Deuteronomy 4:1 ¶ Now, Israel,3478 listen8085 to the statutes2706 and to the ordinances,4941 which I teach3925 you, to do6213 them; that you may live,2421 and go in935 and possess3423 the land776 which Yahweh,3068 the God430 of your fathers,1 gives5414 you. cr 2 You shall not add3254 to the word1697 which I command6680 you, neither shall you diminish1639 from it, that you may keep8104 the commandments4687 of Yahweh3068 your God430 which I command6680 you. cr 3 Your eyes5869 have seen7200 what Yahweh3068 did6213 because of Baal1187 Peor; for all the men376 who followed310 Baal1187 Peor, Yahweh3068 your God430 has destroyed8045 them from the midst7130 of you. cr 4 But you who were faithful1695 to Yahweh3068 your God430 are all alive2416 this day.3117 cr 5 Behold,7200 I have taught3925 you statutes2706 and ordinances,4941 even as834 Yahweh3068 my God430 commanded6680 me, that you should do6213 so in7130 the midst of the land776 where you go935 in to possess3423 it. cr 6 Keep8104 therefore and do6213 them; for this is your wisdom2451 and your understanding998 in the sight5869 of the peoples,5971 who shall hear8085 all these statutes,2706 and say,559 "Surely this great1419 nation1471 is a wise2450 and understanding995 people."5971 cr 7 For what great1419 nation1471 is there, that has a god430 so near7138 to them, as Yahweh3068 our God430 is whenever we call7121 on him? cr 8 What great1419 nation1471 is there, that has statutes2706 and ordinances4941 so righteous6662 as all this law,8451 which I set5414 before6440 you this day?3117 cr

Deuteronomy 4:9 ¶ Only take heed8104 to yourself, and keep8104 your soul5315 diligently,3966 lest you forget7911 the things1697 which your eyes5869 saw,7200 and lest they depart5493 from your heart3824 all the days3117 of your life;2416 but make them known3045 to your children1121 and your children's1121 children;1121 cr 10 the day3117 that you stood5975 before6440 Yahweh3068 your God430 in Horeb,2722 when Yahweh3068 said559 to me, "Assemble6950 me6950 the people,5971 and I will make them hear8085 my words,1697 that they may learn3925 to fear3372 me all the days3117 that they live2416 on the earth,127 and that they may teach3925 their children."1121 cr 11 You came near7126 and stood5975 under the mountain;2022 and the mountain2022 burned1197 with fire784 to the heart3820 of the sky,8064 with darkness,6205 cloud, and thick darkness.2822 cr 12 Yahweh3068 spoke1696 to you out of the midst8432 of the fire:784 you heard8085 the voice6963 of words,1697 but you saw7200 no form;8544 you only2108 heard a voice.6963 cr 13 He declared5046 to you his covenant,1285 which he commanded6680 you to perform,6213 even the ten6235 commandments;1697 and he wrote3789 them on two8147 tables3871 of stone.68 cr 14 Yahweh3068 commanded6680 me at that time6256 to teach3925 you statutes2706 and ordinances,4941 that you might do6213 them in the land776 where you go over5674 to possess3423 it. cr 15 Take therefore good3966 heed8104 to yourselves;5315 for you saw7200 no kind of form8544 on the day3117 that Yahweh3068 spoke1696 to you in Horeb2722 out of the midst8432 of the fire.784 cr 16 Lest you corrupt7843 yourselves, and make6213 yourself an engraved image6459 in the form8544 of any figure,5566 the likeness8403 of male2145 or female,5347 cr 17 the likeness8403 of any animal929 that is on the earth,776 the likeness8403 of any winged3671 bird6833 that flies in the sky,8064 cr 18 the likeness8403 of anything that creeps7430 on the ground,127 the likeness8403 of any fish1710 that is in the water4325 under8478 the earth;776 cr 19 and lest you lift up5375 your eyes5869 to the sky,8064 and when you see7200 the sun8121 and the moon3394 and the stars,3556 even all the army6635 of the sky,8064 you are drawn5080 away and worship7812 them, and serve5647 them, which Yahweh3068 your God430 has allotted2505 to all the peoples5971 under the whole sky.8064 cr 20 But Yahweh3068 has taken3947 you, and brought you forth3318 out of the iron1270 furnace,3564 out of Egypt,4714 to be to him a people5971 of inheritance,5159 as at this day.3117 cr 21 Furthermore Yahweh3068 was angry599 with me for your sakes,1697 and swore7650 that I should not go over5674 the Jordan,3383 and that I should not go935 in to that good2896 land,776 which Yahweh3068 your God430 gives5414 you for an inheritance:5159 cr 22 but I must die4191 in this land,776 I must not go over5674 the Jordan;3383 but you shall go over,5674 and possess3423 that good2896 land.776 cr 23 Take heed8104 to yourselves, lest you forget7911 the covenant1285 of Yahweh3068 your God,430 which he made3772 with you, and make6213 you an engraved image6459 in the form8544 of anything3605 which Yahweh3068 your God430 has forbidden6680 you. cr 24 For Yahweh3068 your God430 is a devouring398 fire,784 a jealous7067 God.430 cr 25 When you shall father3205 children,1121 and children's1121 children,1121 and you shall have been long3462 in the land,776 and