Various Laws Continued

Deuteronomy 23:15-25:19

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Genesis

The Creation of the World 1:1-2:3 The Creation of Man and Woman 2:4-25 The Fall of Man 3:1-24 Cain and Abel 4:1-26 From Adam to Noah 5:1-32 The Flood 6:1-8:22 God’s Covenant with Noah 9:1-17 Noah’s Drunkenness and Curse 9:18-29 Nations Descended from Noah 10:1-32 The Tower of Babel 11:1-9 From Shem to Abram 11:10-32 The Call of Abram 12:1-9 Abram in Egypt 12:10-20 Abram and Lot Separate 13:1-18 Abram Rescues Lot 14:1-24 God’s Covenant with Abram 15:1-21 Hagar and Ishmael 16:1-16 The Covenant of Circumcision 17:1-27 A Son Promised to Sarah 18:1-15 Abraham Intercedes for Sodom 18:16-33 The Destruction of Sodom 19:1-29 The Origin of Moab and Ammon 19:30-38 Abraham and Abimelech 20:1-18 The Birth of Isaac 21:1-7 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away 21:8-21 A Treaty with Abimelech 21:22-34 The Sacrifice of Isaac 22:1-19 Nahor’s Children 22:20-24 The Death and Burial of Sarah 23:1-20 A Wife for Isaac 24:1-67 The Death of Abraham 25:1-11 Ishmael’s Descendants 25:12-18 Esau and Jacob 25:19-34 Isaac and Abimelech 26:1-35 Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing 27:1-40 Jacob Sent to Paddan-aram 27:41-28:9 Jacob’s Dream at Bethel 28:10-22 Jacob Meets Rachel 29:1-14 Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 29:15-30 The Children of Jacob 29:31-30:24 Jacob’s Prosperity 30:25-43 Jacob Flees from Laban 31:1-21 Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant 31:22-55 Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau 32:1-21 Jacob Wrestles with God 32:22-32 Jacob Meets Esau 33:1-20 Dinah and the Shechemites 34:1-31 God Blesses Jacob at Bethel 35:1-15 Deaths of Rachel and Isaac 35:16-29 Esau’s Descendants 36:1-30 The Kings of Edom 36:31-43 Joseph’s Dreams 37:1-11 Joseph Sold by His Brothers 37:12-36 Judah and Tamar 38:1-30 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39:1-23 Joseph Interprets Dreams in Prison 40:1-23 Pharaoh’s Dreams 41:1-40 Joseph Rises to Power 41:41-57 Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt 42:1-38 Joseph’s Brothers Return with Benjamin 43:1-34 The Silver Cup 44:1-34 Joseph Reveals Himself 45:1-28 Jacob Goes to Egypt 46:1-47:12 Joseph and the Famine 47:13-31 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48:1-22 Jacob Blesses His Sons 49:1-28 The Death and Burial of Jacob 49:29-50:14 Joseph Reassures His Brothers 50:15-21 The Death of Joseph 50:22-26

Exodus

Israel Increases in Egypt 1:1-22 The Birth of Moses 2:1-10 Moses Flees to Midian 2:11-25 The Burning Bush 3:1-22 Signs for Moses 4:1-17 Moses Returns to Egypt 4:18-31 Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 5:1-21 God Promises Deliverance 5:22-6:12 The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron 6:13-27 Moses and Aaron Sent to Pharaoh 6:28-7:7 Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Serpent 7:8-13 The First Plague: Water to Blood 7:14-24 The Second Plague: Frogs 7:25-8:15 The Third Plague: Gnats 8:16-19 The Fourth Plague: Flies 8:20-32 The Fifth Plague: Livestock Die 9:1-7 The Sixth Plague: Boils 9:8-12 The Seventh Plague: Hail 9:13-35 The Eighth Plague: Locusts 10:1-20 The Ninth Plague: Darkness 10:21-29 A Final Plague Threatened 11:1-10 The Passover 12:1-30 The Exodus 12:31-42 Passover Regulations 12:43-51 Consecration of the Firstborn 13:1-16 Crossing the Red Sea 13:17-14:31 The Song of Moses 15:1-21 Bitter Water Made Sweet 15:22-27 Manna from Heaven 16:1-36 Water from the Rock 17:1-7 Amalek Defeated 17:8-16 Jethro’s Advice 18:1-27 Israel at Mount Sinai 19:1-25 The Ten Commandments 20:1-21 Laws About Altars 20:22-21:1 Laws About Slaves 21:2-11 Laws About Personal Injuries 21:12-36 Laws About Restitution 22:1-15 Laws About Holiness 22:16-31 Laws About Justice 23:1-9 Sabbath Years and Weeks 23:10-13 The Three Feasts 23:14-19 The Angel and the Promises 23:20-33 The Covenant Confirmed 24:1-18 Contributions for the Sanctuary 25:1-9 The Ark of the Testimony 25:10-22 The Table for Bread 25:23-30 The Golden Lampstand 25:31-40 The Tabernacle 26:1-37 The Bronze Altar 27:1-8 The Court of the Tabernacle 27:9-19 Oil for the Lamp 27:20-21 The Priests’ Garments 28:1-5 The Ephod 28:6-14 The Breastpiece of Judgment 28:15-30 Other Priestly Garments 28:31-43 Consecration of the Priests 29:1-46 The Altar of Incense 30:1-10 The Census Tax 30:11-16 The Bronze Basin 30:17-21 The Anointing Oil 30:22-33 The Incense 30:34-38 Oholiab and Bezalel 31:1-11 The Sabbath Sign 31:12-18 The Golden Calf 32:1-33:6 The Tent of Meeting 33:7-11 Moses’ Intercession and God’s Glory 33:12-23 New Tablets and Covenant 34:1-28 The Shining Face of Moses 34:29-35 Sabbath Regulations 35:1-3 Freewill Offerings for the Tabernacle 35:4-29 Bezalel and Oholiab Set Apart 35:30-36:7 Making the Tabernacle 36:8-38 Making the Ark 37:1-9 Making the Table 37:10-16 Making the Lampstand 37:17-24 Making the Altar of Incense 37:25-29 Making the Bronze Altar 38:1-7 Making the Bronze Basin 38:8 Making the Court 38:9-20 Materials of the Tabernacle 38:21-31 Making the Priests’ Garments 39:1 The Ephod Made 39:2-7 The Breastpiece Made 39:8-21 Other Garments Made 39:22-31 The Work Completed 39:32-43 The Tabernacle Erected 40:1-33 The Glory Fills the Tabernacle 40:34-38

Numbers

The Census of Israel 1:1-54 Arrangement of the Camp 2:1-34 The Levites’ Duties 3:1-51 Kohathites’ Service 4:1-20 Gershonites’ Service 4:21-28 Merarites’ Service 4:29-33 Census of the Levites 4:34-49 Unclean Removed from Camp 5:1-4 Restitution for Wrongs 5:5-10 The Test for Adultery 5:11-31 The Nazirite Vow 6:1-21 The Priestly Blessing 6:22-27 Offerings of the Leaders 7:1-89 The Lamps 8:1-4 The Levites Consecrated 8:5-26 The Passover Celebrated 9:1-14 The Cloud Over the Tabernacle 9:15-23 The Silver Trumpets 10:1-10 Departure from Sinai 10:11-36 Complaint and Quail; Seventy Elders 11:1-35 Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses 12:1-16 Spies Sent into Canaan 13:1-25 Report of the Spies 13:26-33 The People Rebel 14:1-45 Offerings and Firstfruits 15:1-21 Unintentional Sin and Presumptuous Sin 15:22-31 The Sabbath-Breaker 15:32-36 Tassels on Garments 15:37-41 Korah’s Rebellion 16:1-50 Aaron’s Staff Buds 17:1-13 Priests’ and Levites’ Duties 18:1-7 Portions for Priests and Levites 18:8-32 The Red Heifer 19:1-22 Water from the Rock at Meribah 20:1-13 Edom Refuses Passage 20:14-21 Aaron’s Death 20:22-29 Arad Defeated 21:1-3 The Bronze Serpent 21:4-9 Journeys in the Wilderness 21:10-20 Victories over Sihon and Og 21:21-35 Balaam Summoned 22:1-20 Balaam’s Donkey and the Angel 22:21-41 Balaam’s First Oracle 23:1-12 Balaam’s Second Oracle 23:13-26 Balaam’s Third Oracle 23:27-24:14 The Star out of Jacob 24:15-19 Balaam’s Final Sayings 24:20-25 Baal of Peor and Phinehas 25:1-18 The Second Census 26:1-65 Daughters of Zelophehad 27:1-11 Joshua Appointed 27:12-23 Daily Offerings 28:1-8 Sabbath Offerings 28:9-10 Monthly Offerings 28:11-15 Passover Offerings 28:16-25 Weeks (Firstfruits) Offerings 28:26-31 Trumpets Offerings 29:1-6 Day of Atonement Offerings 29:7-11 Booths Offerings 29:12-40 Vows 30:1-16 War with Midian—Spoils 31:1-24 Division of the Spoils 31:25-54 Reuben, Gad, and Half-Manasseh 32:1-42 Stages of Israel’s Journey 33:1-56 Boundaries of the Land 34:1-29 Levitical Cities 35:1-5 Cities of Refuge 35:6-34 Marriage of Zelophehad’s Daughters 36:1-13

Deuteronomy

Preamble and Setting 1:1-8 Leaders Appointed 1:9-18 Spies Sent 1:19-25 Rebellion and Judgment 1:26-46 Journey Through Edom, Moab, Ammon 2:1-23 Victory over Sihon 2:24-37 Victory over Og 3:1-11 Allotment East of Jordan 3:12-20 Moses Forbidden to Enter 3:21-29 Call to Obey 4:1-14 No Idols 4:15-31 The LORD Alone Is God 4:32-40 Cities of Refuge East 4:41-43 Introduction to the Law 4:44-49 The Ten Commandments Rehearsed 5:1-33 The Shema and Instruction 6:1-25 Warning Against the Nations 7:1-26 Do Not Forget the LORD 8:1-20 Not for Your Righteousness 9:1-6 Israel’s Rebellions Recounted 9:7-29 New Tablets; Ark 10:1-11 Fear the LORD 10:12-22 Love, Obey, Choose 11:1-32 The Place of Worship 12:1-32 False Prophets and Idolatry 13:1-18 Clean and Unclean Foods 14:1-21 Tithes 14:22-29 Sabbatical Year 15:1-11 Hebrew Slaves 15:12-18 Firstborn Animals 15:19-23 Passover 16:1-8 Weeks 16:9-12 Booths 16:13-17 Justice 16:18-20 Forbidden Worship 16:21-17:7 Difficult Cases 17:8-13 Laws for the King 17:14-20 Provision for Levites 18:1-8 Abominable Practices 18:9-13 A Prophet Like Moses 18:14-22 Cities of Refuge 19:1-14 Witnesses and Penalties 19:15-21 Rules for War 20:1-20 Unsolved Murder 21:1-9 Wives from War 21:10-14 Rights of the Firstborn 21:15-17 Rebellious Son 21:18-21 Various Laws 21:22-22:12 Laws of Chastity 22:13-30 Assembly Exclusions 23:1-8 Camp Purity 23:9-14 Various Laws Continued 23:15-25:19 Firstfruits and Tithes Confession 26:1-15 You Are the LORD’s People 26:16-19 Law on Stones and Altar 27:1-8 Curses Pronounced 27:9-26 Blessings for Obedience 28:1-14 Curses for Disobedience 28:15-68 Renewal in Moab 29:1-29 Choose Life 30:1-20 Joshua Commissioned 31:1-8 Public Reading of the Law 31:9-13 Moses’ Warning of Apostasy 31:14-29 The Song of Moses 31:30-32:47 Moses to Die on Nebo 32:48-52 Moses Blesses Israel 33:1-29 The Death of Moses 34:1-12

Joshua

Joshua Commissioned and Encouraged 1:1-18 Rahab Protects the Spies 2:1-24 Crossing the Jordan and Memorial Stones 3:1-4:24 Renewal at Gilgal: Circumcision and Passover 5:1-12 The Commander Appears and the Fall of Jericho 5:13-6:27 Defeat at Ai and Achan's Sin Revealed 7:1-26 The Capture and Destruction of Ai 8:1-29 Altar on Mount Ebal and the Law Proclaimed 8:30-35 The Gibeonite Deception and Treaty 9:1-27 Victory at Gibeon and the Long Day 10:1-15 Capture and Execution of the Five Kings 10:16-28 The Southern Campaign and Conquest of Cities 10:29-43 Defeat of the Northern Coalition and Hazor Destroyed 11:1-23 Lists of Kings Defeated East and West of the Jordan 12:1-24 Land Remaining to Be Possessed 13:1-7 Allotments East of the Jordan 13:8-33 Procedure for Distributing the Land and Levitical Cities 14:1-5 Caleb's Claim and Inheritance of Hebron 14:6-15 Boundaries and Towns of Judah 15:1-63 Ephraim and West Manasseh: Boundaries and Claims 16:1-17:18 Shiloh Established and the Land Surveyed 18:1-10 Territory and Towns of Benjamin 18:11-28 Territory of Simeon 19:1-9 Territory of Zebulun 19:10-16 Territory of Issachar 19:17-23 Territory of Asher 19:24-31 Territory of Naphtali 19:32-39 Territory of Dan 19:40-48 Completion of the Allotments and Joshua's Inheritance 19:49-51 Cities of Refuge Established 20:1-9 Levitical Cities and Their Holdings 21:1-45 The Eastern Tribes' Altar and the Reconciliation 22:1-34 Joshua's Farewell Exhortation and Warning 23:1-16 Renewal of the Covenant at Shechem 24:1-27 Death and Burial of Joshua and Eleazar 24:28-33

1 Samuel

Hannah's Prayer for a Son 1:1-20 Hannah Presents Samuel to the Lord 1:21-28 Hannah's Song of Praise 2:1-11 Eli's Corrupt Sons and Samuel's Childhood 2:12-26 Prophecy of Judgment on Eli's House 2:27-36 Samuel's Call and the Lord's Word to Eli 3:1-4:1 Israel Defeated and the Ark Captured 4:2-11 Eli's Death and the Birth of Ichabod 4:12-22 The Ark Brings Judgment in Philistine Cities 5:1-12 The Ark Returned to Israel 6:1-7:1 Samuel Judges Israel and Delivers Them at Mizpah 7:2-17 Israel Demands a King 8:1-22 Saul Chosen and Given Signs 9:1-10:8 Saul Proclaimed King by Lot 10:9-27 Saul's Victory at Jabesh-Gilead 11:1-11 Saul Confirmed as King at Gilgal 11:12-15 Samuel's Farewell and Exhortation to Israel 12:1-25 Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice and Rebuke 13:1-15 Philistine Pressure and Israel's Lack of Arms 13:16-22 Jonathan's Bold Assault and Victory 13:23-14:14 Saul's Rash Oath and Its Consequences 14:15-23 Saul's Pursuit and Jonathan's Exploits 14:24-48 Saul's Family and Mighty Men 14:49-52 Saul's Disobedience and Rejection as King 15:1-35 David Anointed by Samuel 16:1-13 David Serves Saul and Eases His Torment 16:14-23 David and Goliath 17:1-58 David's Rise and Saul's Jealousy 18:1-30 Saul's Attempts on David's Life and Jonathan's Intervention 19:1-24 David and Jonathan's Covenant 20:1-42 David at Nob: Bread and Goliath's Sword 21:1-9 David Feigns Madness at Gath 21:10-15 David Gathers Followers and Seeks Priestly Aid 22:1-5 Massacre at Nob and Abiathar Joins David 22:6-23 David Delivers Keilah and Inquires of God 23:1-6 Saul's Pursuit, Ziphite Betrayal, and David's Escape 23:7-29 David Spares Saul in a Cave 24:1-22 Nabal's Folly and Abigail's Intervention 25:1-44 David Again Spares Saul in His Camp 26:1-25 David Seeks Refuge with Achish 27:1-12 Saul and the Witch of Endor 28:1-25 The Philistines Reject David 29:1-11 David Recovers His Family and Defeats the Amalekites 30:1-31 The Death of Saul and His Sons 31:1-13

2 Samuel

An Amalekite Reports Saul and Jonathan's Death 1:1-16 David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan 1:17-27 David Anointed King of Judah at Hebron 2:1-7 Ish‑Bosheth Made King; Civil War with David Begins 2:8-3:5 Abner Seeks Alliance with David 3:6-21 Joab Murders Abner; David's Protest and Mourning 3:22-39 Ish‑Bosheth Assassinated 4:1-12 David Anointed King over All Israel 5:1-5 David Captures Jerusalem and Establishes His House 5:6-16 David's Victories over the Philistines 5:17-25 Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem; Uzzah's Death and David's Joy 6:1-23 God's Covenant with David 7:1-17 David's Prayer of Thanksgiving for God's Promise 7:18-29 David's Military Victories 8:1-14 David's Officials and Mighty Men 8:15-18 David Shows Kindness to Mephibosheth 9:1-13 War with the Ammonites and Syrians 10:1-19 David and Bathsheba; the Death of Uriah 11:1-27 Nathan Rebukes David; Judgment and Aftermath 12:1-31 Amnon's Crime against Tamar 13:1-22 Absalom Kills Amnon and Flees 13:23-39 Joab Secures Absalom's Return and Reconciliation 14:1-33 Absalom's Conspiracy and Rise to Power 15:1-12 David Flees Jerusalem; Loyal Followers Accompany Him 15:13-37 Ziba Brings Provisions to David 16:1-4 Shimei Curses David as He Flees 16:5-14 Counsel in Absalom's Court; Ahithophel's Plan and Hushai's Counterplot 16:15-17:29 Battle in the Forest of Ephraim and Absalom's Death 18:1-18 Reports of Victory and David's Grief for Absalom 18:19-19:8 David's Return to Jerusalem; Reconciliation and Disputes 19:9-43 Sheba's Revolt and Its Suppression 20:1-26 Famine and the Gibeonites' Demand; Saul's Descendants Executed 21:1-14 David's Battles with the Philistines and the Valor of His Men 21:15-22 David's Song of Deliverance 22:1-51 David's Final Oracle 23:1-7 The Deeds of David's Mighty Warriors 23:8-39 David's Census and the Resulting Plague 24:1-17 David Purchases the Threshing Floor; Sacrifice and End of Plague 24:18-25

1 Kings

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Throne 1:1-27 Solomon Anointed King 1:28-53 David's Charge to Solomon and Death 2:1-12 Solomon Consolidates His Power 2:13-46 Solomon's Request for Wisdom 3:1-15 Solomon's Wise Judgment 3:16-28 Solomon's Officials and Administrative Order 4:1-19 The Wealth and Prosperity of Israel 4:20-28 Solomon's Wisdom and Fame 4:29-34 Alliances and Preparations for the Temple 5:1-18 Solomon Builds the Temple 6:1-38 Solomon's Palace and Structural Works 7:1-12 Temple Furnishings and the Work of Hiram 7:13-51 The Ark Brought into the Temple 8:1-21 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication 8:22-61 The Dedication Celebrated with Sacrifice 8:62-66 God's Promise and Warning to Solomon 9:1-9 Solomon's Building Projects and Trade 9:10-28 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 10:1-13 The Wealth and Splendor of Solomon's Reign 10:14-29 Solomon's Foreign Wives and Apostasy 11:1-13 Adversaries Raised Against Solomon 11:14-25 Jeroboam's Call and the Promise of Division 11:26-40 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 11:41-43 Rehoboam's Folly and the Kingdom Divides 12:1-24 Jeroboam Establishes Golden Calves 12:25-33 Prophetic Rebuke at Bethel and Deception 13:1-34 Ahijah's Prophecy Against Jeroboam 14:1-20 Rehoboam's Unfaithfulness and Shishak's Invasion 14:21-31 Abijam's Short Reign in Judah 15:1-8 Asa's Reforms and Early Reign 15:9-24 Nadab's Reign and Baasha's Conspiracy 15:25-32 Baasha's Reign and Jehu's Prophecy 15:33-16:7 Elah Assassinated and Zimri's Usurpation 16:8-14 Zimri's Suicide and Omri's Rise to Power 16:15-20 Omri Establishes Samaria as Capital 16:21-28 Ahab and Jezebel Introduce Baal Worship 16:29-34 Elijah Announces the Drought and Is Fed by Ravens 17:1-6 Elijah in Zarephath: Provision and Resurrection 17:7-24 Elijah Confronts Ahab and Prepares for Confrontation 18:1-15 Elijah on Mount Carmel and the Fall of Baal's Prophets 18:16-46 Elijah Flees to Horeb and Is Renewed 19:1-9 God's Response to Elijah and New Commissions 19:10-18 The Call of Elisha 19:19-21 Ben‑hadad Besieges Samaria; Israel's Defiant Response 20:1-12 Israel's Victories Over Aram and Ahab's Mercy 20:13-34 A Prophet Enacts Judgment on the King 20:35-43 Naboth's Vineyard: Ahab and Jezebel's Crime and Punishment 21:1-29 Ahab and Jehoshaphat Seek Counsel; Micaiah's True Prophecy 22:1-28 Ahab Dies at Ramoth‑Gilead 22:29-40 Jehoshaphat's Reign in Judah 22:41-50 Ahaziah Succeeds Ahab and Does Evil 22:51-53

