Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

11For thiscommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֣הha.mitz.VahH4687whichאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֖me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee thisdayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117, it isnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808tooמִמְּךָ֔mi.me.KhaH4480hardנִפְלֵ֥אתnif.LetH6381for thee,neitherוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808is itfarרְחֹקָ֖הre.cho.KahH7350offH7350.

12It isnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808inheavenבַשָּׁמַ֖יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064, that thou shouldestsayלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, Who shallgoיַעֲלֶה־ya.'a.leh-H5927upH5927forusH559toheavenהַשָּׁמַ֙יְמָה֙ha.sha.May.mahH8064, andbringH5927it untousH559, andmakeH6213usH559tohearוְיַשְׁמִעֵ֥נוּve.yash.mi.'E.nuH8085it, thatweH8085maydoH6213it?

13Neitherוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808is itbeyondH5676theseaלַיָּ֖םlai.YamH3220, that thou shouldestsayלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, Who shallgoיַעֲבָר־ya.'a.vor-H5674over theseaהַיָּם֙hai.YamH3220forusH413, andbringוְיִקָּחֶ֣הָve.yi.ka.Che.haH3947it untousH413, andmakeH6213usH413tohearוְיַשְׁמִעֵ֥נוּve.yash.mi.'E.nuH8085it, thatweH8085maydoH6213it?

14But thewordהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697isveryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966nigh unto thee, in thymouthבְּפִ֥יךָbe.Fi.khaH6310, and in thyheartוּבִֽלְבָבְךָ֖u.vil.va.ve.KhaH3824, that thou mayestdoלַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃ סla.'a.so.ToH6213it.

15Seeרְאֵ֨הre.'EhH7200, I havesetנָתַ֤תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414beforeלְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙le.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee thisdayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117lifeH3117andgoodהַטּ֑וֹבha.TovH2896, anddeathהַמָּ֖וֶתha.Ma.vetH4194andevilהָרָֽע׃ha.Ra'H7451;

16in that Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֮me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee thisdayהַיּוֹם֒hai.yOmH3117toloveלְאַהֲבָ֞הle.'a.ha.VahH157theLORDH3068thyGodH430, towalkH1870in hiswaysבִּדְרָכָ֔יוbid.ra.KhavH1870, and tokeepוְלִשְׁמֹ֛רve.lish.MorH8104hiscommandmentsH4687and hisstatutesוְחֻקֹּתָ֖יוve.chu.ko.TavH2708and hisjudgmentsוּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑יוu.mish.pa.TavH4941, that thou mayestliveוְחָיִ֣יתָve.cha.Yi.taH2421andmultiplyוְרָבִ֔יתָve.ra.Vi.taH7235, and that theLORDH3068thyGodH430mayblessוּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙u.ve.rakh.KhaH1288thee in thelandבָּאָ֕רֶץba.'A.retzH776whither thou goest in topossessלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.TahH3423it.

17Butifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518thineheartלְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.KhaH3824turnיִפְנֶ֥הyif.NehH6437awayH5080, and thou wiltnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808hearתִשְׁמָ֑עtish.Ma'H8085, but shalt bedrawnH5080awayH5080, andworshipוְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֛יתָve.hish.ta.cha.Vi.taH7812otherאֲחֵרִ֖ים'a.che.RimH312godsלֵאלֹהִ֥יםle.lo.HimH430, andserveוַעֲבַדְתָּֽם׃va.'a.vad.TamH5647them;

18Idenounceהִגַּ֤דְתִּיhi.Gad.tiH5046untoyouאַתָּ֤ה'a.TahH859thisdayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117, that ye shallsurelyכִּ֥יkiH3588perishH6; ye shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808prolongתַאֲרִיכֻ֤ןta.'a.ri.KhunH748yourdaysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117uponעַל־'al-H5921thelandהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127, whither thou passest overJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383togoלָבֹ֥אla.Vo'H935in topossessלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.TahH3423it.

19I callheavenהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064andearthהָאָרֶץ֒ha.'a.RetzH776to witnessagainstH6440youאַתָּ֥ה'a.TahH859thisdayהַיּוֹם֮hai.yOmH3117, that I havesetנָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414beforeH6440theelifeH3117anddeathוְהַמָּ֙וֶת֙ve.ha.Ma.vetH4194, theblessingהַבְּרָכָ֖הha.be.ra.KhahH1293and thecurseוְהַקְּלָלָ֑הve.ha.ke.la.LahH7045: thereforechooseוּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙u.va.char.TaH977lifeH3117, that thou mayestliveתִּחְיֶ֖הtich.YehH2421, thou and thyseedוְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ve.zar.'E.khaH2233:

20toloveלְאַֽהֲבָה֙le.'a.ha.VahH157theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, toobeyלִשְׁמֹ֥עַlish.Mo.a'H8085hisvoiceבְּקֹל֖וֹbe.ko.LoH6963, and to cleave unto him: for he is thylifeH3117, and thelengthוְאֹ֣רֶךְve.'O.rekhH753of thydaysיָמֶ֔יךָya.Mei.khaH3117: that thou mayestdwellלָשֶׁ֣בֶתla.She.vetH3427in thelandהָאֲדָמָ֗הha.'a.da.MahH127whichאֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068sware unto thyfathersלַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָla.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1, toAbrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֛םle.'av.ra.HamH85, toIsaacלְיִצְחָ֥קle.yitz.ChakH3327, and toJacobוּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖בu.le.ya.'a.KoH3290, togiveלָתֵ֥תla.TetH5414them.

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