Deuteronomy 4:1-9

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.

2You 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.

3Your 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.

4But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today.

5See, 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.

6Keep 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.'

7For 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?

8And 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—