Deuteronomy 4

1And nowH6258, O IsraelH3478, hearken unto the statutesH2706 and unto the ordinancesH4941, which I teachH3925 you, to do them; that ye may liveH2421, and goH935 in and possessH3423 the landH776 which Jehovah, the GodH430 of your fathersH1, giveth you. 2Ye shall not addH3254 unto the wordH1697 which I commandH6680 you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keepH8104 the commandmentsH4687 of Jehovah your GodH430 which I commandH6680 you. 3Your eyesH5869 have seenH7200 what Jehovah did because of Baal-peorH1187; for all the menH376 that followed Baal-peorH1187, Jehovah thy GodH430 hath destroyedH8045 them from the midstH7130 of thee. 4But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your GodH430 are aliveH2416 every one of you this dayH3117. 5Behold, I have taughtH3925 you statutesH2706 and ordinancesH4941, even as Jehovah my GodH430 commandedH6680 me, that ye should do soH3651 in the midstH7130 of the landH776 whither ye goH935 in to possessH3423 it. 6KeepH8104 therefore and do them; for this is your wisdomH2451 and your understandingH995 in the sight of the peoplesH5971, that shall hearH8085 all these statutesH2706, and sayH559, Surely this greatH1419 nationH1471 is a wiseH2450 and understandingH995 peopleH5971. 7For what greatH1419 nationH1471 is there, that hath a godH430 so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our GodH430 is whensoever we callH7121 upon him? 8And what greatH1419 nationH1471 is there, that hath statutesH2706 and ordinancesH4941 so righteousH6662 as all this lawH8451, which I setH5414 before you this dayH3117?

9OnlyH7535 take heedH8104 to thyself, and keepH8104 thy soulH5315 diligently, lestH6435 thou forgetH7911 the thingsH1697 which thine eyesH5869 sawH7200, and lestH6435 they departH5493 from thy heartH3824 all the daysH3117 of thy lifeH5315; but makeH3045 them knownH3045 unto thy children and thy children’s children; 10the dayH3117 that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy GodH430 in HorebH2722, when Jehovah saidH559 unto me, AssembleH6950 me the peopleH5971, and I will makeH8085 them hearH8085 my wordsH1697, that they may learnH3925 to fearH3372 me all the daysH3117 that they live upon the earthH127, and that they may teachH3925 their children. 11And ye came near and stoodH5975 under the mountainH2022; and the mountainH2022 burnedH1197 with fireH784 unto the heartH3820 of heavenH8064, with darknessH2822, cloudH6051, and thickH6205 darknessH2822. 12And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midstH8432 of the fireH784: ye heardH8085 the voiceH6963 of wordsH1697, but ye sawH7200 no formH8544; only ye heardH8085 a voiceH6963. 13And he declaredH5046 unto you his covenantH1285, which he commandedH6680 you to perform, even the tenH6235 commandments; and he wroteH3789 them upon twoH8147 tables of stoneH68. 14And Jehovah commandedH6680 me at that timeH6256 to teachH3925 you statutesH2706 and ordinancesH4941, that ye might do them in the landH776 whither ye go over to possessH3423 it.

15TakeH8104 ye therefore good heedH8104 unto yourselves; for ye sawH7200 no manner of formH8544 on the dayH3117 that Jehovah spake unto you in HorebH2722 out of the midstH8432 of the fireH784; 16lestH6435 ye corruptH7843 yourselves, and makeH6213 you a graven imageH6459 in the formH8544 of any figure, the likenessH8403 of maleH2145 or femaleH5347, 17the likenessH8403 of any beast that is on the earthH776, the likenessH8403 of any wingedH3671 birdH6833 that flieth in the heavensH8064, 18the likenessH8403 of anything that creepeth on the groundH776, the likenessH8403 of any fishH1710 that is in the waterH4325 under the earthH776; 19and lestH6435 thou liftH5375 up thine eyesH5869 unto heavenH8064, and whenH834 thou seest the sunH8121 and the moonH3394 and the starsH3556, even all the hostH6635 of heavenH8064, thou be drawn awayH5375 and worship them, and serveH5647 them, which Jehovah thy GodH430 hath allotted unto all the peoplesH5971 under the whole heavenH8064. 20But Jehovah hath takenH3947 you, and broughtH3318 you forthH3318 out of the ironH1270 furnaceH3564, out of EgyptH4714, to beH1961 unto him a peopleH5971 of inheritanceH5159, as at this dayH3117. 21Furthermore Jehovah was angryH599 with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not goH935 over the JordanH3383, and that I should not goH935 in unto that goodH2896 landH776, which Jehovah thy GodH430 giveth thee for an inheritanceH5159: 22but I must dieH4191 in this landH776, I must not go over the JordanH3383; but ye shall go over, and possessH3423 that goodH2896 landH776. 23TakeH8104 heedH8104 unto yourselves, lestH6435 ye forgetH7911 the covenantH1285 of Jehovah your GodH430, which he madeH6213 with you, and makeH6213 you a graven imageH6459 in the formH8544 of anything which Jehovah thy GodH430 hath forbidden thee. 24For Jehovah thy GodH430 is a devouringH398 fireH784, a jealousH7067 GodH430.

