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Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
Tree of Life Version

Parashat Va’etchanan

Moses Pleads to Enter

23 “I pleaded with Adonai at that time, saying, 24 ‘O Lord Adonai, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand—for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do deeds and mighty acts like Yours? 25 Please! Let me cross over and see the good land across the Jordan—that good hill country and the Lebanon.’

26 “But Adonai was angry with me because of you, so He would not listen to me. ‘Enough!’ Adonai said to me, ‘Do not speak to Me anymore about this matter. 27 Go up to the top of Pisgah, look around to the west and the north and the south and the east, and see with your eyes—for you will not cross over this Jordan. 28 But commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he will cross over before this people, and he will enable them to inherit the land that you will see.’ 29 So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.

Bnei-Yisrael Must Listen and Obey

4 “Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to do, so that you may live and go in and possess the land that Adonai the God of your fathers is giving you. 2 You must not add to the word that I am commanding you or take away from it—in order to keep the mitzvot of Adonai your God that I am commanding you. 3 Your eyes have seen what Adonai did at Baal Peor, for Adonai your God has destroyed from among you everyone who followed Baal Peor. 4 But you who held tight to Adonai your God are alive today—all of you.

5 “See, just as Adonai my God commanded me, I have taught you statutes and ordinances to do in the land that you are about to enter to possess. 6 You must keep and do them, for it is your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples, who will 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 gods so near to them, as Adonai our God is whenever we call on Him? 8 What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances that are righteous—like all of this Torah that I am setting before you today?

9 “Only be watchful and watch over your soul closely, so you do not forget the things your eyes have seen and they slip from your heart all the days of your life. You are to make them known to your children and your children’s children. 10 The day that you stood before Adonai your God in Horeb, Adonai said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me and I will make them hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they live on the earth, and so that they teach their children.’

Words from the Fiery Mountain

11 “You came near and stood at the bottom of the mountain while the mountain was blazing with fire up to the heart of the heavens—darkness, cloud, and fog. 12 Adonai spoke to you from the midst of the fire. The sound of words you heard, but a form you did not see—only a voice. [a] 13 He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to do—the Ten Words—and He wrote them on two tablets of stone. [b] 14 Adonai commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, so that you might do them in the land you are crossing over to possess.

15 “So be very watchful over your souls since you saw no form on the day that Adonai spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16 so that you do not act corruptly and make for yourselves a graven image in the likeness of any figure—the form of a male or female, 17 the form of any animal that is on the earth, the form of any winged bird that flies in the sky, 18 the form of anything that creeps on the ground, the form of any fish that is in the water under the earth— 19 and so that you do not lift up your eyes toward the heavens and see the sun and the moon and the stars—all the heavenly host—and are drawn away and bow down and worship them. Adonai your God has allotted them to all the peoples under all the heavens. 20 But you, Adonai has taken, and He brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt to be a people for His own inheritance, as you are this day.

21 “Furthermore Adonai was angry with me because of your words, and He swore that I would not cross over the Jordan or enter the good land that Adonai your God is giving you for an inheritance. 22 For I must die in this land; I am not crossing over the Jordan. But you will cross over and take possession of that good land. 23 Watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the covenant of Adonai your God, which He cut with you, and make for yourselves a graven image in the form of anything that Adonai your God has forbidden you. 24 For Adonai your God is a consuming fire[c]—a jealous God.

25 “When you father children and children’s children and have been in the land a long time, and you act corruptly and make a graven image in the form of anything and do evil in the sight of Adonai your God, provoking Him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that you will certainly be carried off quickly from the land you are crossing over the Jordan to possess. You will not prolong your days on it, for you will certainly be destroyed. 27 Adonai will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where Adonai will drive you. 28 There you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which do not see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But from there you will seek Adonai your God and you will find Him, when you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

30 “When you are in distress and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you will return to Adonai your God and listen to His voice. 31 For Adonai your God is a merciful God. He will not abandon you or destroy you, or forget the covenant with your fathers that He swore to them.

32 “Indeed, ask now about the former days that were before you, from the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of the sky to the other. Has there ever been such a great thing as this, or has anything like it been heard? 33 Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard—and lived? 34 Or has any god ever tried to come to take for himself a nation from within a nation—by trials, by signs and wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—like all that Adonai your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 You were shown, so that you might know that Adonai is God—there is no other besides Him. [d] 36 From the heavens He made you hear His voice to instruct you,[e] and on earth He caused you to see His great fire—you heard His words from the midst of the fire. 37 Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them. Then He brought you out from Egypt with His presence, by His great power— 38 to drive out from 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.

39 “So you will know today and take to heart that Adonai, He is God, in the heavens above and on the earth below—there is no other. 40 You must keep His statutes and His mitzvot, which I am commanding you today, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and so that you may prolong your days in the land that Adonai your God is giving you for all time.”

41 Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan, toward the east. 42 There the manslayer might flee, who kills his neighbor unintentionally and did not hate him previously. He may flee to one of these cities and live: 43 Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramot in the Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in the Bashan for the Manassites.

