Section 41
“ Hearken you now to the blessing that shall come upon you, if you will do the Will of Elohim. you shall be blessed in all your ways, blessed shall you be in the city, blessed shall you be in the field, blessed shall you be in your house, blessed shall you be outside it, and blessed shall be the fruit of your belly. And those who were gathered together said, Amen. Blessed shall be the fruit of your land. Amen. Blessed shall be the fountains of your waters. Amen. Blessed shall be the fruit that you hast planted. Amen. Blessed shall be your cattle-runs and the flocks of your sheep. Amen. Blessed shall be your granaries and your barns. Amen. Blessed shall you be in your coming in. Amen. Blessed shall you be in your going forth. Amen. “ And Elohim shall bring to you your enemies who have risen up against you, and they shall be trodden small beneath your feet. Amen. And Elohim shall send His blessing on your houses and on everything to which you hast put your hand. Amen. And Elohim shall multiply for you good things, namely, children of your body, produce of your land, and births among your flocks and herds. Amen. And in the land which He swore [to give to] your fathers, He will give you according to the days of heaven. Amen. And Elohim shall open for you the storehouse of the blessing of the heavens, and He shall give you blessed rain, and shall bless the fruit of your labour. Amen. you shall lend to many peoples, but you shall not borrow. Amen. you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you. Amen.' And Elohim shall set you at the head From Bril. Mas. MS. Orient. No., fol. 4a and not at the tail, and you shall be at the top and not at the bottom. Amen. And you shall gather together of every blessing of the land for your flocks and herds, and you shall take the spoil of the nations for your army, and they shall bow down to you to the face of the earth, to your sovereignty, because of the greatness of your glory. your honour shall rise up like the cedar, and like the Morning Star, the brilliance of your glory shall be before all the nations of the earth, and before every tribe of your people Yisra'el. for Him. Be patient in respect of wrath, and at the end He will make you to rejoice; love righteousness and He will make life to blossom for you. Be a good man to the good, and a reprover of sinners. And put aside the wickedness of the evil man by rebuking and correcting him, and condemn and disgrace the evil man who does violence to his neighbour in the court of Torah. And do justice to the poor man and to the orphans, and release them from the hand of him that does them wrong. And deliver him that is forsaken and the man who is in misery, and release him from the hand of him that causeth him to suffer. Judge not with partiality, and have no respect of persons, but judge righteously. When you undertakest to judge, love not gifts (i.*., bribes) and accept not persons. And admonish your governors (or, judges) that they be free from the taking of gifts, and that they accept not the persons of their friends, or of their enemies, or of rich or poor, in giving judgment; and they shall surely judge their neighbours in righteousness, and with a just judgment.