Deuteronomium 4
BasisBijbel
Mozes moedigt het volk aan om zich aan de wet van God te houden
4 Israël, luister dan nu goed naar de wetten en leefregels die ik jullie leer. Want als jullie je daaraan houden, zal het goed met jullie gaan. Dan zullen jullie het land veroveren dat de Heer, de God van jullie voorvaders Abraham, Izaäk en Jakob, jullie wil geven. 2 Verander niets aan de wetten van de Heer God die ik jullie geef. Je mag er niets aan toevoegen en je mag er niets vanaf halen. Houd je er heel precies aan.
3 Jullie hebben met eigen ogen gezien wat God heeft gedaan toen jullie Baäl-Peor waren gaan aanbidden. Hij heeft toen alle mannen en vrouwen die Baäl-Peor aanbaden, gedood. 4 Maar omdat júllie trouw bleven aan jullie Heer God, zijn júllie nog in leven. 5 Ik heb jullie Gods wetten en leefregels geleerd, zoals mijn Heer God mij had bevolen. Daar moeten jullie je aan houden als jullie in het land wonen dat jullie gaan veroveren. 6 Als de volken om jullie heen deze wetten horen, zullen ze jullie wijs en verstandig vinden. Ze zullen zeggen: 'Wat is dat grote volk toch wijs en verstandig!' 7 Onze Heer God is heel dicht bij ons. Geen ander volk, hoe groot het ook is, heeft een god die zó dichtbij is. Hij is bij ons, telkens als we Hem om hulp roepen. 8 En geen ander volk, hoe groot het ook is, heeft zulke rechtvaardige wetten als wij. Namelijk deze hele wet die ik jullie nu geef.
9 Maar let op: vergeet vooral niet wat jullie met eigen ogen allemaal hebben gezien. Jullie mogen het je leven lang niet vergeten. Vertel het aan jullie kinderen en kleinkinderen. 10 Vertel hun van de dag dat jullie bij de berg Horeb vóór de Heer God stonden. De Heer had toen tegen mij gezegd: 'Roep het hele volk bij elkaar, dan zal Ik tot hen spreken. Dan zullen ze leren om hun leven lang diep ontzag voor Mij te hebben. Dan zullen ze dat ook aan hun kinderen leren.' 11 Jullie stonden onderaan de berg. Op de top zagen jullie vlammen die tot aan de hemel oplaaiden. Het was aardedonker. Want er hingen dikke, donkere wolken op de berg. 12 En de Heer sprak tegen jullie vanuit het vuur. Jullie hoorden wel een stem, maar zagen niemand. Er was alleen een stem. 13 Hij vertelde jullie het verbond waaraan jullie je moesten houden. Dat waren de Tien Leefregels. Hij schreef die op, op twee platte stenen. 14 En de Heer gaf mij het bevel om jullie al zijn wetten en leefregels te leren. Hij wil dat jullie je daaraan houden in het land dat jullie nu gaan veroveren.
15 Denk er om: jullie zagen de Heer niet toen Hij op Horeb vanuit het vuur tegen jullie sprak. Zijn gestalte was niet te zien. 16 Daarom mogen jullie niet één of ander beeld van de Heer God maken. Want dan zijn jullie Hem ongehoorzaam. 17+18 Jullie mogen geen godenbeeld van Hem maken. Niet in de vorm van een man of vrouw, en niet in de vorm van een dier, een vogel, een kruipend dier of een vis. 19 Ook mogen jullie de zon, de maan en de sterren niet als goden aanbidden. Laat je niet verleiden om die te aanbidden en te dienen. Want de Heer God heeft de zon, de maan en de sterren aan de mensen gegeven en het zijn dus zelf geen goden. 20 De Heer heeft jullie gered uit de hel van Egypte. Hij heeft jullie daaruit meegenomen om jullie tot zijn eigen volk te maken. En dat zijn jullie nu ook.
21 Maar door jullie schuld werd de Heer boos op mij. Hij zwoer dat ik de Jordaan niet zou oversteken. Ik zal niet in het prachtige land komen dat de Heer jullie gaat geven. 22 Ik zal aan deze kant van de Jordaan sterven en de Jordaan niet oversteken. Maar júllie zullen oversteken en dat prachtige land gaan veroveren. 23 Vergeet nooit het verbond dat jullie Heer God met jullie heeft gesloten. Vergeet nooit dat jullie geen enkel godenbeeld mogen maken, in wat voor vorm dan ook. Dat heeft de Heer God verboden. 24 Want jullie Heer God is als een vuur dat alles verbrandt. Hij is een jaloers God en wil niet dat jullie andere goden aanbidden.
