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Hear
now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances
I am
teaching
you to follow
, so
that you
may live and may
enter
and take
possession
of
the land that
the LORD ,
the
God of your fathers ,
is
giving
you.
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.
You
must
not add to
or
subtract
from
what
I command you, so
that you
may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that
I am
giving
you.
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.
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at
Baal-peor,
for the LORD your
God destroyed from among you all
who
followed
Baal
of
Peor
.
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.
But you
who
held
fast
to
the LORD your God are alive to
this
day,
every one of you.
But ye
that
did
cleave
unto
the LORD your God are alive every one of you this
day
.
See
, I have taught you statutes and ordinances
just
as the LORD my God has
commanded me, so
that you
may
follow
them
in the land that
you
are
about
to enter
and
possess.
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
.
Observe
them carefully,
for this will
show
your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples
, who
will
hear of
all these statutes and say, “
Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. ”
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.
For what nation is great enough
to
have
a
god as
near
to
them as the LORD our God is to
us
whenever
we call on
Him?
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
?
And what nation is great enough
to
have
righteous
statutes and ordinances
like
this entire
law I set before you today
?
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
?
Only be
on
your
guard
and diligently watch
yourselves
, so
that
you
do
not
forget the things your
eyes have seen, and so
that
they do
not
slip
from your
heart as
long
as
you
live.
Teach them to
your
children
and grandchildren.
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;
The day you
stood
before the LORD your
God at
Horeb, the LORD said to
me, “
Gather the people before
Me
to
hear My words, so
that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on
the earth, and that they may teach them
to
their children. ”
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.
You
came near and stood at
the
base
of
the mountain ,
a
mountain blazing
with fire to
the heavens
, with black
clouds and deep
darkness.
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.
And the LORD spoke
to
you out of the fire .
You
heard the sound
of the words, but saw no form
; there
was
only a voice.
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.
He declared to
you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the
Ten Commandments that
He wrote on
two tablets
of stone.
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.
At
that
time
the LORD commanded me to teach you the
statutes and ordinances
you
are
to
follow
in the land that
you
are
crossing
the
Jordan
to possess.
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
.
So
since
you
saw no form
of any
kind
on the day the LORD spoke
to
you out of the fire at
Horeb,
be
careful
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 :
that
you
do
not
act
corruptly
and make an
idol
for
yourselves
of any form
or
shape
, whether
in
the likeness of a
male or female,
Lest
ye
corrupt
yourselves,
and make you
a
graven
image,
the
similitude
of any figure
, the likeness of male or female,
of any beast that is on the earth or
bird
that flies
in the air,
The
likeness
of any beast that is on the earth ,
the
likeness
of
any
winged
fowl
that flieth
in the air,
or
of any creature
that crawls
on the ground or
fish that is in the waters below.
The
likeness
of any thing
that creepeth
on the ground ,
the
likeness
of
any
fish that is in the waters beneath
the
earth:
When
you
look
to
the
heavens
and see
the sun and moon and stars —
all the host of heaven —do
not
be enticed
to bow
down
and
worship what
the LORD your
God has
apportioned
to
all the
nations under heaven.
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.
Yet
the LORD has
taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the
people of His
inheritance, as you
are today
.
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
.
The LORD ,
however,
was angry with me on
account
of
you
, and He
swore
that I would
not cross
the
Jordan to
enter
the
good land that
the LORD your
God is
giving
you
as
an inheritance .
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 :
For
I
will
not
be
crossing
the
Jordan,
because
I must die in this land .
But you
shall cross
over and take
possession
of
that good land.
But
I must die in this land ,
I
must
not
go
over
Jordan:
but ye
shall go
over ,
and possess
that good land.
Be
careful
that
you
do
not
forget the covenant of the LORD your God that
He made with you ;
do
not
make an
idol
for
yourselves
in
the form
of anything
He
has
forbidden you
.
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
.
For the LORD your
God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
For the LORD thy
God is a consuming fire, even
a jealous God.
After
you
have
children and grandchildren
and you
have been
in the land a
long
time
, if
you
then
act
corruptly
and make an
idol
of any form—doing
evil in the sight of the LORD your
God and
provoking
Him to anger —
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 :
I call heaven and 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
long
upon it, but will
be
utterly destroyed.