2 Kings

Ahaziah Seeks Counsel and Elijah’s Judgment 1:1-18 Elijah Taken Up; Elisha Succeeds 2:1-18 Elisha Purifies Jericho’s Water 2:19-22 Mockers of Elisha Mauled by Bears 2:23-25 Alliance Against Moab and Elisha’s Miracle 3:1-27 The Widow’s Oil Multiplied 4:1-7 Elisha Restores the Shunammite’s Son 4:8-37 Poisoned Stew Made Safe 4:38-41 Elisha Feeds a Hundred Men 4:42-44 Naaman Healed of Leprosy and Gehazi’s Greed 5:1-27 The Floating Axe Head 6:1-7 Elisha Foils the Aramean Raid 6:8-23 Famine Besieges Samaria 6:24-7:2 Arameans Flee; Samaria’s Deliverance 7:3-20 The Shunammite Restored to Her Land 8:1-6 Elisha Foretells Hazael’s Rise 8:7-15 Jehoram’s Reign in Israel 8:16-24 Ahaziah of Judah Ascends the Throne 8:25-29 Anointing of Jehu as King 9:1-13 Jehu Slays Joram and the House of Ahab 9:14-29 The Death of Jezebel 9:30-37 Jehu Executes Ahab’s Kin at Jezreel 10:1-17 Jehu Destroys Baal Worship 10:18-36 Joash Crowned; Athaliah Overthrown 11:1-21 Joash Repairs the Temple 12:1-21 Jehoahaz of Israel and Aramean Oppression 13:1-9 Jehoash of Israel and Elisha’s Final Acts 13:10-25 Amaziah of Judah: Victory and Pride 14:1-22 Jeroboam II Restores Israel’s Borders 14:23-29 Azariah (Uzziah) King of Judah 15:1-7 Zechariah’s Short Reign and Assassination 15:8-12 Shallum’s Brief Usurpation and Murder 15:13-16 Menahem’s Reign and Tribute to Assyria 15:17-22 Pekahiah Murdered; Pekah’s Conspiracy 15:23-26 Pekah Rules and Wars with Judah 15:27-31 Jotham King of Judah 15:32-38 Ahaz’s Reign and Submission to Assyria 16:1-20 Fall of Samaria and Israel’s Exile 17:1-6 Reasons for Israel’s Exile 17:7-23 Resettling Samaria and Syncretistic Worship 17:24-41 Hezekiah’s Reforms and Fortifications 18:1-16 Rabshakeh’s Taunts before Jerusalem 18:17-37 Hezekiah’s Plea and Isaiah’s Prophecy 19:1-13 Hezekiah’s Prayer of Surrender 19:14-19 The LORD Delivers Jerusalem from Sennacherib 19:20-37 Hezekiah’s Illness, Recovery, and the Sign 20:1-11 Hezekiah’s Pride and a Warning about Babylon 20:12-21 Manasseh’s Long, Wicked Reign 21:1-18 Amon’s Short Reign and Assassination 21:19-26 Josiah Finds the Book of the Law and Reforms 22:1-20 Josiah’s Covenant Renewal and Passover 23:1-30 Jehoahaz Deposed; Jehoiakim Installed by Egypt 23:31-35 Jehoiakim’s Reign and Babylonian Pressure 23:36-24:7 Jehoiachin’s Brief Reign and First Exile 24:8-17 Zedekiah Appointed as Babylon’s Vassal 24:18-19 Siege and Fall of Jerusalem; Destruction and Exile 24:20-25:26 Jehoiachin Released from Babylonian Prison 25:27-30

1 Chronicles

Genealogies from Adam to Abraham 1:1-27 The Descendants of Abraham 1:28-34 The Edomite Genealogies (Esau and Seir) 1:35-54 The Sons of Israel 2:1-2 The Genealogy and Families of Judah 2:3-55 David’s Descendants and the Royal Line 3:1-24 Judahite Families and Notable Descendants 4:1-23 The Families and Settlements of Simeon 4:24-43 Transjordanian Tribes and Their Chiefs 5:1-10 Wars and Settlements East of the Jordan 5:11-22 Loss of Territory and Exile East of the Jordan 5:23-26 The Levites: Genealogy and Temple Service 6:1-81 The Tribe of Issachar 7:1-5 A Register of Benjamin’s Households 7:6-12 A Brief Genealogical Note 7:13 The Tribe of Naphtali 7:14-19 The Tribe of Manasseh 7:20-29 The Tribe of Ephraim 7:30-40 The Genealogy of Benjamin (including Saul’s Line) 8:1-9:1 Resettlement of Jerusalem: Residents and Officials 9:2-34 Gatekeepers and Temple Servants in Jerusalem 9:35-44 The Death of Saul and the End of His House 10:1-14 David Anointed King over Israel 11:1-3 David Captures Jerusalem (Zion) 11:4-9 David’s Mighty Men and Warriors 11:10-47 Those Who Came to David at Hebron (Judah’s Support) 12:1-22 Israel’s Warriors Join David at Hebron 12:23-40 Bringing the Ark: Preparations and Uzzah’s Death 13:1-14 David’s Household and Philistine Submission 14:1-7 David’s Victories over the Philistines 14:8-17 Preparations for Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem 15:1-16:6 David Institutes Worship and a Song of Praise 16:7-43 God’s Covenant with David (Nathan’s Oracle) 17:1-15 David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Covenant 17:16-27 David’s Military Victories and Tribute 18:1-13 David’s Officials and the Spoils of War 18:14-17 War with the Ammonites and Their Allies 19:1-19 The Campaign against Rabbah (Ammon) 20:1-3 Defeat of the Philistines and Their Champions 20:4-8 David’s Census, Plague, and Purchase of the Temple Site 21:1-22:1 David’s Preparations and Instructions for Solomon 22:2-19 David Organizes the Levites 23:1-6 Levitical Families and Their Heads 23:7-11 Age Regulations and Duties of the Levites 23:12-20 Assignments of Levites: Singers, Gatekeepers, Treasurers 23:21-32 Divisions of the Priests into Twenty‑Four Courses 24:1-19 Priestly Families and Their Cities 24:20-31 The Levitical Musicians and Their Organization 25:1-31 Gatekeepers and Their Lineages 26:1-19 Officials Responsible for Treasuries and Records 26:20-32 Military Divisions and Their Commanders 27:1-15 David’s Civil Officials and Overseers 27:16-24 Heads of the King’s Household and Provisions 27:25-34 David’s Charge to Solomon and the Temple Plan 28:1-21 The Nation’s Offerings for the Temple 29:1-9 David’s Prayer of Praise and Blessing for Solomon 29:10-20 David’s Final Acts and Organization of the Kingdom 29:21-25 The Death of David and Solomon’s Accession 29:26-30

2 Chronicles

Solomon's Sacrifice at Gibeon and Prayer for Wisdom 1:1-17 Solomon Secures Materials and Craftsmen for the Temple 2:1-18 The Temple: Foundation and Structure 3:1-17 Temple Furnishings and Completion of the Work 4:1-5:1 The Ark Installed and Solomon's Dedication Prayer 5:2-6:11 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication and God's Assurance 6:12-42 The Lord Fills the Temple and the Dedication Festival 7:1-10 God Appears to Solomon and Gives a Conditional Promise 7:11-22 Solomon's Other Buildings and Relations with Hiram 8:1-18 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 9:1-12 Solomon's Wealth, Trade, and Administration 9:13-28 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 9:29-31 Rehoboam's Folly and the Division of the Kingdom 10:1-11:4 Rehoboam Fortifies Judah and Consolidates Support 11:5-17 Rehoboam's Descendants and Death 11:18-23 Shishak's Invasion and Judah's Loss 12:1-16 Abijah's Victory over Israel and His Death 13:1-14:1 Asa's Reforms and Victory over Ethiopia 14:2-15 Asa Strengthened by Prophecy and Covenant Renewal 15:1-19 Asa's Alliance with Aram and Reproof by Hanani 16:1-14 Jehoshaphat Strengthens Judah and Reforms Justice 17:1-19 Jehoshaphat's Alliance with Ahab and the Battle at Ramoth-gilead 18:1-27 Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat for the Alliance with Ahab 18:28-19:3 Judicial Reforms: Judges Appointed to Administer Justice 19:4-11 Jehoshaphat's Deliverance through Prayer and Praise 20:1-30 End of Jehoshaphat's Reign and Jehoram's Accession 20:31-21:3 Jehoram's Wicked Reign, Revolts, and Judgment 21:4-20 Ahaziah Succeeds His Father and Is Wounded 22:1-9 Athaliah's Usurpation Overthrown and Joash Crowned 22:10-23:21 Joash's Temple Restoration under Jehoiada 24:1-16 Joash's Apostasy, Punishment, and Assassination 24:17-27 Amaziah's Reign: Victory, Pride, and Defeat by Israel 25:1-28 Uzziah's Prosperity and Pride; Leprosy for Presumption 26:1-23 Jotham's Reign: Fortifications and Prosperity 27:1-9 Ahaz's Idolatry, Defeats, and Assyrian Subjugation 28:1-27 Hezekiah's Temple Restoration and Religious Reforms 29:1-36 Hezekiah's Passover and National Repentance 30:1-31:1 Hezekiah's Religious Administration and Temple Support 31:2-21 Hezekiah's Defense Against Sennacherib and Divine Deliverance 32:1-23 Hezekiah's Illness, Pride, and the Babylonian Envoys 32:24-33 Manasseh's Idolatry, Captivity, Repentance, and Restoration 33:1-20 Amon's Wicked Reign and Assassination 33:21-25 Josiah's Early Reforms and Temple Repair 34:1-13 The Book of the Law Found, Huldah's Prophecy, and Josiah's Covenant 34:14-33 Josiah's Observance of the Passover 35:1-19 Josiah Killed at Megiddo and National Mourning 35:20-36:1 Jehoahaz Reigns Briefly and Is Deposed by Pharaoh 36:2-4 Jehoiakim's Reign and Disobedience 36:5-8 Jehoiachin's Short Reign and Exile to Babylon 36:9-10 Zedekiah's Reign and Rejection of Prophetic Warnings 36:11-14 Judgment, Exile, and the Decree of Cyrus 36:15-23

Psalm

Psalms 1–2 1:1-2:12 Psalms 3–8 3:1-8 Psalms 4–8 4:1-8 Psalms 5–12 5:1-12 Psalms 6–10 6:1-10 Psalms 7–17 7:1-17 Psalms 8–9 8:1-9 Psalms 9–10 9:1-10:18 Psalms 11–7 11:1-7 Psalms 12–8 12:1-8 Psalms 13–6 13:1-6 Psalms 14–7 14:1-7 Psalms 15–5 15:1-5 Psalms 16–11 16:1-11 Psalms 17–15 17:1-15 Psalms 18–50 18:1-50 Psalms 19–14 19:1-14 Psalms 20–9 20:1-9 Psalms 21–13 21:1-13 Psalms 22–31 22:1-31 Psalms 23–6 23:1-6 Psalms 24–10 24:1-10 Psalms 25–22 25:1-22 Psalms 26–12 26:1-12 Psalms 27–14 27:1-14 Psalms 28–9 28:1-9 Psalms 29–11 29:1-11 Psalms 30–12 30:1-12 Psalms 31–24 31:1-24 Psalms 32–33 32:1-33:22 Psalms 34–22 34:1-22 Psalms 35–28 35:1-28 Psalms 36–12 36:1-12 Psalms 37–40 37:1-40 Psalms 38–22 38:1-22 Psalms 39–13 39:1-13 Psalms 40–17 40:1-17 Psalms 41–13 41:1-13 Psalms 42–43 42:1-43:5 Psalms 44–26 44:1-26 Psalms 45–17 45:1-17 Psalms 46–11 46:1-11 Psalms 47–9 47:1-9 Psalms 48–14 48:1-14 Psalms 49–20 49:1-20 Psalms 50–23 50:1-23 Psalms 51–19 51:1-19 Psalms 52–9 52:1-9 Psalms 53–6 53:1-6 Psalms 54–7 54:1-7 Psalms 55–23 55:1-23 Psalms 56–13 56:1-13 Psalms 57–11 57:1-11 Psalms 58–11 58:1-11 Psalms 59–17 59:1-17 Psalms 60–12 60:1-12 Psalms 61–8 61:1-8 Psalms 62–12 62:1-12 Psalms 63–11 63:1-11 Psalms 64–10 64:1-10 Psalms 65–13 65:1-13 Psalms 66–20 66:1-20 Psalms 67–7 67:1-7 Psalms 68–35 68:1-35 Psalms 69–36 69:1-36 Psalms 70–71 70:1-71:24 Psalms 72–20 72:1-20 Psalms 73–28 73:1-28 Psalms 74–23 74:1-23 Psalms 75–10 75:1-10 Psalms 76–12 76:1-12 Psalms 77–20 77:1-20 Psalms 78–72 78:1-72 Psalms 79–13 79:1-13 Psalms 80–19 80:1-19 Psalms 81–16 81:1-16 Psalms 82–8 82:1-8 Psalms 83–18 83:1-18 Psalms 84–12 84:1-12 Psalms 85–13 85:1-13 Psalms 86–17 86:1-17 Psalms 87–7 87:1-7 Psalms 88–18 88:1-18 Psalms 89–52 89:1-52 Psalms 90–91 90:1-91:16 Psalms 92–97 92:1-97:12 Psalms 98–99 98:1-99:9 Psalms 100–5 100:1-5 Psalms 101–8 101:1-8 Psalms 102–28 102:1-28 Psalms 103–106 103:1-106:48 Psalms 107–43 107:1-43 Psalms 108–13 108:1-13 Psalms 109–31 109:1-31 Psalms 110–118 110:1-118:29 Psalms 119–8 119:1-8 Psalms 119–16 119:9-16 Psalms 119–24 119:17-24 Psalms 119–32 119:25-32 Psalms 119–40 119:33-40 Psalms 119–48 119:41-48 Psalms 119–56 119:49-56 Psalms 119–64 119:57-64 Psalms 119–72 119:65-72 Psalms 119–80 119:73-80 Psalms 119–88 119:81-88 Psalms 119–176 119:89-176 Psalms 119–104 119:96-104 Psalms 119–112 119:105-112 Psalms 119–120 119:113-120 Psalms 119–128 119:121-128 Psalms 119–136 119:129-136 Psalms 119–144 119:137-144 Psalms 119–152 119:145-152 Psalms 119–160 119:153-160 Psalms 119–168 119:161-168 Psalms 119–176 119:169-176 Psalms 120–7 120:1-7 Psalms 121–8 121:1-8 Psalms 122–9 122:1-9 Psalms 123–4 123:1-4 Psalms 124–8 124:1-8 Psalms 125–5 125:1-5 Psalms 126–6 126:1-6 Psalms 127–5 127:1-5 Psalms 128–6 128:1-6 Psalms 129–8 129:1-8 Psalms 130–8 130:1-8 Psalms 131–3 131:1-3 Psalms 132–18 132:1-18 Psalms 133–3 133:1-3 Psalms 134–137 134:1-137:9 Psalms 138–8 138:1-8 Psalms 139–24 139:1-24 Psalms 140–13 140:1-13 Psalms 141–10 141:1-10 Psalms 142–7 142:1-7 Psalms 143–12 143:1-12 Psalms 144–15 144:1-15 Psalms 145–150 145:1-150:6

Proverbs

Introduction: The Purpose of Proverbs and the Fear of the Lord 1:1-7 Warning Against Enticement by Sinners 1:8-19 Wisdom's Public Call and the Folly of Rejection 1:20-33 The Value of Wisdom and Its Protection 2:1-22 Trusting God and Walking in Wisdom 3:1-35 A Father's Exhortation to Hold Fast to Wisdom 4:1-27 Warning Against Adultery and a Call to Fidelity 5:1-23 Warnings: Surety, Laziness, and Wickedness 6:1-19 Obey Parental Commands and the Dangers of Adultery 6:20-35 The Example of a Young Man Seduced 7:1-27 Wisdom's Proclamation and Blessings 8:1-36 Contrasting Invitations of Wisdom and Folly 9:1-18 Solomon's Proverbs: Contrasts of Righteousness and Folly 10:1-32 Proverbs on Justice, Integrity, and Righteous Living 11:1-31 Wise Conduct, Diligence, and Righteous Speech 12:1-28 Discipline, Wealth, and the Wise Child 13:1-25 Sayings on Wisdom, Folly, and the Fear of the Lord 14:1-35 The Power of Speech and the Benefits of Wisdom 15:1-33 God's Sovereignty Over Human Plans 16:1-33 Relations and Righteousness: Peace, Speech, and Integrity 17:1-28 The Power of Words and the Nature of Companionship 18:1-24 Advice on Wealth, Conduct, and Discipline 19:1-29 Counsel, Justice, and Warnings Against Excess 20:1-30 Divine Sovereignty, Justice, and the King's Role 21:1-31 Reputation, Generosity, and Child Discipline 22:1-16 Sayings of the Wise: Practical Moral Instruction 22:17-24:34 Solomon's Proverbs on Restraint and Leadership 25:1-28 Folly and Foolish Behavior in Speech and Deeds 26:1-28 Friendship, Counsel, and Practical Wisdom for Life 27:1-27 Justice, Righteousness, and the Results of Rebellion 28:1-28 Discipline, Leadership, and Social Order 29:1-27 The Sayings of Agur: Humility and Observations 30:1-33 Advice to King Lemuel and the Virtuous Woman 31:1-31

