Chapter 5

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Behold, I make an everlasting covenant^a; before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth nor in any nation;

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And all the people among thee shall see the work of YHVH^a; for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

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Observe thou that which I instruct thee this day; behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite; I am YHVH, thy Elohim^a.

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¶ Thou shalt worship no other elohim^a:

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For the Lord^a, whose name is YHVH, is a jealous Elohim;

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Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee;

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But thou shall destroy their altars, break their images^a, and cut down their groves^b;

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Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring^a after their elohim^b and do sacrifice unto their gods^b, and one call thee, and thou eat of their sacrifice,

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And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their elohim^a and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods^a; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ Thou shalt make thee no molten elohim^a:

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Nor shalt thou make unto thee elohim of wood, or of stone, or of any works by thy hand, or any elohim by the hands of men;

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For this thing is detestable unto me, that thou should go a whoring after other gods; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ The Feast of Unleavened Bread^a shalt thou keep:

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Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I instructed thee, in the time of the month thou camest out from Egypt; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ Thy first desire^a that come unto thee from the womb is mine:

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All the firstborn of thy sons and thy daughters thou shalt redeem;

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And every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male;

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But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou redeem him not, then thou shalt set him loose:

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And none shall appear before me empty handed; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath^a, thou shalt rest:

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And even in the times of plowing and in harvest thou shalt rest; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ And thou shalt observe Yom HaBikkurim^a, the Feast of Weeks, which is the Feast of the Firstfruits of Wheat Harvest; and Chag HaAsif^b, the Feast of Booths which is Sukkot, in the seventh month:

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These shall be Sabbaths to thee, with the Passover^a, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, that ye may gather as my Israel in remembrance,

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And this that the people should not forget their path in teshuvah^a that they be my Israel^b; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ Thrice in the year^a shall all thy men children appear before me, the Lord YHVH, the Elohim of Israel:

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For I will cast out the nations before thee and enlarge thy borders;

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Neither shall anyone desire thy land when thou shalt go up to appear before me, YHVH, thy Elohim, thrice in the year; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven:

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Neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the Passover be left unto the morning;

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But there shall be none wasted, and all shall have their fill, that thou should rememberest all that I, YHVH, hath done for my Israel; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ The first of the firstfruits^a of thy land thou shalt bring unto the my house, even the house of YHVH, thy Elohim:

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And these shall be given to the Priests and the Priestesses, and they shall give to the poor, and those in need, that their wants and their needs should be met; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ Thou shalt not cook a kid in the milk of his mother^a:

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This thing is an abomination before me, for it mocketh the creation; therefore this thing is done in idolatry and priestcraft^a, and is profane before my sight; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ And this is the eternal covenant that I make, between me and my Israel, see that thou keepst it that my people should be preserved upon the lands that I shall give them;

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For when thou are obedient unto my covenant thou shall be blessed, and prosper in the land that I shall give unto thee, but when thou are not faithful then shall my wrath be poured out upon thee; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

1a

A covenant passed down from generation to generation

2a

See YHVH

3a

See Elohim

4a

See Elohim of man

5a

Hebrew, Adonai; see Adonai

7a

Idols

7b

Literally "groups of trees," likely refers to the child sacrifices to idols where the children were burnt in fires; see 5 Moses 8:34-35, 19:2; Deuteronomy 12:29–31

8a

See 3 Moses 28:15; 4 Moses 3:37, 20:3-5, 37:12. 38:21; 5 Moses 1:41 Exodus 20:14, 2:23; Deuteronomy 5:18; Zenos 1:9

8b

See Elohim of man

9a

See Elohim of man

10a

Idols; see Elohim of man

13a

See Sabbath of Passover

15a

As a carnal commandment, this was understood to be the first male of every living thing (Law of Moses); Kabbalah teaches that males represent our desire to bestow, and females our will to receive, the Law of Christ is to make God our first desire, and as we gain new desires, they too belong to God

20a

See Sabbath of the Seventh Day

22a

See Sabbath of Yom HaBikkurim

22b

See Sabbath of Chag HaAsif

23a

See Sabath of Passover

24a

See Teshuvah

24b

See Israel

25a

Three times in a year Israel is to gather before God: the Passover, and in the Feast of Weeks (Yom HaBikkurim), and in the Feast of Tabernacles (Chag HaAsif/Sukkot)

31a

See 2 Nephi 1:76 RAV, 2:9a OPV; 1 Corinthians 15:20; James 1:18

33a

Cooking of a kid in its mothers milk is both a statement against the cruelty towards animals, and avoiding the false traditions of Israel’s neighbors.

34a

See Priestcraft