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Deuteronomy 4:15-23

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.

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