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Deuteronomy 4

1Now thereforehearkenשְׁמַ֤עshe.Ma'H8085, OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478, to thestatutesהַֽחֻקִּים֙ha.chu.KimH2706and to thejudgmentsהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔יםha.mish.pa.TimH4941, which Iteachמְלַמֵּ֥דme.la.MedH3925you, todoלַעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.SotH6213them, that ye mayliveתִּֽחְי֗וּtich.YuH2421, and goinוּבָאתֶם֙u.va.TemH935andpossessוִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣םvi.rish.TemH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776which theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430of yourfathersאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם'a.vo.tei.KhemH1givethנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414you.

2Ye shall notaddתֹסִ֗פוּto.Si.fuH3254to thewordהַדָּבָר֙ha.da.VarH1697which Icommandמְצַוֶּ֣הme.tza.VehH6680you, neither shall yediminishתִגְרְע֖וּtig.re.'UH1639any thing from it, that ye maykeepלִשְׁמֹ֗רlish.MorH8104thecommandmentsמִצְוֹת֙mitz.VotH4687of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430which Icommandמְצַוֶּ֥הme.tza.VehH6680you.

3Youreyesעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙'ei.nei.KhemH5869haveseenהָֽרֹאֹ֔תha.ro.'OtH7200what theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068didעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213because ofBaalpeorH1187: for all themenהָאִ֗ישׁha.'IshH376thatfollowedהָלַךְ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣יha.laKh 'a.cha.ReiH310 H1980BaalpeorH1187, theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathdestroyedהִשְׁמִיד֛וֹhish.mi.DoH8045them fromamongמִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃mi.kir.Be.chaH7130you.

4But ye who heldfastהַדְּבֵקִ֔יםha.de.ve.KimH1695to theLORDבַּיהוָ֖הba.Yah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430arealiveחַיִּ֥יםchai.YimH2416each one of you thisdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

5Beholdרְאֵ֣ה׀re.'EhH7200, I havetaughtלִמַּ֣דְתִּיli.Mad.tiH3925youstatutesחֻקִּים֙chu.KimH2706andjudgmentsוּמִשְׁפָּטִ֔יםu.mish.pa.TimH4941, evenasH834theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068myGodאֱלֹהָ֑י'e.lo.HaiH430commandedצִוַּ֖נִיtzi.Va.niH6680me, that ye shoulddoלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213soinבְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776where yegoבָּאִ֥יםba.'ImH935topossessלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.TahH3423it.

6Keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮u.she.mar.TemH8104therefore anddoוַעֲשִׂיתֶם֒va.'a.si.TemH6213them ; for this is yourwisdomחָכְמַתְכֶם֙cha.khe.mat.KhemH2451and yourunderstandingוּבִ֣ינַתְכֶ֔םu.Vi.nat.KhemH998in thesightלְעֵינֵ֖יle.'ei.NeiH5869of thenationsהָעַמִּ֑יםha.'a.MimH5971, which shallhearיִשְׁמְע֗וּןyish.me.'UnH8085all thesestatutesהַחֻקִּ֣יםha.chu.KimH2706, andsayוְאָמְר֗וּve.'a.me.RuH559, Surely thisgreatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419nationהַגּ֥וֹיha.GoyH1471is awiseחָכָ֣םcha.KhamH2450andunderstandingוְנָב֔וֹןve.na.VonH995peopleעַם־'am-H5971.

7For whatnationג֣וֹיGoyH1471is there sogreatגָּד֔וֹלga.DolH1419, which hathGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430sonearקְרֹבִ֣יםke.ro.VimH7138to them, as theLORDכַּיהוָ֣הka.Yah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430is in all things that wecallקָרְאֵ֖נוּka.re.'E.nuH7121upon him for ?

8And whatnationגּ֣וֹיGoyH1471is there sogreatגָּד֔וֹלga.DolH1419, that hathstatutesחֻקִּ֥יםchu.KimH2706andjudgmentsוּמִשְׁפָּטִ֖יםu.mish.pa.TimH4941sorighteousצַדִּיקִ֑םtza.di.KimH6662as all thislawהַתּוֹרָ֣הha.to.RahH8451, which Isetנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414beforeלִפְנֵיכֶ֖םlif.nei.KhemH6440you thisdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117?

