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Thou shalt take the first of all thy fruits, and put them in a basket, and shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may be invocated there:

Thou hast chosen the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways and keep his ceremonies, and precepts, and judgments, and obey his command.

And the Lord hath chosen thee this day, to be his peculiar people, as he hath spoken to thee, and to keep all his commandments:

And to make thee higher than all nations which he hath created, to his own praise, and name, and glory: that thou mayst be a holy people of the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.

Thou shalt hear his voice, and do the commandments and justices which I command thee.

Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmarks: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife, and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or of his mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Now if thou wilt hear the voice of all his commandments, which I command thee this day, the Lord thy God will make thee higher than all the nations that are on the earth.

And all these blessings shall come upon thee and overtake thee: yet so if thou hear his precepts.

The Lord will raise thee up to be a holy people to himself, as he swore to thee: if thou keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

The Lord will open his excellent treasure, the heaven, that it may give rain in due season: and he will bless all the works of thy hands. And thou shalt lend to many nations, and shalt not borrow of any one.

But if thou wilt not hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep and to do all his commandments and ceremonies, which I command thee this day, all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.

And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue and overtake thee, till thou perish: because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God, and didst not keep his commandments and ceremonies which he commanded thee.

The man that is nice among you, and very delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wife, that lieth in his bosom,

So that he will not give them of the flesh of his children, which he shall eat: because he hath nothing else in the siege and the want, wherewith thy enemies shall distress thee within all thy gates.