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Deuteronomy chapter 4
English Standard Version
1
"And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the
Lord
, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
2
You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the
Lord
your God that I command you.
3
Your eyes have seen what the
Lord
did at Baal-peor, for the
Lord
your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor.
4
But you who held fast to the
Lord
your God are all alive today.
5
See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the
Lord
my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
6
Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
7
For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the
Lord
our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?
8
And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?
9
"Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children 's children —
10
how on the day that you stood before the
Lord
your God at Horeb, the
Lord
said to me, ‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’
11
And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.
12
Then the
Lord
spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.
13
And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments, and he wrote them on two tablets of stone.
14
And the
Lord
commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.
15
"Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since you saw no form on the day that the
Lord
spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire,
16
beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17
the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,
18
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth.
19
And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the
Lord
your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
20
But the
Lord
has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day.
21
Furthermore, the
Lord
was angry with me because of you, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land that the
Lord
your God is giving you for an inheritance.
22
For I must die in this land; I must not go over the Jordan. But you shall go over and take possession of that good land.
23
Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the
Lord
your God, which he made with you, and make a carved image, the form of anything that the
Lord
your God has forbidden you.
24
For the
Lord
your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25
"When you father children and children 's children, and have grown old in the land, if you act corruptly by making a carved image in the form of anything, and by doing what is evil in the sight of the
Lord
your God, so as to provoke him to anger,
26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
27
And the
Lord
will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the
Lord
will drive you.
28
And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29
But from there you will seek the
Lord
your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
30
When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the
Lord
your God and obey his voice.
31
For the
Lord
your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.
32
"For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.
33
Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live?
34
Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the
Lord
your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35
To you it was shown, that you might know that the
Lord
is God; there is no other besides him.
36
Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
37
And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,
38
driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day,
39
know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the
Lord
is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
40
Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the
Lord
your God is giving you for all time."
41
Then Moses set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan,
42
that the manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life:
43
Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
44
This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel.
45
These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt,
46
beyond the Jordan in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the people of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt.
47
And they took possession of his land and the land of Og, the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who lived to the east beyond the Jordan;
48
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),
49
together with all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
New International Version
1
Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the
Lord
, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
2
Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the
Lord
your God that I give you.
3
You saw with your own eyes what the
Lord
did at Baal Peor. The
Lord
your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor,
4
but all of you who held fast to the
Lord
your God are still alive today.
5
See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the
Lord
my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it.
6
Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people."
7
What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the
Lord
our God is near us whenever we pray to him?
8
And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?
9
Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
10
Remember the day you stood before the
Lord
your God at Horeb, when he said to me, "Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children."
11
You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain while it blazed with fire to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
12
Then the
Lord
spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice.
13
He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets.
14
And the
Lord
directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
15
You saw no form of any kind the day the
Lord
spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully,
16
so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman,
17
or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air,
18
or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below.
19
And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the
Lord
your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
20
But as for you, the
Lord
took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of his inheritance, as you now are.
21
The
Lord
was angry with me because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the
Lord
your God is giving you as your inheritance.
22
I will die in this land; I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land.
23
Be careful not to forget the covenant of the
Lord
your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the
Lord
your God has forbidden.
24
For the
Lord
your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25
After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the
Lord
your God and arousing his anger,
26
I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed.
27
The
Lord
will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the
Lord
will drive you.
28
There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
29
But if from there you seek the
Lord
your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
30
When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the
Lord
your God and obey him.
31
For the
Lord
your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
32
Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of?
33
Has any other people heard the voice of God speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?
34
Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and awesome deeds, like all the things the
Lord
your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?
35
You were shown these things so that you might know that the
Lord
is God; besides him there is no other.
36
From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire.
37
Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,
38
to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance, as it is today.
39
Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the
Lord
is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.
40
Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the
Lord
your God gives you for all time.
41
Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan,
42
to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life.
43
The cities were these: Bezer in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
44
This is the law Moses set before the Israelites.
45
These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt
46
and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt.
47
They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan.
48
This land extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),
49
and included all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Dead Sea, below the slopes of Pisgah.
New American Standard Bible
1
Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you will live and go in and take possession of the land which the
Lord
, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
2
You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the
Lord
your God which I am commanding you.