9Only takeheedהִשָּׁ֣מֶרhi.Sha.merH8104to thyself, andkeepוּשְׁמֹ֨רu.she.MorH8104thysoulנַפְשְׁךָ֜naf.she.KhaH5315diligentlyמְאֹ֗דme.'OdH3966, lest thou shouldestforgetתִּשְׁכַּ֨חtish.KachH7911thethingsהַדְּבָרִ֜יםha.de.va.RimH1697which thyeyesעֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869haveseenרָא֣וּra.'UH7200, and lest theydepartיָס֙וּרוּ֙ya.Su.ruH5493from thyheartמִלְּבָ֣בְךָ֔mi.le.Va.ve.khaH3824all thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of thylifeחַיֶּ֑יךָchai.Yei.khaH2416: butteachוְהוֹדַעְתָּ֥םve.ho.da'.TamH3045them to thysonsלְבָנֶ֖יךָle.va.Nei.khaH1121, and thysonsוְלִבְנֵ֥יve.liv.NeiH1121’sonsבָנֶֽיךָ׃va.Nei.khaH1121;

10Especially thedayי֗וֹםYomH3117that thoustoodestעָמַ֜דְתָּ'a.Mad.taH5975beforeלִפְנֵ֨יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶיךָ֮'e.lo.hei.KhaH430inHorebבְּחֹרֵב֒be.cho.RevH2722, when theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidבֶּאֱמֹ֨רbe.'e.MorH559to me,Gatherהַקְהֶל־hak.hel-H6950thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971to me, and I will make themhearוְאַשְׁמִעֵ֖םve.'ash.mi.'EmH8085mywordsדְּבָרָ֑יde.va.RaiH1697, that they maylearnיִלְמְד֜וּןyil.me.DunH3925tofearלְיִרְאָ֣הle.yir.'AhH3372me all thedaysהַיָּמִים֙hai.ya.MimH3117that they shallliveחַיִּים֙chai.YimH2416upon theearthהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127, and that they mayteachיְלַמֵּדֽוּן׃ye.la.me.DunH3925theirchildrenבְּנֵיהֶ֖םbe.nei.HemH1121.

11And ye camenearוַתִּקְרְב֥וּןva.tik.re.VunH7126andstoodוַתַּֽעַמְד֖וּןva.ta.'am.DunH5975under themountainהָהָ֑רha.HarH2022; and themountainוְהָהָ֞רve.ha.HarH2022burnedבֹּעֵ֤רbo.'ErH1197withfireבָּאֵשׁ֙ba.'EshH784to themidstלֵ֣בlevH3820ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, withdarknessוַעֲרָפֶֽל׃va.'a.ra.FelH6205,cloudsעָנָ֥ן'a.NanH6051, and thickdarknessחֹ֖שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822.

12And theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068spokeוַיְדַבֵּ֧רvay.da.BerH1696to you out of themidstמִתּ֣וֹךְmi.TokhH8432of thefireהָאֵ֑שׁha.'EshH784: yeheardשֹׁמְעִ֔יםsho.me.'ImH8085thevoiceק֤וֹלKolH6963of thewordsדְּבָרִים֙de.va.RimH1697, butsawרֹאִ֖יםro.'ImH7200nosimilitudeוּתְמוּנָ֛הu.te.mu.NahH8544;onlyזוּלָתִ֥יzu.la.TiH2108ye heard avoiceקֽוֹל׃KolH6963.

13And hedeclaredוַיַּגֵּ֨דvai.ya.GedH5046to you hiscovenantבְּרִית֗וֹbe.ri.ToH1285, which hecommandedצִוָּ֤הtzi.VahH6680you toperformלַעֲשׂ֔וֹתla.'a.SotH6213, eventenעֲשֶׂ֖רֶת'a.Se.retH6235commandmentsהַדְּבָרִ֑יםha.de.va.RimH1697; and hewroteוַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֔םvai.yikh.te.VemH3789them upontwoשְׁנֵ֖יshe.NeiH8147tablesלֻח֥וֹתlu.ChotH3871ofstoneאֲבָנִֽים׃'a.va.NimH68.