44 This is the Torah, which Moses set before Bnei-Yisrael. 45 These are the testimonies and the statutes and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to Bnei-Yisrael when they came out from 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 Bnei-Yisrael struck down when they came out from Egypt. 47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of the Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan toward the east— 48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the wadi Arnon, as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon), 49 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, as far as the sea of the Arabah[f], under the slopes of Pisgah.

The Ten Words

5 Moses called to all Israel and said to them, “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances that I am speaking in your hearing today, learn them and make sure to do them. 2 Adonai our God cut a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 Not with our fathers has Adonai cut this covenant but with us—all of us alive here today. 4 Adonai spoke with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire. 5 (I was standing between Adonai and you at that time, to tell you the word of Adonai, because you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain.)

‘He said:

6 ‘I am Adonai your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

7 ‘You shall not have other gods beside Me.

8 ‘Do not make for yourself a graven image—no image of what is in the heavens above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. 9 Do not bow down to them or worship them. For I, Adonai your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and on the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, 10 but showing lovingkindness to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My mitzvot.

11 ‘You must not take the Name of Adonai your God in vain, for Adonai will not leave unpunished anyone who takes His Name in vain.

12 ‘Observe Yom Shabbat to keep it holy, as Adonai your God commanded you. 13 Six days you are to labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a Shabbat to Adonai your God. In it you are not to do any work—not you or your son or your daughter, or your slave or your maid, or your ox, your donkey or any of your livestock or the outsider within your gates, so that your slave and your maid may rest as you do. 15 You must remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Adonai your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore Adonai your God commanded you to keep Yom Shabbat.

16 ‘Honor your father and your mother just as Adonai your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and it may go well with you in the land Adonai your God is giving you.[g]

17 ‘Do not murder.

‘Do not commit adultery.

‘Do not steal.

‘Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.[h][i]

18 ‘Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his manservant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’

19 “These words Adonai spoke to all your assembly on the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud and the fog, with a great voice. He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

Live and Prolong Your Days

20 “As soon as you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was blazing with fire, you came near to me—all the heads of your tribes and your elders. 21 Then you said, ‘Adonai our God has just shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. This day we have seen that God speaks with man, and yet he keeps on living. 22 Now then, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us! If we hear the voice of Adonai our God any more, then we will die. 23 For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 24 You go near and hear all that Adonai our God says. Then you tell us all what Adonai our God tells you, and we will hear it and do it.’

25 “Adonai heard the tone of your words when you spoke to me, and Adonai said to me, ‘I have heard the tone of the words that this people has spoken to you—they have done well in all they have spoken. 26 If only there were such a heart in them to fear Me and keep all My mitzvot always, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever! 27 Go say to them, “Return to your tents.” 28 But as for you, stand here by Me, and I will tell you the whole commandment—both the statutes and the ordinances that you are to teach them. And they will do them in the land I am giving them to possess.’

29 “So you must take care to do as Adonai your God has commanded you—do not turn aside to the right or to the left. 30 You are to walk in all the way that Adonai your God has commanded you, so that you may live and it may be well with you and you may prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

6 “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and ordinances that Adonai your God commanded to teach you to do in the land you are crossing over to possess— 2 so that you might fear Adonai your God, to keep all His statutes and mitzvot that I am commanding you and your son and your son’s son all the days of your life, and so that you may prolong your days. 3 Hear, therefore, O Israel, and take care to do this, so that it may go well with you and you may increase mightily, as Adonai the God of your fathers has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

Shema Israel, ADONAI Eloheinu, ADONAI Echad

4 “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one[j]. 5 Love Adonai your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. [k] 6 These words, which I am commanding you today, are to be on your heart. 7 You are to teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up. 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand, they are to be as frontlets[l] between your eyes, 9 and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

When You Prosper, Do Not Forget

10 “Now when Adonai your God brings you into the land that He swore to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—to give you great and good cities that you did not build, 11 and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns dug that you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant, and you eat and are full, 12 then watch yourself so that you do not forget Adonai, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. 13 You must fear Adonai your God and serve Him,[m] and swear by His Name. 14 You must not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; 15 for Adonai your God in the midst of you is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of Adonai your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you from the face of the earth.

16 “You are not to test Adonai your God, as you tested Him at Massah. [n] 17 Diligently keep the mitzvot of Adonai your God, and His testimonies and His statutes that He has commanded you. 18 You are to do what is right and good in the sight of Adonai, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and possess the good land that Adonai swore to your fathers— 19 to drive out all your enemies from before you, as Adonai has spoken.

When Your Son Asks

20 “When your son asks you in time to come, saying ‘What are the testimonies and the statutes and the ordinances that Adonai our God commanded you?’ 21 then you are to tell your son, ‘We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and Adonai brought us out from Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 Before our eyes Adonai showed signs and wonders, great and terrible—on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house. 23 Then He brought us out from there so that He might bring us in, to give us the land that He swore to our fathers. 24 Adonai commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Adonai our God—for our good always, to keep us alive, as is the case this day. 25 It will be righteousness[o] to us, if we take care to do all this commandment before Adonai our God, just as He has commanded us.’