Isaiah

Judah's Rebellion and Call to Repentance 1:1-31 The Mountain of the Lord and the Nations' Hope 2:1-6 Judgment on Arrogance and Idolatry 2:7-22 Judgment on Jerusalem's Leaders and Social Order 3:1-4:1 The Branch and the Renewal of Zion 4:2-6 The Song of the Vineyard: Israel's Failure 5:1-7 Woes to Israel and Coming Judgment 5:8-30 Isaiah's Vision and Commission 6:1-13 Ahaz, the Immanuel Sign, and Invasion 7:1-25 The Sign of Plunder and a Call to Courage 8:1-10 Trust the Lord, Not Alliances or Diviners 8:11-22 A Child Is Born: Promise of Peace 9:1-7 Israel's Arrogance and Coming Punishment 9:8-10:4 Assyria: Instrument of Judgment and Its Doom 10:5-19 The Remnant and the Fall of Assyria 10:20-34 The Righteous Branch and the Peaceable Kingdom 11:1-16 A Song of Praise for God's Salvation 12:1-6 Babylon's Doom and the Day of the Lord 13:1-14:23 God's Decree: Assyria Overthrown 14:24-27 Oracle Concerning Philistia and Promise to Zion 14:28-32 Lament for Moab 15:1-16:14 Judgment on Damascus and Northern Israel 17:1-14 A Message to Cush (Ethiopia) 18:1-7 Judgment on Egypt and Future Salvation 19:1-25 Isaiah's Sign against Egypt and Cush 20:1-6 Prophecy of Babylon's Fall (The Watchman's Report) 21:1-10 Oracle concerning Dumah: The Night Watchman's Lament 21:11-12 Oracle Against Arabia (Dedan and Kedar) 21:13-17 The Valley of Vision: Jerusalem's Fall and Leadership Change 22:1-25 Tyre's Fall and Future Restoration 23:1-18 The Lord's Universal Judgment and Final Reign 24:1-23 Praise for God's Triumph and Deliverance 25:1-12 Trust in God and Hope for Deliverance 26:1-21 The Slaying of Leviathan and Israel's Restoration 27:1-13 Woe to Ephraim and Judah: Drunkenness and Judgment 28:1-29 Woe to Ariel (Jerusalem) and Promise of Enlightenment 29:1-24 Rebuke for Seeking Egypt's Help; Call to Trust the Lord 30:1-33 Egypt Is No Help; The Lord Will Save Jerusalem 31:1-9 A Righteous King and Just Leadership 32:1-8 Call to Repentance and Promise of Renewal 32:9-20 A Plea for Deliverance and the Lord's Judgment 33:1-24 The Lord's Vengeance on the Nations (Edom) 34:1-17 The Glorious Restoration of the Redeemed 35:1-10 Sennacherib's Siege and Rabshakeh's Taunt 36:1-22 Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah; Rabshakeh's Threat 37:1-13 Hezekiah's Prayer and Isaiah's Assurance 37:14-20 God Delivers Jerusalem and Sennacherib's Defeat 37:21-38 Hezekiah's Illness, Prayer, and Recovery 38:1-22 Babylonian Envoys and the Announcement of Exile 39:1-8 Comfort for Zion and the Majesty of God 40:1-31 God Defends Israel Against the Nations and Idols 41:1-29 The Servant of the Lord: Covenant and Mission 42:1-9 A Call to Praise and God's Guidance for the Blind 42:10-17 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Resulting Judgment 42:18-25 Israel Redeemed: God's Sovereign Deliverer 43:1-13 The Lord Proclaims Redemption and Rebukes Israel 43:14-28 Israel Chosen and Blessed by the Spirit 44:1-5 The Folly of Idols and God's Uniqueness 44:6-23 God the Creator and the Call of Cyrus for Israel's Restoration 44:24-45:25 The God Who Carries and Redeems: Yahweh's Sovereignty over Idols 46:1-13 The Humbling of Babylon the Mistress 47:1-15 Israel's Stubbornness and God's Resolute Purpose 48:1-11 God's Sovereign 'I Am' and Call to Return 48:12-22 The Servant's Commission to Restore Israel and the Nations 49:1-8 Restoration and Promise to Gather Israel 49:9-26 The Servant's Suffering and Israel's Rejection 50:1-11 Comfort for Zion: Remember Abraham; God's Salvation 51:1-16 Awakening of Zion and Proclamation of Salvation 51:17-52:12 The Suffering Servant and Atonement 52:13-53:12 The Exalted Zion: Promise of Restoration and Protection 54:1-17 Invitation to Life and the Power of God's Word 55:1-13 Justice, Inclusion, and Sabbath Observance 56:1-8 Condemnation of Idolatry and Complacency 56:9-57:13 Restoration for the Humble and Promise of Peace 57:14-21 True Fasting: Justice, Mercy, and Sabbath Blessing 58:1-14 Sin's Consequences and God's Redeeming Intervention 59:1-21 The Glory and Gathering of Zion 60:1-22 The Year of the Lord's Favor and Joyful Restoration 61:1-11 Zion's Vindication and New Name 62:1-12 The Lord's Vengeance: Treading the Winepress 63:1-6 Remembering God's Mercy and Plea for Restoration 63:7-64:12 God's Grace to the Faithful and Judgment on the Rebellious 65:1-16 A New Creation: Joy and Peace 65:17-25 The Lord's Final Judgment and the New Creation 66:1-24

Jeremiah

The Call and Commission of Jeremiah 1:1-19 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Call to Repentance 2:1-3:5 Judah's Spiritual Adultery and Call to Return 3:6-4:4 The Coming Calamity on the Land 4:5-31 An Accusation against Jerusalem's Corruption 5:1-31 The Siege and Devastation of Jerusalem 6:1-30 The Temple Sermon: False Security Condemned 7:1-29 Violence and Corruption in the Land 7:30-8:3 Persistent Idolatry and Coming Punishment 8:4-9:26 The Folly of Idols 10:1-16 Judah's Flight and Jeremiah's Lament 10:17-22 A Prayer for Direction and Deliverance 10:23-25 The Broken Covenant and a Public Warning 11:1-17 Conspiracy against Jeremiah and God's Vindication 11:18-23 Jeremiah's Complaint to God 12:1-4 A Call to Endure and Judgment on Nations 12:5-17 The Linen Belt: Symbol of Judah's Humiliation 13:1-11 A Sign of Shame and Pronounced Judgment 13:12-14 A Lament of Shame and Imminent Disaster 13:15-27 Famine, False Prophets, and Divine Judgment 14:1-15:21 Symbolic Acts and the People's Sinfulness 16:1-17:18 Warning about Sabbath Violations 17:19-27 The Potter and the Broken Jar: Judgment on Jerusalem 18:1-19:15 Persecution by Pashhur the Priest 20:1-6 Jeremiah's Lament and Resolve 20:7-18 A Message to the Royal House: Doom for Jerusalem 21:1-14 Judgment on the Kings and Royal House 22:1-30 False Shepherds Condemned and a Righteous Branch Promised 23:1-8 Condemnation of False Prophets 23:9-32 The Lord Rebukes False Oracles 23:33-40 The Two Figs: Exile and Remnant 24:1-10 Seventy Years of Babylonian Dominion 25:1-14 The Cup of God's Wrath on the Nations 25:15-38 Jeremiah's Temple Address, Arrest, and Vindication 26:1-24 The Yoke of Babylon and Call to Submit 27:1-22 Hananiah's False Prophecy and Its Rebuke 28:1-17 Letter to the Exiles: Seek the Welfare of Babylon 29:1-23 Shemaiah's Letter and Its Condemnation 29:24-32 The Book of Comfort: Restoration and the New Covenant 30:1-31:40 Jeremiah Buys a Field: Faith and Hope in Captivity 32:1-44 Promise of Restoration and the Davidic Covenant 33:1-26 Zedekiah's Appeal and Jeremiah's Warning 34:1-7 Breach of Covenant and Punishment for Oppression 34:8-22 The Rechabites' Fidelity as a Rebuke to Judah 35:1-19 Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Words and the Scroll Is Burned 36:1-32 Jeremiah Imprisoned during the Siege of Jerusalem 37:1-21 Jeremiah Cast into a Cistern 38:1-13 Ebed‑Melech Rescues Jeremiah; Zedekiah's Failure 38:14-28 The Fall of Jerusalem and Jeremiah's Release 39:1-18 Gedaliah Appointed Governor and Jeremiah's Choice 40:1-6 Assassination of Gedaliah and the Terror in Judah 40:7-41:15 Rejection of Jeremiah's Counsel and Flight to Egypt 41:16-43:13 The Jews in Egypt: Idolatry and Condemnation 44:1-30 A Word to Baruch: Encouragement and Warning 45:1-5 Oracles against Egypt 46:1-28 Judgment on the Philistines 47:1-7 Judgment on Moab 48:1-47 Judgment on Ammon 49:1-6 Judgment on Edom 49:7-22 Judgment on Damascus and Aram 49:23-27 Destruction of Kedar and the Nomads 49:28-33 Judgment on Elam and Future Restoration 49:34-39 Judgment on Babylon and Its Final Fall 50:1-51:64 The Fall of Jerusalem and Zedekiah's Fate 52:1-30 Jehoiachin's Release from Babylonian Captivity 52:31-34

Ezekiel

The Vision of God's Glory and the Living Creatures 1:1-28 Ezekiel's Commission and the Eating of the Scroll 2:1-3:15 Ezekiel Appointed as Watchman and Made Speechless 3:16-27 Symbolic Acts of Siege and Judgment on Jerusalem 4:1-5:17 Judgment on Israel for Idolatry 6:1-14 The Day of the Lord: Impending Disaster 7:1-27 Visions of Temple Abominations 8:1-18 The Execution of Jerusalem's Wicked and the Marked Few 9:1-11 The Departure of God's Glory from the Temple 10:1-22 Condemnation of Jerusalem's Leaders 11:1-15 The Departure of God's Glory and Promise of Restoration 11:16-25 Signs of Exile and the Futility of False Hopes 12:1-28 Condemnation of False Prophets and Diviners 13:1-23 Elders' Idolatry and Its Consequences 14:1-11 Judgment on Nations and the Limits of Intercession 14:12-23 Jerusalem Portrayed as a Useless Vine 15:1-8 Jerusalem's Infidelity: Shame, Judgment, and Vindication 16:1-63 The Parable of the Two Eagles: Zedekiah's Folly 17:1-24 Individual Responsibility and the Call to Repentance 18:1-32 A Lament for Israel's Princes 19:1-14 Israel's History of Rebellion and Divine Judgment 20:1-29 Punishment for Profane Worship and Promise of Restoration 20:30-44 A Prophecy Against the Mountains of Israel 20:45-49 The Sword of the Lord: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations 21:1-32 Jerusalem's Corruption and the Search for a Righteous Remnant 22:1-31 The Sisters' Harlotry: Samaria and Jerusalem Condemned 23:1-49 The Boiling Pot: Prophecy of Jerusalem's Siege 24:1-14 The Sign of Ezekiel's Wife's Death: Judgment and Changed Lament 24:15-27 Oracle Against Ammon 25:1-7 Oracles Against Moab and Seir 25:8-11 Judgment on the Philistines 25:12-14 Oracle Against Tyre 25:15-17 The Fall of Tyre Foretold 26:1-21 Lamentation for Tyre, the Merchant City 27:1-36 The Pride and Fall of Tyre's Ruler 28:1-19 Judgment on Sidon and Promise of Israel's Security 28:20-26 Egypt's Humiliation and Years of Desolation 29:1-21 The Day of the Lord Against Egypt and Its Allies 30:1-26 Egypt Compared to the Fallen Cedar: Pride and Doom 31:1-18 Lament for Egypt's Collapse and Descent into Sheol 32:1-32 The Watchman's Duty and Personal Responsibility 33:1-20 Report of Jerusalem's Fall and the People's Alarm 33:21-33 Condemnation of Bad Shepherds and Promise of a Good Shepherd 34:1-31 Judgment on Edom for Rejoicing over Israel 35:1-15 Promise of Israel's Restoration and Spiritual Renewal 36:1-38 The Valley of Dry Bones: National Revival 37:1-14 The Two Sticks: Unity of Israel and the Davidic Covenant 37:15-28 The Invasion of Gog and Its Defeat 38:1-39:29 Vision of the Future Temple: Introduction and Commission 40:1-4 Measurements of the Outer Court and Gateways 40:5-16 Courtyard Entrances and Portico Dimensions 40:17-19 Inner Court Entrances and Chambers 40:20-23 Vestibules and Side Entrance Specifications 40:24-27 Details of Inner Chambers and Gate Structure 40:28-37 Porches, Chambers, and Steps of the Temple Court 40:38-43 Priests' Chambers and the Prince's Quarters 40:44-47 The Inner Sanctuary and Holy Place Measurements 40:48-41:26 Priestly Chambers and the Inner Court Layout 42:1-20 The Return of God's Glory to the Temple 43:1-12 Altar Design and Sacrificial Regulations 43:13-27 Temple Gates, Priestly Roles, and Exclusions 44:1-31 Land Allotments and the Prince's Portion 45:1-12 Worship Regulations: Offerings, Festivals, and the Prince 45:13-46:24 The Life-Giving River Flowing from the Temple 47:1-12 Division of the Land and Inheritance Boundaries 47:13-23 Tribal Allotments in the Restored Land 48:1-29 The City Gates and the Name: 'The Lord Is There' 48:30-35

Matthew

The Genealogy of Jesus 1:1-17 The Birth of Jesus Foretold to Joseph 1:18-25 The Visit of the Magi 2:1-12 Flight into Egypt and the Slaughter of the Innocents 2:13-18 Return to Nazareth 2:19-23 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3:1-12 The Baptism of Jesus 3:13-17 The Temptation of Jesus 4:1-11 Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry 4:12-17 Jesus Calls the First Disciples 4:18-22 Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee 4:23-25 The Beatitudes 5:1-12 Salt and Light 5:13-16 Jesus and the Law 5:17-20 Teaching on Anger and Reconciliation 5:21-26 Teaching on Adultery and Lust 5:27-30 Teaching on Divorce 5:31-32 Teaching on Oaths and Honesty 5:33-37 Teaching on Retaliation and Generosity 5:38-42 Love Your Enemies 5:43-48 Giving to the Needy in Secret 6:1-4 Prayer and the Lord's Prayer 6:5-15 Teaching on Fasting 6:16-18 Treasures and Serving God 6:19-24 Do Not Worry 6:25-34 Do Not Judge 7:1-6 Ask, Seek, Knock and the Golden Rule 7:7-12 The Narrow and Wide Gates 7:13-14 Recognizing False Prophets 7:15-23 Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders 7:24-29 Jesus Cleanses a Leper 8:1-4 The Faith of the Centurion 8:5-13 Jesus Heals Many and Fulfills Prophecy 8:14-17 The Cost of Discipleship 8:18-22 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:23-27 Healing of Two Demon-Possessed Men 8:28-34 Jesus Heals a Paralytic 9:1-8 Jesus Calls Matthew and Eats with Sinners 9:9-13 Fasting and the New Cloth and Wineskins 9:14-17 A Daughter Restored and a Woman Healed 9:18-26 Two Blind Men Healed and a Mute Man Restored 9:27-34 Jesus' Compassion and the Call for Workers 9:35-38 The Mission of the Twelve 10:1-42 John's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony about John 11:1-19 Woe to Unrepentant Cities 11:20-24 The Father's Revelation and Rest for the Weary 11:25-30 Sabbath Controversies: Grain and Healing 12:1-14 Jesus Heals and Fulfills Isaiah's Prophecy 12:15-21 Accusation, Blasphemy Against the Spirit, and the Heart's Fruit 12:22-37 The Sign of Jonah and the Unclean Spirit 12:38-45 Jesus Redefines Family 12:46-50 The Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 13:1-23 The Parable of the Weeds 13:24-30 The Mustard Seed and the Yeast 13:31-35 Explanation of the Weeds and End-Time Judgment 13:36-43 Treasure and Pearl: The Kingdom's Value 13:44-46 The Net and New and Old Treasures 13:47-52 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 13:53-58 The Execution of John the Baptist 14:1-12 Feeding the Five Thousand 14:13-21 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals Many 14:22-36 Tradition, Purity, and the Canaanite Woman's Faith 15:1-28 Jesus Heals Many and Feeds the Four Thousand 15:29-39 Pharisees Demand a Sign 16:1-4 Warning About the Teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees 16:5-12 Peter's Confession: You Are the Christ 16:13-20 Jesus Foretells His Death and Discipleship 16:21-28 The Transfiguration 17:1-13 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy and a Second Prediction of Death 17:14-23 Payment of the Temple Tax 17:24-27 Humility and Care for Little Ones 18:1-9 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 18:10-14 Church Discipline and Prayer 18:15-20 Forgiveness and the Unforgiving Servant 18:21-35 Marriage, Divorce, and Children 19:1-15 The Rich Young Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 19:16-30 The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard 20:1-16 Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 20:17-19 Request for Honor and Teaching on Servanthood 20:20-28 Two Blind Men Healed Near Jericho 20:29-34 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 21:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Heals 21:12-17 The Withered Fig Tree and Teaching on Faith 21:18-22 Jesus' Authority Challenged 21:23-27 The Parable of the Two Sons 21:28-32 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 21:33-46 The Parable of the Wedding Banquet 22:1-14 Question about Paying Taxes to Caesar 22:15-22 The Sadducees and the Resurrection 22:23-33 The Greatest Commandment 22:34-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees about the Messiah 22:41-46 Seven Woes on the Scribes and Pharisees 23:1-39 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of the End and the Temple's Destruction 24:1-35 The Olivet Discourse: Watchfulness and Judgment 24:36-51 The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:1-13 The Parable of the Talents 25:14-30 The Final Judgment: Sheep and Goats 25:31-46 The Plot to Arrest Jesus 26:1-5 The Anointing at Bethany 26:6-13 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus 26:14-16 The Last Supper 26:17-30 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial 26:31-35 Prayer in Gethsemane 26:36-46 The Arrest of Jesus 26:47-56 Jesus Before the Sanhedrin 26:57-68 Peter's Denial and Repentance 26:69-75 Judas' Remorse and Suicide 27:1-10 Jesus Sentenced by Pilate 27:11-26 Jesus Mocked and Scourged 27:27-31 The Crucifixion and Mockery 27:32-44 The Death of Jesus 27:45-56 Jesus Is Buried 27:57-61 The Tomb Secured by the Authorities 27:62-66 The Resurrection: Women at the Tomb 28:1-10 The Guards' Report and the Chief Priests' Lie 28:11-15 The Great Commission 28:16-20

Mark

John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1:1-8 The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus 1:9-13 Jesus Begins His Ministry and Calls the First Disciples 1:14-20 Jesus Teaches with Authority and Casts Out an Unclean Spirit 1:21-28 Healings and Demons Cleansed at Simon's Home 1:29-34 Jesus Prays and Proclaims the Kingdom in Galilee 1:35-39 Healing of a Man with Leprosy 1:40-45 Forgiveness and Healing of a Paralytic 2:1-12 Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 2:13-17 Questions about Fasting; New Cloth and Wineskins 2:18-22 Sabbath Controversies: Grain, Healing, and Plot Against Jesus 2:23-3:6 Great Crowds Follow; Unclean Spirits Acknowledge Jesus 3:7-12 Jesus Appoints the Twelve Apostles 3:13-19 Accusations of Beelzebul and the Parable of the Strong Man 3:20-30 Jesus Redefines True Family 3:31-35 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 4:1-20 A Lamp, Measure, and the Principle of Growth 4:21-25 Parable of the Growing Seed 4:26-29 The Mustard Seed and the Kingdom's Growth 4:30-34 Jesus Calms the Storm 4:35-41 The Gerasene Demoniac Restored 5:1-20 A Woman Healed and Jairus' Daughter Raised 5:21-43 Jesus Rejected in His Hometown 6:1-6 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve 6:7-13 Herod, Herodias, and the Death of John the Baptist 6:14-29 Feeding of the Five Thousand 6:30-44 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals at Gennesaret 6:45-56 Tradition, Inner Purity, and What Truly Defiles 7:1-23 A Gentile Woman's Faith and the Healing at Tyre 7:24-30 Jesus Heals a Deaf Man Who Could Not Speak Clearly 7:31-37 Feeding the Four Thousand and the Pharisees' Demand for a Sign 8:1-13 Beware the Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod 8:14-21 Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida 8:22-26 Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 8:27-30 Jesus Predicts His Death and Calls Disciples to Take Up the Cross 8:31-9:1 The Transfiguration and the Return of Elijah 9:2-13 Healing of a Boy with an Unclean Spirit; Jesus Predicts His Passion Again 9:14-32 Who Is the Greatest? A Child as the Model of Service 9:33-37 Tolerance for Those Who Serve in Jesus' Name 9:38-41 Warnings about Causing Sin; Exhortations on Salt and Holiness 9:42-50 Jesus' Teaching on Divorce 10:1-12 Jesus Blesses Little Children 10:13-16 The Rich Young Man and the Cost of Discipleship 10:17-31 Jesus Again Predicts His Suffering, Death, and Resurrection 10:32-34 Ambition and Servanthood: The Way of True Greatness 10:35-45 Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus 10:46-52 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 11:1-11 Withered Fig Tree and the Cleansing of the Temple 11:12-19 Faith, Prayer, and the Call to Forgiveness 11:20-26 Religious Leaders Question Jesus' Authority 11:27-33 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 12:1-12 Render to Caesar: Taxes and Allegiance 12:13-17 Sadducees Challenge Resurrection; Jesus Teaches Eternal Life 12:18-27 The Greatest Commandment: Love God and Neighbor 12:28-34 Jesus Questions the Messiah and Warns Against Scribes 12:35-40 The Widow's Offering: True Generosity 12:41-44 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of Destruction and the End 13:1-31 No One Knows the Day: Be Watchful 13:32-37 Plot to Kill Jesus and the Anointing at Bethany 14:1-11 The Passover Meal and Institution of the Lord's Supper 14:12-26 Jesus Predicts the Disciples' Flight and Peter's Denial 14:27-31 Gethsemane: Jesus' Agony and Prayer 14:32-42 The Arrest of Jesus in Gethsemane 14:43-52 Jesus Before the Council 14:53-65 Peter's Denial and His Remorse 14:66-72 Jesus Before Pilate; Barabbas Released 15:1-15 The Soldiers Mock and Scourge Jesus 15:16-20 The Way of the Cross and the Crucifixion 15:21-32 Jesus' Death and the Centurion's Confession 15:33-41 The Burial of Jesus 15:42-47 The Resurrection: Women Find the Empty Tomb 16:1-8 Appearances of the Risen Lord and the Commission 16:9-20