14And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֤הtzi.VahH6680me at thattimeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256toteachלְלַמֵּ֣דle.la.MedH3925youstatutesחֻקִּ֖יםchu.KimH2706andjudgmentsוּמִשְׁפָּטִ֑יםu.mish.pa.TimH4941, that ye mightdoלַעֲשֹׂתְכֶ֣םla.'a.so.te.KhemH6213them in thelandבָּאָ֕רֶץba.'A.retzH776where ye gooverעֹבְרִ֥ים'oe.RimH5674topossessלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.TahH3423it.

15Take ye thereforegoodמְאֹ֖דme.'OdH3966heedוְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥םve.nish.mar.TemH8104toyourselvesלְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑םle.naf.sho.tei.KhemH5315; for yesawרְאִיתֶם֙re.'i.TemH7200no manner ofsimilitudeתְּמוּנָ֔הte.mu.NahH8544on thedayבְּי֗וֹםbe.YomH3117that theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068spokeדִּבֶּ֨רdi.BerH1696to you inHorebבְּחֹרֵ֖בbe.cho.RevH2722out of themidstמִתּ֥וֹךְmi.TokhH8432of thefireהָאֵֽשׁ׃ha.'EshH784:

16Lest yecorruptתַּשְׁחִת֔וּןtash.chi.TunH7843yourselves, andmakeוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֥םva.'a.si.TemH6213to you a gravenimageפֶּ֖סֶלPe.selH6459, thesimilitudeתְּמוּנַ֣תte.mu.NatH8544of anyfigureסָ֑מֶלSa.melH5566, thelikenessתַּבְנִ֥יתtav.NitH8403ofmaleזָכָ֖רza.KharH2145orfemaleנְקֵבָֽה׃ne.ke.VahH5347,

17Thelikenessתַּבְנִ֕יתtav.NitH8403of anybeastבְּהֵמָ֖הbe.he.MahH929that is on theearthבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776, thelikenessתַּבְנִית֙tav.NitH8403of anywingedכָּנָ֔ףka.NafH3671fowlצִפּ֣וֹרtzi.PorH6833thatfliethתָּע֖וּףta.'UfH5774in theairבַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ba.sha.Ma.yimH8064,

18Thelikenessתַּבְנִ֕יתtav.NitH8403of any thing thatcreepethרֹמֵ֖שׂro.MesH7430on thegroundבָּאֲדָמָ֑הba.'a.da.MahH127, thelikenessתַּבְנִ֛יתtav.NitH8403of anyfishדָּגָ֥הda.GahH1710that is in thewatersבַּמַּ֖יִםba.Ma.yimH4325beneathמִתַּ֥חַתmi.Ta.chatH8478theearthלָאָֽרֶץ׃la.'A.retzH776:

19And lest thou shouldest liftupתִּשָּׂ֨אti.Sa'H5375thyeyesעֵינֶ֜יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869toheavenהַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָהha.sha.May.mahH8064, and when thouseestוְֽ֠רָאִיתָVe.ra.'i.taH7200thesunהַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121, and themoonהַיָּרֵ֜חַhai.ya.Re.achH3394, and thestarsהַכּֽוֹכָבִ֗יםha.ko.kha.VimH3556, even all thehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, shouldest bedrivenוְנִדַּחְתָּ֛ve.ni.dach.TaH5080toworshipוְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֥יתָve.hish.ta.cha.Vi.taH7812them, andserveוַעֲבַדְתָּ֑םva.'a.vad.TamH5647them, which theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathdividedחָלַ֜קcha.LakH2505to allnationsהָֽעַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971under the wholeheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

20But theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hathtakenלָקַ֣חla.KachH3947you, and broughtyouוַיּוֹצִ֥אvai.yo.Tzi'H3318out of theironהַבַּרְזֶ֖לha.bar.ZelH1270furnaceמִכּ֥וּרmi.KurH3564, even fromEgyptמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, to be to him apeopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971ofinheritanceנַחֲלָ֖הna.cha.LahH5159, as ye are thisdayכַּיּ֥וֹםkai.YomH3117.