25When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have been long in the landH776, and shall corruptH7843 yourselves, and makeH6213 a graven imageH6459 in the formH8544 of anything, and shall do that which is evilH7451 in the sight of Jehovah thy GodH430, to provokeH3707 him to angerH3707; 26I call heavenH8064 and earthH776 to witness against you this dayH3117, that ye shall soon utterly perishH6 from off the landH776 whereunto ye go over the JordanH3383 to possessH3423 it; ye shall not prolongH748 your daysH3117 upon it, but shall utterly be destroyedH8045. 27And Jehovah will scatterH6327 you among the peoplesH5971, and ye shall be leftH7604 few in numberH4557 among the nationsH1471, whither Jehovah shall lead you awayH5090. 28And there ye shall serveH5647 godsH430, the workH4639 of men’sH120 handsH3027, woodH6086 and stoneH68, which neither seeH7200, nor hearH8085, nor eatH398, nor smellH7306. 29But from thence ye shall seekH1245 Jehovah thy GodH430, and thou shalt findH4672 him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heartH3824 and with all thy soulH5315. 30When thou art in tribulation, and all these thingsH1697 are come upon thee, in the latterH319 daysH3117 thou shalt returnH7725 to Jehovah thy GodH430, and hearken unto his voiceH6963: 31for Jehovah thy GodH430 is a merciful GodH430; he will not fail thee, neither destroyH7843 thee, nor forgetH7911 the covenantH1285 of thy fathersH1 which he sware unto them.

32For askH7592 now of the daysH3117 that are past, which were before thee, since the dayH3117 that GodH430 createdH1254 manH120 upon the earthH776, and from the oneH2088 endH7097 of heavenH8064 unto the other, whether there hath beenH1961 any such thingH1697 as this greatH1419 thingH1697 is, or hath beenH1961 heardH8085 like it? 33Did ever a peopleH5971 hearH8085 the voiceH6963 of GodH430 speakingH1696 out of the midstH8432 of the fireH784, as thou hast heardH8085, and liveH2421? 34Or hath GodH430 assayed to goH935 and takeH3947 him a nationH1471 from the midstH7130 of another nationH1471, by trials, by signsH226, and by wondersH4159, and by warH4421, and by a mightyH2389 handH3027, and by an outstretchedH5186 armH2220, and by greatH1419 terrorsH4172, according to all that Jehovah your GodH430 did for you in EgyptH4714 before your eyesH5869? 35Unto thee it was showedH7200, that thou mightest knowH3045 that Jehovah he is GodH430; there is none else besides him. 36Out of heavenH8064 he madeH8085 thee to hearH8085 his voiceH6963, that he might instruct thee: and upon earthH776 he madeH8085 thee to seeH7200 his greatH1419 fireH784; and thou heardest his wordsH1697 out of the midstH8432 of the fireH784. 37And because he lovedH157 thy fathersH1, therefore he choseH977 their seedH2233 after them, and broughtH3318 thee out with his presenceH6440, with his greatH1419 powerH3581, out of EgyptH4714; 38to drive out nationsH1471 from before thee greaterH1419 and mightierH6099 than thou, to bringH935 thee in, to giveH5414 thee their landH776 for an inheritanceH5159, as at this dayH3117. 39KnowH3045 therefore this dayH3117, and lay it to thy heartH3824, that Jehovah he is GodH430 in heavenH8064 above and upon the earthH776 beneath; there is none else. 40And thou shalt keepH8104 his statutesH2706, and his commandmentsH4687, which I commandH6680 thee this dayH3117, that it may goH3190 wellH3190 with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolongH748 thy daysH3117 in the landH127, which Jehovah thy GodH430 giveth thee, for ever.

41ThenH227 MosesH4872 setH914 apartH914 threeH7969 citiesH5892 beyond the JordanH3383 toward the sunrising; 42that the manslayer might fleeH5127 thither, that slayeth his neighborH7453 unawares, and hatedH8130 him not in time past; and that fleeingH5127 unto oneH259 of these citiesH5892 he might live: 43namely, BezerH1221 in the wildernessH4057, in the plainH4334 country, for the Reubenites; and RamothH7216 in GileadH1568, for the Gadites; and GolanH1474 in BashanH1316, for the Manassites.

44And this is the lawH8451 which MosesH4872 setH7760 before the children of IsraelH3478: 45these are the testimonies, and the statutesH2706, and the ordinancesH4941, which MosesH4872 spake unto the children of IsraelH3478, whenH834 they cameH3318 forthH3318 out of EgyptH4714, 46beyond the JordanH3383, in the valleyH1516 over against Beth-peorH1047, in the landH776 of SihonH5511 kingH4428 of the AmoritesH567, who dweltH3427 at HeshbonH2809, whom MosesH4872 and the children of IsraelH3478 smote, whenH834 they cameH3318 forthH3318 out of EgyptH4714. 47And they tookH3423 his landH776 in possessionH3423, and the landH776 of OgH5747 kingH4428 of BashanH1316, the twoH8147 kingsH4428 of the AmoritesH567, who were beyond the JordanH3383 toward the sunrising; 48from AroerH6177, which is on the edgeH8193 of the valley of the ArnonH769, even unto mount Sion (the same is HermonH2768), 49and all the ArabahH6160 beyond the JordanH3383 eastward, even unto the seaH3220 of the ArabahH6160, under the slopes of PisgahH6449.