Второзаконие 4

Библия, синодално издание

4 ^(A)И тъй, Израилю, слушай наредбите и законите, които аз (днес) ви уча да изпълнявате, за да бъдете живи (и да се размножавате) и да отидете и наследите оная земя, която Господ, Бог на вашите отци, ви дава (в наследство);

²^(B)не прибавяйте към това, което ви заповядвам, и не отбавяйте от него; пазете заповедите на Господа, вашия Бог, които аз (днес) ви заповядвам.

³^(C)Очите ви видяха (всичко), което Господ (Бог наш) стори с Ваал-Фегора; защото Господ, Бог твой, изтреби из средата ти всекиго, който бе последвал Ваал-Фегора;

⁴а вие, които сте се прилепили към Господа, вашия Бог, всички сте живи доднес.

⁵Ето, научих ви на наредбите и законите, както ми заповяда Господ, Бог мой, за да постъпвате тъй в земята, в която влизате, за да я завладеете.

⁶^(D)И тъй, пазете и изпълнявайте ги, защото в това е вашата мъдрост и вашият разум пред очите на народите, които, като чуят за всички тия наредби, ще кажат: само тоя велик народ е мъдър и разумен народ.

⁷^(E)Защото има ли някой велик народ, към който боговете му да бъдат тъй близки, както е близък към нас Господ, Бог наш, когато и да Го призовем?

⁸^(F)И има ли някой велик народ с такива справедливи наредби и закони, както целият тоя закон, който ви предлагам днес?

⁹^(G)Само пази се и грижливо варди душата си, за да не забравиш делата, що ги видяха твоите очи, и те да не излизат от сърцето ти през всички дни на твоя живот, и обади за тях на синовете си и на внуците си, –

¹⁰^(H)за оня ден, когато ти стоеше пред Господа, твоя Бог, при Хорив, (в деня на събранието,) и когато ми каза Господ: събери при Мене народа, и Аз ще им възвестя Моите думи, от които ще се научат да се боят от Мене през всички дни на своя земен живот и ще научат синовете си.

¹¹^(I)Вие се приближихте и се спряхте под планината, а планината гореше в огън до самите небеса; и имаше тъмнина, облак и мрак.

¹²^(J)И Господ ви говори (на планината) изсред огъня; гласа на думите (Му) чухте, но образ не видяхте, а чухте само глас.

¹³^(K)И Той ви яви завета Си, който ви заповяда да изпълнявате, десетословието, и го написа на две каменни скрижали.

¹⁴Тогава Господ ми заповяда да ви науча на наредбите и законите, за да ги изпълнявате в земята, в която влизате, за да я завладеете.

¹⁵^(L)Дръжте твърдо в душите си, че вие не видяхте никакъв образ в оня ден, когато Господ ви говори на (планина) Хорив изсред огъня,

¹⁶^(M)да не би да се развратите и си направите дялан образ, лик на някой кумир, който да представя мъж или жена,

¹⁷^(N)лик на някой добитък, който е на земята, лик на някоя птица крилата, която хвърка под небесата,

¹⁸лик на някой (гад), който пълзи по земята, лик на някоя риба, която е във водите по-долу от земята;

¹⁹^(O)и да не би ти, като погледнеш на небето и видиш слънцето, месечината и звездите (и) цялото небесно войнство, да се прелъстиш, та да им се поклониш и да им послужиш, защото Господ, Бог твой, ги е отредил за всички народи под цялото небе.

²⁰^(P)А вас Господ (Бог) взе и ви изведе из желязната пещ, из Египет, та да бъдете народ за Негов дял, както е това днес.

²¹^(Q)И Господ (Бог) се разгневи на мене заради вас и се закле, че няма да премина Иордан и няма да вляза в оная хубава земя, която Господ, Бог твой, ти дава за дял.

²²^(R)Аз ще умра в тая земя, без да премина Иордан, а вие ще преминете и ще завладеете оная хубава земя.

²³^(S)Гледайте, да не забравите завета на Господа, вашия Бог, който Той сключи с вас, и да си не правите кумири, които да изобразяват нещо, както ти заповяда Господ, Бог твой;

²⁴^(T)понеже Господ, Бог твой, е огън, който пояжда, Бог ревнител.

²⁵Ако пък ти се родят синове и внуци, и, като поживеете дълго на земята, се развратите и направите дялан образ, който да изобразява нещо, и направите това зло пред очите на Господа, вашия Бог, и Го разгневите,

²⁶^(U)то призовавам днес вам за свидетели небето и земята, че скоро ще изгубите оная земя, която отивате да наследите отвъд Иордан; няма да останете в нея задълго, а ще загинете.