21Furthermore theLORDוַֽיהוָ֥הva.Yah.wehH3068wasangryהִתְאַנֶּף־hit.'a.nef-H599with me for yoursakesדִּבְרֵיכֶ֑םdiv.rei.KhemH1697, andsworeוַיִּשָּׁבַ֗עvai.yi.sha.Va'H7650that I should not gooverעָבְרִי֙'a.ve.RiH5674Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383, and that I should notenterבֹא֙vo'H935thatgoodהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896landהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776, which theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430givethנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414thee for aninheritanceנַחֲלָֽה׃na.cha.LahH5159:

22But I mustdieמֵת֙metH4191in thislandבָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retzH776, I must not gooverעֹבֵ֖ר'o.VerH5674Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןhai.yar.DenH3383: but ye shall gooverעֹֽבְרִ֔ים'oe.RimH5674, andpossessוִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֕םvi.rish.TemH3423thatgoodהַטּוֹבָ֖הha.to.VahH2896landהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776.

23Takeheedהִשָּׁמְר֣וּhi.sha.me.RuH8104to yourselves, lest yeforgetתִּשְׁכְּחוּ֙tish.ke.ChuH7911thecovenantבְּרִ֤יתbe.RitH1285of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם'e.Lo.hei.KhemH430, which hemadeכָּרַ֖תka.RatH3772with you, andmakeוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֨םva.'a.si.TemH6213you a gravenimageפֶּ֙סֶל֙pe.selH6459, or thelikenessתְּמ֣וּנַתte.Mu.natH8544ofanyכֹּ֔לKolH3605thing, which theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathforbiddenצִוְּךָ֖tzi.ve.KhaH6680thee.

24For theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430is aconsumingאֹכְלָ֖ה'o.khe.LahH398fireאֵ֥שׁ'eshH784, even ajealousקַנָּֽא׃ פka.Na'H7067Godאֵ֖ל'elH410.

25When thou shaltbegetתוֹלִ֤ידto.LidH3205childrenבָּנִים֙ba.NimH1121, andchildren’sוּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.NeiH1121childrenבָנִ֔יםva.NimH1121, and ye shall have remainedlongוְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּ֖םve.no.shan.TemH3462in thelandבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776, and shallcorruptוְהִשְׁחַתֶּ֗םve.hish.cha.TemH7843yourselves, andmakeוַעֲשִׂ֤יתֶםva.'a.Si.temH6213a gravenimageפֶּ֙סֶל֙pe.selH6459, or thelikenessתְּמ֣וּנַתte.Mu.natH8544of any thing, and shalldoוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֥םva.'a.si.TemH6213evilהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָֽה־Yah.weh-H3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, to provoke him toangerלְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃le.hakh.'i.SoH3707:

26Icallהַעִידֹתִי֩ha.'i.do.TiH5749heavenהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064andearthהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776towitnessH5749against you thisdayהַיּ֜וֹםhai.YomH3117, that ye shallsoonמַהֵר֒ma.HerH4118utterlyאָבֹ֣ד'a.VodH6perishתֹּאבֵדוּן֮toe.DunH6from thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776where ye gooverעֹבְרִ֧ים'oe.RimH5674Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֛ןhai.yar.DenH3383topossessלְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּle.rish.TahH3423it; ye shall notprolongתַאֲרִיכֻ֤ןta.'a.ri.KhunH748yourdaysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117upon it, but shall beutterlyהִשָּׁמֵ֖דhi.sha.MedH8045destroyedתִּשָּׁמֵדֽוּן׃ti.sha.me.DunH8045.

27And theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068shallscatterוְהֵפִ֧יץve.he.FitzH6327you among thenationsבָּעַמִּ֑יםba.'a.MimH5971, and ye shall beleftוְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּם֙ve.nish.'ar.TemH7604fewמְתֵ֣יme.TeiH4962innumberמִסְפָּ֔רmis.ParH4557among theheathenבַּגּוֹיִ֕םba.go.YimH1471, where theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068shallleadיְנַהֵ֧גye.na.HegH5090you.

28And there ye shallserveוַעֲבַדְתֶּם־va.'a.vad.tem-H5647godsאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430, theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.SehH4639ofmen’sאָדָ֑ם'a.DamH120handsיְדֵ֣יye.DeiH3027,woodעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086andstoneוָאֶ֔בֶןva.'E.venH68, which neitherseeיִרְאוּן֙yir.'UnH7200, norhearיִשְׁמְע֔וּןyish.me.'UnH8085, noreatיֹֽאכְל֖וּןyokh.LunH398, norsmellיְרִיחֻֽן׃ye.ri.ChunH7306.

