An exhortation to obedience in regard of God's dealing with them.
 8:1 ¶
Ye shall observe to do all the commands which I charge you to-day, that ye may live and be multiplied, and enter in and inherit the land, which the Lord your God sware [to give] to your fathers. |
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 8:1 ¶
Allº
the commandmentsº
whichº
Iº
commandºº
thee this dayº
shall ye observeºº
to do,ºº
thatº
ye may live,ºº
and multiply,ºº
and go inºº
and possessººº
the landº
whichº
Yahwehº
swareºº
unto your fathers.º |
 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thine heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no. |
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 8:2
And thou shalt rememberººº
allº
the wayº
whichº
Yahwehº
thy Elohimº
ledººº
thee theseº
fortyº
yearsº
in the wilderness,º
toº
humbleºº
thee, [and] to proveºº
thee, to knowººº
whatº
[was] in thine heart,º
whether thou wouldest keepºº
his commandments,º
orº
no.º |
 8:3
And he afflicted thee and straitened thee with hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might teach thee that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall man live. |
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 8:3
And he humbledºº
thee, and suffered thee to hunger,ºº
and fedºº
thee withº
manna,º
whichº
thou knewestºº
not,º
neitherº
did thy fathersº
know;ºº
thatº
he might make thee knowºº
thatº
manº
doth notº
liveºº
byº
breadº
only,º
butº
byº
everyº
[word] that proceedethº
outº
of the mouthº
of Yahwehº
doth manº
live.ºº |
 8:4
Thy garments grew not old from off thee, thy shoes were not worn from off thee, thy feet were not [painfully] hardened, lo! these forty years. |
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 8:4
Thy raimentº
waxed not oldººº
uponºº
thee, neitherº
did thy footº
swell,ºº
theseº
fortyº
years.º |
 8:5
And thou shalt know in thine heart, that as if any man should chasten his son, so the Lord thy God will chasten thee. |
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 8:5
Thou shalt also considerºº
inº
thine heart,º
that,º
asº
a manº
chastenethººº
his son,º
[so] Yahwehº
thy Elohimº
chastenethºº
thee. |
 8:6
And thou shalt keep the commands of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. |
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 8:6
Therefore thou shalt keepººº
the commandmentsº
of Yahwehº
thy Elohim,º
to walkººº
in his ways,º
and to fearºº
him. |
 8:7
For the Lord thy God will bring thee into a good and extensive land, where there are torrents of waters, and fountains of deep places issuing through the plains and through the mountains: |
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 8:7
Forº
Yahwehº
thy Elohimº
bringethºº
thee intoº
a goodº
land,º
a landº
of brooksº
of water,º
of fountainsº
and depthsº
that spring outºº
of valleysº
and hills;º |
 8:8
a land of wheat and barley, [wherein are] vines, figs, pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; |
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 8:8
A landº
of wheat,º
and barley,º
and vines,º
and fig trees,º
and pomegranates;º
a landº
of oilº
olive,º
and honey;º |
 8:9
a land on which thou shalt not eat thy bread with poverty, and thou shalt not want any thing upon it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains thou shalt dig brass. |
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 8:9
A landº
whereinº
thou shalt eatºº
breadº
withoutº
scarceness,º
thou shalt notº
lackºº
anyº
[thing] in it; a landº
whoseº
stonesº
[are] iron,º
and out of whose hillsºº
thou mayest digºº
brass.º |
 8:10
And thou shalt eat and be filled, and shalt bless the Lord thy God on the good land, which he has given thee. |
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 8:10
When thou hast eatenºº
and art full,ºº
then thou shalt blessººº
Yahwehº
thy Elohimº
forº
the goodº
landº
whichº
he hath givenºº
thee. |
 8:11
Take heed to thyself that thou forget not the Lord thy God, so as not to keep his commands, and his judgments, and ordinances, which I command thee this day: |
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 8:11
Bewareºº
that thou forgetºº
notººº
Yahwehº
thy Elohim,º
in notº
keepingºº
his commandments,º
and his judgments,º
and his statutes,º
whichº
Iº
commandºº
thee this day:º |
 8:12
lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them; |
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 8:12
Lestº
[when] thou hast eatenºº
and art full,ºº
and hast builtºº
goodlyº
houses,º
and dweltºº
[therein]; |
 8:13
and thy oxen and thy sheep are multiplied to thee, and thy silver and thy gold are multiplied to thee, and all thy possessions are multiplied to thee, |
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 8:13
And [when] thy herdsº
and thy flocksº
multiply,ºº
and thy silverº
and thy goldº
is multiplied,ºº
and allº
thatº
thou hast is multiplied;ºº |
 8:14
thou shouldest be exalted in heart, and forget the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Mizraim{gr.Egypt}, out of the house of bondage: |
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 8:14
Then thine heartº
be lifted up,ºº
and thou forgetººº
Yahwehº
thy Elohim,º
which brought thee forthºº
out of the landºº
of Egypt,º
from the houseºº
of bondage;º |
 8:15
who brought thee through that great and terrible wilderness, where [is] the biting serpent, and scorpion, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee a fountain of water out of the flinty rock: |
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 8:15
Who ledººº
thee through that greatº
and terribleºº
wilderness,º
[wherein were] fieryº
serpents,º
and scorpions,º
and drought,º
whereº
[there was] noº
water;º
who brought thee forthºº
waterº
out of the rockºº
of flint;º |
 8:16
who fed thee with manna in the wilderness, which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not; that he might afflict thee, and thoroughly try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days. |
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 8:16
Who fedºº
thee in the wildernessº
with manna,º
whichº
thy fathersº
knewºº
not,º
thatº
he might humbleºº
thee, and thatº
he might proveºº
thee, to do thee goodºº
at thy latter end;º |
 8:17
Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, My strength, and the power of mine hand have wrought for me this great wealth. |
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 8:17
And thou sayºº
in thine heart,º
My powerº
and the mightº
of [mine] handº
hath gottenºº
meº
thisº
wealth.º |
 8:18
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, that he gives thee strength to get wealth; even that he may establish his covenant, which the Lord sware to thy fathers, as at this day. |
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 8:18
But thou shalt rememberººº
Yahwehº
thy Elohim:º
forº
[it is] heº
that givethºº
thee powerº
to getºº
wealth,º
thatº
he may establishººº
his covenantº
whichº
he swareºº
unto thy fathers,º
as [it is] thisº
day.º |
 8:19
And it shall come to pass if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and shouldest go after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall surely perish. |
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 8:19
And it shall be,º
ifº
thou do at allºº
forgetººº
Yahwehº
thy Elohim,º
and walkºº
afterº
otherº
elohim,º
and serveºº
them, and worshipºº
them, I testifyºº
against you this dayº
thatº
ye shall surelyºº
perish.ºº |
 8:20
As also the other nations which the Lord God destroys before your face, so shall ye perish, because ye hearkened not to the voice of the Lord your God. |
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 8:20
As the nationsº
whichº
Yahwehº
destroyethºº
before your face,ºº
soº
shall ye perish;ºº
becauseº
ye would notº
be obedientºº
unto the voiceº
of Yahwehº
your Elohim.º |