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32 “Listen, you heavens, and I will speak. And let the Earth hear the words of my mouth.
2 “My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall still as the dew, as the shower upon the herbs and as the great rain upon the grass.
3 “For I will publish the Name of the LORD. Give glory to our God.
4 “Perfect is the work of the mighty God. For all His ways are judgment. God is true, and without wickedness. Just and righteous are He.
5 “They have corrupted themselves toward Him by their vice, not being his children, a perverse and crooked generation.
6 “Do you so reward the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? Is not He your father, Who has bought you? He has made you and established you.
7 “Remember the days of old. Consider the years of so many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.
8 “When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the sons of Adam, He appointed the borders of the people, according to the number of the children of Israel.
9 “For the LORD’s portion is His people. Jacob is the lot of His inheritance.
10 “He found himself in the land of the wilderness, in a wasteland and roaring wilderness. He led him about. He taught him, kept him as the apple of His eye.
11 “As an eagle stirs up her nest — flutters over her birds, stretches out her wings, takes them, bears them on her wings —
12 “the LORD alone led him. And there was no strange god with him.
13 “He carried him up to the high places of the Earth, So that he might eat the fruits of the fields. And He caused him to suck honey out of the stone, and oil out of the hard rock.
14 “Butter from cattle, and milk from sheep with fat from the lambs, and rams fed in Bashan, and goats with the fat from the grains of wheat, and the red liquor of the grape have you drunk.
15 “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. You are fat, you are thick, you are engorged with fatness. Therefore, he forsook God, Who made him, and did not regard the strong God of his salvation.
16 “They provoked Him with strange gods. They provoked Him to anger with abominations.
17 “They offered to demons, not to God, to gods whom they did not know, newcomers, whom their fathers did not fear.
18 “You have forgotten the mighty God Who begat you, and have forgotten the God Who formed you.
19 “The LORD then saw it and was angry, because of the provocation of His sons and of His daughters.
20 “And He said, ‘I will hide My Face from them. I will see what their end shall be. For they are a perverse generation, children in whom there is no faith.
21 ‘They have moved Me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked Me to anger with their vanities; and I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22 ‘For fire is kindled in My wrath, and shall burn to the bottom of Hell, and shall consume the Earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 ‘I will use all My plagues upon them. I will heap My arrows upon them.
24 ‘They shall be empty with hunger and consumed with heat and bitter destruction. I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the venom of serpents in the dust.
25 ‘The sword shall kill them outside and fear shall be within them: the young man, the young woman, the suckling and the man of gray hair.
26 “I have said, ‘I would have scattered them abroad. I would have made their remembrance cease from among men,
27 ‘if not for my fear of the fury of the enemy, lest their adversaries should grow proud, lest they should say, “Our high hand, and not the LORD, has done all this.’
28 “For they are a nation void of counsel. Nor is there understanding in them.
29 “Oh that they were wise, they would understand this! They would consider their latter end!
30 “How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
31 “For their god is not as our God. Even our enemies are judges.
32 “For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the vines of Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter.
33 “Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel gall of asps.
34 ‘Is not this laid in store with Me, sealed up among My treasures?
35 ‘Vengeance and recompense are Mine. Their foot shall slide in due time. For the day of their destruction is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them, make haste.
36 ‘For the LORD shall judge His people, and have compassion on His servants, when He sees that their power is gone, and that no one remains, bond or free.
37 ‘When men shall say, “Where are their gods, their mighty god, in whom they trusted,
38 “who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you. Let him be your refuge.”
39 ‘Behold now. For I, I am He. And there are no gods with Me. I kill and give life. I wound. And I make whole. Nor is there anyone who can deliver out of My hand.
40 ‘For I lift up My hand to Heaven, and say, ‘I live forever.
41 ‘If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand takes hold on judgment, I will execute vengeance on My enemies, and will reward those who hate Me.
42 ‘I will make My arrows drunk with blood and My sword shall eat flesh —for the blood of the slain and of the captives—when I begin to take vengeance on the enemy.’
43 “Rejoice, O you nations of His people! For He will avenge the blood of His servants, and will execute vengeance upon His adversaries, and will be merciful to His land, and to His people.”
44 Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the audience of the people, he and Hoshea (or Joshua), the son of Nun.
45 When Moses had made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel,
46 then he said to them, “Set your hearts to all the words which I testify against you this day, so that you may command them to your children, so that they may observe and do all the Words of this Law.
47 “For it is no empty word concerning you. But it is your life. And by this word you shall prolong your days in the land to which you go over Jordan to possess.”
48 And the LORD spoke to Moses the same day, saying,
49 “Go up into the mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo (which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho) and behold the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel for a possession.
50 “And die on the mount which you go up to. And you shall be gathered to your people (as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people)
51 “because you trespassed against Me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah, at Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin. For you did not sanctify Me among the children of Israel.
52 “You shall, therefore, see the land before you but shall not go there, into the land which I give the children of Israel.”
33 Now this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death, and said,
2 “The LORD came from Sinai, rose up from Seir to them, and appeared clearly from Mount Paran. And He came with tens of thousands of saints at his right hand, and a fiery Law for them.
3 “Also, He loves the people. All Your saints are in Your hands. And they are humbled at Your feet, to receive Your words.