29But if from there thou shaltseekוּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥םu.vi.kash.TemH1245theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, thou shaltfindוּמָצָ֑אתָu.ma.Tza.taH4672him, if thou shaltseekתִדְרְשֶׁ֔נּוּtid.re.She.nuH1875him with all thyheartלְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.KhaH3824and with all thysoulנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaH5315.

30When thou art intribulationבַּצַּ֣רba.TzarH6862, and all thesethingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697havecomeוּמְצָא֕וּךָu.me.tza.'U.khaH4672upon thee, even in thelatterבְּאַחֲרִית֙be.'a.cha.RitH319daysהַיָּמִ֔יםhai.ya.MimH3117, if thou shaltturnוְשַׁבְתָּ֙ve.shav.TaH7725to theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, and shalt beobedientוְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ve.sha.ma'.TaH8085to hisvoiceבְּקֹלֽוֹ׃be.ko.LoH6963;

31(For theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430is amercifulרַחוּם֙ra.ChumH7349Godאֵ֤ל'elH410;) he will notforsakeיַרְפְּךָ֖yar.pe.KhaH7503thee, neitherdestroyיַשְׁחִיתֶ֑ךָyash.chi.Te.khaH7843thee, norforgetיִשְׁכַּח֙yish.KachH7911thecovenantבְּרִ֣יתbe.RitH1285of thyfathersאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ'a.vo.Tei.khaH1which hesworeנִשְׁבַּ֖עnish.Ba'H7650to them.

32Foraskשְׁאַל־she.'al-H7592now of thedaysלְיָמִ֨יםle.ya.MimH3117that arepastרִֽאשֹׁנִ֜יםri.sho.NimH7223, whichwereH1961beforeלְפָנֶ֗יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee, since thedayהַיּוֹם֙hai.yoMH3117thatGodאֱלֹהִ֤ים׀'E.lo.HimH430createdבָּרָ֨אba.Ra'H1254manאָדָם֙'a.DamH120upon theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and ask from the onesideH7097ofheavenH8064to the other, whether there hath been any such thing as thisgreatהַגָּדוֹל֙ha.ga.doLH1419thingכַּדָּבָ֤רka.da.VarH1697is, or hath beenheardהֲנִשְׁמַ֥עha.nish.Ma'H8085like it?

33Did everpeopleעָם֩'amH5971hearהֲשָׁ֣מַֽעha.Sha.ma'H8085thevoiceק֨וֹלKolH6963ofGodאֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimH430speakingfromמְדַבֵּ֧רme.da.BerH1696themidstמִתּוֹךְ־mi.tokh-H8432of thefireהָאֵ֛שׁha.'EshH784, as thou hastheardשָׁמַ֥עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085, andliveוַיֶּֽחִי׃vai.Ye.chiH2421?

34Or hathGodאֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430evertriedהֲנִסָּ֣הha.ni.SahH5254togoלָ֠בוֹאLa.Vo'H935andtakeלָקַ֨חַתla.Ka.chatH3947for himself anationגוֹי֮goyH1471from themidstמִקֶּ֣רֶבmi.Ke.revH7130of anothernationגּוֹי֒goyH1471, bytemptationsבְּמַסֹּת֩be.ma.SotH4531, bysignsבְּאֹתֹ֨תbe.'o.TotH226, and bywondersוּבְמוֹפְתִ֜יםu.ve.mof.TimH4159, and bywarוּבְמִלְחָמָ֗הu.ve.mil.cha.MahH4421, and by amightyחֲזָקָה֙cha.za.KahH2389handוּבְיָ֤דu.ve.YadH3027, and by anoutstretchedנְטוּיָ֔הne.tu.YahH5186armוּבִזְר֣וֹעַu.viz.Ro.a'H2220, and bygreatגְּדֹלִ֑יםge.do.LimH1419terrorsוּבְמוֹרָאִ֖יםu.ve.mo.ra.'ImH4172, according to all that theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430didעָשָׂ֨ה'a.SahH6213for you inEgyptבְּמִצְרַ֖יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714before youreyesלְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃le.'ei.Nei.khaH5869?

