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Deuteronomy 7:2-16

2andwhenJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallgiveH5414themupbeforetheeandthou shaltsmitethem,thenshalt thou utterlydestroyH2763them: thou shaltmakeH5414nocovenantבְּרִ֖יתbe.RitH1285withthem,norshewmercyuntothem.

3Andthou shaltmakeH5414nomarriageswiththem: thydaughterבִּתְּךָ֙bi.te.KhaH1323thou shaltnotgiveתִתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414untohissonלִבְנ֔וֹliv.NoH1121,nortakeתִקַּ֥חti.KachH3947hisdaughterוּבִתּ֖וֹu.vi.ToH1323forthysonלִבְנֶֽךָ׃liv.Ne.khaH1121;

4forhewillturnיָסִ֤ירya.SirH5493awayH5493thysonבִּנְךָ֙bin.KhaH1121fromfollowingme,andtheywillserveוְעָבְד֖וּve.'a.ve.DuH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,andtheangerאַף־'af-H639ofJehovahwillbekindledagainstyou,andhewilldestroyוְהִשְׁמִידְךָ֖ve.hish.mi.de.KhaH8045theequicklyמַהֵֽר׃ma.HerH4118.

5Butthusכֹּ֤הkohH3541shall yedealwiththem: ye shallbreakH7665downtheiraltarsמִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶ֣םmiz.be.cho.tei.HemH4196,andshatterתְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּte.sha.Be.ruH7665theirstatues,andhewdownתִּתֹּ֔צוּti.To.tzuH5422theirAsherahs,andburnתִּשְׂרְפ֥וּןtis.re.FunH8313theirgravenimageswithfireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784.

6Foraholyקָדוֹשׁ֙ka.do.VoshH6918peopleH5971art thou untoJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430:JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathchosenH977theetobeH1961untohimapeopleH5971forapossessionסְגֻלָּ֔הse.gu.LahH5459,aboveallthepeoplesH5971thatareuponthefaceH6440oftheearthH127.

7Notbecauseye weremoreinnumberthanallthepeoplesH5971, hathJehovahbeenattachedtoyouandchosenH977you,foryearethefewestהַמְעַ֖טham.'AtH4592ofallthepeoplesH5971;

8butbecauseJehovahlovedyou,andbecausehewouldkeepH8104theoathהַשְּׁבֻעָה֙ha.she.vu.'AhH7621whichhehadswornH7650untoyourfathersH1, hathJehovahbroughtH3318yououtwithapowerfulhandבְּיָ֣דbe.YadH3027,andredeemedוַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֙vai.yif.de.KhaH6299yououtofthehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004ofbondage,fromthehandמִיַּ֖דmi.YadH3027ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֥הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

9Andthou shaltknowוְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ve.Ya.da'.taH3045thatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,heisGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,thefaithfulהַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ןha.ne.'e.ManH539GodH430,whokeepethcovenantהַבְּרִ֣יתha.be.RitH1285andmercytoathousandלְאֶ֥לֶףle.'E.lefH505generationsדּֽוֹר׃DorH1755withthemthatloveלְאֹהֲבָ֛יוle.'o.ha.VavH157himandkeepH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֖יוmitz.vo.tovH4687;

10andrepayeththemthathateH8130him[each]tohisfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440,tocausethemtoperishH6:hedelayethnotwithhimthathatethhim,hewillrepayH7999himtohisfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440.

11Andthou shaltkeepוְשָׁמַרְתָּ֨ve.sha.mar.TaH8104thecommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֜הha.mitz.VahH4687,andthestatutesH2706,andtheordinancesH4941,whichIcommandמְצַוְּךָ֛me.tza.ve.KhaH6680theethisdayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117,todothem.

12Anditshallcometopass,ifye hearkentotheseordinancesH4941,andkeepH8104anddothem,thatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willkeepH8104withtheethecovenantהַבְּרִית֙ha.be.RitH1285andthemercywhichhesworeH7650unto thyfathersH1;

13andhewillloveוַאֲהֵ֣בְךָ֔va.'a.He.ve.khaH157thee,andblessוּבֵרַכְךָ֖u.ve.rakh.KhaH1288thee,andmultiplyH7235thee,andwillblessוּבֵרַ֣ךְu.ve.RakhH1288thefruitפְּרִֽי־pe.ri-H6529ofthywombבִטְנְךָ֣vit.ne.KhaH990,andthefruitוּפְרִֽי־u.fe.ri-H6529ofthygroundאַ֠דְמָתֶךָ'Ad.ma.te.khaH127, thy cornandthynewוְתִֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ve.ti.ro.she.KhaH8492wineH8492,andthineoilוְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָve.yitz.ha.Re.khaH3323,theoffspringofthy kine,andtheincreaseוְהִרְבֶּ֑ךָve.hir.Be.khaH7235ofthysheepH6629,inthelandהָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127whichhesworeH7650unto thyfathersH1togiveלָ֥תֶתLa.tetH5414thee.

14Thou shaltbeתִּֽהְיֶ֖הtih.YehH1961blessedH1288aboveallthepeoplesH5971;thereshallnotbeיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961maleorfemalebarrenH6135withthee,orwiththycattleH929;

15andJehovahwilltakeawayH5493fromtheeallsicknessחֹ֑לִיCho.liH2483,andnoneoftheevilH7451infirmitiesofEgyptמִצְרַ֨יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,whichthou knowest,willheputH5414uponthee;buthewilllaythemuponallthemthathateשֹׂנְאֶֽיךָ׃so.ne.'Ei.khaH8130thee.

16Andthou shaltconsumeוְאָכַלְתָּ֣ve.'a.khal.TaH398allthepeoplesH5971thatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willgiveH5414upunto thee; thineeyeעֵֽינְךָ֖'ei.ne.KhaH5869shallnotsparethem,andthou shaltnotserveתַעֲבֹד֙ta.'a.VodH5647theirgodsאֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם'e.Lo.hei.HemH430;forthatwouldbeasnareמוֹקֵ֥שׁmo.KeshH4170unto thee.

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