Deuteronomy 4
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Deuteronomy 4:30-40

30When you 1are in distressH6862 and allH3605 theseH428 thingsH1697 happenH4672 toH4672 you, 2in the latterH319 daysH3117 3you will returnH7725 to the LordH3068 your GodH430 and listenH8085 to His voiceH6963. 31For the LordH3068 your GodH430 is a 4compassionateH7349 GodH410; 5He will not abandonH7503 you norH3808 6destroyH7843 you, norH3808 7forgetH7911 the covenantH1285 with your fathersH1 whichH834 He sworeH7650 to them.

32“IndeedH3588, 8askH7592 nowH4994 about the earlierH7223 daysH3117 that were 9beforeH6440 your time, sinceH4480 the 10dayH3117 that GodH430 createdH1254 11mankindH120 on the earthH776, and inquire 12from one endH7097 of the heavensH8064 to the otherH7097H8064. 13Has anything been doneH1961 like thisH2088 greatH1419 thingH1697, orH176 has anything been heardH8085 likeH3644 it? 3314Has any peopleH5971 heardH8085 the voiceH6963 of GodH430 speakingH1696 from the midstH8432 of the fireH784, as you have heardH8085 it, and survivedH2421? 3415OrH176 has a godH430 venturedH5254 to goH935 to takeH3947 for himself a nationH1471 from withinH7130 another nationH1471 16by trialsH4531, by signsH226 and wondersH4159, by warH4421, 17by a mightyH2389 handH3027, by an outstretchedH5186 armH2220, and by greatH1419 terrorsH4172, 18justH3605 as the LordH3068 your GodH430 didH6213 for you in EgyptH4714 before your eyesH5869? 35You were shownH7200 these things so that you might knowH3045 that the LordH3068, He is GodH430; 19thereH369 isH369 noH369 otherH5750 besidesH4480H905 Him. 3620Out of the heavensH8064 He let you hearH8085 His voiceH6963 21to disciplineH3256 you; and on earthH776 He let you seeH7200 His greatH1419 fireH784, and you heardH8085 His wordsH1697 from the midstH8432 of the fireH784. 3722BecauseH8478H3588 He lovedH157 your fathersH1, He choseH977 23their descendantsH2233 afterH310 them. And He 2425personallyH6440 broughtH3318 you from EgyptH4714 by His greatH1419 powerH3581, 38drivingH3423 outH3423 from beforeH6440 you nationsH1471 greaterH1419 and mightierH6099 thanH4480 you, to bringH935 you inH935 and 26to giveH5414 you their landH776 as an inheritanceH5159, as it is todayH2088H3117. 39Therefore knowH3045 todayH3117, and takeH7725 it to your heartH3824, that 27the LordH3068, He is GodH430 in heavenH8064 aboveH4480H4605 and on the earthH776 belowH4480H8478; thereH369 isH369 noH369 otherH5750. 4028So you shall keepH8104 His statutesH2706 and His commandmentsH4687 whichH834 I am 29givingH6680 you todayH3117, so that 30it may goH3190 wellH3190 for you and for your childrenH1121 afterH310 you, and 31that you may 32liveH748 longH748H3117 on the landH127 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 is givingH5414 you for allH3605 timeH3117.”

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  1. 1. Deuteronomy 4:30 Ps 18:6; 59:16; 107:6, 13 ↩
  2. 2. Deuteronomy 4:30 Deut 31:29; Jer 23:20; Hos 3:5; Heb 1:2 ↩
  3. 3. Deuteronomy 4:30 Jer 4:1, 2 ↩
  4. 4. Deuteronomy 4:31 Ex 34:6; 2 Chr 30:9; Neh 9:31; Ps 103:8; 111:4; 116:5; Jon 4:2 ↩
  5. 5. Deuteronomy 4:31 Deut 31:6, 8; Josh 1:5; 1 Chr 28:20; Heb 13:5 ↩
  6. 6. Deuteronomy 4:31 Jer 30:11 ↩
  7. 7. Deuteronomy 4:31 Lev 26:45 ↩
  8. 8. Deuteronomy 4:32 Deut 32:7; Job 8:8 ↩
  9. 9. Deuteronomy 4:32 Lit before you ↩
  10. 10. Deuteronomy 4:32 Gen 1:27; Is 45:12 ↩
  11. 11. Deuteronomy 4:32 Or Adam ↩
  12. 12. Deuteronomy 4:32 Deut 28:64; Matt 24:31 ↩
  13. 13. Deuteronomy 4:32 Deut 4:7; 2 Sam 7:23 ↩
  14. 14. Deuteronomy 4:33 Ex 20:22; Deut 5:24, 26 ↩
  15. 15. Deuteronomy 4:34 Ex 14:30; Deut 33:29 ↩
  16. 16. Deuteronomy 4:34 Deut 7:19 ↩
  17. 17. Deuteronomy 4:34 Deut 5:15; 6:21; Ps 136:12 ↩
  18. 18. Deuteronomy 4:34 Lit according to all that ↩
  19. 19. Deuteronomy 4:35 Ex 8:10; 9:14; Deut 4:39; 32:12, 39; 1 Sam 2:2; Is 43:10-12; 44:6-8; 45:5-7; Mark 12:32 ↩
  20. 20. Deuteronomy 4:36 Ex 19:9, 19; 20:18, 22; Deut 4:33; Neh 9:13; Heb 12:25 ↩
  21. 21. Deuteronomy 4:36 Deut 8:5 ↩
  22. 22. Deuteronomy 4:37 Deut 7:7, 8; 10:15; 33:3 ↩
  23. 23. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit his seed ↩
  24. 24. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit with His presence ↩
  25. 25. Deuteronomy 4:37 Ex 33:14; Is 63:9 ↩
  26. 26. Deuteronomy 4:38 Num 32:4; 34:14, 15 ↩
  27. 27. Deuteronomy 4:39 Deut 4:35; Josh 2:11 ↩
  28. 28. Deuteronomy 4:40 Lev 22:31; Deut 4:2; Ps 105:45 ↩
  29. 29. Deuteronomy 4:40 Lit commanding ↩
  30. 30. Deuteronomy 4:40 Deut 4:1; 5:16, 29, 33; 6:3, 18; 12:25, 28; 22:7 ↩
  31. 31. Deuteronomy 4:40 Ex 23:26; Deut 32:47 ↩
  32. 32. Deuteronomy 4:40 Lit prolong your days ↩

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