3
Your eyes have seen what the
Lord
has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the
Lord
your God has destroyed them from among you.
4
But you who clung to the
Lord
your God are alive today, every one of you.
5
See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the
Lord
my God commanded me, that you are to do these things in the land where you are entering to take possession of it.
6
So keep and do
them,
for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
7
For what great nation
is there
that has a god so near to it as is the
Lord
our God whenever we call on Him?
8
Or what great nation
is there
that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole Law which I am setting before you today?
9
Only be careful for yourself and watch over your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons.
10
Remember
the day you stood before the
Lord
your God at Horeb, when the
Lord
said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may have them hear My words so that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’
11
You came forward and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire to the heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.
12
Then the
Lord
spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but you saw no form—
there was
only a voice.
13
So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform,
that is,
the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
14
The
Lord
commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, so that you would perform them in the land where you are going over to take possession of it.
15
So be very careful yourselves, since you did not see any form on the day the
Lord
spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire,
16
so that you do not act corruptly and make a carved image for yourselves in the form of any figure, a representation of male or female,
17
a representation of any animal that is on the earth, a representation of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
18
a representation of anything that crawls on the ground,
or
a representation of any fish that is in the water below the earth.
19
And
be careful
not to raise your eyes to heaven and look at the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the heavenly lights, and
allow yourself
to be drawn away and worship them and serve them,
things
which the
Lord
your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
20
But the
Lord
has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people of His own possession, as today.
21
Now the
Lord
was angry with me on your account, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the
Lord
your God is giving you as an inheritance.
22
For I am going to die in this land; I am not crossing the Jordan, but you are going to cross, and you will take possession of this good land.
23
So be careful yourselves, that you do not forget the covenant of the
Lord
your God which He made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything
against
which the
Lord
your God has commanded you.
24
For the
Lord
your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25
When you father children and
have
grandchildren, and you grow old in the land, and you act corruptly, and make an idol in the form of anything, and do what is evil in the sight of the
Lord
your God to provoke Him to anger,
26
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that you will certainly perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to take possession of it. You will not live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed.
27
The
Lord
will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the
Lord
drives you.
28
There you will serve gods, the work of human hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear, nor eat nor smell
anything.
29
But from there you will seek the
Lord
your God, and you will find
Him
if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
30
When you are in distress and all these things happen to you, in the latter days you will return to the
Lord
your God and listen to His voice.
31
For the
Lord
your God is a compassionate God; He will not abandon you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.
32
Indeed, ask now about the earlier days that were before your time, since the day that God created mankind on the earth, and
inquire
from one end of the heavens to the other. Has
anything
been done like this great thing, or has
anything
been heard like it?
33
Has
any
people heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard
it,
and survived?
34
Or has a god ventured to go to take for himself a nation from within
another
nation by trials, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, just as the
Lord
your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35
You were shown
these things
so that you might know that the
Lord
, He is God; there is no other besides Him.
36
Out of the heavens He let you hear His voice to discipline you; and on earth He let you see His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire.
37
Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them. And He personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,
38
driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in
and
to give you their land as an inheritance, as
it is
today.
39
Therefore know today, and take it to your heart, that the
Lord
, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
40
So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am giving you today, so that it may go well for you and for your children after you, and that you may live long on the land which the
Lord
your God is giving you for all time.'
41
Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east,
42
for one to flee there who unintentionally killed his neighbor, without having hatred for him in time past; and by fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
43
Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
44
Now this is the Law which Moses set before the sons of Israel;
45
these are the testimonies and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,
46
across the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt.
47
And they took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who
were
across the Jordan to the east,
48
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of Arnon, even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),
49
with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east, even as far as the sea of the Arabah, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.
Christian Standard Bible
1
"Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live, enter, and take possession of the land the
Lord
, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
2
You must not add anything to what I command you or take anything away from it, so that you may keep the commands of the
Lord
your God I am giving you.
3
Your eyes have seen what the
Lord
did at Baal-peor, for the
Lord
your God destroyed every one of you who followed Baal of Peor.
4
But you who have remained faithful to the
Lord
your God are all alive today.
5
Look, I have taught you statutes and ordinances as the
Lord
my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to possess.
