H0859D–אַתֶּם–at.tem

So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.

אַתֶּם֙ 'a.Tem “you”

Do not make unclean the land where you are living and in which is my House: for I the Lord am present among the children of Israel.

אַתֶּם֙ 'a.Tem “you”

But as for you, go back, journeying into the waste land by the way of the Red Sea.

וְאַתֶּ֖ם (אַתֶּ֖ם) 'a.Tem “you”

And give the people orders, saying, You are about to go through the land of your brothers, the children of Esau, who are living in Seir; and they will have fear of you; so take care what you do:

אַתֶּ֣ם 'a.Tem “you”

But you who kept faith with the Lord are living, every one of you, today.

וְאַתֶּם֙ (אַתֶּם֙) 'a.Tem “you”

I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.

אַתֶּ֛ם 'a.Tem “you”

And the voice of the Lord came to you out of the fire: the sound of his words came to your ears but you saw no form; there was nothing but a voice.

אַתֶּ֣ם 'a.Tem “you”

And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.

אַתֶּ֛ם 'a.Tem “you”

But death is to come to me in this land, I may not go over Jordan: but you will go over and take that good land for your heritage.

וְאַתֶּם֙ (אַתֶּם֙) 'a.Tem “you”

May heaven and earth be my witnesses against you today, that destruction will quickly overtake you, cutting you off from that land which you are going over Jordan to take; your days will not be long in that land, but you will come to a complete end.

אַתֶּ֜ם 'a.Tem “you”

Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

אַתֶּ֛ם 'a.Tem “you”

The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:

אַתֶּ֥ם 'a.Tem “you”

So keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may be strong, and go in and take the land which is to be your heritage;

אַתֶּ֛ם 'a.Tem “you”

But the land where you are going is a land of hills and valleys, drinking in the rain of heaven:

אַתֶּ֜ם 'a.Tem “you”

For you are about to go over Jordan to take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, and it will be your resting-place.

אַתֶּם֙ 'a.Tem “you”

These are the laws and the decisions which you are to keep with care in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to be your heritage all the days of your life on earth.

אַתֶּ֥ם 'a.Tem “you”

You are to give up to the curse all those places where the nations, whom you are driving out, gave worship to their gods, on the high mountains and the hills and under every green tree:

אַתֶּ֛ם 'a.Tem “you”

There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.

אַתֶּ֖ם 'a.Tem “you”

And you will be glad before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, and your men-servants and your women-servants, and the Levite who is with you in your house, because he has no part or heritage among you.

אַתֶּ֗ם 'a.Tem “you”

You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;

אַתֶּ֔ם 'a.Tem “you”

Give ear, O Israel: today you are going forward to the fight; let your heart be strong; do not let uncontrolled fear overcome you because of those who are against you;

אַתֶּ֨ם 'a.Tem “you”

And Moses said in the hearing of all Israel, You have seen all the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and all his land;

אַתֶּ֣ם 'a.Tem “you”

You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,

אַתֶּ֨ם 'a.Tem “you”

(For you have in mind how we were living in the land of Egypt; and how we came through all the nations which were on your way;

אַתֶּ֣ם 'a.Tem “you”

And so that your children, to whom it is new, may give ear and be trained in the fear of the Lord your God, while you are living in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

אַתֶּ֤ם 'a.Tem “you”אַתֶּ֜ם 'a.Tem “you”