25¹ 'When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer, ² then it hath come to pass, if the wrong-doer is to be smitten, that the judge hath caused him to fall down, and 'one' hath smitten him in his presence, according to the sufficiency of his wrong-doing, by number; ³ forty 'times' he doth smite him—he is not adding, lest, he is adding to smite him above these—many stripes, and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes. ⁴ 'Thou dost not muzzle an ox in its threshing.

⁵ 'When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother; ⁶ and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel. ⁷ 'And if the man doth not delight to take his brother's wife, then hath his brother's wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband's brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband's brother; ⁸ and the elders of his city have called for him, and spoken unto him, and he hath stood and said, I have no desire to take her; ⁹ 'Then hath his brother's wife drawn nigh unto him, before the eyes of the elders, and drawn his shoe from off his foot, and spat in his face, and answered and said, Thus it is done to the man who doth not build up the house of his brother; ¹⁰ and his name hath been called in Israel—The house of him whose shoe is drawn off. ¹¹ 'When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his secrets, ¹² then thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare.

¹³ 'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small. ¹⁴ Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a small. ¹⁵ Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; ¹⁶ for the abomination of Jehovah thy God 'is' any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.

The Command to Blot Out Amalek

¹⁷ 'Remember that which Amalek hath done to thee in the way, in your going out from Egypt, ¹⁸ that he hath met thee in the way, and smiteth in all those feeble behind thee (and thou wearied and fatigued), and is not fearing God. ¹⁹ And it hath been, in Jehovah thy God's giving rest to thee, from all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee—an inheritance to possess it—thou dost blot out the rememberance of Amalek from under the heavens—thou dost not forget.

The Firstfruits and the Tithe

26¹ 'And it hath been, when thou comest in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee—an inheritance, and thou hast possessed it, and dwelt in it, ² that thou hast taken of the first of all the fruits of the ground which thou dost bring in out of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and hast put 'it' in a basket, and gone unto the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there. ³ 'And thou hast come in unto the priest who is in those days, and hast said unto him, I have declared to-day to Jehovah thy God, that I have come in unto the land which Jehovah hath sworn to our fathers to give to us; ⁴ and the priest hath taken the basket out of thy hand, and placed it before the altar of Jehovah thy God. ⁵ 'And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean 'is' my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous; ⁶ and the Egyptians do us evil, and afflict us, and put on us hard service; ⁷ and we cry unto Jehovah, God of our fathers, and Jehovah heareth our voice, and seeth our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression; ⁸ and Jehovah bringeth us out from Egypt, by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great fear, and by signs, and by wonders, ⁹ and he bringeth us in unto this place, and giveth to us this land—a land flowing with milk and honey. ¹⁰ 'And now, lo, I have brought in the first of the fruits of the ground which thou hast given to me, O Jehovah;—and thou hast placed it before Jehovah thy God, and bowed thyself before Jehovah thy God, ¹¹ and rejoiced in all the good which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee, and to thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the sojourner who 'is' in thy midst.

¹² 'When thou dost complete to tithe all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, the year of the tithe, then thou hast given to the Levite, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, and they have eaten within thy gates, and been satisfied, ¹³ and thou hast said before Jehovah thy God, I have put away the separated thing out of the house, and also have given it to the Levite, and to the sojourner, and to the orphan, and to the widow, according to all Thy command which Thou hast commanded me; I have not passed over from Thy commands, nor have I forgotten. ¹⁴ I have not eaten in mine affliction of it, nor have I put away of it for uncleanness, nor have I given of it for the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me; ¹⁵ look from Thy holy habitation, from the heavens, and bless Thy people Israel, and the ground which Thou hast given to us, as Thou hast sworn to our fathers—a land flowing 'with' milk and honey.

¹⁶ 'This day Jehovah thy God is commanding thee to do these statutes and judgments; and thou hast hearkened and done them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, ¹⁷ Jehovah thou hast caused to promise to-day to become thy God, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His commands, and His judgments, and to hearken to His voice. ¹⁸ 'And Jehovah hath caused thee to promise to-day to become His people, a peculiar treasure, as He hath spoken to thee, and to keep all His commands; ¹⁹ so as to make thee uppermost above all the nations whom He hath made for a praise, and for a name, and for beauty, and for thy being a holy people to Jehovah thy God, as He hath spoken.