shall corrupt7843 yourselves, and make6213 an engraved image6459 in the form8544 of anything, and shall do6213 that which is evil7451 in the sight5869 of Yahweh3068 your God,430 to provoke him to anger;3707 cr 26 I call5749 heaven8064 and earth776 to witness5749 against you this day,3117 that you shall soon4118 utterly6 perish6 from off the land776 whereunto you go over5674 the Jordan3383 to possess3423 it; you shall not prolong748 your days3117 on it, but shall utterly8045 be destroyed.8045 cr 27 Yahweh3068 will scatter6327 you among the peoples,5971 and you shall be left7604 few4962 in number4557 among the nations,1471 where Yahweh3068 shall lead5090 you away. cr 28 There you shall serve5647 gods,430 the work4639 of men's120 hands,3027 wood6086 and stone,68 which neither see,7200 nor hear,8085 nor eat,398 nor smell.7306 cr 29 But from there you shall seek1245 Yahweh3068 your God,430 and you shall find4672 him, when you search1875 after him with all your heart3824 and with all your soul.5315 cr 30 When you are in oppression,6862 and all these things1697 have come4672 on you, in the latter319 days3117 you shall return7725 to Yahweh3068 your God,430 and listen8085 to his voice:6963 cr 31 for Yahweh3068 your God430 is a merciful7349 God;430 he will not fail7503 you, neither destroy7843 you, nor forget7911 the covenant1285 of your fathers1 which he swore7650 to them. cr 32 For ask7592 now of the days3117 that are past,7223 which were1961 before6440 you, since the day3117 that God430 created1254 man120 on the earth,776 and from the one end7097 of the sky8064 to the other, whether there has been anything as this great1419 thing1697 is, or has been heard8085 like it? cr 33 Did a people5971 ever hear8085 the voice6963 of God430 speaking out1696 of the midst8432 of the fire,784 as you have heard,8085 and live?2421 cr 34 Or has God430 tried5254 to go935 and take3947 a nation1471 for himself from the midst7130 of another nation,1471 by trials,4531 by signs,226 and by wonders,4159 and by war,4421 and by a mighty2389 hand,3027 and by an outstretched5186 arm,2220 and by great1419 terrors,4172 according to all that Yahweh3068 your God430 did6213 for you in Egypt4714 before your eyes?5869 cr 35 It was shown7200 to you so that you might know3045 that Yahweh3068 is God.430 There is no one else5750 besides him.905 cr 36 Out of heaven8064 he made you to hear8085 his voice,6963 that he might instruct3256 you: and on earth776 he made you to see7200 his great1419 fire;784 and you heard8085 his words1697 out of the midst8432 of the fire.784 cr 37 Because he loved157 your fathers,1 therefore he chose977 their seed2233 after310 them, and brought you out3318 with his presence,6440 with his great1419 power,3581 out of Egypt;4714 cr 38 to drive out3423 nations1471 from before6440 you greater1419 and mightier6099 than you, to bring935 you in, to give5414 you their land776 for an inheritance,5159 as at this day.3117 cr 39 Know3045 therefore this day,3117 and lay7725 it to your heart,3824 that Yahweh3068 he is God430 in heaven8064 above4605 and on the earth776 beneath; there is none else. cr 40 You shall keep8104 his statutes,2706 and his commandments,4687 which I command6680 you this day,3117 that it may go well3190 with you, and with your children1121 after310 you, and that you may prolong748 your days3117 in the land,127 which Yahweh3068 your God430 gives5414 you, forever. cr 41 Then Moses4872 set apart914 three7969 cities5892 beyond5676 the Jordan3383 toward the sunrise;8121 cr 42 that the manslayer7523 might flee5127 there, who kills7523 his neighbor7453 unawares,1097 and didn't hate8130 him in time8543 past;8032 and that fleeing5127 to one259 of these411 cities5892 he might live:2425 cr 43 Bezer1221 in the wilderness,4057 in the plain4334 country,776 for the Reubenites;7206 and Ramoth7216 in Gilead,1568 for the Gadites;1425 and Golan1474 in Bashan,1316 for the Manassites.4520 cr 44 This is the law8451 which Moses4872 set7760 before6440 the children1121 of Israel:3478 cr 45 these are the testimonies,5713 and the statutes,2706 and the ordinances,4941 which Moses4872 spoke1696 to the children1121 of Israel,3478 when they came forth3318 out of Egypt,4714 cr 46 beyond5676 the Jordan,3383 in the valley1516 over against4136 Beth Peor,1047 in the land776 of Sihon5511 king4428 of the Amorites,567 who lived3427 at Heshbon,2809 whom Moses4872 and the children1121 of Israel3478 struck,5221 when they came forth3318 out of Egypt.4714 cr 47 They took his land776 in possession,3423 and the land776 of Og5747 king4428 of Bashan,1316 the two8147 kings4428 of the Amorites,567 who were beyond5676 the Jordan3383 toward the sunrise;4217 cr 48 from Aroer,6177 which is on the edge8193 of the valley5158 of the Arnon,769 even to Mount2022 Sion7865 (the same is Hermon),2768 cr 49 and all the Arabah6160 beyond5676 the Jordan3383 eastward,4217 even to the sea3220 of the Arabah,6160 under the slopes794 of Pisgah.6449 cr