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[1] Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them, that you may live and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you. [2] You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you. [3] Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal Peor; for Yahweh your God has destroyed all the men who followed Baal Peor from among you. [4] But you who were faithful to Yahweh your God are all alive today. [5] Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it. [6] Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall 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 them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him? [8] What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you today? [9] Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children— [10] the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, “Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, 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 near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. [12] Yahweh spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; you only heard a voice. [13] He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments. He wrote them on two stone tablets. [14] Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it. [15] Be very careful, for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire, [16] lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself 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, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky, [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 lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky. [20] But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as it is today. [21] Furthermore Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance; [22] but I must die in this land. I must not go over the Jordan, but you shall go over and possess that good land. [23] Be careful, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you. [24] For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. [25] When you father children and children’s children, and you have been long in the land, and then corrupt yourselves, and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do that which is evil in Yahweh your God’s sight to provoke him to anger, [26] I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over the Jordan to possess it. You will not prolong your days on it, but will utterly be destroyed. [27] Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where Yahweh will lead you away. [28] 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 shall seek Yahweh your God, and you will find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. [30] When you are in oppression, and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God and listen to his voice. [31] For Yahweh your God is a merciful God. He will not fail you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which 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 from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as great as this thing is, or has been heard like it? [33] Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have heard, and live? [34] Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? [35] It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him. [36] Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you. On earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the middle of the fire. [37] Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their offspring after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt; [38] to drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today. [39] Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else. [40] 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 which Yahweh your God gives you for all time. [41] Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, [42] that the man slayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally and didn’t hate him in time past, and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live: [43] Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites. [44] This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. [45] These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt, [46] beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck when they came out of Egypt. [47] They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise; [48] from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Zion (also called Hermon), [49] and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
