETERNAL your God is assigning to you. When you have occupied it and are settled in it,
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אֲרֵי אַתּוּן עָבְרִין יָת יַרְדְּנָא לְמֵיעַל לְמֵירַת יָת אַרְעָא דַּייָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן יָהֵיב לְכוֹן וְתֵירְתוּן יָתַהּ וְתִתְּבוּן בַּהּ׃
For you shall pass across the Yardein to come to inherit the land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you; you will inherit it and will dwell in it.
- Deuteronomy 11:32
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם לַעֲשׂוֹת אֵת כׇּל־הַחֻקִּים וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לִפְנֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם׃
take care to observe all the laws and rules that I have set before you this day.
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וְתִטְּרוּן לְמֶעֱבַד יָת כָּל קְיָמַיָּא וְיָת דִּינַיָּא דַּאֲנָא יָהֵיב קֳדָמֵיכוֹן יוֹמָא דֵין׃
You will guard to fulfill all the statutes and the laws that I am setting before you today.
- Deuteronomy 12:1
אֵלֶּה הַחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְרוּן לַעֲשׂוֹת בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֶיךָ לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ כׇּל־הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם חַיִּים עַל־הָאֲדָמָה׃
These are the laws and rules that you must carefully observe in the land that the ETERNAL, God of your ancestors, is giving you to possess, as long as you live on earth.
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אִלֵּין קְיָמַיָּא וְדִינַיָּא דְּתִטְּרוּן לְמֶעֱבַד בְּאַרְעָא דִּיהַב יְיָ אֱלָהָא דַּאֲבָהָתָךְ לָךְ לְמֵירְתַהּ כָּל יוֹמַיָּא דְּאַתּוּן קַיָּימִין עַל אַרְעָא׃
These are the statutes and the laws that you will guard to fulfill in the land that Adonoy, God of your forefathers, has given to inherit, all the years that you are alive on the land.
- Deuteronomy 12:2
אַבֵּד תְּאַבְּדוּן אֶת־כׇּל־הַמְּקֹמוֹת אֲשֶׁר עָבְדוּ־שָׁם הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם יֹרְשִׁים אֹתָם אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶם עַל־הֶהָרִים הָרָמִים וְעַל־הַגְּבָעוֹת וְתַחַת כׇּל־עֵץ רַעֲנָן׃
You must destroy all the sites at which the nations you are to dispossess worshiped their gods, whether on lofty mountains and on hills or under any luxuriant tree.
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אַבָּדָא תְאַבְּדוּן יָת כָּל אַתְרַיָּא דִּפְלַחוּ תַמָּן עַמְמַיָּא דְּאַתּוּן יָרְתִין יָתְהוֹן יָת טָעֲוָתְהוֹן עַל טוּרַיָּא רָמַיָּא וְעַל רָמָתָא וּתְחוֹת כָּל אִילָן עַבּוֹף׃
You must obliterate all the places where the nations worshipped, whom you are inheriting, their gods [idols], on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every evergreen tree.
- Deuteronomy 12:3
וְנִתַּצְתֶּם אֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָם וְשִׁבַּרְתֶּם אֶת־מַצֵּבֹתָם וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶם תִּשְׂרְפוּן בָּאֵשׁ וּפְסִילֵי אֱלֹהֵיהֶם תְּגַדֵּעוּן וְאִבַּדְתֶּם אֶת־שְׁמָם מִן־הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא׃
Tear down their altars, smash their pillars, put their sacred posts to the fire, and cut down the images of their gods, obliterating their name from that site.
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וּתְתָרְעוּן יָת אֵיגוֹרֵיהוֹן וּתְתַבְּרוּן יָת קָמָתְהוֹן וַאֲשֵׁירֵיהוֹן תֵּיקְדוּן בְּנוּרָא וְצַלְמֵי טָעֲוָתְהוֹן תְּקָצְצוּן וְתַבְּדוּן יָת שׁוֹמְהוֹן מִן אַתְרָא הַהוּא׃
You are to break apart their altars, and you are to smash their pillars, and their asherahs are you to burn in fire, and the statues of their gods [idols] are you to cut down; and you are to obliterate their name from that place.
- Deuteronomy 12:4
לֹא־תַעֲשׂוּן כֵּן לַיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם׃
Do not worship the ETERNAL your God in like manner,
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לָא תַעְבְּדוּן כֵּן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן׃
Do not act this way to [before] Adonoy, your God.
