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Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.

If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.

For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the Lord your God.

And these other tribes must stand for the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!'

‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his father's former wife, for he dishonors his father.' Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!'

The Lord will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do—yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you.

The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off.

As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.

a nation of stern appearance that will have no regard for the elderly or pity for the young.

This is what will happen: Just as the Lord delighted to do good for you and make you numerous, he will take delight in destroying and decimating you. You will be uprooted from the land you are about to possess.

Among those nations you will have no rest nor will there be a place of peaceful rest for the soles of your feet, for there the Lord will give you an anxious heart, failing eyesight, and a spirit of despair.

I have led you through the desert for forty years. Your clothing has not worn out nor have your sandals deteriorated.

"(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled.

The Lord will single him out for judgment from all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant written in this scroll of the law.

Then he will bring you to the land your ancestors possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.

The Lord your God will make the labor of your hands abundantly successful and multiply your children, the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil. For the Lord your God will once more rejoice over you to make you prosperous just as he rejoiced over your ancestors,

"This commandment I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.