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Suppose a man enters into marriage with a woman, but she does not please him because he finds something objectionable about her, and so he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house; she then leaves his house

Forty lashes may be given but not more; if more lashes than these are given, your neighbor will be degraded in your sight.

But if the man has no desire to marry his brother's widow, then his brother's widow shall go up to the elders at the gate and say, "My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me."

The Lord will open for you his rich storehouse, the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all your undertakings. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

But if you will not obey the Lord your God by diligently observing all his commandments and decrees, which I am commanding you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you:

you shall grope about at noon as blind people grope in darkness, but you shall be unable to find your way; and you shall be continually abused and robbed, without anyone to help.

You shall become engaged to a woman, but another man shall lie with her. You shall build a house, but not live in it. You shall plant a vineyard, but not enjoy its fruit.

Your ox shall be butchered before your eyes, but you shall not eat of it. Your donkey shall be stolen in front of you, and shall not be restored to you. Your sheep shall be given to your enemies, without anyone to help you.

Your sons and daughters shall be given to another people, while you look on; you will strain your eyes looking for them all day but be powerless to do anything.

You shall carry much seed into the field but shall gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.

You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.

You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off.

You shall have sons and daughters, but they shall not remain yours, for they shall go into captivity.

They shall lend to you but you shall not lend to them; they shall be the head and you shall be the tail.

The Lord will bring you back in ships to Egypt, by a route that I promised you would never see again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.

But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.

When you came to this place, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out against us for battle, but we defeated them.

but also with those who are not here with us today.

The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the revealed things belong to us and to our children forever, to observe all the words of this law.

But if your heart turns away and you do not hear, but are led astray to bow down to other gods and serve them,