The Reading of the Law

9 Then Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who ^mcarried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.

26 “Take this Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.

8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall ^lmeditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to ^mdo according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

6 But he did not put to death the children of the murderers, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, ^q“Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. But ^reach one shall die for his own sin.”

Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law

8 ^yAnd Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

Ezra Reads the Law

1 And all the people gathered ^xas one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told ^yEzra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

10 For all who rely on works of the law are ^junder a curse; for it is written, ^k“Cursed be everyone who does not abide by ^lall things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.”