6
Carefully follow them, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples. When they hear about all these statutes, they will say, ‘This great nation is indeed a wise and understanding people.’
7
For what great nation is there that has a god near to it as the
Lord
our God is to us whenever we call to him?
8
And what great nation has righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
9
"Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.
10
The day you stood before the
Lord
your God at Horeb, the
Lord
said to me, ‘Assemble the people before me, and I will let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days they live on the earth and may instruct their children.’
11
You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire into the heavens and enveloped in a totally black cloud.
12
Then the
Lord
spoke to you from the fire. You kept hearing the sound of the words, but didn’t see a form; there was only a voice.
13
He declared his covenant to you. He commanded you to follow the Ten Commandments, which he wrote on two stone tablets.
14
At that time the
Lord
commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to follow in the land you are about to cross into and possess.
15
"Diligently watch yourselves—because you did not see any form on the day the
Lord
spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb—
16
so you don’t act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form,
17
or the form of any animal on the earth, any winged creature that flies in the sky,
18
any creature that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the waters under the earth.
19
When you look to the heavens and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the stars in the sky—do not be led astray to bow in worship to them and serve them. The
Lord
your God has provided them for all people everywhere under heaven.
20
But the
Lord
selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for his inheritance, as you are today.
21
"The
Lord
was angry with me on your account. He swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the
Lord
your God is giving you as an inheritance.
22
I won’t be crossing the Jordan because I am going to die in this land. But you are about to cross over and take possession of this good land.
23
Be careful not to forget the covenant of the
Lord
your God that he made with you, and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of anything he has forbidden you.
24
For the
Lord
your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25
"When you have children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, and if you act corruptly, make an idol in the form of anything, and do what is evil in the sight of the
Lord
your God, angering him,
26
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not live long there, but you will certainly be destroyed.
27
The
Lord
will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors among the nations where the
Lord
your God will drive you.
28
There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
29
But from there, you will search for the
Lord
your God, and you will find him when you seek him with all your heart and all your soul.
30
When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, in the future you will return to the
Lord
your God and obey him.
31
He will not leave you, destroy you, or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them by oath, because the
Lord
your God is a compassionate God.
32
"Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created mankind on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?
33
Has a people heard God’s voice speaking from the fire as you have, and lived?
34
Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the
Lord
your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35
You were shown these things so that you would know that the
Lord
is God; there is no other besides him.
36
He let you hear his voice from heaven to instruct you. He showed you his great fire on earth, and you heard his words from the fire.
37
Because he loved your fathers, he chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by his presence and great power,
38
to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you in and give you their land as an inheritance, as is now taking place.
39
Today, recognize and keep in mind that the
Lord
is God in heaven above and on earth below; there is no other.
40
Keep his statutes and commands, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper and so that you may live long in the land the
Lord
your God is giving you for all time."
41
Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east.
42
Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive:
43
Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau land, belonging to the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead, belonging to the Gadites; or Golan in Bashan, belonging to the Manassites.
44
This is the law Moses gave the Israelites.
45
These are the decrees, statutes, and ordinances Moses proclaimed to them after they came out of Egypt,
46
across the Jordan in the valley facing Beth-peor in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites. He lived in Heshbon, and Moses and the Israelites defeated him after they came out of Egypt.
47
They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings who were across the Jordan to the east,
48
from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon)
49
and all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Dead Sea below the slopes of Pisgah.
New Living Translation
1
And now, Israel, listen carefully to these decrees and regulations that I am about to teach you. Obey them so that you may live, so you may enter and occupy the land that the
Lord
, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
2
Do not add to or subtract from these commands I am giving you. Just obey the commands of the
Lord
your God that I am giving you.
3
You saw for yourself what the
Lord
did to you at Baal-peor. There the
Lord
your God destroyed everyone who had worshiped Baal, the god of Peor.
4
But all of you who were faithful to the
Lord
your God are still alive today — every one of you.
5
Look, I now teach you these decrees and regulations just as the
Lord
my God commanded me, so that you may obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
6
Obey them completely, and you will display your wisdom and intelligence among the surrounding nations. When they hear all these decrees, they will exclaim, ‘How wise and prudent are the people of this great nation!’
7
For what great nation has a god as near to them as the
Lord
our God is near to us whenever we call on him?
