Deuteronomy 4
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Deuteronomy 4:32-40

32Search the distant past, long before your time. Start from the very day God created people on earth. Search from one end of heaven to the other. Has anything as great as this ever happened before, or has anything like it ever been heard of?

33Have any ⌞other⌟ people ever heard God speak from a fire and lived? You did!

34Or has any god ever tried to come and take one nation away from another for himself? The Lord your God used his mighty hand and powerful arm to do this for you in Egypt. He did this using plagues, miraculous signs, amazing things, and war. He did his great and awe-inspiring deeds in front of you.

35You were shown these things so that you would know that the Lord is God. There is no other god.

36He let you hear his voice from heaven so that he could instruct you. He showed you his great fire on earth, and you heard him speak from the column of fire.

37Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants, he was with you as he brought you out of Egypt by his great power.

38He forced nations greater and stronger than you out of your way to bring you into their land and give it to you. This land is your own possession today.

39Remember today, and never forget that the Lord is God in heaven above and here on earth. There is no other god.

40Obey his laws and commands which I’m giving you today. Then things will go well for you and your descendants. You will live for a long time in the land. The Lord your God is giving you the land for as long as you live.

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