²⁷^(V)И ще ви разпилее Господ по (всички) народи, и ще останете малко на брой между народите, при които Господ ще ви отведе;

²⁸^(W)там ще служите на (други) богове, които ръка човешка е направила от дърво и камък, които не виждат и не чуват, не ядат, и не помирисват.

²⁹^(X)Но когато там потърсиш Господа, твоя Бог, ще (Го) намериш, ако Го търсиш от все сърце и душа.

³⁰^(Y)Кога изпаднеш в скръб, и кога всичко това с време те постигне, ти ще се обърнеш към Господа, твоя Бог, и ще послушаш гласа Му.

³¹^(Z)Господ, Бог твой, е Бог (благ и) милосърден; Той не ще те остави, не ще те погуби и не ще забрави завета с твоите отци, който им е с клетва утвърдил.

³²Защото, разпитай за предишните времена, които са били преди тебе, от оня ден, когато Бог сътвори човека на земята, и от единия край на небето до другия: бивало ли е нещо такова, като това велико дело, или чувало ли се е подобно на него?

³³^(AA)чувал ли е (някой) народ гласа на (живия) Бог, Който да говори изсред огъня, както ти си чувал, и останал ли е жив?

³⁴^(AB)или опитвал ли се е някой бог да отиде и си вземе народ изсред дру г народ чрез порази, личби и чудеса, чрез война, и с яка ръка, с висока мишца и с големи ужаси, както направи за вас Господ, Бог ваш, в Египет пред твоите очи?

³⁵^(AC)На тебе е дадено да видиш това, за да знаеш, че само Господ (Бог твой) е Бог, (и) няма друг, освен Него.

³⁶От небето Той ти даде да чуеш гласа Му, за да те научи, а на земята ти показа Своя велик огън, и ти слуша думите Му изсред огъня;

³⁷^(AD)и понеже Той обикна твоите отци и избра (вас), потомството им след тях, то изведе те Сам с голямата Си сила из Египет,

³⁸за да прогони отпреде ти народи поголеми и по-силни от тебе, да те въведе и да ти даде земята им в наследство, както това сега се види.

³⁹^(AE)И тъй, знай сега и запечатай в сърцето си, че Господ (Бог твой) е Бог на небето горе и на земята долу, (и) няма друг (освен Него);

⁴⁰^(AF)и пази наредбите Му и заповедите Му, които ти сега заповядвам, за да бъде добре на теб и на твоите синове след теб и да останеш задълго в оная земя, която Господ, Бог твой, ти дава завинаги.

⁴¹^(AG)Тогава Моисей отдели три града отсам Иордан, откъм изгрев-слънце,

⁴²за да избягва там убиец, който неволно убие ближния си, без да му е бил враг нито вчера, нито завчера, и, като избяга в един от тия градове, да остане жив:

⁴³^(AH)Бецер в пустинята, на равнината в коляното Рувимово, и Рамот в Галаад, в коляното Гадово, и Голан във Васан, в коляното Манасиево.

⁴⁴Това е законът, който Моисей предложи на синовете Израилеви;

⁴⁵това са заповедите, наредбите и законите, които Моисей изрече на синовете Израилеви (в пустинята), след като бяха излезли из Египет,

⁴⁶^(AI)отсам Иордан, в долината срещу Бет-Фегор, в земята на аморейския цар Сихон, който живееше в Есевон и когото Моисей разби със синовете Израилеви, след като бяха излезли из Египет.

⁴⁷^(AJ)Тогава те завладяха неговата земя и земята на васанския цар Ога, двамата аморейски царе, която е отсам Иордан, откъм изгрев-слънце,

⁴⁸^(AK)от Ароер, на брега на поток Арнон, до планина Сион, тя е и Ермон,

⁴⁹и цялата равнина отсам Иордан към изток, до самото море на равнината при полите на Фасга.

Deuteronomy 4

English Standard Version

Moses Commands Obedience

4 “And now, O Israel, listen to ^(A)the statutes and the rules^[a] that I am teaching you, and do them, ^(B)that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. ²^(C)You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you. ³Your eyes have seen what the Lord did ^(D)at Baal-peor, for the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor. ⁴But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today. ⁵See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. ⁶^(E)Keep them and do them, for ^(F)that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ ⁷For ^(G)what great nation is there that has ^(H)a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? ⁸And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so ^(I)righteous as all this law that I set before you today?