8
And what great nation has decrees and regulations as righteous and fair as this body of instructions that I am giving you today?
9
But watch out! Be careful never to forget what you yourself have seen. Do not let these memories escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren.
10
Never forget the day when you stood before the
Lord
your God at Mount Sinai, where he told me, ‘Summon the people before me, and I will personally instruct them. Then they will learn to fear me as long as they live, and they will teach their children to fear me also.’
11
You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while flames from the mountain shot into the sky. The mountain was shrouded in black clouds and deep darkness.
12
And the
Lord
spoke to you from the heart of the fire. You heard the sound of his words but didn’t see his form; there was only a voice.
13
He proclaimed his covenant — the Ten Commandments — which he commanded you to keep, and which he wrote on two stone tablets.
14
It was at that time that the
Lord
commanded me to teach you his decrees and regulations so you would obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
15
But be very careful! You did not see the
Lord
’s form on the day he spoke to you from the heart of the fire at Mount Sinai.
16
So do not corrupt yourselves by making an idol in any form — whether of a man or a woman,
17
an animal on the ground, a bird in the sky,
18
a small animal that scurries along the ground, or a fish in the deepest sea.
19
And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars — all the forces of heaven — don’t be seduced into worshiping them. The
Lord
your God gave them to all the peoples of the earth.
20
Remember that the
Lord
rescued you from the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt in order to make you his very own people and his special possession, which is what you are today.
21
But the
Lord
was angry with me because of you. He vowed that I would not cross the Jordan River into the good land the
Lord
your God is giving you as your special possession.
22
You will cross the Jordan to occupy the land, but I will not. Instead, I will die here on the east side of the river.
23
So be careful not to break the covenant the
Lord
your God has made with you. Do not make idols of any shape or form, for the
Lord
your God has forbidden this.
24
The
Lord
your God is a devouring fire; he is a jealous God.
25
In the future, when you have children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time, do not corrupt yourselves by making idols of any kind. This is evil in the sight of the
Lord
your God and will arouse his anger.
26
Today I call on heaven and earth as witnesses against you. If you break my covenant, you will quickly disappear from the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy. You will live there only a short time; then you will be utterly destroyed.
27
For the
Lord
will scatter you among the nations, where only a few of you will survive.
28
There, in a foreign land, you will worship idols made from wood and stone — gods that neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
29
But from there you will search again for the
Lord
your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.
30
In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the
Lord
your God and listen to what he tells you.
31
For the
Lord
your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.
32
Now search all of history, from the time God created people on the earth until now, and search from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything as great as this ever been seen or heard before?
33
Has any nation ever heard the voice of God speaking from fire — as you did — and survived?
34
Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the
Lord
your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes.
35
He showed you these things so you would know that the
Lord
is God and there is no other.
36
He let you hear his voice from heaven so he could instruct you. He let you see his great fire here on earth so he could speak to you from it.
37
Because he loved your ancestors, he chose to bless their descendants, and he personally brought you out of Egypt with a great display of power.
38
He drove out nations far greater than you, so he could bring you in and give you their land as your special possession, as it is today.
39
So remember this and keep it firmly in mind: The
Lord
is God both in heaven and on earth, and there is no other.
40
If you obey all the decrees and commands I am giving you today, all will be well with you and your children. I am giving you these instructions so you will enjoy a long life in the land the
Lord
your God is giving you for all time.'
41
Then Moses set apart three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River.
42
Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.
43
These were the cities: Bezer on the wilderness plateau for the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead for the tribe of Gad; Golan in Bashan for the tribe of Manasseh.
44
This is the body of instruction that Moses presented to the Israelites.
45
These are the laws, decrees, and regulations that Moses gave to the people of Israel when they left Egypt,
46
and as they camped in the valley near Beth-peor east of the Jordan River. (This land was formerly occupied by the Amorites under King Sihon, who ruled from Heshbon. But Moses and the Israelites destroyed him and his people when they came up from Egypt.
47
Israel took possession of his land and that of King Og of Bashan — the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan.
48
So Israel conquered the entire area from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon Gorge all the way to Mount Sirion, also called Mount Hermon.
49
And they conquered the eastern bank of the Jordan River as far south as the Dead Sea, below the slopes of Pisgah.)
