Deuteronomy 25

• 1. "Suppose two people take a dispute to court, and the judges declare that one is right and the other is wrong.
• 2. If the person in the wrong is sentenced to be flogged, the judge will command him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate to the crime.
• 3. No more than forty lashes may ever be given; more than forty lashes would publicly humiliate your neighbor.
• 4. "Do not keep an ox from eating as it treads out the grain.
• 5. "If two brothers are living together on the same property and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Instead, her husband's brother must marry her and fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law.
• 6. The first son she bears to him will be counted as the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten in Israel.
• 7. But if the dead man's brother refuses to marry the widow, she must go to the town gate and say to the leaders there, `My husband's brother refuses to preserve his brother's name in Israel--he refuses to marry me.'
• 8. The leaders of the town will then summon him and try to reason with him. If he still insists that he doesn't want to marry her,
• 9. the widow must walk over to him in the presence of the leaders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then say, `This is what happens to a man who refuses to raise up a son for his brother.'
• 10. Ever afterward his family will be referred to as `the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off'!
• 11. "If two Israelite men are fighting and the wife of one tries to rescue her husband by grabbing the testicles of the other man,
• 12. her hand must be cut off without pity.
• 13. "You must use accurate scales when you weigh out merchandise,
• 14. and you must use full and honest measures.
• 15. Yes, use honest weights and measures, so that you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
• 16. Those who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the LORD your God.
• 17. "Never forget what the Amalekites did to you as you came from Egypt.
• 18. They attacked you when you were exhausted and weary, and they struck down those who were lagging behind. They had no fear of God.
• 19. Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies in the land he is giving you as a special possession, you are to destroy the Amalekites and erase their memory from under heaven. Never forget this!

Deuteronomy 26

• 1. "When you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession and you have conquered it and settled there,
• 2. put some of the first produce from each harvest into a basket and bring it to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored.
• 3. Go to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, `With this gift I acknowledge that the LORD your God has brought me into the land he swore to give our ancestors.'
• 4. The priest will then take the basket from your hand and set it before the altar of the LORD your God.
• 5. You must then say in the presence of the LORD your God, `My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live in Egypt. His family was few in number, but in Egypt they became a mighty and numerous nation.
• 6. When the Egyptians mistreated and humiliated us by making us their slaves,
• 7. we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors. He heard us and saw our hardship, toil, and oppression.
• 8. So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with amazing power, overwhelming terror, and miraculous signs and wonders.
• 9. He brought us to this place and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey!
• 10. And now, O LORD, I have brought you a token of the first crops you have given me from the ground.' Then place the produce before the LORD your God and worship him.
• 11. Afterward go and celebrate because of all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household. Remember to include the Levites and the foreigners living among you in the celebration.
• 12. "Every third year you must offer a special tithe of your crops. You must give these tithes to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows so that they will have enough to eat in your towns.
• 13. Then you must declare in the presence of the LORD your God, `I have taken the sacred gift from my house and have given it to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, just as you commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten any of your commands.
• 14. I have not eaten any of it while in mourning; I have not touched it while I was ceremonially unclean; and I have not offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God and have done everything you commanded me.
• 15. Look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us--a land flowing with milk and honey--just as you solemnly promised our ancestors.'
• 16. "Today the LORD your God has commanded you to obey all these laws and regulations. You must commit yourself to them without reservation.
• 17. You have declared today that the LORD is your God. You have promised to obey his laws, commands, and regulations by walking in his ways and doing everything he tells you.
• 18. The LORD has declared today that you are his people, his own special treasure, just as he promised, and that you must obey all his commands.
• 19. And if you do, he will make you greater than any other nation. Then you will receive praise, honor, and renown. You will be a nation that is holy to the LORD your God, just as he promised."

Deuteronomy 27

• 1. Then Moses and the leaders of Israel charged the people as follows: "Keep all these commands that I am giving you today.
• 2. When you cross the Jordan River and enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.
• 3. Then write all the terms of this law on them. I repeat, you will soon cross the river to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
• 4. When you cross the Jordan, set up these stones at Mount Ebal and coat them with plaster, as I am commanding you today.
• 5. Then build an altar there to the LORD your God, using natural stones.
• 6. Do not shape the stones with an iron tool. On the altar you must offer burnt offerings to the LORD your God.
• 7. Sacrifice peace offerings on it also, and feast there with great joy before the LORD your God.
• 8. On the stones coated with plaster, you must clearly write all the terms of this law."
• 9. Then Moses and the Levitical priests addressed all Israel as follows: "O Israel, be quiet and listen! Today you have become the people of the LORD your God.
• 10. So obey the LORD your God by keeping all these commands and laws that I am giving you today."
• 11. That same day Moses gave this charge to the people:
• 12. "When you cross the Jordan River, the tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin must stand on Mount Gerizim to proclaim a blessing over the people.
• 13. And the tribes of Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali must stand on Mount Ebal to proclaim a curse.
• 14. Then the Levites must shout to all the people of Israel:
• 15. `Cursed is anyone who carves or casts idols and secretly sets them up. These idols, the work of craftsmen, are detestable to the LORD.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
• 16. `Cursed is anyone who despises father or mother.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
• 17. `Cursed is anyone who steals property from a neighbor by moving a boundary marker.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
• 18. `Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
• 19. `Cursed is anyone who is unjust to foreigners, orphans, and widows.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
• 20. `Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with his father's wife, for he has violated his father.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
• 21. `Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with an animal.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
• 22. `Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with his sister, whether she is the daughter of his father or his mother.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
• 23. `Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with his mother-in-law.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
• 24. `Cursed is anyone who kills another person in secret.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
• 25. `Cursed is anyone who accepts payment to kill an innocent person.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
• 26. `Cursed is anyone who does not affirm the terms of this law by obeying them.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'

New Living Translation: 61 of 324 days.