King James Version
[1] Now therefore hearken, H8085 (QalImpv) O Israel, H3478 unto the statutes H2706 and unto the judgments, H4941 which I teach H3925 (PielPtc) you, for to do H6213 (QalInf) them, that ye may live, H2421 (QalImpf) and go in H935 (QalPerf) and possess H3423 (QalPerf) the land H776 which the Lord H3068 God H430 of your fathers H1 giveth H5414 (QalActPtc) you. [2] Ye shall not add H3254 (HiphImpf) unto the word H1697 which I command H6680 (PielPtc) you, neither shall ye diminish H1639 (QalImpf) ought from it, that ye may keep H8104 (QalInf) the commandments H4687 of the Lord H3068 your God H430 which I command H6680 (PielPtc) you. [3] Your eyes H5869 have seen H7200 (QalActPtc) what the Lord H3068 did H6213 (QalPerf) because of Baal-peor: H1187 for all the men H376 that followed H310 Baal-peor, H1187 the Lord H3068 thy God H430 hath destroyed H8045 (HiphPerf) them from among H7130 you. [4] But ye that did cleave H1695 unto the Lord H3068 your God H430 are alive H2416 every one of you this day. H3117 [5] Behold, H7200 (QalImpv) I have taught H3925 (PielPerf) you statutes H2706 and judgments, H4941 even as H834 the Lord H3068 my God H430 commanded H6680 (PielPerf) me, that ye should do H6213 (QalInf) so in H7130 the land H776 whither ye go H935 (QalActPtc) to possess H3423 (QalInf) it. [6] Keep H8104 (QalPerf) therefore and do H6213 (QalPerf) them; for this is your wisdom H2451 and your understanding H998 in the sight H5869 of the nations, H5971 which shall hear H8085 (QalImpf) all these statutes, H2706 and say, H559 (QalPerf) Surely this great H1419 nation H1471 is a wise H2450 and understanding H995 (NiphPtc) people. H5971 [7] For what nation H1471 is there so great, H1419 who hath God H430 so nigh H7138 unto them, as the Lord H3068 our God H430 is in all things that we call H7121 (QalInf) upon him for? [8] And what nation H1471 is there so great, H1419 that hath statutes H2706 and judgments H4941 so righteous H6662 as all this law, H8451 which I set H5414 (QalActPtc) before H6440 you this day? H3117 [9] Only take heed H8104 (NiphImpv) to thyself, and keep H8104 (QalImpv) thy soul H5315 diligently, H3966 lest thou forget H7911 (QalImpf) the things H1697 which thine eyes H5869 have seen, H7200 (QalPerf) and lest they depart H5493 (QalImpf) from thy heart H3824 all the days H3117 of thy life: H2416 but teach H3045 (HiphPerf) them thy sons, H1121 and thy sons’ H1121 sons; H1121 [10] specially the day H3117 that thou stoodest H5975 (QalPerf) before H6440 the Lord H3068 thy God H430 in Horeb, H2722 when the Lord H3068 said H559 (QalInf) unto me, Gather H6950 me the people H5971 together, H6950 (HiphImpv) and I will make them hear H8085 (HiphImpf) my words, H1697 that they may learn H3925 (QalImpf) to fear H3372 (QalInf) me all the days H3117 that they shall live H2416 upon the earth, H127 and that they may teach H3925 (PielImpf) their children. H1121 [11] And ye came near H7126 (QalImpf) and stood H5975 (QalImpf) under the mountain; H2022 and the mountain H2022 burned H1197 (QalActPtc) with fire H784 unto the midst H3820§ of heaven, H8064 with darkness, H6205 clouds, H6051 and thick darkness. H2822 [12] And the Lord H3068 spake H1696 (PielImpf) unto you out of the midst H8432 of the fire: H784 ye heard H8085 (QalActPtc) the voice H6963 of the words, H1697 but saw H7200 (QalActPtc) no similitude; H8544 only H2108 ye heard a voice.§ H6963 [13] And he declared H5046 (HiphImpf) unto you his covenant, H1285 which he commanded H6680 (PielPerf) you to perform, H6213 (QalInf) even ten H6235 commandments; H1697 and he wrote H3789 (QalImpf) them upon two H8147 tables H3871 of stone. H68 [14] And the Lord H3068 commanded H6680 (PielPerf) me at that time H6256 to teach H3925 (PielInf) you statutes H2706 and judgments, H4941 that ye might do H6213 (QalInf) them in the land H776 whither ye go over H5674 (QalActPtc) to possess H3423 (QalInf) it. [15] Take ye therefore good H3966 heed H8104 (NiphPerf) unto yourselves; H5315 for ye saw H7200 (QalPerf) no manner of similitude H8544 on the day H3117 that the Lord H3068 spake H1696 (PielInf) unto you in Horeb H2722 out of the midst H8432 of the fire: H784 [16] lest ye corrupt H7843 (HiphImpf) yourselves, and make H6213 (QalPerf) you a graven image, H6459 the similitude