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And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then you will say to your son, We were servants under Pharaoh's yoke in Egypt; and the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand:

לְבִנְךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to”לְפַרְעֹ֖ה (לְ) le. “of”

And the Lord did great signs and wonders against Egypt, and against Pharaoh and all his house, before our eyes:

לְעֵינֵֽינוּ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And he took us out from that place, guiding us here to give us this land, as he said in his oath to our fathers.

לָ֤תֶת (לָ֤) La. “to”לָ֙נוּ֙ (לָ֙) la. “to”לַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃ (לַ) la. “to”

And the Lord gave us orders to keep all these laws, in the fear of the Lord our God, so that it might be well for us for ever, and that he might keep us from death, as he has done to this day.

לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ (לַ) la. “to”לְיִרְאָ֖ה (לְ) le. “to”לְט֥וֹב (לְ) le. “for”לָ֙נוּ֙ (לָ֙) la. “of”לְחַיֹּתֵ֖נוּ (לְ) le. “to”

And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.

לָּ֑נוּ (לָּ֑) La. “to”לַעֲשׂ֜וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לִפְנֵ֛י (לִ) li “<to>”

When the Lord your God takes you into the land where you are going, which is to be your heritage, and has sent out the nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jeb

לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ (לְ) le. “to”

And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them:

לְפָנֶ֖יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.

לִבְנ֔וֹ (לִ) li “to”לִבְנֶֽךָ׃ (לִ) li “for”

But this is what you are to do to them: their altars are to be pulled down and their pillars broken, and their holy trees cut down and their images burned with fire.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to”לִהְי֥וֹת (לִ) li “to”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “for <the>”לְעַ֣ם (לְ) le. “<into>”

But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

לַאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם (לַ) la. “to”

Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;

לְאֹהֲבָ֛יו (לְ) le. “to”וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י (לְ) le. “to”לְאֶ֥לֶף (לְ) le. “to”

Rewarding his haters to their face with destruction; he will have no mercy on his hater, but will give him open punishment.

לְשֹׂנְאָ֛יו (לְ) le. “to”לְהַאֲבִיד֑וֹ (לְ) le. “by”לְשֹׂ֣נְא֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to <the>”

So keep the orders and the laws and the decisions which I give you today and do them.

לַעֲשׂוֹתָֽם׃ (לַ) la. “to”

And it will be, that if you give attention to these decisions and keep and do them, then the Lord will keep his agreement with you and his mercy, as he said in his oath to your fathers.

לְךָ֗ (לְ) le. “to <the>”לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (לַ) la. “to”

And he will give you his love, blessing you and increasing you: he will send his blessing on the offspring of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the lan

לַאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ (לַ) la. “to”לָ֥תֶת (לָ֥) La. “to”לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “to <the>”

And you are to send destruction on all the peoples which the Lord your God gives into your hands; have no pity on them, and do not give worship to their gods; for that will be a cause of sin to you.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “to <the>”

If you say in your hearts, These nations are greater in number than we are: how are we to take their land from them?

לְהוֹרִישָֽׁם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Have no fear of them, but keep well in mind what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt;

לְפַרְעֹ֖ה (לְ) le. “to”וּלְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

The great punishments which your eyes saw, and the signs and the wonders and the strong hand and the stretched-out arm, by which the Lord your God took you out: so will the Lord your God do to all the peoples who are the cause of your fears.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

But the Lord your God will give them up into your hands, overpowering them till their destruction is complete.

לְפָנֶ֑יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

The images of their gods are to be burned with fire: have no desire for the gold and silver on them, and do not take it for yourselves, for it will be a danger to you: it is a thing disgusting to the Lord your God:

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “for <the>”

Take care to keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may have life and be increased and go in and take as a heritage the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, undertook to give you.

לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ (לַ) la. “to”

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

לְנַסֹּֽתְךָ֗ (לְ) le. “to”לָדַ֜עַת (לָ) la. “to”