⁹^(J)“Only take care, and ^(K)keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. ^(L)Make them known to your children and your children's children— ¹⁰how on ^(M)the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ^(N)‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, ^(O)so that they may learn to fear ^(P)me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’ ¹¹And ^(Q)you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while ^(R)the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom. ¹²Then ^(S)the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, ^(T)but saw no form; ^(U)there was only a voice. ¹³^(V)And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, ^(W)the Ten Commandments,^[b] ^(X)and he wrote them on two tablets of stone. ¹⁴And ^(Y)the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.

Idolatry Forbidden

¹⁵^(Z)“Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since ^(AA)you saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, ¹⁶beware ^(AB)lest you act corruptly ^(AC)by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, ^(AD)the likeness of male or female, ¹⁷the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, ¹⁸the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth. ¹⁹And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see ^(AE)the sun and the moon and the stars, ^(AF)all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. ²⁰But the Lord has taken you and ^(AG)brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, ^(AH)to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day. ²¹Furthermore, ^(AI)the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance. ²²For I must die in this land; ^(AJ)I must not go over the Jordan. But you shall go over and take possession of ^(AK)that good land. ²³^(AL)Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and ^(AM)make a carved image, the form of anything that the Lord your God has forbidden you. ²⁴For ^(AN)the Lord your God is a consuming fire, ^(AO)a jealous God.

²⁵“When you father children and children's children, and have grown old in the land, ^(AP)and you act corruptly by making a carved image in the form of anything, and ^(AQ)by doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to anger, ²⁶I ^(AR)call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed. ²⁷And the Lord ^(AS)will scatter you among the peoples, ^(AT)and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you. ²⁸And ^(AU)there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, ^(AV)that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. ²⁹^(AW)But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. ³⁰When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you ^(AX)in the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. ³¹For the Lord your God is ^(AY)a merciful God. ^(AZ)He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

The Lord Alone Is God

³²“For ^(BA)ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of. ³³^(BB)Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live? ³⁴Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, ^(BC)by signs, by wonders, and ^(BD)by war, ^(BE)by a mighty hand and ^(BF)an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? ³⁵To you it was shown, ^(BG)that you might know that the Lord is God; ^(BH)there is no other besides him. ³⁶^(BI)Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and ^(BJ)you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. ³⁷And because ^(BK)he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them^[c] and brought you out of Egypt ^(BL)with his own presence, by his great power, ³⁸^(BM)driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day, ³⁹know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that ^(BN)the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; ^(BO)there is no other. ⁴⁰^(BP)Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, ^(BQ)that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

Cities of Refuge

⁴¹Then Moses ^(BR)set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan, ⁴²that ^(BS)the manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life: ⁴³^(BT)Bezer in the wilderness on the ^(BU)tableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

Introduction to the Law

⁴⁴This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel. ⁴⁵These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt, ⁴⁶beyond the Jordan ^(BV)in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, ^(BW)whom Moses and the people of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt. ⁴⁷And they took possession of his land and the land ^(BX)of Og, the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who lived to the east beyond the Jordan; ⁴⁸^(BY)from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount ^(BZ)Sirion^[d] (that is, ^(CA)Hermon), ⁴⁹together with all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as ^(CB)the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.

Footnotes

Deuteronomy 4:1 Or just decrees; also verses 5, 8, 14, 45
Deuteronomy 4:13 Hebrew the ten words
Deuteronomy 4:37 Hebrew his offspring after him
Deuteronomy 4:48 Syriac; Hebrew Sion

Deuteronomy 4

New International Version

Obedience Commanded

4 Now, Israel, hear the decrees^(A) and laws I am about to teach^(B) you. Follow them so that you may live^(C) and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. ²Do not add^(D) to what I command you and do not subtract^(E) from it, but keep^(F) the commands^(G) of the Lord your God that I give you.

³You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor.^(H) The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, ⁴but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.