35To thee it wasshownהָרְאֵ֣תָha.re.'E.taH7200, that thou mightestknowלָדַ֔עַתla.Da.'atH3045that theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068he isGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430; there isnoneע֖וֹדodH5750besideshimמִלְבַדּֽוֹ׃mil.va.DoH905.

36Out ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֛יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064he made thee tohearהִשְׁמִֽיעֲךָ֥hish.mi.'a.KhaH8085hisvoiceקֹל֖וֹko.LoH6963, that he mightinstructלְיַסְּרֶ֑ךָּle.ya.se.Re.kaH3256thee: and uponearthהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776heshowedהֶרְאֲךָ֙her.'a.KhaH7200thee hisgreatהַגְּדוֹלָ֔הha.ge.do.LahH1419fireאִשּׁ֣וֹ'i.ShoH784; and thouheardestשָׁמַ֖עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085hiswordsוּדְבָרָ֥יוu.de.va.RavH1697from themidstמִתּ֥וֹךְmi.TokhH8432of thefireהָאֵֽשׁ׃ha.'EshH784.

37And because helovedאָהַב֙'a.HavH157thyfathersאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ'a.vo.Tei.khaH1, therefore hechoseוַיִּבְחַ֥רvai.yiv.CharH977theirseedבְּזַרְע֖וֹbe.zar.'OH2233afterאַחֲרָ֑יו'a.cha.RavH310them, and brought theeoutוַיּוֹצִֽאֲךָ֧vai.yo.tzi.'a.KhaH3318ofEgyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714; in hissightבְּפָנָ֛יוbe.fa.NavH6440with hismightyהַגָּדֹ֖לha.ga.DolH1419powerבְּכֹח֥וֹbe.kho.ChoH3581;

38To driveoutלְהוֹרִ֗ישׁle.ho.RishH3423nationsגּוֹיִ֛םgo.YimH1471frombeforeמִפָּנֶ֑יךָmi.pa.Nei.khaH6440theegreaterגְּדֹלִ֧יםge.do.LimH1419andmightierוַעֲצֻמִ֛יםva.'a.tzu.MimH6099than thou art, tobringלַהֲבִֽיאֲךָ֗la.ha.vi.'a.KhaH935thee in, togiveלָֽתֶת־la.tet-H5414thee theirlandאַרְצָ֛ם'ar.TzamH776for aninheritanceנַחֲלָ֖הna.cha.LahH5159, as it is thisdayכַּיּ֥וֹםkai.YomH3117.

39Knowוְיָדַעְתָּ֣ve.ya.da'.TaH3045therefore thisdayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117, andconsiderוַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ֮va.ha.she.vo.TaH7725it in thyheartלְבָבֶךָ֒le.va.ve.KhaH3824, that theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068he isGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430inheavenבַּשָּׁמַ֣יִםba.sha.Ma.yimH8064aboveמִמַּ֔עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605, and upon theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776beneath: there is none else.

40Thou shaltkeepוְשָׁמַרְתָּ֞ve.sha.mar.TaH8104therefore hisstatutesחֻקָּ֣יוchu.KavH2706, and hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֗יוmitz.vo.TavH4687, which Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֙me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee thisdayH3117, that it may bewellיִיטַ֣בyi.TavH3190with thee, and with thychildrenוּלְבָנֶ֖יךָu.le.va.Nei.khaH1121afterאַחֲרֶ֑יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310thee, and that thou mayestprolongתַּאֲרִ֤יךְta.'a.RikhH748thydaysH3117upon theearthהַ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127, which theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430givethנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414thee, for ever.

41ThenMosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872setapartיַבְדִּ֤ילyav.DilH914threeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969citiesעָרִ֔ים'a.RimH5892on thesideבְּעֵ֖בֶרbe.'E.verH5676ofJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןhai.yar.DenH3383toward thesunrisingמִזְרְחָ֖ה שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃miz.re.Chah Sha.meshH8121 H4217;