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.
Then
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.
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.
And there you
will
serve man-made
gods of wood and stone, which cannot
see or
hear or
eat or
smell.
And there ye
shall
serve gods ,
the
work
of men's
hands,
wood and stone, which neither
see ,
nor
hear ,
nor
eat ,
nor
smell.
But if from there
you
will
seek the LORD your
God, you
will
find Him if you
seek Him with all your
heart and with all your
soul.
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.
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 listen
to
His voice .
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 ;
For the LORD your
God is a merciful God; He will not abandon
you
or
destroy you
or
forget the covenant with
your
fathers ,
which He swore
to
them by
oath
.
(
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.
Indeed,
ask now from
one
end
of the heavens
to
the
other
about
the
days that long
preceded
you
, from
the day that God created man on
earth :
Has
anything
as
great
as this ever
happened
or been reported
?
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
?
Has
a
people
ever heard
the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you
have
, and lived
?
Did
ever people
hear
the voice of God speaking out of the midst
of
the
fire, as thou
hast
heard
, and live
?
Or has
any
god tried
to take as
his
own
a nation out
of another nation —
by trials
, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong
hand and an
outstretched
arm, and by great terrors —as
the LORD your God did for you in Egypt ,
before your eyes?
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?
You
were
shown
these
things
so
that you
would
know that the LORD is God; there is no
other
besides
Him.
Unto
thee
it
was
showed,
that thou
mightest
know that the LORD he
is God; there is none
else
beside
him.
He let
you
hear His voice from
heaven
to
discipline
you
, and on
earth He showed you
His great fire ,
and you
heard
His words out of the fire.
Out
of
heaven
he made
thee
to
hear his voice, that
he
might
instruct
thee:
and upon
earth he showed thee
his great fire ;
and thou
heardest
his words out of the midst
of
the
fire.
Because He loved your
fathers, He chose their descendants
after them and brought you
out of
Egypt
by
His presence
and
great
power ,
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;
to drive out before
you
nations greater and mightier than you
, and
to bring you
into
their land and
give
it
to
you
for your
inheritance, as it is this day.
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.
Know therefore this day and take
to
heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on
the earth below;
there is no
other
.
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
.
Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am
giving
you
today
, so
that you
and your
children after you
may
prosper
, and that you
may
live
long
in
the land
that
the LORD your
God is
giving
you
for all
time
.
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
.
Then Moses set
aside
three cities across
the
Jordan to
the east
Then Moses severed
three cities on
this
side
Jordan toward
the sunrising;
to
which
a
manslayer
could
flee after
killing
his neighbor unintentionally
without
prior
malice.
To
save
one’s
own
life
, he
could
flee
to
one of these cities:
That
the
slayer
might
flee thither,
which
should
kill
his neighbor unawares
, and
hated
him
not
in
times
past;
and
that
fleeing
unto
one of these cities he
might
live
:
Bezer in the wilderness on
the plateau
belonging
to
the Reubenites ,
Ramoth in Gilead belonging
to
the Gadites ,
or
Golan in Bashan belonging
to
the Manassites.
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.
This is the law that
Moses set before the Israelites.
And
this is the law which
Moses set before the children
of
Israel:
These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances
that
Moses proclaimed
to
them
after they had
come
out of Egypt ,
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 .
while
they
were
in the valley across
the
Jordan
facing
Beth-peor
in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived
in
Heshbon and
was
defeated
by
Moses and the Israelites
after they had
come out of Egypt .
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 :
They took
possession
of
the
land belonging
to
Sihon
and to
Og king of Bashan —the
two Amorite
kings across
the Jordan to
the east—
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;
extending
from Aroer on
the rim
of the Arnon Valley
as
far
as
Mount Siyon
(that
is
, Hermon )
,
From Aroer ,
which
is
by
the bank
of the river
Arnon ,
even
unto
mount Sion
, which
is
Hermon,
including
all the Arabah
on the
east
side of
the
Jordan and
as
far
as
the Sea of the Arabah
, below
the slopes
of Pisgah.
And
all the plain
on this
side Jordan eastward,
even
unto
the sea of the plain
, under
the springs
of Pisgah.
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