King James Version
1
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the
Lord
God of your fathers giveth you.
2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the
Lord
your God which I command you.
3
Your eyes have seen what the
Lord
did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the
Lord
thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
4
But ye that did cleave unto the
Lord
your God are alive every one of you this day.
5
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the
Lord
my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
6
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
7
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the
Lord
our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
8
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
10
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the
Lord
thy God in Horeb, when the
Lord
said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
11
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
12
And the
Lord
spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
13
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14
And the
Lord
commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the
Lord
spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16
Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the
Lord
thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
20
But the
Lord
hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
21
Furthermore the
Lord
was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the
Lord
thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
22
But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the
Lord
your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the
Lord
thy God hath forbidden thee.
24
For the
Lord
thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
25
When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the
Lord
thy God, to provoke him to anger:
26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
27
And the
Lord
shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the
Lord
shall lead you.
28
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29
But if from thence thou shalt seek the
Lord
thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the
Lord
thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
31
(For the
Lord
thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
32
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
33
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the
Lord
your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the
Lord
he is God; there is none else beside him.
36
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
37
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
38
To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
39
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the
Lord
he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
40
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the
Lord
thy God giveth thee, for ever.
41
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
42
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
43
Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
44
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45
These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
46
On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
47
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
48
From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
49
And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
New King James Version
1
“Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the
Lord
God of your fathers is giving you.
2
You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the
Lord
your God which I command you.
3
Your eyes have seen what the
Lord
did at Baal Peor; for the
Lord
your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor.
4
But you who held fast to the
Lord
your God
are
alive today, every one of you.
5
“Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the
Lord
my God commanded me, that you should act according
to them
in the land which you go to possess.
6
Therefore be careful to observe
them;
for this
is
your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation
is
a wise and understanding people.’
7
“For what great nation
is there
that has God
so
near to it, as the
Lord
our God
is
to us, for whatever
reason
we may call upon Him?
8
And what great nation
is there
that has
such
statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?
9
Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren,
10
especially concerning
the day you stood before the
Lord
your God in Horeb, when the
Lord
said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and
that
they may teach their children.’
11
“Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
12
And the
Lord
spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form;
you
only
heard
a voice.
13
So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
14
And the
Lord
commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.
15
“Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when the
Lord
spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire,
16
lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female,
17
the likeness of any animal that
is
on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,
18
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that
is
in the water beneath the earth.
19
And
take heed,
lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and
when
you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them, which the
Lord
your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage.
20
But the
Lord
has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be His people, an inheritance, as you are this day.
21
Furthermore the
Lord
was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the
Lord
your God is giving you as an inheritance.
22
But I must die in this land, I must not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and possess that good land.
23
Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the
Lord
your God which He made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the
Lord
your God has forbidden you.
24
For the
Lord
your God
is
a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25
“When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of the
Lord
your God to provoke Him to anger,
26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not prolong
your
days in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
27
And the
Lord
will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the
Lord
will drive you.
28
And there you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
29
But from there you will seek the
Lord
your God, and you will find
Him
if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
30
When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the
Lord
your God and obey His voice
31
(for the
Lord
your God
is
a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.
32
“For ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and
ask
from one end of heaven to the other, whether
any
great
thing
like this has happened, or
anything
like it has been heard.
33
Did
any
people
ever
hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
34
Or did God
ever
try to go
and
take for Himself a nation from the midst of
another
nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the
Lord
your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35
To you it was shown, that you might know that the
Lord
Himself
is
God;
there is
none other besides Him.
36
Out of heaven He let you hear His voice, that He might instruct you; on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.
37
And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power,
38
driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land
as
an inheritance, as
it is
this day.
39
Therefore know this day, and consider
it
in your heart, that the
Lord
Himself
is
God in heaven above and on the earth beneath;
there is
no other.
40
You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong
your
days in the land which the
Lord
your God is giving you for all time.”
41
Then Moses set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun,
42
that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without having hated him in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
43
Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
44
Now this
is
the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
45
These
are
the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which Moses spoke to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt,
46
on this side of the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel defeated after they came out of Egypt.
47
And they took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who
were
on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun,
48
from Aroer, which
is
on the bank of the River Arnon, even to Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),
49
and all the plain on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
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