H8544 of any figure, H5566 the likeness H8403 of male H2145 or female, H5347 [17] the likeness H8403 of any beast H929 that is on the earth, H776 the likeness H8403 of any winged H3671 fowl H6833 that flieth H5774 (QalImpf) in the air, H8064 [18] the likeness H8403 of any thing that creepeth H7430 (QalActPtc) on the ground, H127 the likeness H8403 of any fish H1710 that is in the waters H4325 beneath H8478 the earth: H776 [19] and lest thou lift up H5375 (QalImpf) thine eyes H5869 unto heaven, H8064 and when thou seest H7200 (QalPerf) the sun, H8121 and the moon, H3394 and the stars, H3556 even all the host H6635 of heaven, H8064 shouldest be driven H5080 (NiphPerf) to worship H7812 (HithPerf) them, and serve H5647 (QalPerf) them, which the Lord H3068 thy God H430 hath divided H2505 (QalPerf)§ unto all nations H5971 under the whole heaven. H8064 [20] But the Lord H3068 hath taken H3947 (QalPerf) you, and brought you forth H3318 (HiphImpf) out of the iron H1270 furnace, H3564 even out of Egypt, H4714 to be unto him a people H5971 of inheritance, H5159 as ye are this day. H3117 [21] Furthermore the Lord H3068 was angry H599 (HithPerf) with me for your sakes, H1697 and sware H7650 (NiphImpf) that I should not go over H5674 (QalInf) Jordan, H3383 and that I should not go H935 (QalInf) in unto that good H2896 land, H776 which the Lord H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (QalActPtc) thee for an inheritance: H5159 [22] but I must die H4191 (QalPtc) in this land, H776 I must not go over H5674 (QalActPtc) Jordan: H3383 but ye shall go over, H5674 (QalActPtc) and possess H3423 (QalPerf) that good H2896 land. H776 [23] Take heed H8104 (NiphImpv) unto yourselves, lest ye forget H7911 (QalImpf) the covenant H1285 of the Lord H3068 your God, H430 which he made H3772 (QalPerf) with you, and make H6213 (QalPerf) you a graven image, H6459 or the likeness H8544 of any H3605 thing, which the Lord H3068 thy God H430 hath forbidden H6680 (PielPerf) thee. [24] For the Lord H3068 thy God H430 is a consuming H398 (QalActPtc) fire, H784 even a jealous H7067 God. H410 [25] When thou shalt beget H3205 (HiphImpf) children, H1121 and children’s H1121 children, H1121 and ye shall have remained long H3462 (NiphPerf) in the land, H776 and shall corrupt H7843 (HiphPerf) yourselves, and make H6213 (QalPerf) a graven image, H6459 or the likeness H8544 of any thing, and shall do H6213 (QalPerf) evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the Lord H3068 thy God, H430 to provoke him to anger: H3707 (HiphInf) [26] I call H5749 heaven H8064 and earth H776 to witness H5749 (HiphPerf) against you this day, H3117 that ye shall soon H4118 utterly H6 (QalInf) perish H6 (QalImpf) from off the land H776 whereunto ye go over H5674 (QalActPtc) Jordan H3383 to possess H3423 (QalInf) it; ye shall not prolong H748 (HiphImpf) your days H3117 upon it, but shall utterly H8045 (NiphInf) be destroyed. H8045 (NiphImpf) [27] And the Lord H3068 shall scatter H6327 (HiphPerf) you among the nations, H5971 and ye shall be left H7604 (NiphPerf) few H4962 in number H4557 among the heathen, H1471 whither the Lord H3068 shall lead H5090 (PielImpf) you. [28] And there ye shall serve H5647 (QalPerf) gods, H430 the work H4639 of men’s H120 hands, H3027 wood H6086 and stone, H68 which neither see, H7200 (QalImpf) nor hear, H8085 (QalImpf) nor eat, H398 (QalImpf) nor smell. H7306 (HiphImpf) [29] But if from thence thou shalt seek H1245 (PielPerf) the Lord H3068 thy God, H430 thou shalt find H4672 (QalPerf) him, if thou seek H1875 (QalImpf) him with all thy heart H3824 and with all thy soul. H5315 [30] When thou art in tribulation, H6862 and all these things H1697 are come H4672 (QalPerf) upon thee,§ even in the latter H319 days, H3117 if thou turn H7725 (QalPerf) to the Lord H3068 thy God, H430 and shalt be obedient H8085 (QalPerf) unto his voice; H6963 [31] (for the Lord H3068 thy God H430 is a merciful H7349 God;) H410 he will not forsake H7503 (HiphImpf) thee, neither destroy H7843 (HiphImpf) thee, nor forget H7911 (QalImpf) the covenant H1285 of thy fathers H1 which he sware H7650 (NiphPerf) unto them. [32] For ask H7592 (QalImpv) now of the days H3117 that are past, H7223 which were H1961 (NiphPerf) before H6440 thee, since the day H3117 that God H430 created H1254 (QalPerf) man H120 upon the earth, H776 and ask from the one side H7097 of heaven H8064 unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great