Luke

Purpose and Order of the Gospel 1:1-4 Announcement of John the Baptist's Birth 1:5-25 The Annunciation to Mary 1:26-38 Mary Visits Elizabeth 1:39-45 Mary's Song (The Magnificat) 1:46-56 The Birth and Naming of John 1:57-66 Zechariah's Prophecy and John's Mission 1:67-80 The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 2:1-7 Angels Announce the Shepherds' Good News 2:8-20 Presentation in the Temple; Simeon and Anna 2:21-40 The Boy Jesus in the Temple 2:41-52 John the Baptist's Call to Repentance 3:1-20 The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 3:21-38 Jesus Tested in the Wilderness 4:1-13 Rejection at Nazareth 4:14-30 Authority over Unclean Spirits in Capernaum 4:31-37 Healings and Preaching in Galilee 4:38-44 The Call of the First Disciples 5:1-11 Healing a Man with Leprosy 5:12-16 A Paralytic Forgiven and Healed 5:17-26 The Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 5:27-32 Questions about Fasting; New Wine and Old Wineskins 5:33-39 Lord of the Sabbath and a Sabbath Healing 6:1-11 The Appointment of the Twelve Apostles 6:12-16 The Sermon on the Plain: Blessings and Woes 6:17-26 Love Your Enemies and Be Merciful 6:27-36 Judging Others and the Speck and Log 6:37-42 A Tree and Its Fruit: True Character Revealed 6:43-45 The Wise and Foolish Builders 6:46-49 The Faith of the Centurion 7:1-10 Raising the Widow's Son at Nain 7:11-17 John the Baptist's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony 7:18-35 A Sinful Woman Forgiven 7:36-50 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 8:1-15 Lighted Lamp and Hearing the Word 8:16-18 Jesus Redefines His Family 8:19-21 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:22-25 Healing the Gerasene Demoniac 8:26-39 Jairus' Daughter Raised and a Woman Healed 8:40-56 The Twelve Sent Out 9:1-9 Feeding the Five Thousand 9:10-17 Peter's Confession and the Way of the Cross 9:18-27 The Transfiguration 9:28-36 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy; A Second Passion Prediction 9:37-45 Who Is Greatest and a Servant's Ministry 9:46-50 Jesus Resolves for Jerusalem; Samaritan Rejection 9:51-56 The Cost of Discipleship 9:57-62 The Seventy Sent Out and Their Return 10:1-24 The Good Samaritan 10:25-37 Mary and Martha: Choosing the Better Part 10:38-42 The Lord's Prayer and Persistent Prayer 11:1-13 Jesus, Beelzebul, and True Blessedness 11:14-28 Demand for a Sign; Jonah and the Queen of the South 11:29-32 The Light of the Body and Inner Purity 11:33-36 Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers 11:37-54 Warnings against Hypocrisy and Confession before Men 12:1-12 The Parable of the Rich Fool 12:13-21 Do Not Worry; Seek God's Kingdom 12:22-34 Watchfulness and Faithful Stewardship 12:35-48 Division Caused by Christ 12:49-53 Interpreting the Times and Settling with Adversaries 12:54-59 Call to Repentance and the Barren Fig Tree 13:1-9 Healing on the Sabbath and Jesus' Rebuke 13:10-17 Parables of the Mustard Seed and Yeast 13:18-21 The Narrow Door and the Cost of Entry 13:22-30 Jesus Laments over Jerusalem 13:31-35 Healing at a Pharisee's House and Humility at the Table 14:1-14 Parable of the Great Banquet 14:15-24 The Cost of Following Jesus; Salt and Saltiness 14:25-35 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 15:1-7 The Parable of the Lost Coin 15:8-10 The Parable of the Prodigal Son 15:11-32 The Shrewd Manager and Teaching on Wealth 16:1-15 Law, the Kingdom, and Divorce 16:16-18 The Rich Man and Lazarus 16:19-31 Teachings on Temptation, Forgiveness, and Duty 17:1-10 Healing of the Ten Lepers 17:11-19 The Coming of the Kingdom and End-Time Sayings 17:20-37 Parable of the Persistent Widow 18:1-8 Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 18:9-14 Jesus Blesses Little Children 18:15-17 The Rich Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 18:18-30 Jesus Predicts His Death Again 18:31-34 Healing of Blind Bartimaeus 18:35-43 Zacchaeus: Salvation Comes to His House 19:1-10 Parable of the Ten Minas 19:11-27 Triumphal Entry and Lament over Jerusalem 19:28-44 Cleansing the Temple and Teaching 19:45-48 Jesus' Authority Challenged 20:1-8 Parable of the Wicked Tenants 20:9-19 Paying Taxes to Caesar 20:20-26 Question about the Resurrection 20:27-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees; Warnings against Hypocrisy 20:41-47 The Widow's Offering 21:1-4 The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End 21:5-38 The Plot to Kill Jesus and Judas' Agreement 22:1-6 The Last Supper and Predictions of Denial 22:7-38 Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane 22:39-46 Jesus Arrested 22:47-53 Peter's Denial Fulfilled 22:54-62 Jesus Mocked and Beaten 22:63-65 Jesus before the Council and Pilate; Sentencing 22:66-23:25 The Way of the Cross and the Penitent Thief 23:26-43 The Death of Jesus and the Centurion's Confession 23:44-49 The Burial of Jesus 23:50-56 The Empty Tomb and the Women's Report 24:1-12 The Road to Emmaus and Recognition of the Risen Lord 24:13-35 Jesus Appears to the Disciples and Explains Scripture 24:36-49 The Ascension and the Disciples' Worship 24:50-53

John

The Word Became Flesh 1:1-18 John the Baptist's Witness 1:19-28 Behold the Lamb of God 1:29-34 The First Disciples and Simon Peter 1:35-42 Calling of Philip and Nathanael 1:43-51 The Wedding at Cana: Water Made Wine 2:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Speaks of His Body 2:12-25 Nicodemus and the New Birth 3:1-21 John the Baptist Exalts Jesus 3:22-36 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well 4:1-26 The Harvest Is Ready 4:27-38 Samaritans Believe in Jesus 4:39-42 Healing of the Royal Official's Son 4:43-54 Jesus Heals at Bethesda 5:1-15 Jesus Claims Authority Over Life and Judgment 5:16-30 Witnesses to Jesus and Israel's Unbelief 5:31-47 Feeding the Five Thousand 6:1-15 Jesus Walks on the Sea 6:16-24 Jesus the Bread of Life 6:25-59 Many Turn Away; Peter's Confession 6:60-71 Jesus Stays Away from Judea 7:1-13 Jesus Teaches at the Festival 7:14-24 Growing Division Over Jesus 7:25-44 Temple Officers and the Adulterous Woman 7:45-8:11 Jesus the Light and His Claim 8:12-30 True Discipleship and Freedom 8:31-41 Jesus' Divine Origin and Opposition 8:42-47 Jesus' 'I Am' and Preexistence 8:48-59 Healing of a Man Born Blind 9:1-12 Controversy with the Pharisees over the Healing 9:13-34 Spiritual Sight and Blindness 9:35-41 The Good Shepherd and His Sheep 10:1-21 Feast of Dedication and Controversy over Jesus 10:22-42 Lazarus' Sickness and Jesus' Intention 11:1-16 Jesus Weeps at Lazarus' Tomb 11:17-37 Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead 11:38-44 Plot to Kill Jesus and Caiaphas' Counsel 11:45-57 Mary Anoints Jesus; Plot to Kill Lazarus 12:1-11 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 12:12-19 Greeks Seek Jesus; He Predicts His Death 12:20-36 Unbelief and Jesus' Final Appeal 12:37-50 Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13:1-17 The Prediction of Judas' Betrayal 13:18-30 The New Commandment and Peter's Denial 13:31-38 Jesus Promises a Place in the Father's House 14:1-4 Jesus the Way to the Father 14:5-14 Promise of the Holy Spirit and Peace 14:15-31 The Vine and the Command to Love 15:1-17 The World's Hatred and the Cost of Discipleship 15:18-16:4 The Holy Spirit's Work 16:5-16 Sorrow Turned to Joy; Peace in Christ 16:17-33 The Son's Prayer for Glory 17:1-5 Prayer for the Disciples' Protection and Sanctification 17:6-19 Prayer for Unity Among Believers 17:20-26 Jesus Arrested in Gethsemane 18:1-11 Jesus Brought to Annas 18:12-14 Peter's First Denial 18:15-18 Jesus Questioned and Struck Before the High Priest 18:19-24 Peter Denies Jesus Three Times 18:25-27 Jesus Before Pilate 18:28-40 Jesus Scourged, Mocked, and Sentenced to Crucifixion 19:1-16 The Crucifixion and Jesus' Care for His Mother 19:17-27 Jesus' Death and the Fulfillment of Scripture 19:28-37 Jesus' Burial 19:38-42 The Empty Tomb Discovered 20:1-9 Mary Magdalene Meets the Risen Lord 20:10-18 Jesus Appears to His Disciples and Breathes the Spirit 20:19-23 Thomas Believes; Purpose of John's Gospel 20:24-31 The Miraculous Catch and Breakfast by the Sea 21:1-14 Peter Reinstated and the Beloved Disciple 21:15-25

Acts

The Ascension of Jesus 1:1-11 Prayer in the Upper Room and the Choosing of Matthias 1:12-26 Pentecost: The Coming of the Spirit 2:1-13 Peter's Sermon and Three Thousand Converted 2:14-41 The Early Christian Community 2:42-47 Healing at the Beautiful Gate 3:1-10 Peter's Address at Solomon's Colonnade 3:11-26 The Apostles Before the Sanhedrin 4:1-22 Believers Pray for Boldness 4:23-31 The Believers Share Possessions 4:32-37 Ananias and Sapphira 5:1-11 Signs Performed by the Apostles 5:12-16 Persecution of the Apostles and Their Witness 5:17-42 The Appointment of the Seven Deacons 6:1-7 Stephen's Wisdom and Opposition 6:8-15 Stephen's Speech before the Sanhedrin 7:1-53 The Stoning of Stephen and the Persecution of the Church 7:54-8:1 Saul's Persecution Scatters the Church 8:2-3 Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria 8:4-8 Simon Magus and Peter's Rebuke 8:9-25 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch 8:26-40 The Conversion of Saul 9:1-19 Saul's Early Ministry and Acceptance by the Church 9:20-31 Peter Heals Aeneas and Raises Tabitha 9:32-43 Cornelius' Vision and the Call for Peter 10:1-8 Peter's Vision and the Messengers from Cornelius 10:9-23 Peter at Cornelius' House: Gentiles Receive the Spirit 10:24-48 Peter Defends the Conversion of Gentiles 11:1-18 The Church in Antioch and Famine Relief 11:19-30 Herod Executes James; Peter Miraculously Freed 12:1-19 Herod's Death and the Church's Continued Growth 12:20-25 The First Missionary Sending 13:1-3 Ministry in Cyprus and Elymas's Blinding 13:4-12 Paul's Mission in Pisidian Antioch 13:13-52 Paul and Barnabas in Iconium 14:1-7 Healing in Lystra and Paul's Stoning 14:8-20 Paul and Barnabas Strengthen the Churches 14:21-28 The Jerusalem Council on Gentile Circumcision 15:1-21 The Council's Letter and Peace with Antioch 15:22-35 Paul and Barnabas Separate 15:36-41 Timothy Joins Paul and Churches Are Strengthened 16:1-5 The Call to Macedonia 16:6-10 Lydia's Conversion at Philippi 16:11-15 Paul and Silas Imprisoned and Released in Philippi 16:16-40 Preaching in Thessalonica and Opposition 17:1-9 Berea's Noble Reception and Paul's Departure 17:10-15 Paul's Address at the Areopagus 17:16-34 Paul's Ministry in Corinth and Conflict 18:1-17 Paul Departs; Apollos Instructed by Priscilla and Aquila 18:18-28 Paul's Ministry and the Ephesian Disciples 19:1-22 The Ephesian Riot over Artemis 19:23-41 Paul's Journeys Through Macedonia and Greece 20:1-6 Eutychus Raised in Troas 20:7-12 Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders 20:13-38 Paul's Voyage to Jerusalem 21:1-16 Paul's Arrival in Jerusalem and the Temple Ritual 21:17-26 Paul Seized in the Temple 21:27-36 Paul's Defense: His Conversion and Mission 21:37-22:21 Paul's Arrest and the Council's Division 22:22-23:11 The Plot to Kill Paul and the Soldier's Intervention 23:12-22 Paul Escorted to Caesarea under Guard 23:23-35 Paul's Defense before Governor Felix 24:1-27 Paul Brought before Festus and the Jewish Charges 25:1-12 King Agrippa Learns of Paul's Case 25:13-22 Paul's Defense Before Agrippa 25:23-26:32 Paul's Voyage to Rome Begins 27:1-12 The Storm at Sea and God's Promise of Safety 27:13-26 Shipwreck and Deliverance on Malta 27:27-44 Paul on Malta: Healing and Hospitality 28:1-10 Voyage to Rome and Arrival 28:11-16 Paul in Rome: Preaching under House Arrest 28:17-31

Romans

Paul's Greeting and the Gospel's Power 1:1-17 God's Wrath Against Ungodliness 1:18-32 God's Impartial Judgment and Conscience 2:1-16 The Law, True Circumcision, and Jewish Identity 2:17-29 Israel's Advantage and God's Faithfulness 3:1-8 Universal Sinfulness and the Law's Condemnation 3:9-20 Righteousness Through Faith and Justification 3:21-31 Abraham: Justification by Faith 4:1-25 Peace with God and Reconciliation 5:1-11 Adam and Christ: Death, Grace, and Righteousness 5:12-21 Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 6:1-14 Slavery to Sin or to Righteousness 6:15-23 Released from the Law to Serve in the Spirit 7:1-6 The Inner Conflict: Law, Sin, and the Flesh 7:7-25 Life in the Spirit: Freedom and Adoption 8:1-17 Future Glory and the Spirit's Intercession 8:18-27 Assurance of God's Love: Nothing Can Separate Us 8:28-39 Paul's Sorrow and God's Sovereign Election 9:1-29 Righteousness by Faith and Israel's Unbelief 9:30-10:21 A Remnant Preserved and Israel's Hardening 11:1-10 Gentiles Grafted In and a Warning Against Boasting 11:11-24 The Mystery of Israel's Salvation and God's Mercy 11:25-32 Doxology: Praise for God's Wisdom and Sovereignty 11:33-36 A Living Sacrifice and the Diversity of Gifts 12:1-8 Christian Conduct: Love, Humility, and Ethical Duties 12:9-21 Submission to Authorities and Civic Duty 13:1-7 Love Fulfills the Law; Walk in the Light 13:8-14 Christian Liberty, Conscience, and Mutual Acceptance 14:1-15:13 Paul's Service to the Gentiles and Missionary Ambition 15:14-22 Paul's Travel Plans and Prayer Requests 15:23-33 Personal Greetings, Final Warnings, and Doxology 16:1-27

Revelation

The Revelation Announced and the Blessing 1:1-3 Greeting and the Lord's Self‑Declaration 1:4-8 John's Vision of the Glorified Son of Man 1:9-20 Letter to Ephesus: Faithfulness and the Call to Repent 2:1-7 Letter to Smyrna: Persecution and the Crown of Life 2:8-11 Letter to Pergamum: Fidelity and False Teaching 2:12-17 Letter to Thyatira: Tolerance of Immorality and Promise to Overcomers 2:18-29 Letter to Sardis: Wakefulness and Repentance 3:1-6 Letter to Philadelphia: An Open Door and a Promise of Protection 3:7-13 Letter to Laodicea: Lukewarmness and the Call to Repent 3:14-22 The Throne in Heaven and Heavenly Worship 4:1-11 The Sealed Scroll and the Worthy Lamb 5:1-14 The Six Seals: Tribulation and Cosmic Disturbance 6:1-17 The Sealing of the 144,000 7:1-8 The Multitude Before the Throne: Salvation and Comfort 7:9-17 The Seventh Seal and the Prayers of the Saints 8:1-5 The Trumpet Judgments: Plagues and Woes 8:6-9:21 The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll 10:1-11 The Two Witnesses: Prophecy, Death, and Resurrection 11:1-14 The Seventh Trumpet: God's Kingdom Proclaimed and the Temple Opened 11:15-19 The Cosmic Conflict: The Woman, the Dragon, and the Male Child 12:1-13:1 The Sea Beast: Blasphemy and Persecution 13:2-10 The Earth Beast and the Mark of the Beast 13:11-18 The Lamb on Mount Zion and the 144,000 14:1-5 The Three Angels' Messages and the Call to Endure 14:6-13 The Harvest of the Earth: Reaping God's Judgment 14:14-20 The Seven Last Plagues and the Victors' Song 15:1-8 The Bowl Judgments: The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath 16:1-21 The Fall of Babylon the Great and the Beast's Doom 17:1-18:24 Heavenly Praise and the Marriage of the Lamb 19:1-10 Christ's Triumphant Return and the Defeat of the Beast 19:11-21 Satan Bound and the Reign of the Saints 20:1-6 Satan's Final Rebellion and Defeat 20:7-10 The Great White Throne and the Final Judgment 20:11-15 The New Heaven and New Earth and the New Jerusalem 21:1-27 The River of Life and the Throne of God 22:1-6
15 For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies before you; therefore your camp shall be holy, and he shall not see in you any indecent thing and turn away from you.

Deu.23.15 - Details

Original Text

כי יהוה אלהיך מתהלך ׀ בקרב מחנך להצילך ולתת איביך לפניך והיה מחניך קדוש ולא־ יראה בך ערות דבר ושב מאחריך׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • מתהלך: VERB,hitpael,ptc,3,m,sg
  • בקרב: PREP
  • מחנך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+2ms
  • להצילך: VERB,hifil,inf+2ms,2,m,sg
  • ולתת: VERB,qal,inf
  • איביך: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • לפניך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • והיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • מחניך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+2ms
  • קדוש: ADJ,m,sg
  • ולא: CONJ
  • יראה: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • בך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • ערות: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ושב: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,sg
  • מאחריך: PREP+2ms

Parallels

  • Leviticus 26:11-12 (verbal): Both passages state that God will 'dwell/walk among you' (set my tabernacle/among you; walk among you), linking divine presence with the requirement that the community be holy.
  • Numbers 5:3 (verbal): A direct legal parallel: unclean persons are to be 'put out of the camp' so that the camp remains undefiled—echoing Deut.23:15's concern that no unclean thing be seen in the camp.
  • Leviticus 13:45-46 (verbal): Law about those with infectious skin disease being 'outside the camp' parallels Deut.23:15's instruction to keep the camp free of uncleanness to preserve God's presence.
  • Isaiah 52:11 (thematic): A prophetic call to 'depart, be clean, touch no unclean thing' echoes Deut.23:15's theme of separation and communal holiness so that the LORD's presence is not defiled.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies over to you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, and he shall not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.
  • For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, and he shall not see any nakedness among you and turn away from you.
16 You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped to you from his master.