25 Jullie zullen in het land wonen en kinderen en kleinkinderen krijgen. Als jullie dan oud geworden zijn, ga dan nog steeds geen godenbeelden maken, in wat voor vorm dan ook. Want daarmee zouden jullie je Heer God ongehoorzaam zijn. Doe niets wat de Heer slecht vindt, niets waarmee jullie je Heer God beledigen. 26 Want als jullie Hem woedend maken, zullen jullie al heel gauw sterven in het land dat jullie aan de overkant van de Jordaan gaan veroveren. Ik zweer vandaag bij de hemel en de aarde dat jullie daar dan niet lang zullen leven. Jullie volk zal dan helemaal vernietigd worden. 27 De Heer zal jullie over de andere volken verspreiden. Er zal daar maar een heel klein aantal van jullie overblijven. 28 Jullie zullen daar andere goden moeten aanbidden en dienen, goden die door mensen zijn gemaakt. Beelden van hout en van steen, die niet zien, niet horen, niet eten en niet ruiken. 29 Dan zullen jullie daar weer naar jullie Heer God gaan verlangen. En als jullie met je hele hart naar Hem verlangen, zullen jullie Hem weer vinden.
30 Als jullie in de verre toekomst in grote nood zullen zijn, en al die dingen met jullie gebeuren, zullen jullie uiteindelijk teruggaan naar jullie Heer God. En dan zullen jullie Hem gehoorzaam zijn. 31 Want jullie Heer God is een God die vergeeft en medelijden heeft. Hij zal jullie niet in de steek laten en jullie niet doden. Hij zal nooit vergeten dat Hij een verbond had gesloten met jullie voorvaders Abraham, Izaäk en Jakob.
32 Kijk eens naar vroeger, toen jullie er nog niet waren. Hebben jullie wel eens gehoord dat ooit eerder in de geschiedenis van de aarde zulke geweldige dingen zijn gebeurd? 33 Heeft ooit eerder een volk de stem van God horen spreken vanuit het vuur? Maar júllie hebben Gods stem gehoord en toch zijn jullie in leven gebleven! 34 Heeft God ooit eerder een volk gered uit de macht van een ander volk? Heeft Hij ooit eerder op een machtige manier, met zulke grote wonderen en grote rampen een volk gered, zoals jullie Heer God voor jullie heeft gedaan? 35 Jullie hebben deze dingen gezien, zodat jullie zouden weten dat de Heer de enige God is. Er is geen andere God dan Hij. 36 Hij heeft jullie zijn stem uit de hemel laten horen. Zo wilde Hij jullie leren hoe jullie moeten leven en hoe jullie Hem moeten dienen. Jullie hebben zijn vuur gezien. Jullie hebben Hem vanuit dat vuur horen spreken. 37 Hij heeft jullie op een machtige manier Zelf uit Egypte bevrijd. Dat deed Hij omdat Hij van jullie voorvaders Abraham, Izaäk en Jakob hield, en hun familie heeft uitgekozen. 38 En Hij heeft volken die groter en machtiger zijn dan jullie, voor jullie weggejaagd. Zo bracht Hij jullie in hun land en gaf het aan jullie. En nu is het zo ver! 39 Denk er dus goed om dat de Heer de enige God is in de hemel daarboven en op de aarde hier beneden. Er is geen andere God. 40 Houd je dus aan zijn wetten en leefregels die ik jullie nu geef. Dan zal het goed gaan met jullie en met jullie kinderen. Dan zullen jullie lang leven in het land dat jullie Heer God voor altijd aan jullie gaat geven."
Vrijsteden in het gebied aan de oostkant van de Jordaan
41 Toen wees Mozes drie steden aan als vrijsteden aan de oostkant van de Jordaan. 42 Als iemand per ongeluk iemand anders zou hebben gedood, zou hij daarheen kunnen vluchten. Daar zou hij niet gedood mogen worden door de man die wraak komt nemen voor de dood van die ander. 43 Voor de stam van Ruben wees hij Bezer als vrijstad aan, in de woestijn op de vlakte. Voor de stam van Gad: de stad Ramot in Gilead. Voor de stam van Manasse: de stad Golan in Bazan.
