New American Standard Bible 1995

Deuteronomy 4:1-7

1“NowH6258, O IsraelH3478, listenH8085 to the statutesH2706 and the judgmentsH4941 whichH834 1I am teachingH3925 you to performH6213, soH4616 that 2you may liveH2421 and goH935 in and takeH3423 possessionH3423 of the landH776 whichH834 the LordH3068, the GodH430 of your fathersH1, is givingH5414 you. 2 3You shall not addH3254 to the wordH1697 whichH834 4I am commandingH6680 you, norH3808 takeH1639 awayH1639 from it, that you may keepH8104 the commandmentsH4687 of the LordH3068 your GodH430 whichH834 I commandH6680 you. 3 5Your eyesH5869 have seenH7200 whatH853 H834 the LordH3068 has doneH6213 in the case of Baal-peorH1187, for allH3605 the menH376 whoH834 followedH1980 H310 Baal-peorH1187, the LordH3068 your GodH430 has destroyedH8045 6them from amongH7130 you. 4But you who heldH1695 fastH1695 to the LordH3068 your GodH430 are aliveH2416 todayH3117, everyH3605 oneH3605 of you.

5“SeeH7200, I have taughtH3925 you statutesH2706 and judgmentsH4941 7justH3512 as the LordH3068 my GodH430 commandedH6680 me, that you should doH6213 thusH3651 in the landH776 whereH834 H8033 you are enteringH935 to possessH3423 it. 6So keepH8104 and doH6213 them, 8for that is your wisdomH2451 and your understandingH998 in the sightH5869 of the peoplesH5971 whoH834 will hearH8085 allH3605 theseH428 statutesH2706 and sayH559, ‘SurelyH7534 thisH2088 greatH1419 nationH1471 is a wiseH2450 and understandingH995 peopleH5971.’ 7For 9whatH4310 greatH1419 nationH1471 is there that has a godH430 10so nearH7138 to it as is the LordH3068 our GodH430 11wheneverH3605 we callH7121 on Him?

Notes

1. Deuteronomy 4:1 Deut 1:3 ↩
2. Deuteronomy 4:1 Lev 18:5; Deut 5:33; 8:1; 16:20; 30:16, 19; Ezek 20:11; Rom 10:5 ↩
3. Deuteronomy 4:2 Deut 12:32; Prov 30:6; Rev 22:18 ↩
4. Deuteronomy 4:2 Deut 4:5, 14, 40 ↩
5. Deuteronomy 4:3 Num 25:1-9 ↩
6. Deuteronomy 4:3 Lit him ↩
7. Deuteronomy 4:5 Lev 26:46; 27:34 ↩
8. Deuteronomy 4:6 Deut 30:19, 20; 32:46, 47; Job 28:28; Ps 19:7; 111:10; Prov 1:7; 2 Tim 3:15 ↩
9. Deuteronomy 4:7 Deut 4:32-34; 2 Sam 7:23 ↩
10. Deuteronomy 4:7 Ps 34:17, 18; 145:18; 148:14; Is 55:6 ↩
11. Deuteronomy 4:7 Ps 34:18; 85:9 ↩