4 “Moses commanded us a Law for an inheritance of the Congregation of Jacob.
5 “Then He was among the righteous, king, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were assembled.
6 “Let Reuben live, and not die, though his men are a small number.
7 And thus he blessed Judah, and said, “Hear, O LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people. His hands shall be sufficient for him, if You help him against his enemies.
8 And of Levi, he said, “Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with your holy one, whom you tested in Massah and caused to strive at the waters of Meribah,
9 “who said to his father and to his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ Nor did he acknowledge his brothers. Nor did he acknowledge his own children. For they observed Your Word and kept Your Covenant.
10 “They shall teach Jacob Your Judgments, and Israel Your Law. They shall put incense before Your Face, and the Burnt Offering upon Your Altar.
11 “Bless, O LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands. Strike through the loins of those who rise against him, and of those who hate him, so that they do not rise again.
12 Of Benjamin he said, “The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him, he shall cover him all the day long, and dwell between his shoulders.
13 And of Joseph he said, “Blessed of the LORD is his land, with the sweetness of Heaven, with the dew, and with the depths lying beneath,
14 “and with the sweet increase of the Sun, and with the sweet increase of the Moon,
15 “and with the top of the ancient mountains, and with the sweetness of the old hills,
16 “and with the sweetness of the Earth, and abundance, therefore. And the goodwill of Him Who dwelt in the bush shall come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him who was separated from his brothers.
17 “His beauty shall be like his firstborn bullock, and his horns as the horns of a unicorn. Together with them he shall strike the people to the ends of the world. These are also the tens of thousands of Ephraim. And these are the thousands of Manasseh.
18 And of Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar in your tents!
19 “They shall call the people to the mountain. There they shall offer the sacrifices of righteousness. For they shall partake of the abundance of the sea, and of the treasures hid in the sand.
20 Also of Gad he said, “Blessed is he who enlarges Gad. He dwells as a lion who catches the arm with the head for his prey.
21 “And he looked to himself at the beginning, because a portion of the Law-giver was hidden. Yet, he shall come with the heads of the people to execute the justice of the LORD and His Judgments with Israel.
22 And of Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s whelp. He shall leap from Bashan.
23 Also of Naphtali he said, “O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and filled with the blessing of the LORD, possess the west and the south!
24 And of Asher he said, “Asher shall be blessed with children. He shall be acceptable to his brothers, and shall dip his foot in oil.
25 “Your shoes shall be iron and brass, and your strength shall continue as long as you live.
26 There is none like God, O righteous, Who rides upon the heavens for your help, and on the clouds in His Glory.
27 “The eternal God is your refuge, and you are forever under his arms. He shall cast out the enemy before you, and will say, ‘Destroy.’
28 “Then Israel, the fountain of Jacob, shall dwell alone in safety in a land of wheat and wine. Also, His heavens shall drop the dew.
29 “Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, O people saved by the LORD (the shield of your help and the sword of your glory)? Therefore, your enemies shall be in subjection to you. And you shall tread upon their high places.
34 Then Moses went from the plain of Moab up into Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah that is opposite Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,
2 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the western sea,
3 and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
4 And the LORD said to him, “This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your seed.’ I have allowed you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.”
5 So Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab, according to the Word of the LORD.
6 And He buried him in a valley, in the land of Moab, opposite Beth Peor. But no one knows of his sepulcher to this day.
7 Moses was now a hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses on the plain of Moab for thirty days. So the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
9 And Joshua, the son of Nun, was full of the spirit of wisdom. For Moses had put his hands upon him. And the children of Israel were obedient to him and did as the LORD had Commanded Moses.
10 But since then there has not arisen a Prophet like Moses in Israel — whom the LORD knew face to face —
11 in all the miracles and wonders which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, before Pharaoh and before all his servants and before all his land,
12 and in all the mighty hand and all the great fear which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
26 And the title of His cause was written above, ‘THE KING OF THE JEWS.’
27 They also crucified two thieves with Him, one on the right and the other on His left.
28 Thus the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was counted among the wicked.”
29 And those who passed by railed on Him, wagging their heads and saying, “Hey, You who would destroy the Temple, and build it in three days,
30 save Yourself! And come down from the cross!”
31 Likewise even the chief priests, also mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, “He saved other men! Himself He cannot save!
32 “Let Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with Him also reviled Him.
33 Now, when the sixth hour had come, darkness arose over all the land until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama-sabachthani?” Which is by interpretation, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
35 And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, He calls Elijah!”
36 And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar and put it on a reed and gave it to Him, saying, “Let Him alone! Let us see if Elijah will come and take Him down!”
37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice and gave up the ghost.
38 And the veil of the Temple was torn in two, from the top to the bottom.
39 Now when the centurion who stood near Him saw that He, thus crying, gave up the ghost, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God.”
40 There were also women who watched from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,
41 who also followed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.
42 And now when the night had come (because it was the Day of the Preparation that is before the Sabbath)
43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable councilman, who also looked for the Kingdom of God, went in boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
44 And Pilate was surprised that He was already dead. So, he called the centurion and asked him whether He were indeed dead.
45 And when he knew the truth from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph;
46 who bought a linen cloth, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb that was hewn out of a rock; and rolled a stone over the door of the sepulcher.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary Joses’ mother beheld where He was laid.
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