H1419 thing H1697 is, or hath been heard H8085 (NiphPerf) like it? [33] Did ever people H5971 hear H8085 (QalPerf) the voice H6963 of God H430 speaking out H1696 (PielPtc) of the midst H8432 of the fire, H784 as thou hast heard, H8085 (QalPerf) and live? H2421 (QalImpf) [34] Or hath God H430 assayed H5254 (PielPerf) to go H935 (QalInf) and take H3947 (QalInf) him a nation H1471 from the midst H7130 of another nation, H1471 by temptations, H4531 by signs, H226 and by wonders, H4159 and by war, H4421 and by a mighty H2389 hand, H3027 and by a stretched out H5186 (QalPasPtc) arm, H2220 and by great H1419 terrors, H4172 according to all that the Lord H3068 your God H430 did H6213 (QalPerf) for you in Egypt H4714 before your eyes? H5869 [35] Unto thee it was shewed, H7200 (HophPerf) that thou mightest know H3045 (QalInf) that the Lord H3068 he is God; H430 there is none else H5750 beside him. H905 [36] Out of heaven H8064 he made thee to hear H8085 (HiphPerf) his voice, H6963 that he might instruct H3256 (PielInf) thee: and upon earth H776 he shewed H7200 (HiphPerf) thee his great H1419 fire; H784 and thou heardest H8085 (QalPerf) his words H1697 out of the midst H8432 of the fire. H784 [37] And because he loved H157 (QalPerf) thy fathers, H1 therefore he chose H977 (QalImpf) their seed H2233 after H310 them, and brought thee out H3318 (HiphImpf) in his sight H6440 with his mighty H1419 power H3581 out of Egypt; H4714 [38] to drive out H3423 (HiphInf) nations H1471 from before H6440 thee greater H1419 and mightier H6099 than thou art, to bring H935 (HiphInf) thee in, to give H5414 (QalInf) thee their land H776 for an inheritance, H5159 as it is this day. H3117 [39] Know H3045 (QalPerf) therefore this day, H3117 and consider H7725 (HiphPerf) it in thine heart, H3824 that the Lord H3068 he is God H430 in heaven H8064 above, H4605 and upon the earth H776 beneath: there is none else. [40] Thou shalt keep H8104 (QalPerf) therefore his statutes, H2706 and his commandments, H4687 which I command H6680 (PielPtc) thee this day, H3117 that it may go well H3190 (QalImpf) with thee, and with thy children H1121 after H310 thee, and that thou mayest prolong H748 (HiphImpf) thy days H3117 upon the earth, H127 which the Lord H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (QalActPtc) thee, for ever. [41] Then Moses H4872 severed H914 (HiphImpf) three H7969 cities H5892 on this side H5676 Jordan H3383 toward the H8121 sun rising; [42] that the slayer H7523 (QalActPtc) might flee H5127 (QalInf) thither, which should kill H7523 (QalImpf) his neighbour H7453 unawares, H1097 and hated H8130 (QalActPtc) him not in times H8543 past; H8032 and that fleeing H5127 (QalPerf) unto one H259 of these H411 cities H5892 he might live: H2425 (QalPerf) [43] namely, Bezer H1221 in the wilderness, H4057 in the plain H4334 country, H776 of the Reubenites; H7206 and Ramoth H7216 in Gilead, H1568 of the Gadites; H1425 and Golan H1474 in Bashan, H1316 of the Manassites. H4520

This is the Law

[44] And this is the law H8451 which Moses H4872 set H7760 (QalPerf) before H6440 the children H1121 of Israel: H3478 [45] these are the testimonies, H5713 and the statutes, H2706 and the judgments, H4941 which Moses H4872 spake H1696 (PielPerf) unto the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 after they came forth H3318 (QalInf) out of Egypt, H4714 [46] on this side H5676 Jordan, H3383 in the valley H1516 over against H4136 Beth-peor, H1047 in the land H776 of Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites, H567 who dwelt H3427 (QalActPtc) at Heshbon, H2809 whom Moses H4872 and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 smote, H5221 (HiphPerf) after they were come forth H3318 (QalInf) out of Egypt: H4714 [47] and they possessed H3423 (QalImpf) his land, H776 and the land H776 of Og H5747 king H4428 of Bashan, H1316 two H8147 kings H4428 of the Amorites, H567 which were on this side H5676 Jordan H3383 toward the H4217 sun rising; [48] from Aroer, H6177 which is by the bank H8193 of the river H5158 Arnon, H769 even unto mount H2022 Sion, H7865 which is Hermon, H2768 [49] and all the plain H6160 on this side H5676 Jordan H3383 eastward, H4217 even unto the sea H3220 of the plain, H6160 under the springs H794 of Pisgah. H6449

Footnotes

  1. § 4:11 Heb. heart
  2. § 4:12 Heb. save a voice
  3. § 4:19 Or, imparted
  4. § 4:30 Heb. have found thee
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