Deu.23.16 - Details

Original Text

לא־ תסגיר עבד אל־ אדניו אשר־ ינצל אליך מעם אדניו׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תסגיר: VERB,hiph,impf,2,m,sg
  • עבד: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • אל: NEG
  • אדניו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+POSS,3,m,sg
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • ינצל: VERB,niphal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אליך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • מעם: PREP
  • אדניו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+POSS,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Deut.23.15 (verbal): Immediate parallel in the same pericope — same command not to deliver a slave who has fled to you; repetition/close verbal parallel.
  • Leviticus 25:39-43 (thematic): Regulations about Israelite servants who become poor: they shall not be treated as slaves harshly and are to be released — shares the concern for humane treatment and limits on enslavement of fellow Israelites.
  • Jeremiah 34:9-17 (thematic): Prophetic denunciation of those who reneged on freeing their slaves and returned them to bondage; invokes the moral/legal expectation about freedom and protection of persons formerly set free.
  • Philemon 1:15-16 (allusion): Paul's appeal regarding Onesimus, a runaway slave, asking Philemon not to treat him as a slave but as a brother — a New Testament case that echoes the principle of protection/changed status for an escaped servant.
  • Exodus 21:16 (thematic): Prohibition against kidnapping and selling a person; while addressing illegal capture rather than flight, it reflects the law's concern to protect persons from being forcibly treated as slaves and relates to the protection of escapees.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall not surrender to his master a slave who has escaped to you from his master.
  • You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped to you from his master.
17 Let him live among you in the place he chooses—within one of your gates; you shall not wrong him.

Deu.23.17 - Details

Original Text

עמך ישב בקרבך במקום אשר־ יבחר באחד שעריך בטוב לו לא תוננו׃

Morphology

  • עמך: NOUN,m,sg,suff-2m
  • ישב: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • בקרבך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs,prs:2ms
  • במקום: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • יבחר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • באחד: PREP
  • שעריך: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • בטוב: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תוננו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,pl

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 12:5 (verbal): Speaks of the single place 'which the LORD your God will choose' for his name to dwell—matches the idea of a chosen place for the people to assemble.
  • Deuteronomy 12:11 (thematic): Commands bringing offerings to 'the place the LORD will choose,' reinforcing the theme that worship and communal life are to occur at God's chosen site.
  • Deuteronomy 16:11 (verbal): Instructs Israel to rejoice 'before the LORD your God' in 'the place the LORD will choose,' echoing the motif of gathering at a divinely selected location (one of your gates/places).
  • 1 Kings 8:29 (allusion): Solomon's prayer at the temple dedication petitions God to hear from 'the place where you have chosen to put your name,' directly reflecting the concept of a divinely chosen sanctuary.
  • Ruth 4:1 (structural): Depicts elders and leaders 'sitting at the gate'—the gate as a public assembly locus parallels the verse's reference to people sitting 'in one of your gates' as a place of communal decision and gathering.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He shall dwell with you, among you, in the place he chooses—at one of your gates—where it pleases him; you shall not oppress him.
  • Let a resident who chooses to dwell among you remain in the place he prefers within one of your gates; do not oppress him when it is good for him.
18 There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor a male cult prostitute among the sons of Israel.

Deu.23.18 - Details

Original Text

לא־ תהיה קדשה מבנות ישראל ולא־ יהיה קדש מבני ישראל׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תהיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,f,sg
  • קדשה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מבנות: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולא: CONJ
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • קדש: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מבני: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Leviticus 19:29 (thematic): Forbids profaning one's daughter by making her a prostitute—parallel moral prohibition against prostitution within Israelite society and concern for communal/household purity.
  • Leviticus 21:9 (structural): Prescribes punishment when a priest's daughter 'profanes herself by playing the harlot'—connects cultic/ceremonial purity and special restrictions on sexual misconduct among God’s covenant people.
  • 1 Kings 14:24 (verbal): Reports that 'there were also male shrine prostitutes and female shrine prostitutes' in Israel—an historical instance of the very cult‑prostitution prohibited in Deuteronomy.
  • Ezekiel 16:15–17 (allusion): Prophetic denunciation of Jerusalem for 'playing the harlot' with foreign lovers—uses prostitution imagery to condemn cultic/idolatrous unfaithfulness, thematically echoing Deuteronomy’s prohibition.

Alternative generated candidates

  • There shall be no cult prostitute of the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult prostitute of the sons of Israel.
  • You shall not have a cult-prostitute of the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult-prostitute of the sons of Israel.
19 You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God for any vow; for both are an abomination to the LORD your God.

Deu.23.19 - Details

Original Text

לא־ תביא אתנן זונה ומחיר כלב בית יהוה אלהיך לכל־ נדר כי תועבת יהוה אלהיך גם־ שניהם׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תביא: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אתנן: NOUN,m,sg,construct
  • זונה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ומחיר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כלב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • לכל: PREP
  • נדר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • תועבת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • גם: ADV
  • שניהם: PRON,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Deut.23:17 (structural): Immediate context: prohibits cultic prostitution of women and men; 23:19 carries that prohibition into the ritual sphere by forbidding the use of prostitutes' fees in worship.
  • Deut.7:25-26 (verbal): Similar wording and concept—do not bring an abominable thing into your house; both passages forbid bringing morally defiling items/earnings into domestic or cultic sacred space.
  • Leviticus 19:29 (thematic): Law against prostituting one’s daughter—part of the broader legal concern to prevent sexual exploitation and cultic/ social prostitution that Deut.23:19 treats as ritually unacceptable.
  • Hosea 4:14 (thematic): Prophetic denunciation of prostitution tied to cultic activity—Hosea condemns sacrificing with cult prostitutes, echoing the ban on using prostitutes’ wages in worship.
  • 1 Kings 14:24 (allusion): Narrative remark that male cult prostitutes existed in Israel; illustrates the social reality addressed by the Deuteronomic prohibition and its status as an abomination.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any vow; for both are an abomination to the LORD your God.
  • You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any vow; for both are an abomination to the LORD your God.
20 You shall not charge your brother interest—interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is loaned.

Deu.23.20 - Details

Original Text

לא־ תשיך לאחיך נשך כסף נשך אכל נשך כל־ דבר אשר ישך׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תשיך: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • לאחיך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+2,m,sg
  • נשך: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נשך: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אכל: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • נשך: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כל: DET
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • ישך: VERB,qal,imperf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Exodus 22:25 (verbal): Direct legal parallel: forbids charging interest to a fellow Israelite when lending money, repeating the same injunction found in Deut 23:20.
  • Leviticus 25:35-37 (verbal): Repeats and expands the prohibition against taking interest from a needy kinsman, tying the rule to compassion for the poor and the jubilee/social-restoration laws.
  • Psalm 15:5 (verbal): Describes the righteous person as one who 'lends not his money at interest,' echoing the ethical/financial ideal expressed in Deut 23:20.
  • Proverbs 28:8 (thematic): Condemns those who increase wealth by charging interest/usury, thematically opposing profit gained at the expense of the needy as in Deut 23:20.
  • Nehemiah 5:7-11 (thematic): Narrative example of the prohibition's social application: Nehemiah rebukes Israelites for lending with interest to their brethren and demands restoration, reflecting the law's communal and economic implications.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall not charge interest to your brother on money, food, or anything that may be lent at interest.
  • You shall not exact interest from your brother—interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent at interest.
21 To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands in the land which you are entering to possess.

Deu.23.21 - Details

Original Text

לנכרי תשיך ולאחיך לא תשיך למען יברכך יהוה אלהיך בכל משלח ידך על־ הארץ אשר־ אתה בא־ שמה לרשתה׃

Morphology

  • לנכרי: PREP+ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • תשיך: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • ולאחיך: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,sg,poss2ms
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תשיך: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • למען: PREP
  • יברכך: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg,obj:2,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • בכל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • משלח: VERB,piel,part,3,m,sg
  • ידך: NOUN,f,sg,abs,poss:2,f,sg
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
  • בא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • שמה: ADV
  • לרשתה: INF,qal,3,f,sg

Parallels

  • Exodus 22:25 (verbal): Directly parallels the prohibition against charging interest to a fellow Israelite when lending money; language and legal intent closely match Deuteronomy's injunction.
  • Leviticus 25:35-37 (verbal): Repeats the command to support a needy Israelite and not to take interest or profit from him, reinforcing the same social/economic ethic found in Deut. 23.
  • Deut.15:7-11 (thematic): Addresses the duty to lend generously to the poor and not harden one's heart; shares the broader Deuteronomic concern for fair treatment of kin in lending and charity.
  • Psalm 15:5 (thematic): Describes the righteous person as one who does not lend money at interest to the poor—echoing the moral valuation of the no-usury rule from the law.
  • Nehemiah 5:7-13 (thematic): Narrative application: Nehemiah rebukes wealthy Jews for exacting interest from their brethren and forces restitution, showing how the prohibition against interest functions in post-exilic communal practice.

Alternative generated candidates

  • To a foreigner you may lend at interest, but to your brother you shall not lend at interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land to which you are entering to possess.
  • To a foreigner you may exact interest, but to your brother you shall not; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands in the land which you are entering to possess.
22 When you vow a vow to the LORD your God, do not delay to pay it; for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and it would be a sin in you.

Deu.23.22 - Details

Original Text

כי־ תדר נדר ליהוה אלהיך לא תאחר לשלמו כי־ דרש ידרשנו יהוה אלהיך מעמך והיה בך חטא׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • תדר: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • נדר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תאחר: VERB,qal,imperf,2,m,sg
  • לשלמו: VERB,qal,inf,3,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • דרש: VERB,qal,ptc,ms,sg
  • ידרשנו: VERB,qal,imperf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • מעמך: PREP+PRON,2ms
  • והיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • בך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • חטא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Numbers 30:2 (verbal): Both laws address vows made to the LORD and the obligation to fulfill them (’If a man vow a vow to the LORD…’), emphasizing binding duty.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 (verbal): Directly echoes Deut 23:22’s admonition not to delay fulfilling a vow to God and warns that delay brings guilt and divine displeasure.
  • Leviticus 5:4-6 (thematic): Prescribes remedies for failing to keep an obligation or rash oath, linking unfulfilled vows/oaths to sin and required restitution—same concern about guilt.
  • Matthew 5:33-37 (thematic): Jesus reinterprets oath-taking, urging integrity in speech and warning against careless vows; relates to the Torah’s concern for truthful, timely fulfillment of commitments.
  • James 5:12 (thematic): Echoes Jesus’ teaching and the OT ethic by forbidding swearing and urging simple, reliable speech (’let your yes be yes’), reflecting the moral principle behind prompt vow-keeping.

Alternative generated candidates

  • If you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it; for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin in you.
  • If you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it; for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and it would be a sin in you.
23 But if you refrain from vowing, there is no sin in you.

Deu.23.23 - Details

Original Text

וכי תחדל לנדר לא־ יהיה בך חטא׃

Morphology

  • וכי: CONJ
  • תחדל: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • לנדר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • בך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • חטא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Numbers 30:2 (verbal): Both verses address the binding nature of vows to YHWH—Numbers stresses that a person who vows must not break it, paralleling Deut.'s concern with the consequences of vowing (and with withholding a vow).
  • Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 (verbal): Ecclesiastes warns not to delay fulfilling a vow to God and insists on prompt payment—a close verbal and thematic counterpart to Deut.23:23, which permits refraining from vowing without sin while emphasising the seriousness of vows once made.
  • Leviticus 27:2-8 (thematic): Leviticus provides detailed regulations for vows (consecrations and valuations), sharing with Deut. the broader legal concern for how vows to God are to be handled and the consequences of consecration.
  • Matthew 5:33-37 (allusion): Jesus' teaching on oaths and truthful speech echoes the OT vow tradition: he redirects focus from technical vow-keeping to simple integrity, engaging the same ethical field addressed by Deut. regarding vows and obligations before God.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But if you refrain from vowing, it shall not be sin in you.
  • But if you abstain from vowing, there is no sin in you.
24 Be careful with the utterance of your lips and carry out whatever you have vowed to the LORD your God—what you have pledged by your mouth.

Deu.23.24 - Details

Original Text

מוצא שפתיך תשמר ועשית כאשר נדרת ליהוה אלהיך נדבה אשר דברת בפיך׃

Morphology

  • מוצא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שפתיך: NOUN,f,sg,cs+2ms
  • תשמר: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • ועשית: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • כאשר: CONJ
  • נדרת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • נדבה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • דברת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • בפיך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+2ms

Parallels

  • Numbers 30:2 (verbal): Directly parallels the obligation to keep vows made to YHWH: if a person makes a vow or oath, he must not break his word but must do according to what proceeded from his mouth.
  • Leviticus 27:2 (structural): Gives legal instruction about making and valuing vows to the LORD; part of the same priestly legislation regulating promises and their fulfillment.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 (thematic): Echoes Deuteronomy's warning: when you vow to God do not delay paying it, since God has no pleasure in fools—underscoring the moral duty to fulfill spoken commitments to God.
  • Matthew 5:33–37 (allusion): Jesus recalls and reinterprets the Israelite teaching on vows/oaths, emphasizing integrity of speech and the importance of fulfilling what one has vowed—an NT engagement with the Deuteronomic principle.
  • James 5:12 (thematic): Urges believers not to swear but to let 'yes' be yes and 'no' be no, reflecting the same concern for trustworthy speech and the keeping of commitments voiced in Deuteronomy.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Be careful with your words: perform what you have freely promised with your mouth to the LORD your God.
  • Be careful to keep whatever your lips have uttered and to perform what you have vowed to the LORD your God, whatever you have promised with your mouth.
25 When you enter your neighbor's vineyard you may eat grapes with your hand as you go, as many as you desire; you shall not put any in your container.

Deu.23.25 - Details

Original Text

כי תבא בכרם רעך ואכלת ענבים כנפשך שבעך ואל־ כליך לא תתן׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • תבא: VERB,qal,impf,2,f,sg
  • בכרם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • רעך: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואכלת: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • ענבים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • כנפשך: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • שבעך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,prsfx:2,m,sg
  • ואל: CONJ+PREP
  • כליך: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תתן: VERB,qal,imprf,2,_,sg

Parallels

  • Deut.23.24 (verbal): Immediately adjacent provision about entering a neighbor’s standing grain and plucking with your hand—same legal setting and parallel permissions concerning harvest in another’s field.
  • Leviticus 19:9-10 (thematic): Commands to leave the edges of fields and not to reap everything so that the poor and sojourners may glean—related social-justice framework governing use of a neighbor’s crops.
  • Deut.24:19-22 (thematic): Law requiring owners to leave what is dropped or overlooked for the poor, stranger, and widow—another Deuteronomic regulation about access to neighbors’ produce for needy persons.
  • Exodus 23:11 (thematic): Instruction to let the land lie fallow in the seventh year so the poor and beasts may eat, applied also to vineyards and orchards—connects to provisions allowing public access to agricultural produce for need.
  • Ruth 2:2-3 (thematic): Narrative example of gleaning—Ruth is permitted to glean in Boaz’s field, illustrating the practical application of laws and customs that allow poor individuals to eat from another’s standing crop.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard you may eat grapes to your heart’s content, but do not carry any away in your vessel.
  • When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard you may eat grapes as you go, to satisfy yourself, but you shall not put any in your vessel.
26 When you enter your neighbor's standing grain you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle on your neighbor's standing grain.

Deu.23.26 - Details

Original Text

כי תבא בקמת רעך וקטפת מלילת בידך וחרמש לא תניף על קמת רעך׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • תבא: VERB,qal,impf,2,f,sg
  • בקמת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • רעך: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וקטפת: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • מלילת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בידך: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,suff,2,m,sg
  • וחרמש: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תניף: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • קמת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • רעך: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Leviticus 19:9-10 (thematic): Commands to leave the edges/gleanings of the field for the poor and stranger—part of the same social-justice/gleaning legislation that permits taking by hand but protects the owner’s standing crop.
  • Leviticus 23:22 (thematic): Instruction to leave the gleanings of the harvest for the poor and foreigner; closely related harvest/gleaning rules that underlie the permissive plucking in a neighbor’s field.
  • Deuteronomy 24:19-21 (verbal): A neighboring Deuteronomic statute about leaving forgotten sheaves and not harvesting everything for the landowner—part of the same legal cluster governing gleaning and the poor’s access to crops.
  • Ruth 2:2-3, 15-16 (allusion): Narrative example of gleaning in a neighbor’s field—Ruth gathers by hand and receives permission to glean among the sheaves, illustrating the law’s practical application.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor’s standing grain.
  • When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor’s standing grain.
1 If a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, he shall write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her out of his house.

Deu.24.1 - Details

Original Text

כי־ יקח איש אשה ובעלה והיה אם־ לא תמצא־ חן בעיניו כי־ מצא בה ערות דבר וכתב לה ספר כריתת ונתן בידה ושלחה מביתו׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • יקח: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ובעלה: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,suff,3,f
  • והיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • אם: CONJ
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תמצא: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • חן: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בעיניו: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs+3ms
  • כי: CONJ
  • מצא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • בה: PREP+PRON,3,f,sg
  • ערות: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וכתב: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לה: PREP+PRON,3,f,sg
  • ספר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כריתת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ונתן: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • בידה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+3,f,sg
  • ושלחה: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg,obj,3,f,sg
  • מביתו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,suff,3,m

Parallels

  • Matthew 19:3–9 (quotation): Jesus cites Deut 24:1 (the certificate of divorce) when discussing Mosaic permission for divorce and clarifies the exception ('for sexual immorality').
  • Matthew 5:31–32 (verbal): Jesus refers to the practice of issuing a writ of divorce and tightens its grounds, echoing the language and legal setting of Deut 24:1.
  • Mark 10:2–12 (quotation): Parallel Gospel passage where Jesus addresses the Mosaic law on divorce (cf. Deut 24:1) and articulates the creation ideal and limits on divorce.
  • Deuteronomy 22:13–21 (thematic): Another Deuteronomic regulation dealing with sexual accusations, marital fidelity, and social/legal responses to alleged sexual misconduct.
  • Malachi 2:13–16 (thematic): Prophetic critique of casual divorce and breach of covenantal faithfulness; contrasts prophetic theology with the practice permitted in Deut 24:1.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it into her hand, and sends her out of his house,
  • When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it into her hand and sends her out of his house,
2 She departs from his house and becomes another man's wife.

Deu.24.2 - Details

Original Text

ויצאה מביתו והלכה והיתה לאיש־ אחר׃

Morphology

  • ויצאה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • מביתו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs,poss:3ms
  • והלכה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • והיתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • לאיש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אחר: PREP

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 3:1 (verbal): Direct verbal echo and thematic parallel: Jeremiah repeats Deut.24's scenario ('if a man put away his wife and she go from him, and become another man's'), using it to probe Israel's unfaithfulness and the impossibility of simple restoration after she has 'become another's.'
  • Matthew 19:3-9 (quotation): Jesus cites and debates the Deuteronomic allowance for divorce (Deut.24:1–4), affirming the original intent of marriage and restricting divorce except for sexual immorality; he treats the Deuteronomic text as the point of legal and moral discussion.
  • Mark 10:11-12 (cf. Luke 16:18) (thematic): Jesus' teaching that divorcing and marrying another constitutes adultery echoes the Deuteronomic concern with subsequent marriage after divorce and frames remarriage as morally consequential, paralleling Deut.24:2's scenario of 'becoming another man's.'
  • Romans 7:2-3 (allusion): Paul uses the marriage/divorce paradigm from Jewish law (implicitly drawing on laws like Deut.24) to illustrate how the law binds a person while the spouse lives and that remarriage is only permitted after release by death, echoing the legal logic surrounding marital status in Deut.24.

Alternative generated candidates

  • and she departs from his house and becomes another man’s wife,
  • and she departs out of his house and becomes another man’s wife;
3 And the second man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her from his house; or the second man dies who had taken her to be his wife.

Deu.24.3 - Details

Original Text

ושנאה האיש האחרון וכתב לה ספר כריתת ונתן בידה ושלחה מביתו או כי ימות האיש האחרון אשר־ לקחה לו לאשה׃

Morphology

  • ושנאה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • האיש: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • האחרון: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • וכתב: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לה: PREP+PRON,3,f,sg
  • ספר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כריתת: NOUN,f,sg,construct
  • ונתן: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • בידה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+3,f,sg
  • ושלחה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • מביתו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def+PRON,3,m,sg
  • או: CONJ
  • כי: CONJ
  • ימות: VERB,qal,juss,3,m,sg
  • האיש: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • האחרון: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • לקחה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • לאשה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (structural): Immediate context — the law governing divorce, the written certificate, and the prohibition on a woman returning to her first husband after remarriage (v.4) to which v.3 belongs.
  • Malachi 2:14-16 (thematic): Prophetic critique of divorce — condemns treachery in divorce and God’s hatred of divorce, engaging the moral and covenantal issues implicit in the Mosaic regulations.
  • Matthew 19:3-9 (quotation): Jesus refers to Moses’ allowance of divorce 'because of your hardness of heart' and limits grounds for divorce, interpreting and responding to the Mosaic divorce practice reflected in Deut 24.
  • Matthew 5:31-32 (quotation): Jesus’ antithesis teaching about the 'certificate of divorce' and grounds for remarriage echoes and reinterprets the practice of issuing a writ of divorce described in Deut 24:3.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 (thematic): Paul’s instruction that a separated spouse remain unmarried or be reconciled relates to New Testament regulation of divorce/remarriage and reflects concern with the permanence and covenantal character of marriage addressed in Deut 24.