42That theslayerרוֹצֵ֗חַro.Tze.achH7523mightfleeלָנֻ֨סla.NusH5127there, who shouldkillיִרְצַ֤חyir.TzachH7523hisneighbourרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙re.'E.huH7453unintentionallyבִּבְלִי־ דַ֔עַתbiv.li- Da.'atH1097 H1847, and when he had nothatedשֹׂנֵ֥אso.Ne'H8130him intimesמִתְּמ֣וֹלmi.te.MolH8543pastשִׁלְשׁ֑וֹםshil.ShomH8032; and thatfleeingוְנָ֗סve.NasH5127tooneאַחַ֛ת'a.ChatH259oftheseהָאֵ֖לha.'ElH411citiesהֶעָרִ֥יםhe.'a.RimH5892he mightliveH2425:

43Namely,Bezerבֶּ֧צֶרBe.tzerH1221in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֛רba.mid.BarH4057, in theplainהַמִּישֹׁ֖רha.mi.ShorH4334countryבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776, of theReubenitesלָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑יla.ru.'u.ve.NiH7206; andRamothרָאמֹ֤תra.MotH7216inGileadבַּגִּלְעָד֙ba.gil.'AdH1568, of theGaditesלַגָּדִ֔יla.ga.DiH1425; andGolanגּוֹלָ֥ןgo.LanH1474inBashanבַּבָּשָׁ֖ןba.ba.ShanH1316, of theManassitesלַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי׃Lam.na.ShiH4520.

44And this is thelawהַתּוֹרָ֑הha.to.RahH8451whichMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872setשָׂ֣םsamH7760beforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478:

45These are thetestimoniesהָֽעֵדֹ֔תha.'e.DotH5713, and thestatutesוְהַֽחֻקִּ֖יםve.ha.chu.KimH2706, and thejudgmentsוְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑יםve.ha.mish.pa.TimH4941, whichMosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872spokeדִּבֶּ֤רdi.BerH1696to thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, after they cameforthבְּצֵאתָ֖םbe.tze.TamH3318fromEgyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,

46On the eastsideבְּעֵ֨בֶרbe.'E.verH5676ofJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֜ןhai.yar.DenH3383, in thevalleyבַּגַּ֗יְאba.Gay'H1516oppositeמ֚וּלmulH4136BethpeorH1047, in thelandבְּאֶ֗רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofSihonסִיחֹן֙si.ChonH5511kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of theAmoritesהָֽאֱמֹרִ֔יha.'e.mo.RiH567, whodweltיוֹשֵׁ֖בyo.ShevH3427atHeshbonבְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןbe.chesh.BonH2809, whomMosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872and thechildrenוּבְנֵֽיu.ve.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478smoteהִכָּ֤הhi.KahH5221, after they had comeforthבְּצֵאתָ֖םbe.tze.TamH3318fromEgyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714:

47And theypossessedוַיִּֽירְשׁ֨וּvai.yi.re.ShuH3423hislandאַרְצ֜וֹ'ar.TzoH776, and thelandאֶ֣רֶץ׀'E.retzH776ofOgע֣וֹגogH5747kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBashanהַבָּשָׁ֗ןha.ba.ShanH1316,twoשְׁנֵי֙she.NeiH8147kingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428of theAmoritesהָֽאֱמֹרִ֔יha.'e.mo.RiH567, who were on thesideבְּעֵ֣בֶרbe.'E.verH5676ofJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןhai.yar.DenH3383toward thesunrisingמִזְרַ֖ח שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃miz.Rach Sha.meshH4217 H8121;

48FromAroerמֵעֲרֹעֵ֞רme.'a.ro.'ErH6177, which is by thebankשְׂפַת־se.fat-H8193of theriverנַ֧חַלNa.chalH5158Arnonאַרְנֹ֛ן'ar.NonH769, even tomountהַ֥רharH2022Sionשִׂיאֹ֖ןsi.'OnH7865, which isHermonחֶרְמֽוֹן׃cher.MonH2768,

49And all theplainהָ֨עֲרָבָ֜הha.'a.ra.VahH6160on thesideעֵ֤בֶר'E.verH5676ofJordanהַיַּרְדֵּן֙hai.yar.DenH3383eastwardמִזְרָ֔חָהmiz.Ra.chahH4217, even to theseaיָ֣םyamH3220of theplainהָעֲרָבָ֑הha.'a.ra.VahH6160, under thespringsH794ofPisgahהַפִּסְגָּֽה׃ פha.pis.GahH6449.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4

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