- Deuteronomy 12:5
כִּי אִם־אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מִכׇּל־שִׁבְטֵיכֶם לָשׂוּם אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שָׁם לְשִׁכְנוֹ תִדְרְשׁוּ וּבָאתָ שָּׁמָּה׃
but look only to the site that the ETERNAL your God will choose amidst all your tribes as God’s habitation, to establish the divine name there. There you are to go,
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אֱלָהֵין לְאַתְרָא דְּיִתְרְעֵי יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן מִכָּל שִׁבְטֵיכוֹן לְאַשְׁרָאָה שְׁכִינְתֵיהּ תַּמָּן לְבֵית שְׁכִינְתֵיהּ תִּתְבְּעוּן וְתֵיתוֹן לְתַמָּן׃
Rather at the place that Adonoy, your God, chooses from all your tribes to set His Presence [have His Shechinah dwell] there, [at the abode of His Shechinah] will you seek His Presence and come there.
- Deuteronomy 12:6
וַהֲבֵאתֶם שָׁמָּה עֹלֹתֵיכֶם וְזִבְחֵיכֶם וְאֵת מַעְשְׂרֹתֵיכֶם וְאֵת תְּרוּמַת יֶדְכֶם וְנִדְרֵיכֶם וְנִדְבֹתֵיכֶם וּבְכֹרֹת בְּקַרְכֶם וְצֹאנְכֶם׃
and there you are to bring your burnt offerings and other sacrifices, your tithes and contributions, your votive and freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and flocks.
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וְתַיְתוֹן לְתַמָּן עֲלָוָתְכוֹן וְנִכְסַת קוּדְשֵׁיכוֹן וְיָת מַעְשְׂרֵיכוֹן וְיָת אַפְרָשׁוּת יַדְכוֹן וְנִדְרֵיכוֹן וְנִדְבָתְכוֹן וּבְכוֹרֵי תוֹרֵיכוֹן וְעָנְכוֹן׃
You are to bring there your burnt-offerings and your sacred-offerings, and your tithes and the elevation of your hands [hand-offerings], and your pledges, and your donations, and the firstborn of your cattle and your flocks.
- Deuteronomy 12:7
וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־שָׁם לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם בְּכֹל מִשְׁלַח יֶדְכֶם אַתֶּם וּבָתֵּיכֶם אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַכְךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃
Together with your households, you shall feast there before the ETERNAL your God, happy in all the undertakings in which the ETERNAL your God has blessed you.
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וְתֵיכְלוּן תַּמָּן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן וְתִחְדוֹן בְּכֹל אוֹשָׁטוּת יַדְכוֹן אַתּוּן וֶאֱנָשׁ בָּתֵּיכוֹן דְּבָרְכָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ׃
You are to eat there before Adonoy, your God, and you will be happy with the sum of your handiwork, you and [the members of] your households, as Adonoy, your God, has blessed you.
- Deuteronomy 12:8
לֹא תַעֲשׂוּן כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ עֹשִׂים פֹּה הַיּוֹם אִישׁ כׇּל־הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו׃
You shall not act at all as we now act here, everyone as they please,
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לָא תַעְבְּדוּן כְּכֹל דַּאֲנַחְנָא עָבְדִין כָּא יוֹמָא דֵין גְּבַר כָּל דְּכָשַׁר בְּעֵינוֹהִי׃
You may not do everything we do here today, each what is upright in his eyes [before him].
- Deuteronomy 12:9
כִּי לֹא־בָאתֶם עַד־עָתָּה אֶל־הַמְּנוּחָה וְאֶל־הַנַּחֲלָה אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ׃
because you have not yet come to the allotted haven that the ETERNAL your God is giving you.
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אֲרֵי לָא אֲתֵיתוֹן עַד כְּעַן לְבֵית נְיָחָא וּלְאַחְסָנְתָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵיב לָךְ׃
For you will not have come as yet to the peace [the place of tranquility] and to the territory that Adonoy, your God, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 12:10
וַעֲבַרְתֶּם אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן וִישַׁבְתֶּם בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מַנְחִיל אֶתְכֶם וְהֵנִיחַ לָכֶם מִכׇּל־אֹיְבֵיכֶם מִסָּבִיב וִישַׁבְתֶּם־בֶּטַח׃
When you cross the Jordan and settle in the land that the ETERNAL your God is allotting to you, and you are granted safety from all your enemies around you and you live in security,
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וְתִעְבְּרוּן יָת יַרְדְּנָא וְתִתְּבוּן בְּאַרְעָא דַּייָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן מַחְסֵין יָתְכוֹן וִינִיחַ לְכוֹן מִכָּל בַּעֲלֵי דְּבָבֵיכוֹן מִסְּחוֹר סְחוֹר וְתִתְּבוּן לְרוּחְצָן׃
When you cross the Yardein and settle in the land that Adonoy, your God, is apportioning to you, and He has granted you peace from all your enemies around, and you will live secure.