⁵See, I have taught^(I) you decrees and laws^(J) as the Lord my God commanded^(K) me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering^(L) to take possession of it. ⁶Observe^(M) them carefully, for this will show your wisdom^(N) and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”^(O) ⁷What other nation is so great^(P) as to have their gods near^(Q) them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? ⁸And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws^(R) as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

⁹Only be careful,^(S) and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach^(T) them to your children^(U) and to their children after them. ¹⁰Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb,^(V) when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn^(W) to revere^(X) me as long as they live in the land^(Y) and may teach^(Z) them to their children.” ¹¹You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain^(AA) while it blazed with fire^(AB) to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.^(AC) ¹²Then the Lord spoke^(AD) to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form;^(AE) there was only a voice.^(AF) ¹³He declared to you his covenant,^(AG) the Ten Commandments,^(AH) which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets. ¹⁴And the Lord directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws^(AI) you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

Idolatry Forbidden

¹⁵You saw no form^(AJ) of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb^(AK) out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully,^(AL) ¹⁶so that you do not become corrupt^(AM) and make for yourselves an idol,^(AN) an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, ¹⁷or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air,^(AO) ¹⁸or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below. ¹⁹And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,^(AP) the moon and the stars^(AQ)—all the heavenly array^(AR)—do not be enticed^(AS) into bowing down to them and worshiping^(AT) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. ²⁰But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace,^(AU) out of Egypt,^(AV) to be the people of his inheritance,^(AW) as you now are.

²¹The Lord was angry with me^(AX) because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance. ²²I will die in this land;^(AY) I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land.^(AZ) ²³Be careful not to forget the covenant^(BA) of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol^(BB) in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden. ²⁴For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,^(BC) a jealous God.^(BD)

²⁵After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt^(BE) and make any kind of idol,^(BF) doing evil^(BG) in the eyes of the Lord your God and arousing his anger, ²⁶I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses^(BH) against you^(BI) this day that you will quickly perish^(BJ) from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. ²⁷The Lord will scatter^(BK) you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive^(BL) among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. ²⁸There you will worship man-made gods^(BM) of wood and stone,^(BN) which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.^(BO) ²⁹But if from there you seek^(BP) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart^(BQ) and with all your soul.^(BR) ³⁰When you are in distress^(BS) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days^(BT) you will return^(BU) to the Lord your God and obey him. ³¹For the Lord your God is a merciful^(BV) God; he will not abandon^(BW) or destroy^(BX) you or forget^(BY) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

The Lord Is God

³²Ask^(BZ) now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth;^(CA) ask from one end of the heavens to the other.^(CB) Has anything so great^(CC) as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? ³³Has any other people heard the voice of God^[a] speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?^(CD) ³⁴Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation,^(CE) by testings,^(CF) by signs^(CG) and wonders,^(CH) by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,^(CI) or by great and awesome deeds,^(CJ) like all the things the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

³⁵You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other.^(CK) ³⁶From heaven he made you hear his voice^(CL) to discipline^(CM) you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. ³⁷Because he loved^(CN) your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,^(CO) ³⁸to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance,^(CP) as it is today.

³⁹Acknowledge^(CQ) and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.^(CR) ⁴⁰Keep^(CS) his decrees and commands,^(CT) which I am giving you today, so that it may go well^(CU) with you and your children after you and that you may live long^(CV) in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.

Cities of Refuge^(CW)

⁴¹Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan, ⁴²to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally^(CX) killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life. ⁴³The cities were these: Bezer in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth^(CY) in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

Introduction to the Law

⁴⁴This is the law Moses set before the Israelites. ⁴⁵These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt ⁴⁶and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon^(CZ) king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt. ⁴⁷They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan. ⁴⁸This land extended from Aroer^(DA) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion^[b]^(DB) (that is, Hermon^(DC)), ⁴⁹and included all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Dead Sea,^[c] below the slopes of Pisgah.

Footnotes

Deuteronomy 4:33 Or of a god
Deuteronomy 4:48 Syriac (see also 3:9); Hebrew Siyon
Deuteronomy 4:49 Hebrew the Sea of the Arabah

Deuteronomy 4

King James Version

4 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.

²Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

³Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

⁴But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.

⁵Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

⁶Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

⁷For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

⁸And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

⁹Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

¹⁰Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

¹¹And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

¹²And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

¹³And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

¹⁴And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

¹⁵Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

¹⁶Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

¹⁷The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

¹⁸The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

¹⁹And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

²⁰But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

²¹Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

²²But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

²³Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

²⁴For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

²⁵When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:

²⁶I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

²⁷And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.

²⁸And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

²⁹But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

³⁰When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

³¹(For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

³²For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

³³Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

³⁴Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

³⁵Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.

³⁶Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

³⁷And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

³⁸To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

³⁹Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

⁴⁰Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

⁴¹Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

⁴²That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

⁴³Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

⁴⁴And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

⁴⁵These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt.

⁴⁶On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:

⁴⁷And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

⁴⁸From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,

⁴⁹And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

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