Alternative generated candidates

  • and the latter man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it into her hand, and sends her out of his house—or if the latter man dies who took her to be his wife—
  • then if the latter husband hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce and gives it into her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife,
4 Her first husband who sent her away shall not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring sin upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Deu.24.4 - Details

Original Text

לא־ יוכל בעלה הראשון אשר־ שלחה לשוב לקחתה להיות לו לאשה אחרי אשר הטמאה כי־ תועבה הוא לפני יהוה ולא תחטיא את־ הארץ אשר יהוה אלהיך נתן לך נחלה׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יוכל: VERB,qal,impf,3,ms
  • בעלה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הראשון: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • שלחה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • לשוב: INF,qal
  • לקחתה: VERB,qal,inf,3,f,sg
  • להיות: VERB,qal,inf,NA,NA,NA
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • לאשה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אחרי: PREP
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • הטמאה: ADJ,f,sg,def
  • כי: CONJ
  • תועבה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • לפני: PREP
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • ולא: CONJ
  • תחטיא: VERB,hiph,impf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • נתן: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • נחלה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (structural): Immediate context: the same legal unit on divorce and remarriage; 24:4 contains the explicit prohibition that the first husband may not remarry his former wife after she has been defiled by another husband.
  • Matthew 19:3-9 (allusion): Jesus engages the Mosaic law on divorce (citing Moses' concession) and addresses remarriage; his discussion alludes to the Deuteronomic regulation and reframes the issue in light of creation and hardness of heart.
  • Matthew 5:31-32 (allusion): Jesus' teaching that divorce and certain remarriages lead to adultery echoes the Deuteronomic concern about sexual status and the moral/ritual consequences of divorce and remarriage.
  • Leviticus 18:24-28 (thematic): Both passages warn that sexual immorality is an abomination that defiles the land; Deut 24:4's language about causing sin on the land parallels Lev 18's threats that the land will be defiled and yield exile as judgment.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, 39 (thematic): Paul's restrictions on separation and remarriage (wives should not remarry while husbands live) reflect the broader biblical concern with permissible remarriage and the relational/ethical limits on re‑marrying former spouses.

Alternative generated candidates

  • then her former husband who sent her away shall not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring sin upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance.
  • her former husband who sent her away shall not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring sin upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
5 When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out to war nor be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year and bring happiness to the wife he has taken.

Deu.24.5 - Details

Original Text

כי־ יקח איש אשה חדשה לא יצא בצבא ולא־ יעבר עליו לכל־ דבר נקי יהיה לביתו שנה אחת ושמח את־ אשתו אשר־ לקח׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • יקח: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • חדשה: ADJ,f,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יצא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • בצבא: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולא: CONJ
  • יעבר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • עליו: PREP,3,m,sg
  • לכל: PREP
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נקי: ADJ,m,sg
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לביתו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,cs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אחת: NUM,f,sg
  • ושמח: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אשתו: NOUN,f,sg,cs+3,m,sg
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • לקח: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 20:5-7 (verbal): Directly related military-exemption provision: officers are to send home newly built-house owners, newly betrothed, and new husbands—same concern exempting a man who has taken a new wife from war duties.
  • Exodus 21:10 (thematic): Law regulating a husband's obligations to his wife (food, clothing, conjugal rights) parallels Deut 24:5's concern that a new husband attend to his wife's well-being.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 (thematic): Paulic instruction that spouses should not deprive one another of marital intimacy and should care for each other's needs resonates with Deut 24:5's emphasis on a husband's duty to 'gladden' his new wife.
  • Proverbs 5:18 (thematic): Call to rejoice in and delight in one's wife (‘rejoice in the wife of your youth’) echoes the Deuteronomic injunction that a new husband spend time making his wife happy.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When a man takes a new wife he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.
  • When a man takes a new wife he shall not go out with the army, nor shall he be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and shall bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.
6 You shall not take a mill or an upper millstone as a pledge; for whoever takes that in pledge is taking a man's life as security.

Deu.24.6 - Details

Original Text

לא־ יחבל רחים ורכב כי־ נפש הוא חבל׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יחבל: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • רחים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ורכב: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • נפש: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • חבל: NOUN,m,sg,cstr

Parallels

  • Exodus 22:26-27 (verbal): Prohibits taking a neighbor's cloak as a pledge and orders its prompt return because it may be their only covering—closely parallels Deut.24:6's ban on seizing essential tools (millstones) as security.
  • Deut.24:10-13 (structural): Immediate context in the same chapter regulating pledges (returning a garment by sunset, treating debtors with dignity); reinforces the rule in v.6 against taking life‑sustaining items as collateral.
  • 2 Kings 4:1-7 (thematic): Story of a widow facing loss of her sons to satisfy a debt; Elisha secures oil to pay the debt—illustrates the social and life‑threatening consequences that the law in Deut.24:6 seeks to prevent.
  • Leviticus 25:39-43 (thematic): Laws limiting servitude of impoverished Israelites and protecting them from harsh exploitation; thematically related to prohibitions against pledges that endanger a person's life or freedom.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall not take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life as security.
  • You shall not take a mill or an upper millstone as a pledge, for that would be taking a man’s life as a pledge.
7 If a man is found stealing one of his countrymen of Israel, and he has mistreated him and sold him, that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you.

Deu.24.7 - Details

Original Text

כי־ ימצא איש גנב נפש מאחיו מבני ישראל והתעמר־ בו ומכרו ומת הגנב ההוא ובערת הרע מקרבך׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • ימצא: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • גנב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נפש: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מאחיו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • מבני: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,cs
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • והתעמר: CONJ+VERB,hitp,perf,3,m,sg
  • בו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ומכרו: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ומת: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • הגנב: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ההוא: DEM,ms,sg
  • ובערת: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • הרע: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • מקרבך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+2ms

Parallels

  • Exodus 21:16 (verbal): Direct legal parallel: Exodus states that one who kidnaps and sells a person shall be put to death, matching Deut.24:7's prohibition and death-penalty for selling a fellow Israelite.
  • Leviticus 25:39-46 (thematic): Addresses the status of Israelites sold into servitude and the requirement that they not be treated as permanent slaves; thematically related to Deut.24:7's concern for the illegal sale of a brother.
  • Leviticus 25:42 (verbal): Declares that Israelites are God’s servants brought out of Egypt and shall not be sold as bondmen, echoing Deut.24:7's prohibition against selling a fellow Israelite.
  • Jeremiah 34:8-22 (allusion): Jeremiah condemns Judah for reenslaving Hebrew servants after promising their freedom, invoking the covenantal laws about selling and freeing Israelite servants that Deut.24:7 exemplifies.
  • 1 Timothy 1:10 (verbal): New Testament moral listing includes the term often translated 'man-stealers' or 'slave-traders' (Greek andrapodistai), reflecting the same wrongdoing—illicitly taking and selling persons—condemned in Deut.24:7.

Alternative generated candidates

  • If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel and dealing with him as a slave or selling him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from your midst.
  • If a man is found kidnapping any of his fellow Israelites, selling him, or having been found in possession of him, then that thief shall die; you shall purge the evil from among you.
8 Be careful with the plague of leprosy; take great care, and do as the Levitical priests instruct you, as I have commanded you.

Deu.24.8 - Details

Original Text

השמר בנגע־ הצרעת לשמר מאד ולעשות ככל אשר־ יורו אתכם הכהנים הלוים כאשר צויתם תשמרו לעשות׃

Morphology

  • השמר: VERB,hitpael,imperat,2,m,sg
  • בנגע: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הצרעת: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • לשמר: VERB,qal,inf
  • מאד: ADV
  • ולעשות: CONJ+VERB,qal,inf
  • ככל: PREP
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • יורו: VERB,hiphil,impf,3,m,pl
  • אתכם: PRT+PRON,2,m,pl
  • הכהנים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • הלוים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • כאשר: CONJ
  • צויתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
  • תשמרו: VERB,qal,impf,2,masc,pl
  • לעשות: VERB,qal,inf

Parallels

  • Leviticus 13:2 (verbal): Direct law about skin disease (tzaraʿat) and the priest’s role in examining and pronouncing uncleanness, matching Deut. 24:8’s emphasis on following priestly instruction.
  • Leviticus 14:2 (verbal): Prescribes the purification/cleansing ritual to be performed by the priest for someone healed of tzaraʿat; elaborates the concrete duties the priests are to teach and carry out.
  • Leviticus 13:45-46 (thematic): Rules for isolating the person declared unclean and the priest’s authoritative declaration; underscores communal/health measures administered by priests, echoing Deut. 24:8’s concern to heed priestly rulings.
  • Matthew 8:4 (quotation): After Jesus heals a leper he instructs him to show himself to the priest and offer what Moses commanded—an explicit New Testament reference to the priestly procedures presupposed in Deut. 24:8.
  • Deuteronomy 17:11 (structural): General principle that the people must obey the rulings of the priests or judges; parallels Deut. 24:8’s command to observe and do according to what the priests/Levites instruct.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Be on guard about the plague of leprosy; you shall follow diligently the directions which the priests and Levites give you, as I commanded you.
  • Take diligent heed concerning the plague of leprosy—observe carefully and do exactly as the Levitical priests, the Levites, shall teach you, as I commanded them.
9 Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt.

Deu.24.9 - Details

Original Text

זכור את אשר־ עשה יהוה אלהיך למרים בדרך בצאתכם ממצרים׃

Morphology

  • זכור: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • למרים: PREP+NOUN,prop,f,sg,abs
  • בדרך: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בצאתכם: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,const+PRON,2,m,pl
  • ממצרים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Numbers 12:9-15 (quotation): Narrates the same incident: Miriam punished with 'tzara'at' for speaking against Moses, quarantined seven days and then healed — the event Deut 24:9 calls the people to remember.
  • Leviticus 13–14 (structural): Contains the priestly regulations and diagnostic/cleansing procedures for 'skin' diseases (tzara'at) that Deut 24:8–9 invokes when warning about contagious blemishes and priestly examination.
  • Micah 6:4 (allusion): Lists Moses, Aaron and Miriam as God’s representatives sent in the Exodus, echoing Deut’s admonition to remember what God did concerning Miriam among the acts to recall.
  • Deuteronomy 8:2 (verbal): An earlier Deuteronomic exhortation to 'remember the whole way' the LORD led Israel from Egypt; parallels Deut 24:9’s imperative to remember a specific event from the Exodus journey.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt.
  • Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt.
10 When you loan anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to take his pledge.

Deu.24.10 - Details

Original Text

כי־ תשה ברעך משאת מאומה לא־ תבא אל־ ביתו לעבט עבטו׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • תשה: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • ברעך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs,poss,2,m,sg
  • משאת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מאומה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תבא: VERB,qal,impf,2,f,sg
  • אל: NEG
  • ביתו: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לעבט: PREP+VERB,qal,inf
  • עבטו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON:3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Exodus 22:26-27 (verbal): Speaks of taking a neighbor's cloak as a pledge and the obligation to return it so the debtor is not deprived of basic needs — closely related language and concern about seizing a household item as collateral.
  • Deuteronomy 24:13 (structural): Immediate continuation of the same law: instructs that any pledge taken must be returned by evening so the debtor can sleep in it, reinforcing the prohibition against depriving a borrower of essential household items.
  • Deuteronomy 24:6 (thematic): Prohibits taking a man's millstone (a vital tool) as security because it would deprive him of his livelihood — a related protection against seizing items necessary for life.
  • Proverbs 22:26-27 (thematic): Warns against becoming surety or having one's bed taken for lack of payment — thematically parallel in protecting people from losing essential household comforts or being unduly endangered by pledges.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When you lend your neighbor anything, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge.
  • When you lend your neighbor anything, do not go into his house to take his pledge.
11 Stand outside, and the man to whom you have loaned shall bring out the pledge to you.

Deu.24.11 - Details

Original Text

בחוץ תעמד והאיש אשר אתה נשה בו יוציא אליך את־ העבוט החוצה׃

Morphology

  • בחוץ: ADV
  • תעמד: VERB,qal,juss,2,m,sg
  • והאיש: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
  • נשה: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • בו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • יוציא: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • אליך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • העבוט: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • החוצה: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Deut.24.10 (structural): Immediate precedent to v.11: instruction that the lender shall stand outside and the borrower bring out the pledge—same procedural rule continued.
  • Deut.24.12-13 (structural): Direct continuation of the same statute, specifying that if the man is poor the pledge must be returned by evening so he can sleep in his garment and be clothed.
  • Exod.22.26-27 (verbal): Parallel wording and policy about taking a garment as a pledge and returning it by sunset so the poor person is not left without clothing.
  • Lev.19.13 (thematic): General legal principle prohibiting oppression or withholding what belongs to a neighbor (wages/property), reflecting the ethical concern behind the pledge-law.
  • Neh.5.1-5 (thematic): Narrative account of wealthy citizens exacting pledges and mortgages from the poor—illustrates the social abuses the Deuteronomic pledge regulations aim to prevent.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring out the pledge to you.
  • You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you.
12 If the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

Deu.24.12 - Details

Original Text

ואם־ איש עני הוא לא תשכב בעבטו׃

Morphology

  • ואם: CONJ
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עני: ADJ,m,sg
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תשכב: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • בעבטו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Exodus 22:26-27 (verbal): Directly parallels the law about taking a poor man's garment as a pledge and the requirement to return it by sunset because it is his covering (very close verbal and legal correspondence).
  • Deuteronomy 24:13 (structural): Immediate continuation of the same instruction—commands returning the pledged garment in the evening so the poor person can sleep in it and bless you; completes the legal and ethical point of v.12.
  • Proverbs 22:22-23 (thematic): Warns against exploiting the poor (do not rob the poor) and affirms God’s protection of their cause—echoes the ethical concern behind not withholding a poor man's cloak.
  • Isaiah 58:6-7 (thematic): Calls for practical justice toward the needy (feeding the hungry, clothing the naked); thematically related to the obligation not to deprive the poor of basic clothing or security.

Alternative generated candidates

  • If he is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
  • If he is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge in your possession.
13 Return to him the pledge by sunset, that he may sleep in his own garment and bless you; and it will be righteousness before the LORD your God.

Deu.24.13 - Details

Original Text

השב תשיב לו את־ העבוט כבא השמש ושכב בשלמתו וברכך ולך תהיה צדקה לפני יהוה אלהיך׃

Morphology

  • השב: VERB,hif,imp,2,m,sg
  • תשיב: VERB,qal,imperfect,2,m,sg
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • העבוט: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • כבא: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • השמש: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ושכב: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • בשלמתו: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+3,m,sg
  • וברכך: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ולך: CONJ+PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • תהיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,f,sg
  • צדקה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לפני: PREP
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms

Parallels

  • Exodus 22:26-27 (verbal): Very close legal parallel — if you take a neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset so it may cover him and he may sleep in it (same obligation to restore a garment by evening).
  • Deuteronomy 24:10-12 (structural): Immediate context in the same law sequence about taking and returning pledges; v.13 completes the instruction begun in vv.10–12.
  • Deuteronomy 15:7-11 (thematic): Parallel theme of compassion toward the poor and needy — do not harden your heart but open your hand to the poor, since generosity is required before the LORD.
  • Isaiah 58:6-7 (thematic): Prophetic ethic of practical mercy: sharing bread, bringing in the poor, and clothing the naked — echoes concern for the destitute's basic needs (food, clothing, shelter).
  • Proverbs 19:17 (thematic): Connects care for the poor with righteousness before God ('whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD'), resonating with Deut 24:13's 'it shall be righteousness before the LORD.'

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall return his pledge to him before sunset, so that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
  • You shall restore to him the pledge by sunset, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
14 Do not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or a sojourner in your land within your gates.

Deu.24.14 - Details

Original Text

לא־ תעשק שכיר עני ואביון מאחיך או מגרך אשר בארצך בשעריך׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תעשק: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • שכיר: ADJ,m,sg
  • עני: ADJ,m,sg
  • ואביון: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מאחיך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • או: CONJ
  • מגרך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,cstr,poss:2,m,sg
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בארצך: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs,2,m
  • בשעריך: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs-2ms

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 24:15 (structural): Immediate legal parallel in the same chapter: commands prompt payment of the hired worker’s wages and prohibits withholding them overnight, continuing the labor/justice concern.
  • Leviticus 19:13 (verbal): Closely related wording and command: forbids oppressing or robbing a neighbor and insists that the wages of a hired worker not be held back.
  • Malachi 3:5 (thematic): Prophetic indictment that includes those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, echoing the moral outrage against exploiting laborers.
  • James 5:4 (allusion): New Testament denunciation of withholding wages — presents such exploitation as an offense that cries out to God, reflecting the ethical thread from Deuteronomy.
  • Deuteronomy 15:7–8 (thematic): Related Deuteronomic instruction about generosity to the poor and needy among you, reinforcing the broader social ethic against exploiting vulnerable people.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.
  • You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.
15 You shall give him his wages on the same day; you shall not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and sets his heart on it—lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it become sin on you.

Deu.24.15 - Details

Original Text

ביומו תתן שכרו ולא־ תבוא עליו השמש כי עני הוא ואליו הוא נשא את־ נפשו ולא־ יקרא עליך אל־ יהוה והיה בך חטא׃

Morphology

  • ביומו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,suff,3,m
  • תתן: VERB,qal,imprf,2,_,sg
  • שכרו: NOUN,m,sg,suff,3,m
  • ולא: CONJ
  • תבוא: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • עליו: PREP,3,m,sg
  • השמש: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • כי: CONJ
  • עני: ADJ,m,sg
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • ואליו: CONJ+PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • נשא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • נפשו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ולא: CONJ
  • יקרא: VERB,niphal,impf,3,m,sg
  • עליך: PREP+2ms
  • אל: NEG
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • והיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • בך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • חטא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Leviticus 19:13 (verbal): Commands not to oppress or rob a neighbor and states that the wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night — closely parallels the Deuteronomic injunction to pay a worker on the day and not let the sun set on his wages.
  • James 5:4 (allusion): Denounces those who withhold the wages of laborers — ‘the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord’ echoes Deut.24:15’s warning that a poor worker’s cry to the LORD will bring guilt on the employer.
  • Jeremiah 22:13 (thematic): Condemns gaining by injustice and not giving workers their wages (‘makes his neighbor serve for nothing, and does not give him his wages’), reflecting the same social-ethical concern about withholding pay.
  • Proverbs 3:27 (thematic): Advises not to withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is in your power — a general ethical principle that undergirds the specific legal command to pay wages promptly.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall give him his wages on the same day; you shall not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and sets his heart on it; lest he cry against you to the LORD and you be guilty.
  • You shall give him his wages on his day; you shall not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and sets his heart on it—lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.
16 Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; every person shall be put to death for his own sin.

Deu.24.16 - Details

Original Text

לא־ יומתו אבות על־ בנים ובנים לא־ יומתו על־ אבות איש בחטאו יומתו׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יומתו: VERB,niphal,imprf,3,m,pl
  • אבות: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • על: PREP
  • בנים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ובנים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יומתו: VERB,niphal,imprf,3,m,pl
  • על: PREP
  • אבות: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בחטאו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • יומתו: VERB,niphal,imprf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 18:20 (verbal): Direct verbal and thematic parallel: 'The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father... the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked upon himself,' echoing individual responsibility in Deut 24:16.
  • Jeremiah 31:29-30 (verbal): Repeats and applies the motif that children will not be punished for the sins of their parents ('every one shall die for his own iniquity'), affirming individual moral responsibility.
  • Deuteronomy 5:9 (structural): Within the Decalogue the phrase about God 'visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children' provides the legal-theological background against which Deut 24:16 asserts a limit on collective/corporate punishment.
  • Exodus 20:5 (allusion): Similar language about visiting iniquity on later generations; functions as a theological contrast to Deut 24:16 by attributing multigenerational consequence while Deut 24:16 restricts judicial liability to the individual.
  • Numbers 14:18 (thematic): As in Exodus/Deuteronomy, this verse states that God 'visits the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation,' offering a related tradition about generational consequence that Deut 24:16 nuances or limits in the legal sphere.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; every one shall be put to death for his own sin.
  • Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; every one shall be put to death for his own sin.
17 You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or the fatherless, nor take a widow's garment in pledge.