The Law to Be Recorded on Mount Ebal

27¹ 'And Moses—the elders of Israel also—commandeth the people, saying, Keep all the command which I am commanding you to-day; ² and it hath been, in the day that ye pass over the Jordan unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, that thou hast raised up for thee great stones, and plaistered them with plaister, ³ and written on them all the words of this law in thy passing over, so that thou goest in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee—a land flowing with milk and honey, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee. ⁴ 'And it hath been, in your passing over the Jordan, ye raise up these stones which I am commanding you to-day, in mount Ebal, and thou hast plaistered them with plaister, ⁵ and built there an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones, thou dost not wave over them iron. ⁶ Of complete stones thou buildest the altar of Jehovah thy God, and hast caused to ascend on it burnt-offerings to Jehovah thy God, ⁷ and sacrificed peace-offerings, and eaten there, and rejoiced before Jehovah thy God, ⁸ and written on the stones all the words of this law, well engraved.' ⁹ And Moses speaketh—the priests, the Levites, also—unto all Israel, saying, 'Keep silent, and hear, O Israel, this day thou hast become a people to Jehovah thy God; ¹⁰ and thou hast hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and done His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day.'

The Curses at Mount Ebal

¹¹ And Moses commandeth the people on that day, saying, ¹² 'These do stand, to bless the people, on mount Gerizzim, in your passing over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. ¹³ And these do stand, for the reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. ¹⁴ 'And the Levites have answered and said unto every man of Israel—a loud voice: ¹⁵ 'Cursed 'is' the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put 'it' in a secret place,—and all the people have answered and said, Amen. ¹⁶ 'Cursed 'is' He who is making light of his father and his mother,—and all the people have said, Amen. ¹⁷ 'Cursed 'is' he who is removing his neighbour's border,—and all the people have said, Amen. ¹⁸ 'Cursed 'is' he who is causing the blind to err in the way,—and all the people have said, Amen. ¹⁹ 'Cursed 'is' he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow,—and all the people have said, Amen. ²⁰ 'Cursed 'is' he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt,—and all the people have said, Amen. ²¹ 'Cursed 'is' he who is lying with any beast,—and all the people have said, Amen. ²² 'Cursed 'is' he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother,—and all the people have said, Amen. ²³ 'Cursed 'is' he who is lying with his mother-in-law,—and all the people have said, Amen. ²⁴ 'Cursed 'is' he who is smiting his neighbour in secret,—and all the people have said, Amen. ²⁵ 'Cursed 'is' he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood,—and all the people have said, Amen. ²⁶ 'Cursed 'is' he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them,—and all the people have said, Amen.

²⁷ and Jesus saith to them—'All ye shall be stumbled at me this night, because it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad, ²⁸ but after my having risen I will go before you to Galilee.' ²⁹ And Peter said to him, 'And if all shall be stumbled, yet not I;' ³⁰ And Jesus said to him, 'Verily I say to thee, that to-day, this night, before a cock shall crow twice, thrice thou shalt deny me.' ³¹ And he spake the more vehemently, 'If it may be necessary for me to die with thee—I will in nowise deny thee;' and in like manner also said they all.

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³² And they come to a spot, the name of which 'is' Gethsemane, and he saith to his disciples, 'Sit ye here till I may pray;' ³³ and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy, ³⁴ and he saith to them, 'Exceeding sorrowful is my soul—to death; remain here, and watch.' ³⁵ And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth, and was praying, that, if it be possible the hour may pass from him, ³⁶ and he said, 'Abba, Father; all things are possible to Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but what Thou.' ³⁷ And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, 'Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour! ³⁸ Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.' ³⁹ And again having gone away, he prayed, the same word saying; ⁴⁰ and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him. ⁴¹ And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, 'Sleep on henceforth, and rest—it is over; the hour did come; lo, the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of the sinful; ⁴² rise, we may go, lo, he who is delivering me up hath come nigh.'

The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

⁴³ And immediately—while he is yet speaking—cometh near Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders; ⁴⁴ and he who is delivering him up had given a token to them, saying, 'Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is, lay hold on him, and lead him away safely,' ⁴⁵ and having come, immediately, having gone near him, he saith, 'Rabbi, Rabbi,' and kissed him. ⁴⁶ And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him; ⁴⁷ and a certain one of those standing by, having drawn the sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his ear. ⁴⁸ And Jesus answering said to them, 'As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me! ⁴⁹ daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold on me—but that the Writings may be fulfilled.' ⁵⁰ And having left him they all fled;

The Young Man Who Fled

⁵¹ and a certain young man was following him, having put a linen cloth about 'his' naked body, and the young men lay hold on him, ⁵² and he, having left the linen cloth, did flee from them naked.

Jesus before the Council

⁵³ And they led away Jesus unto the chief priest, and come together to him do all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes;