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Deuteronomy 4 (WEBP)

[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.

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King James w/Strong’s #s

Deuteronomy 4 (KJVS)

[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 .

Young’s Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 4 (YLT)

[1] ‘And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you.
[2] Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.
[3] ‘Your eyes are seeing that which Jehovah hath done in Baal-Peor, for every man who hath gone after Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed him from thy midst;
[4] and ye who are cleaving to Jehovah your God, are alive, all of you, to-day.
[5] ‘See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as Jehovah my God hath commanded me-to do so, in the midst of the land whither ye are going in to possess it;
[6] and ye have kept and done them (for it is your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding is this great nation.
[7] ‘For which is the great nation that hath God near unto it, as Jehovah our God, in all we have called unto him?
[8] and which is the great nation which hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-day?
[9] ‘Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons’ sons.
[10] ‘The day when thou hast stood before Jehovah thy God in Horeb-in Jehovah’s saying unto me, Assemble to Me the people, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and their sons they teach;-
[11] and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens-darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness:
[12] ‘And Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice;
[13] and He declareth to you His covenant, which He hath commanded you to do, the Ten Matters, and He writeth them upon two tables of stone.
[14] ‘And me hath Jehovah commanded at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, for your doing them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it;
[15] and ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah’s speaking unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire,
[16] lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female-
[17] a form of any beast which is in the earth-a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens-
[18] a form of any creeping thing on the ground-a form of any fish which is in the waters under the earth;
[19] ‘And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens.
[20] ‘And you hath Jehovah taken, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people-an inheritance, as at this day.
[21] ‘And Jehovah hath shewed himself wroth with me because of your words, and sweareth to my not passing over the Jordan, and to my not going in unto the good land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee-an inheritance;
[22] for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, and ye are passing over, and have possessed this good land.
[23] ‘Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything concerning which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee:
[24] for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming-a zealous God.
[25] ‘When thou begettest sons and sons’ sons, and ye have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a graven image, a similitude of anything, and have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger:-
[26] I have caused to testify against you this day the heavens and the earth, that ye do perish utterly hastily from off the land whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it; ye do not prolong days upon it, but are utterly destroyed;
[27] and Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth you,
[28] and ye have served there gods, work of man’s hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
[29] ‘And-ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
[30] in distress being to thee, and all these things have found thee, in the latter end of the days, and thou hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hast hearkened to His voice;
[31] for a merciful God is Jehovah thy God; He doth not fail thee, nor destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which He hath sworn to them.
[32] ‘For, ask, I pray thee, at the former days which have been before thee, from the day that God prepared man on the earth, and from the one end of the heavens even unto the other end of the heavens, whether there hath been as this great thing-or hath been heard like it?
[33] Hath a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, thou-and doth live?
[34] Or hath God tried to go in to take to Himself, a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors-according to all that Jehovah your God hath done to you, in Egypt, before your eyes?
[35] Thou, thou hast been shewn it, to know that Jehovah He is God; there is none else besides Him.
[36] ‘From the heavens He hath caused thee to hear His voice, to instruct thee, and on earth He hath shewed thee His great fire, and His words thou hast heard out of the midst of the fire.
[37] ‘And because that He hath loved thy fathers, He doth also fix on their seed after them, and doth bring thee out, in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt:
[38] to dispossess nations greater and stronger than thou, from thy presence, to bring thee in to give to thee their land-an inheritance, as at this day.
[39] ‘And thou hast known to-day, and hast turned it back unto thy heart, that Jehovah He is God, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath-there is none else;
[40] and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee-all the days.’
[41] Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising,
[42] for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, and he hath lived:
[43] Bezer, in the wilderness, in the land of the plain, of the Reubenite; and Ramoth, in Gilead, of the Gadite; and Golan, in Bashan, of the Manassahite.
[44] And this is the law which Moses hath set before the sons of Israel;
[45] these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses hath spoken unto the sons of Israel, in their coming out of Egypt,
[46] beyond the Jordan, in the valley over-against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have smitten, in their coming out of Egypt,
[47] and they possess his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorite who are beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising;
[48] from Aroer, which is by the edge of the brook Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon-
[49] and all the plain beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.