Deu.24.17 - Details

Original Text

לא תטה משפט גר יתום ולא תחבל בגד אלמנה׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תטה: VERB,qal,imperf,2,m,sg
  • משפט: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • גר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יתום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולא: CONJ
  • תחבל: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • בגד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אלמנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Exodus 22:21–27 (verbal): Contains parallel prohibitions against wronging the alien/sojourner and mistreating widows and orphans; also includes the specific injunction about not taking a cloak/garment in pledge (similar legal concern).
  • Deut 10:18 (verbal): States that the LORD executes justice for the fatherless and the widow and loves the sojourner—echoes Deut 24:17’s protection of vulnerable groups as a central social-legal concern.
  • Psalm 146:9 (thematic): Affirms God’s care for the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, reflecting the same ethical commitment to protect those vulnerable to injustice.
  • Isaiah 1:17 (thematic): Calls Israel to seek justice and defend the fatherless and plead for the widow—prophetic echo of the legal mandate to protect orphans and widows from oppression.
  • James 1:27 (allusion): New Testament reflection on ‘pure religion’ that emphasizes caring for orphans and widows in their affliction, echoing the OT imperative to protect these vulnerable persons.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or the fatherless, nor take a widow’s garment in pledge.
  • You shall not pervert the judgment due the stranger or the orphan, nor take a widow’s garment in pledge.
18 And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.

Deu.24.18 - Details

Original Text

וזכרת כי עבד היית במצרים ויפדך יהוה אלהיך משם על־ כן אנכי מצוך לעשות את־ הדבר הזה׃

Morphology

  • וזכרת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • עבד: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • היית: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • במצרים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ויפדך: VERB,piel,impf,3,m,sg+PRON,2,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • משם: PREP
  • על: PREP
  • כן: ADV
  • אנכי: PRON,1,sg
  • מצוך: VERB,piel,part,1,sg,obj:2,m,sg
  • לעשות: VERB,qal,inf
  • את: PRT,acc
  • הדבר: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • הזה: DEM,m,sg

Parallels

  • Deut.15.15 (verbal): Nearly identical wording and legal function — reminds Israel they were slaves in Egypt and that God redeemed them, followed by the command ('therefore I command you') in the context of releasing servants.
  • Deut.5.15 (verbal): Same memory-formula ('remember that you were a slave in Egypt') used to justify the Sabbath-rest command, linking social/ethical obligation to Israel's redemption from Egypt.
  • Lev.19.34 (thematic): Uses the experience of being in Egypt as the motive for humane treatment of strangers: 'you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt,' paralleling Deut.24.18's appeal to memory as ethical impetus.
  • Exod.22.21 (verbal): Prohibition against wronging a sojourner concludes with the reason 'for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt,' closely echoing Deut.24.18's use of Israel's past servitude to ground present obligations.
  • Deut.10.18-19 (thematic): God's concern for the fatherless, widow, and sojourner and the command to love the alien are justified by Israel's own history as sojourners in Egypt, mirroring Deut.24.18's motivational memory-formula.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.
  • Remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this thing.
19 When you reap your harvest and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Deu.24.19 - Details

Original Text

כי תקצר קצירך בשדך ושכחת עמר בשדה לא תשוב לקחתו לגר ליתום ולאלמנה יהיה למען יברכך יהוה אלהיך בכל מעשה ידיך׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • תקצר: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • קצירך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,poss:2,m
  • בשדך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • ושכחת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • עמר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בשדה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תשוב: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,f,sg
  • לקחתו: VERB,qal,inf,pr:3,m
  • לגר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ליתום: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולאלמנה: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • למען: PREP
  • יברכך: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg,obj:2,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • בכל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מעשה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ידיך: NOUN,f,pl,cs,2ms

Parallels

  • Leviticus 19:9-10 (verbal): Commands to leave the edges of the harvest and not to gather gleanings so that they be for the poor, widow, and sojourner — nearly identical legal instruction and wording to Deut. 24:19.
  • Leviticus 23:22 (verbal): In the statute concerning the harvest festival Israel is commanded not to reap to the very edges and not to gather the gleanings, leaving them for the poor and stranger — a direct parallel in ritual/legal practice.
  • Deuteronomy 24:20-21 (structural): Immediate parallel within the same law block extending the command to olive trees and vineyards, repeating the requirement to leave produce for the stranger, fatherless, and widow.
  • Ruth 2:2-3, 15-16 (thematic): Narrative illustration of the law in action: Ruth gleans in Boaz's field and receives provisions and protection, showing how gleaning laws served the vulnerable described in Deut. 24:19.
  • Isaiah 58:7 (thematic): Prophetic call to share bread with the hungry and bring the poor into the house — thematically linked to the ethic of leaving harvest produce for the needy so that God’s blessing may rest on the community.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
  • When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
20 When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

Deu.24.20 - Details

Original Text

כי תחבט זיתך לא תפאר אחריך לגר ליתום ולאלמנה יהיה׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • תחבט: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • זיתך: NOUN,m,sg,cstr,2,m
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תפאר: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אחריך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,m
  • לגר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ליתום: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולאלמנה: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Leviticus 19:9-10 (verbal): Commands not to reap to the edges and to leave the gleanings of the harvest for the poor, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow—close legal/phrasing parallel to Deut 24:20.
  • Leviticus 23:22 (verbal): Mandates leaving gleanings of the harvest for the poor and the sojourner; repeats the obligation to leave produce for vulnerable persons during harvest.
  • Ruth 2:2-3 (structural): Narrative enactment of the gleaning law: Ruth follows the reapers and gathers leftover grain, and Boaz instructs his workers to allow her to glean—practical illustration of Deut 24:20's provision.
  • Zechariah 7:10 (thematic): Prohibits oppressing the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, and the poor; echoes the social-justice concern for leaving resources to vulnerable groups.
  • Isaiah 58:6-7 (thematic): Emphasizes concrete care for the needy—feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, clothing the naked—reflecting the same ethic of providing for the vulnerable embodied in the gleaning laws.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When you beat your olive tree, do not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
  • When you beat your olive tree, do not strip it behind you; it shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not glean after; it shall be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

Deu.24.21 - Details

Original Text

כי תבצר כרמך לא תעולל אחריך לגר ליתום ולאלמנה יהיה׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • תבצר: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • כרמך: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תעולל: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אחריך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,m
  • לגר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ליתום: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולאלמנה: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Deut.24.19 (verbal): Immediate parallel in the same chapter: the law about leaving a forgotten sheaf in the field for the stranger, the orphan, and the widow echoes and expands the same provision.
  • Leviticus 19:9-10 (verbal): Direct legal parallel: commands not to reap to the edges and to leave gleanings of the harvest for the poor, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.
  • Leviticus 23:22 (verbal): Cultic/harvest regulation repeating the social obligation to leave gleanings for the poor and the sojourner at harvest time.
  • Ruth 2:2-3 (thematic): Narrative illustration of the gleaning law: Ruth, a foreign widow, gleaning in Boaz’s field exemplifies how the provision functioned to support widows and foreigners.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean afterward; it shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
  • When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not glean after you; it shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
22 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.

Deu.24.22 - Details

Original Text

וזכרת כי־ עבד היית בארץ מצרים על־ כן אנכי מצוך לעשות את־ הדבר הזה׃

Morphology

  • וזכרת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • עבד: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • היית: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • בארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,def
  • מצרים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • על: PREP
  • כן: ADV
  • אנכי: PRON,1,sg
  • מצוך: VERB,piel,part,1,sg,obj:2,m,sg
  • לעשות: VERB,qal,inf
  • את: PRT,acc
  • הדבר: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • הזה: DEM,m,sg

Parallels

  • Deut.15.15 (verbal): Uses nearly identical wording — 'remember that you were a slave in Egypt' — as the stated reason for a command to show mercy/relief.
  • Deut.10.19 (thematic): Commands love for the stranger with the explicit rationale 'for you were strangers in the land of Egypt,' paralleling the memory-of-Egypt motive for compassionate law.
  • Exod.23.9 (verbal): Prohibits oppressing the sojourner and appeals to Israel's experience in Egypt ('for you know the heart of a stranger, having been strangers in the land of Egypt'), echoing the same justificatory memory.
  • Lev.19.34 (thematic): Instructs Israelites to treat the resident foreigner as a native and love them, giving the reason 'for you were strangers in the land of Egypt,' paralleling Deut.24:22's appeal to past bondage as ethical motivation.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.
  • Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.
1 When there is a dispute between men and they come to court, you shall judge them; you shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.

Deu.25.1 - Details

Original Text

כי־ יהיה ריב בין אנשים ונגשו אל־ המשפט ושפטום והצדיקו את־ הצדיק והרשיעו את־ הרשע׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ריב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בין: PREP
  • אנשים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ונגשו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • אל: NEG
  • המשפט: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ושפטום: VERB,qal,imperf,3,pl
  • והצדיקו: VERB,hiph,imperf,3,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • הצדיק: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • והרשיעו: VERB,hiph,imperf,3,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • הרשע: NOUN,m,sg,def

Parallels

  • Deut.16.18-20 (structural): Commands appointment of judges and officers to administer righteous judgment—parallels the institutional setting and expectation in Deut 25:1.
  • Deut.1.16-17 (structural): Moses’ charge to judges to decide disputes impartially and 'judge righteously'—similar language and role for adjudicators.
  • Leviticus 19.15 (verbal): Prohibits partiality in judgment ('do no unrighteousness in judgment'), echoing the ethical requirement to vindicate the righteous and condemn the wicked.
  • Proverbs 17.15 (thematic): Condemns justifying the wicked or condemning the righteous—directly engages the moral outcome Deut 25:1 prescribes for judges.
  • Psalm 82.2-4 (thematic): Critiques unjust judges and calls them to defend the poor and oppressed—reflects the expected judicial role of upholding justice found in Deut 25:1.

Alternative generated candidates

  • If there is a dispute between men and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
  • If there is a dispute between men and they come before the judges, and the judges render a righteous decision—whether to acquit the righteous or to condemn the wicked—
2 And if the guilty man deserves chastening, the judge shall have him brought and beaten before him according to the measure of his guilt.

Deu.25.2 - Details

Original Text

והיה אם־ בן הכות הרשע והפילו השפט והכהו לפניו כדי רשעתו במספר׃

Morphology

  • והיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • אם: CONJ
  • בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הכות: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • הרשע: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • והפילו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • השפט: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • והכהו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לפניו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • כדי: CONJ
  • רשעתו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • במספר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Deut.25.3 (structural): Immediate continuation in the same law: v.3 limits the number of lashes the judge may inflict (up to forty), directly connected to the judicial beating prescribed in v.2.
  • Leviticus 24:20 (verbal): Both texts regulate physical punishment administered under judicial authority; Leviticus states the lex talionis formula ('fracture for fracture'), linking legal corporal retribution to Deut.25’s sanctioned beatings.
  • Exodus 21:23–25 (thematic): Establishes the principle of measured, proportionate judicial retribution (the law of retaliation), thematically related to Deut.25:2’s provision for a judge‑ordered corporal penalty according to guilt.
  • Proverbs 19:29 (thematic): Speaks of 'beatings for the back of fools' and punitive measures prepared for scoffers—echoing the theme of sanctioned corporal discipline for wrongdoing found in Deut.25:2.
  • 2 Corinthians 11:24 (allusion): Paul’s reference to receiving 'forty lashes minus one' reflects the later practice rooted in the Deuteronomic regulation (as continued in v.3), showing how the judicial flogging rule from Deut.25 was observed in later Jewish practice.

Alternative generated candidates

  • If the wicked man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be beaten before him according to his guilt.
  • then it may be that the guilty man deserves to be beaten; the judge shall make him lie down and be beaten in his presence according to his guilt.
3 He may be beaten with forty stripes; you shall not give him more, lest, if you exceed, your brother be humiliated in your sight.

Deu.25.3 - Details

Original Text

ארבעים יכנו לא יסיף פן־ יסיף להכתו על־ אלה מכה רבה ונקלה אחיך לעיניך׃

Morphology

  • ארבעים: NUM,m,pl
  • יכנו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יסיף: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • פן: CONJ
  • יסיף: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • להכתו: PREP+VERB,qal,infc,3,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • אלה: DEM,pl,abs
  • מכה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • רבה: ADJ,f,sg,abs
  • ונקלה: CONJ+VERB,niphal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אחיך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • לעיניך: PREP

Parallels

  • Deut.25.2 (structural): Immediate context — the judicial procedure permitting the judge to order lashes; v.3 gives the specific limit on that corporal punishment.
  • Exod.21.24 (thematic): Principle of proportional justice (lex talionis) — both laws regulate corporal penalties to ensure measure and equity in punishment.
  • Lev.24.20 (thematic): Another expression of proportional retribution (‘fracture for fracture’) emphasizing measured, equivalent punishment rather than excessive violence.
  • 2 Cor.11.24 (verbal): Paul’s reference to receiving 'forty minus one' lashes reflects the later Jewish practice of limiting lashes to forty (Deut.25:3) and echoes the precise numeric tradition.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Forty stripes he may give him and no more, lest, if he should exceed and beat him with more stripes, your brother be degraded in your sight.
  • Forty stripes he may give him and no more, lest, if more are given, your brother be degraded in your sight.
4 You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.

Deu.25.4 - Details

Original Text

לא־ תחסם שור בדישו׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תחסם: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • שור: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בדישו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • 1 Corinthians 9:9-10 (quotation): Paul cites Deut 25:4 explicitly ('You shall not muzzle the ox while it treads out the grain') to argue that those who proclaim the gospel have a right to material support.
  • 1 Timothy 5:18 (quotation): Paul again invokes the same command ('You shall not muzzle an ox') alongside 'The laborer deserves his wages' to justify providing for church workers; this is a direct quotation/application of Deut 25:4.
  • Luke 10:7 (verbal): Jesus tells the disciples 'for the laborer deserves his wages,' a saying parallel to the Deuteronomic principle about fair provision for workers and later reused in 1 Timothy 5:18.
  • Deuteronomy 24:14-15 (thematic): Adjacent Deuteronomic injunctions require prompt and fair payment to hired hands and household workers, reflecting the same social-justice concern for workers embodied in Deut 25:4.
  • Leviticus 19:13 (thematic): Prohibits defrauding or withholding wages from a hired worker—another legal/ethical expression in the Torah of protecting workers' rights, parallel in intent to the ox-muzzling prohibition.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
  • You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
5 When brothers live together and one of them dies without a son, the widow shall not marry outside to a stranger; her brother-in-law shall go in to her and take her as wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.

Deu.25.5 - Details

Original Text

כי־ ישבו אחים יחדו ומת אחד מהם ובן אין־ לו לא־ תהיה אשת־ המת החוצה לאיש זר יבמה יבא עליה ולקחה לו לאשה ויבמה׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • ישבו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • אחים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יחדו: ADV
  • ומת: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אחד: NUM,card,m,sg
  • מהם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • ובן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אין: PART,neg
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תהיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,f,sg
  • אשת: NOUN,f,sg,cns
  • המת: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • החוצה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • לאיש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • זר: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • יבמה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • יבא: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • עליה: PREP,3,f,sg
  • ולקחה: VERB,qal,inf,3,m,sg
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • לאשה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ויבמה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 25:6-10 (structural): Immediate legal continuation of v.5 specifying that the firstborn son of the levirate union succeeds the deceased and prescribing the chalitzah ritual if the brother refuses to marry the widow.
  • Genesis 38:6-10 (verbal): Narrative enactment of the levirate principle: Onan is commanded to raise offspring for his deceased brother by sleeping with his brother’s widow and is punished for refusing, echoing the duty expressed in Deut 25:5.
  • Ruth 4:9-10 (thematic): Boaz acts as kinsman-redeemer by redeeming land and marrying (or taking responsibility for) Ruth to raise up the name of the deceased—a practical, narrative analogue to the levirate duty to preserve a brother’s line.
  • Numbers 27:1-11 (thematic): The daughters of Zelophehad petition for inheritance rights to preserve their father’s name and property within the clan, reflecting the same legal and social concern in Deut 25:5 to continue a deceased man’s family line.

Alternative generated candidates

  • If brothers dwell together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband’s brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her.
  • If brothers dwell together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside to a stranger to bereave the house of her husband; her husband’s brother shall go in to her, take her as wife, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her.
6 And the firstborn son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out from Israel.

Deu.25.6 - Details

Original Text

והיה הבכור אשר תלד יקום על־ שם אחיו המת ולא־ ימחה שמו מישראל׃

Morphology

  • והיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • הבכור: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • תלד: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • יקום: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • שם: ADV
  • אחיו: NOUN,3,m,sg,abs
  • המת: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ולא: CONJ
  • ימחה: VERB,hiph,impf,3,m,sg
  • שמו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • מישראל: PREP+NOUN,prop,m,sg

Parallels

  • Deut.25.5 (structural): Immediate legal context (levirate law): verse 5 commands the brother to marry the widow to raise up offspring for the deceased—verse 6 specifies that the firstborn shall carry the dead brother’s name.
  • Genesis 38:8-10 (thematic): Narrative enactment of the levirate duty: Onan refuses to raise offspring for his deceased brother, demonstrating the obligation behind Deut 25:5–6 and its social/legal consequences.
  • Ruth 4:10 (verbal): Boaz’s redemption language echoes Deut 25:6—he takes Ruth to preserve the dead man’s name and estate so that the deceased’s name will not be blotted out among his relatives.
  • Matthew 22:24 (quotation): The Pharisees cite the Mosaic levirate statute when questioning Jesus: an explicit New Testament citation of the law that a brother should raise up seed for a deceased brother (cf. Deut 25:5–6).

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the firstborn son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, so that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.
  • And the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.
7 And if the man does not desire to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the elders at the gate and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a brother-in-law.'

Deu.25.7 - Details

Original Text

ואם־ לא יחפץ האיש לקחת את־ יבמתו ועלתה יבמתו השערה אל־ הזקנים ואמרה מאין יבמי להקים לאחיו שם בישראל לא אבה יבמי׃

Morphology

  • ואם: CONJ
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יחפץ: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • האיש: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • לקחת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • יבמתו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3m.suf
  • ועלתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • יבמתו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3m.suf
  • השערה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אל: NEG
  • הזקנים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • ואמרה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • מאין: ADV,interrog
  • יבמי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+1s.suf
  • להקים: VERB,qal,inf
  • לאחיו: PREP
  • שם: ADV
  • בישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • אבה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • יבמי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+1s.suf

Parallels

  • Deut.25.5-6 (structural): Immediate context: the levirate command that a brother must marry the widow to 'raise up seed' and preserve the deceased brother's name — verse 7 describes what happens if he refuses.
  • Deut.25.9-10 (structural): Direct continuation: prescribes the halitzah ritual (removal of the sandal, public declaration) performed when the brother refuses to perform the levirate duty described in v.7.
  • Genesis 38:8-10 (verbal): Onan's refusal to 'raise up seed' for his brother's wife (Tamar) echoes the levirate obligation language and shows a negative example and divine judgment for refusal.
  • Ruth 4:1-10 (thematic): The kinsman-redeemer transaction (Boaz and the nearer kinsman) reflects the levirate/kinsman-redeemer concern to secure a family line and property rights when a man dies without heirs.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But if the man does not wish to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the elders at the gate and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me.’
  • But if the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then the brother’s wife 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 brother-in-law to me.’
8 Then the elders of the city shall call him and speak to him; and if he stands and says, 'I do not desire to take her,'

Deu.25.8 - Details

Original Text

וקראו־ לו זקני־ עירו ודברו אליו ועמד ואמר לא חפצתי לקחתה׃

Morphology

  • וקראו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • זקני: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • עירו: NOUN,f,sg,abs,poss:3,m,sg
  • ודברו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • אליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ועמד: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • ואמר: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • חפצתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,-,sg
  • לקחתה: VERB,qal,inf,0,-,sg+OBJ3,f

Parallels

  • Deut.25:5-6 (verbal): Immediate context: the preceding verses state the levirate obligation (brother-in-law must marry the widow) that Deut 25:8 presupposes.
  • Genesis 38:8-10 (thematic): Judah instructs Onan to perform the duty toward Tamar’s deceased brother; Onan’s refusal/contraception and its consequences parallel the moral/legal issue of refusing levirate marriage.
  • Ruth 4:1-10 (structural): A sober scene at the city gate where elders and the nearer kinsman discuss and enact the redeeming/marriage transaction—parallels the civic/elders’ role and public handling of kinship obligations in Deut 25:8.
  • Ruth 4:7 (verbal): The ceremonial removal/transfer of a sandal by the relative as a legal sign of renouncing or effecting the kinsman-redeemer right echoes the procedural outcome set out in Deut 25:9-10 that follows the refusal described in Deut 25:8.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him; and if he stands and says, ‘I do not wish to take her,’
  • Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him; and if he stands and says, ‘I do not wish to take her,’
9 then his brother's wife shall come to him before the elders, pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face, and answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house.'