Mozes leert Israël de Tien Leefregels van God
44 Dit is de wet die Mozes aan de Israëlieten gaf. 45 Dit zijn alle wetten en leefregels[a] die Mozes aan de Israëlieten heeft gegeven toen ze uit Egypte waren vertrokken. 46 Hij leerde hun die aan de oostkant van de Jordaan, in het dal bij Bet-Peor, in het land van Sihon. Sihon was de koning van de Amorieten die in Hesbon had gewoond. Mozes en de Israëlieten hadden Sihon verslagen tijdens hun tocht uit Egypte. 47 Ze hadden zijn land veroverd, samen met het land van koning Og van Bazan. Sihon en Og waren de koningen van de Amorieten die aan de oostkant van de Jordaan woonden. 48 Het gebied van de Amorieten was vanaf Aroër, dat aan de oever van de beek Arnon ligt, tot aan de berg Sirjon (dat is de Hermon) 49 en de hele vlakte aan de oostkant van de Jordaan en de Zoutzee, tot aan Asdot-Pisga. (lees verder)
Footnotes
- Deuteronomium 4:45 Deze tien leefregels worden ook de Tien Geboden genoemd. De Joden noemen ze de Tien Woorden van God. Je zou ze kunnen zien als de grondwet voor het volk Israël. Alle andere wetten die hierna genoemd worden, zijn toepassingen van deze tien leefregels / wetten / woorden.
Deuteronomy 4
World English Bible
4 Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them, that you may live and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you. 2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal Peor; for Yahweh your God has destroyed all the men who followed Baal Peor from among you. 4 But you who were faithful to Yahweh your God are all alive today. 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” 7 For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him? 8 What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you today?
9 Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children— 10 the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, “Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.” 11 You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 12 Yahweh spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; you only heard a voice. 13 He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments. He wrote them on two stone tablets. 14 Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it. 15 Be very careful, for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire, 16 lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; 19 and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky. 20 But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as it is today. 21 Furthermore Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance; 22 but I must die in this land. I must not go over the Jordan, but you shall go over and possess that good land. 23 Be careful, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you. 24 For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. 25 When you father children and children’s children, and you have been long in the land, and then corrupt yourselves, and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do that which is evil in Yahweh your God’s sight to provoke him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over the Jordan to possess it. You will not prolong your days on it, but will utterly be destroyed. 27 Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where Yahweh will lead you away. 28 There you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you will find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in oppression, and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God and listen to his voice. 31 For Yahweh your God is a merciful God. He will not fail you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them. 32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as great as this thing is, or has been heard like it? 33 Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have heard, and live? 34 Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him. 36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you. On earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the middle of the fire. 37 Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their offspring after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt; 38 to drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today. 39 Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else. 40 You shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for all time.
41 Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, 42 that the man slayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally and didn’t hate him in time past, and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live: 43 Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
44 This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. 45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt, 46 beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck when they came out of Egypt. 47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise; 48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Zion (also called Hermon), 49 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
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. 2 Do 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.
3 You 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, 4 but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.
5 See, 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. 6 Observe(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) 7 What 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? 8 And 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?
9 Only 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. 10 Remember 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.” 11 You 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) 12 Then 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) 13 He declared to you his covenant,(AG) the Ten Commandments,(AH) which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets. 14 And 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
15 You 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) 16 so 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, 17 or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air,(AO) 18 or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below. 19 And 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. 20 But 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.
21 The 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. 22 I 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) 23 Be 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. 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,(BC) a jealous God.(BD)
25 After 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, 26 I 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. 27 The 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. 28 There you will worship man-made gods(BM) of wood and stone,(BN) which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.(BO) 29 But 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) 30 When 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. 31 For 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
32 Ask(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? 33 Has any other people heard the voice of God[a] speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?(CD) 34 Has 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?
35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other.(CK) 36 From 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. 37 Because 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) 38 to 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.
39 Acknowledge(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) 40 Keep(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)
41 Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan, 42 to 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. 43 The 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
44 This is the law Moses set before the Israelites. 45 These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt 46 and 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. 47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan. 48 This land extended from Aroer(DA) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion[b](DB) (that is, Hermon(DC)), 49 and 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.
2 Ye 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.
3 Your 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.
4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.
5 Behold, 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.
6 Keep 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.
7 For 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?
8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
9 Only 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;
10 Specially 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.
11 And 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.
12 And 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.
13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14 And 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.
15 Take 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:
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19 And 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.
20 But 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.
21 Furthermore 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:
22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
23 Take 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.
24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
25 When 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:
26 I 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.
27 And 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.
28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 But 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.
30 When 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.
32 For 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?
33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34 Or 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?
35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.
36 Out 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.
37 And 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;
38 To 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.
39 Know 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.
40 Thou 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.
41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
42 That 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:
43 Namely, 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.
44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt.
46 On 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:
47 And 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;
48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
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