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Hygiene Among the Israelites
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fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy
sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou
be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest
out.”
Deuteronomy 28:2-6
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“The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy store-
houses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and He shall
bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. The Lord
shall establish thee an holy people unto Himself, as He hath sworn
unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God,
and walk in His ways. And all people of the earth shall see that thou
art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.
And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy
body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in
the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. The
Lord shall open unto thee His good treasure, the heaven to give the
rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine
hand.... And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail;
and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that
thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I
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command thee this day, to observe and to do them.”
Verses 8-13
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To Aaron the high priest and his sons the direction was given:
“On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto
them,
“Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee:
Jehovah make His face to shine upon thee,
And be gracious unto thee:
Jehovah lift up His countenance upon thee,
And give thee peace.
So shall they put My name upon the children of Israel;
And I will bless them.”
“As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun,
Who rideth upon the heaven for thy help,
And in His excellency on the skies.
The eternal God is thy dwelling place,
And underneath are the everlasting arms....