Deu.25.9 - Details

Original Text

ונגשה יבמתו אליו לעיני הזקנים וחלצה נעלו מעל רגלו וירקה בפניו וענתה ואמרה ככה יעשה לאיש אשר לא־ יבנה את־ בית אחיו

Morphology

  • ונגשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • יבמתו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3ms
  • אליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • לעיני: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,cons
  • הזקנים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • וחלצה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • נעלו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3ms
  • מעל: PREP
  • רגלו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+SUFF,3,m
  • וירקה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • בפניו: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs,3ms
  • וענתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • ואמרה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • ככה: ADV
  • יעשה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • לאיש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יבנה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אחיו: NOUN,3,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Deut.25:5-10 (structural): Immediate legal context — the levirate (yibbum) regulation that prescribes marrying the brother's widow and the ceremonial shoe-removal/spitting when the kinsman refuses (vv.5–10).
  • Ruth 4:7-10 (verbal): The removal/handing over of a sandal as a public sign in a redemption/transfer ceremony; Ruth preserves the levirate/kinsman-redeemer theme (raising up a name for the deceased) connected to Deut.25's institution.
  • Gen.38:8-10 (thematic): Judah's command that Onan perform the duty to raise offspring for his deceased brother (the levirate obligation) and Onan's refusal — a narrative parallel to the obligation and consequences described in Deut.25.
  • Mark 12:18-25 (cf. Matt.22:23-33; Luke 20:27-40) (thematic): The Sadducees invoke the levirate law (a series of brothers marrying one woman) to question resurrection — these Gospel passages presuppose and discuss the same levirate practice regulated in Deut.25.

Alternative generated candidates

  • then his brother’s wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, and she shall pull his sandal from off his foot and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother’s house.’
  • then his brother’s wife shall go up to him in the sight of the elders, pull his sandal off his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, ‘Thus shall be done to the man who will not build up his brother’s house.’
10 And his name in Israel shall be called 'The house of him whose sandal is loosed.'

Deu.25.10 - Details

Original Text

ונקרא שמו בישראל בית חלוץ הנעל׃

Morphology

  • ונקרא: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,sg
  • שמו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • בישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • חלוץ: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הנעל: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Deut.25:5-10 (structural): Immediate context: the levirate/halitzah ordinance that prescribes the sandal ceremony and the naming of the family as 'the house of him who had his sandal removed.' This is the direct legal unit containing v.10.
  • Ruth 4:7-10 (verbal): Narrative demonstration of the same custom: a man removes his sandal to confirm redemption/transfer of rights. The episode echoes Deut 25's sandal symbol and the settling of a family-line claim.
  • Exod.3:5 (thematic): God tells Moses to remove his sandals because he stands on holy ground—an instance of shoe removal as a culturally significant act (recognition of a special status/place), thematically related to symbolic meanings of footwear in Deut.25:10.
  • Josh.5:15 (thematic): The commander of the LORD's army tells Joshua to remove his shoes; another biblical occurrence where taking off footwear marks a sacred or authoritative moment, resonating with the symbolic use of the sandal in Deut.25.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And his name shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him whose sandal is removed.’
  • And his name shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him whose sandal is removed.’
11 When men quarrel, one with his companion, and the wife of one approaches to deliver her husband from the hand of the assailant and puts out her hand and seizes the assailant's private parts,

Deu.25.11 - Details

Original Text

כי־ ינצו אנשים יחדו איש ואחיו וקרבה אשת האחד להציל את־ אישה מיד מכהו ושלחה ידה והחזיקה במבשיו׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • ינצו: VERB,qal,imprf,3,m,pl
  • אנשים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יחדו: ADV
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואחיו: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:3,m,sg
  • וקרבה: CONJ+VERB,qal,imprf,3,f,sg
  • אשת: NOUN,f,sg,cns
  • האחד: PRON,indef,sg,m
  • להציל: VERB,qal,inf
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אישה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מיד: PREP
  • מכהו: NOUN,f,sg,suff
  • ושלחה: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • ידה: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3s
  • והחזיקה: CONJ+VERB,hiph,perf,3,f,sg
  • במבשיו: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,suff

Parallels

  • Deut.25.12 (structural): Direct continuation of the same legal case; verse 12 prescribes the specific penalty ('cut off her hand') and repeats the injunction not to show pity, completing the regulation begun in 25:11.
  • Leviticus 24:20 (thematic): Part of the biblical 'lex talionis' tradition ('fracture for fracture'), relating to corporal punishments and proportional physical penalties for injury—paralleling Deut.25:11–12's prescribed bodily sanction.
  • Deut.22:25-27 (thematic): Another Deuteronomic/Legal passage addressing sexual violence and communal-legal responses; both passages regulate violent sexual or assaultive contexts and prescribe definitive legal outcomes to protect persons and community order.
  • Judges 19:25-29 (thematic): Narrative instance of brutal sexual violence and the extreme communal response (including dismemberment) that follows; thematically parallels Deut.25:11's concern with violent sexual assault/intervention and harsh consequences within Israelite legal and moral discourse.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When men strive together, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one striking him, and puts out her hand and seizes him by his private parts,
  • If men contend with one another and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one striking him and reaches out and seizes his private parts,
12 then you shall cut off her hand; show no pity.

Deu.25.12 - Details

Original Text

וקצתה את־ כפה לא תחוס עינך׃

Morphology

  • וקצתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • כפה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תחוס: VERB,qal,impf,2,ms
  • עינך: NOUN,f,pl,abs+2ms

Parallels

  • Deut.25.11 (structural): Immediate context: v.11 describes the offending act (a woman seizing a man's private parts in a fight); v.12 gives the prescribed sanction and the injunction not to show pity.
  • Deut.19.21 (verbal): Uses the same injunction 'לא תחוס' (do not pity) in the context of lex talionis—requiring proportional, impartial retribution ('fracture for fracture').
  • Exod.21.23–25 (thematic): Articulates the principle of proportionate justice ('eye for eye, tooth for tooth'), underpinning similar uncompromising punitive commands and the denial of mercy in meting out justice.
  • Lev.24.20 (thematic): Repeats the same retributive formula ('fracture for fracture, eye for eye'), reinforcing the principle of exact recompense and objective application of punishment without showing pity.

Alternative generated candidates

  • then you shall cut off her hand; your eyes shall not pity her.
  • then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall have no pity.
13 You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.

Deu.25.13 - Details

Original Text

לא־ יהיה לך בכיסך אבן ואבן גדולה וקטנה׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • בכיסך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,m,sg
  • אבן: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ואבן: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • גדולה: ADJ,f,sg,abs
  • וקטנה: CONJ+ADJ,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Deut.25:15 (structural): Immediate continuation of the law — commands honest scales and equal weights/measurements; part of the same legal instruction against deceit in commerce.
  • Leviticus 19:35-36 (verbal): Parallel legal injunction to use just balances, weights, ephah and hin; uses similar language prohibiting dishonest weights and measures.
  • Proverbs 20:10 (verbal): Forbids 'diverse weights' in a bag and declares such practice an abomination to the LORD — closely echoes Deuteronomy's prohibition and moral condemnation of fraudulent measures.
  • Proverbs 11:1 (thematic): Declares a false balance an abomination, thematically reinforcing the ethical imperative for honesty in weights and commercial dealings.
  • Ezekiel 45:10 (thematic): In the prophetic/temple context requires just balances and standard measures for the restored community — echoes the concern for fairness and accurate measures in public life.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light.
  • You shall not have in your bag two weights, a large and a small.
14 Nor shall you have in your house differing measures, a large and a small.

Deu.25.14 - Details

Original Text

לא־ יהיה לך בביתך איפה ואיפה גדולה וקטנה׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • בביתך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • איפה: ADV
  • ואיפה: CONJ+ADV,interr
  • גדולה: ADJ,f,sg
  • וקטנה: CONJ+ADJ,f,sg

Parallels

  • Deut.25.13-15 (structural): Immediate context: verses 13–15 expand and formalize the same injunction against having two sets of weights and demand honest weights and measures in the land.
  • Leviticus 19:35-36 (verbal): Uses the same legal language forbidding dishonest weights and measures and prescribes accurate standards—parallel legal formulation within the Pentateuch.
  • Proverbs 11:1 (thematic): Condemns false balances and praises just weights; echoes the ethical demand for honesty in commerce found in Deut 25:14.
  • Amos 8:5 (verbal): Accuses merchants of falsifying measures and balances to cheat buyers—prophetic denunciation of the very practice prohibited in Deut 25:14.
  • Micah 6:11 (thematic): Rhetorically challenges whether one can be acquitted who uses wicked scales and deceitful weights—echo of the moral judgment against dishonest measuring.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small.
  • You shall not have in your house two measures, a large and a small.
15 A full and just stone shall be yours; a full and just measure shall be yours—so that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

Deu.25.15 - Details

Original Text

אבן שלמה וצדק יהיה־ לך איפה שלמה וצדק יהיה־ לך למען יאריכו ימיך על האדמה אשר־ יהוה אלהיך נתן לך׃

Morphology

  • אבן: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • שלמה: ADJ,f,sg,abs
  • וצדק: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • איפה: ADV
  • שלמה: ADJ,f,sg,abs
  • וצדק: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • למען: PREP
  • יאריכו: VERB,hiph,impf,3,m,pl
  • ימיך: NOUN,m,pl,abs+2ms
  • על: PREP
  • האדמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • נתן: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Leviticus 19:35-36 (quotation): A direct legal parallel commanding honest balances, weights and measures—same injunction to use just measures so life/commerce is preserved.
  • Proverbs 11:1 (verbal): Contrasts a false balance with a just weight; shares the moral valuation of honest measures found in Deut 25:15.
  • Proverbs 16:11 (thematic): Affirms that just balances and scales belong to the LORD, echoing the theme that God requires and upholds honest weights and measures.
  • Micah 6:11 (allusion): Rhetorically condemns wicked scales and deceitful weights; a prophetic denunciation that parallels Deut's legal concern with dishonest measures.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall have a full and just weight; a full and just measure shall you have, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
  • You shall have a full and just weight; a full and just measure shall you have, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
16 For all who do such things are an abomination to the LORD your God; everyone who acts unjustly is an abomination to him.

Deu.25.16 - Details

Original Text

כי תועבת יהוה אלהיך כל־ עשה אלה כל עשה עול׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • תועבת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • כל: DET
  • עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אלה: DEM,pl,abs
  • כל: DET
  • עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • עול: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Leviticus 19:36 (structural): Commands honest balances and measures with the formulaic appeal to Yahweh ('I am the LORD your God'), paralleling Deut 25:13–16's prohibition and theological rationale.
  • Proverbs 11:1 (verbal): Declares 'a false balance is an abomination to the LORD,' using the same vocabulary and moral judgment against dishonest weights.
  • Proverbs 20:10 (verbal): Condemns 'diverse weights and diverse measures' as an abomination to the LORD, echoing Deut 25:16's explicit denunciation of fraudulent measurement.
  • Micah 6:11 (thematic): Rhetorically indicts the use of wicked scales and deceitful measures in commerce, thematically aligning with Deut 25:16's denunciation of such practices.
  • Amos 8:5–6 (thematic): Depicts traders manipulating measures to exploit the poor—a prophetic critique of the same unjust commercial practices that Deut 25:16 calls an abomination.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For all that do such things, all who act unjustly, are an abomination to the LORD your God.
  • For all who do such things, all who act unjustly in these matters, are an abomination to the LORD your God.
17 Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, when you came out of Egypt.

Deu.25.17 - Details

Original Text

זכור את אשר־ עשה לך עמלק בדרך בצאתכם ממצרים׃

Morphology

  • זכור: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • עמלק: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בדרך: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בצאתכם: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,const+PRON,2,m,pl
  • ממצרים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Exodus 17:8-16 (verbal): Narrates the original attack by Amalek on Israel 'as you came out of Egypt'—the historical episode recalled in Deut 25:17 and the basis for later commands against Amalek.
  • Deuteronomy 25:19 (structural): Immediate continuation of the same instruction: commands Israel to 'blot out the memory of Amalek'—a direct legislative expansion of the reminder in v.17.
  • 1 Samuel 15:2-3 (quotation): God's command to Saul to 'utterly destroy' Amalek and all that they have echoes Deut 25's summons to remember and eliminate Amalek as a corporate enemy.
  • 1 Samuel 15:18-29 (thematic): The account of Saul's failure to execute the command against Amalek and Samuel's rebuke treats the consequences of not carrying out the divine command rooted in the memory of Amalek expressed in Deut 25:17.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Remember what Amalek did to you on the way when you came out of Egypt,
  • Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, how he met you on the way and struck your rearward, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God.
18 How he met you on the way and attacked your rear, all the stragglers at your rear when you were faint and weary; and he had no regard for God.

Deu.25.18 - Details

Original Text

אשר קרך בדרך ויזנב בך כל־ הנחשלים אחריך ואתה עיף ויגע ולא ירא אלהים׃

Morphology

  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • קרך: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • בדרך: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ויזנב: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • בך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • כל: DET
  • הנחשלים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • אחריך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,m
  • ואתה: CONJ+PRON,2,m,sg
  • עיף: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • ויגע: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ולא: CONJ
  • ירא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 25:17-19 (structural): Immediate context and parallel command: verse 18 is embedded in an exhortation to 'remember what Amalek did' and to blot out their memory (the legal/ethical framing of the ambush).
  • Exodus 17:8-16 (verbal): The original narrative of Amalek's attack on the weary Israelites after the Exodus; shares the same episode and similar phrasing about meeting Israel 'in the way' and striking the tired and faint.
  • Exodus 17:14 (verbal): God's declaration to memorialize the Amalek incident and 'blot out the remembrance of Amalek'—a theological response directly tied to the ambush described in Deut 25:18.
  • 1 Samuel 15:2-3 (verbal): God's command to Saul to destroy Amalek cites the same reason—Amalek's attack on the way when Israel came out of Egypt—echoing the Deut/Exod portrayal of the crime.
  • 1 Samuel 30:1-2 (thematic): A later Amalekite raid (on Ziklag) that portrays the same pattern of opportunistic attack on vulnerable Israelites, thematically reflecting the ambush described in Deut 25:18.

Alternative generated candidates

  • how he met you on the way and attacked your rear, all the stragglers at your heels, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God.
  • Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget.
19 When the LORD your God gives you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; do not forget.

Deu.25.19 - Details

Original Text

והיה בהניח יהוה אלהיך ׀ לך מכל־ איביך מסביב בארץ אשר יהוה־ אלהיך נתן לך נחלה לרשתה תמחה את־ זכר עמלק מתחת השמים לא תשכח׃

Morphology

  • והיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • בהניח: PREP+VERB,hiph,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • מכל: PREP
  • איביך: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • מסביב: ADV,loc
  • בארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אלהיך: NOUN,m,sg,prsuf-2ms
  • נתן: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • נחלה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לרשתה: INF,qal,3,f,sg
  • תמחה: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • זכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עמלק: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מתחת: PREP
  • השמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תשכח: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Exodus 17:14 (verbal): God orders the blotting out of Amalek's remembrance 'from under heaven'—language nearly identical to Deut 25:19, linking the command to the original Amalek attack at Rephidim.
  • Deuteronomy 25:17-18 (structural): Immediate context within Deuteronomy recounts Amalek's ambush of the stragglers at Rephidim, providing the historical rationale for the injunction in v.19.
  • 1 Samuel 15:2-3 (thematic): Samuel (in God's name) commands King Saul to utterly destroy Amalek and all possessions—an application of the Deuteronomic/Exodus injunction to enact judgment on Amalek.
  • Numbers 24:20 (allusion): Balaam's oracle says Amalek's end is utter destruction—an independent prophetic tradition that echoes the theme of Amalek's destined eradication.
  • 1 Samuel 30:17-20 (thematic): David's defeat of the Amalekites and recovery of captives and spoil illustrates later Israelite military action against Amalek and the ongoing realization of the mandate to oppose them.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Therefore when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; do not forget.

For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies before you; therefore your camp shall be holy, and he shall not see in you any indecent thing and turn away from you.

You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped to you from his master.

Let him live among you in the place he chooses—within one of your gates; you shall not wrong him.

There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor a male cult prostitute among the sons of Israel.

You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God for any vow; for both are an abomination to the LORD your God.

You shall not charge your brother interest—interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is loaned.

To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands in the land which you are entering to possess.

When you vow a vow to the LORD your God, do not delay to pay it; for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and it would be a sin in you. But if you refrain from vowing, there is no sin in you.

Be careful with the utterance of your lips and carry out whatever you have vowed to the LORD your God—what you have pledged by your mouth.

When you enter your neighbor's vineyard you may eat grapes with your hand as you go, as many as you desire; you shall not put any in your container.

When you enter your neighbor's standing grain you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle on your neighbor's standing grain.

If a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, he shall write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her out of his house.

She departs from his house and becomes another man's wife. And the second man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her from his house; or the second man dies who had taken her to be his wife.

Her first husband who sent her away shall not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring sin upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out to war nor be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year and bring happiness to the wife he has taken.

You shall not take a mill or an upper millstone as a pledge; for whoever takes that in pledge is taking a man's life as security.

If a man is found stealing one of his countrymen of Israel, and he has mistreated him and sold him, that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you.

Be careful with the plague of leprosy; take great care, and do as the Levitical priests instruct you, as I have commanded you.

Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt.

When you loan anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to take his pledge.

Stand outside, and the man to whom you have loaned shall bring out the pledge to you.

If the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

Return to him the pledge by sunset, that he may sleep in his own garment and bless you; and it will be righteousness before the LORD your God.

Do not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or a sojourner in your land within your gates.

You shall give him his wages on the same day; you shall not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and sets his heart on it—lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it become sin on you.

Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; every person shall be put to death for his own sin.

You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or the fatherless, nor take a widow's garment in pledge. And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.

When you reap your harvest and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not glean after; it shall be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.

When there is a dispute between men and they come to court, you shall judge them; you shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked. And if the guilty man deserves chastening, the judge shall have him brought and beaten before him according to the measure of his guilt.

He may be beaten with forty stripes; you shall not give him more, lest, if you exceed, your brother be humiliated in your sight.

You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.

When brothers live together and one of them dies without a son, the widow shall not marry outside to a stranger; her brother-in-law shall go in to her and take her as wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law. And the firstborn son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out from Israel. And if the man does not desire to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the elders at the gate and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a brother-in-law.'

Then the elders of the city shall call him and speak to him; and if he stands and says, 'I do not desire to take her,'

then his brother's wife shall come to him before the elders, pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face, and answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house.' And his name in Israel shall be called 'The house of him whose sandal is loosed.'

When men quarrel, one with his companion, and the wife of one approaches to deliver her husband from the hand of the assailant and puts out her hand and seizes the assailant's private parts,

then you shall cut off her hand; show no pity.

You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.

Nor shall you have in your house differing measures, a large and a small.

A full and just stone shall be yours; a full and just measure shall be yours—so that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

For all who do such things are an abomination to the LORD your God; everyone who acts unjustly is an abomination to him.

Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, when you came out of Egypt.

How he met you on the way and attacked your rear, all the stragglers at your rear when you were faint and weary; and he had no regard for God.

When the LORD your God gives you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; do not forget.