No Mixing With Idolaters

7 “When Adonai your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out many nations before you—the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you— 2 and Adonai your God gives them over to you and you strike them down, then you are to utterly destroy them. You are to make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them. 3 You are not to intermarry with them—you are not to give your daughter to his son, or take his daughter for your son. 4 For he will turn your son away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of Adonai will be kindled against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. 5 Instead, you are to deal with them like this: tear down their altars, smash their pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images with fire. 6 For you are a holy people to Adonai your God—from all the peoples on the face of the earth, Adonai your God has chosen you to be His treasured people.[p]

7 “It is not because you are more numerous than all the peoples that Adonai set His love on you and chose you—for you are the least of all peoples. 8 Rather, because of His love for you and His keeping the oath He swore to your fathers, Adonai brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

9 “Know therefore that Adonai your God, He is God—the faithful God who keeps covenant kindness for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His mitzvot, [q] 10 but repays those who hate Him to their face, to annihilate them. He will not hesitate with him who hates Him; He will repay him to his face. 11 Therefore you are to keep the commandment—both the statutes and the ordinances—that I am commanding you today, to do them.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:13 cf. John 5:37.
  2. Deuteronomy 4:14 cf. Rom. 9:4.
  3. Deuteronomy 4:24 cf. Heb. 12:29.
  4. Deuteronomy 4:36 cf. Mark 12:32.
  5. Deuteronomy 4:36 cf. Heb. 12:25.
  6. Deuteronomy 4:49 Or Dead Sea.
  7. Deuteronomy 5:16 cf. Eph. 6:3.
  8. Deuteronomy 5:17 Verse 17 is numbered as 17-20 in Christian translations.
  9. Deuteronomy 5:17 cf. Matt. 5:21, 27.
  10. Deuteronomy 6:4 Heb. Shema Israel, ADONAI Eloheinu, ADONAI echad; or Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord alone; cf. Mark 12:29; John 10:30; Eph. 4:6.
  11. Deuteronomy 6:6 Or might; cf. Matt. 22:37-39.
  12. Deuteronomy 6:8 Heb. totafot, later tefillin; Grk. phylacteries; cf. Matt. 23:5.
  13. Deuteronomy 6:13 cf. Deut. 13:4; Matt. 4:10; Luke 4:8.
  14. Deuteronomy 6:17 cf. Ex. 17:7; Matt. 4:7; Luke 4:12.
  15. Deuteronomy 6:25 Heb. tzedakah; cf. Rom. 9:31-10:3.
  16. Deuteronomy 7:6 Heb. am segullah; cf. Titus 2:14.
  17. Deuteronomy 7:10 cf. 1 Cor. 1:9.
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23 At that time I pleaded(A) with the Lord: 24 “Sovereign Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness(B) and your strong hand. For what god(C) is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works(D) you do?(E) 25 Let me go over and see the good land(F) beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.(G)”

26 But because of you the Lord was angry(H) with me and would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the Lord said. “Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. 27 Go up to the top of Pisgah(I) and look west and north and south and east.(J) Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross(K) this Jordan.(L) 28 But commission(M) Joshua, and encourage(N) and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across(O) and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.” 29 So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.(P)

Obedience Commanded

4 Now, Israel, hear the decrees(Q) and laws I am about to teach(R) you. Follow them so that you may live(S) and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2 Do not add(T) to what I command you and do not subtract(U) from it, but keep(V) the commands(W) of the Lord your God that I give you.

3 You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor.(X) 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(Y) you decrees and laws(Z) as the Lord my God commanded(AA) me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering(AB) to take possession of it. 6 Observe(AC) them carefully, for this will show your wisdom(AD) and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”(AE) 7 What other nation is so great(AF) as to have their gods near(AG) 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(AH) as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

9 Only be careful,(AI) 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(AJ) them to your children(AK) and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb,(AL) when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn(AM) to revere(AN) me as long as they live in the land(AO) and may teach(AP) them to their children.” 11 You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain(AQ) while it blazed with fire(AR) to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.(AS) 12 Then the Lord spoke(AT) to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form;(AU) there was only a voice.(AV) 13 He declared to you his covenant,(AW) the Ten Commandments,(AX) 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(AY) you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

Idolatry Forbidden

15 You saw no form(AZ) of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb(BA) out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully,(BB) 16 so that you do not become corrupt(BC) and make for yourselves an idol,(BD) 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,(BE) 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,(BF) the moon and the stars(BG)—all the heavenly array(BH)—do not be enticed(BI) into bowing down to them and worshiping(BJ) 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,(BK) out of Egypt,(BL) to be the people of his inheritance,(BM) as you now are.

21 The Lord was angry with me(BN) 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;(BO) I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land.(BP) 23 Be careful not to forget the covenant(BQ) of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol(BR) in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden. 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,(BS) a jealous God.(BT)

25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt(BU) and make any kind of idol,(BV) doing evil(BW) in the eyes of the Lord your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses(BX) against you(BY) this day that you will quickly perish(BZ) 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(CA) you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive(CB) among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods(CC) of wood and stone,(CD) which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.(CE) 29 But if from there you seek(CF) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart(CG) and with all your soul.(CH) 30 When you are in distress(CI) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days(CJ) you will return(CK) to the Lord your God and obey him. 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful(CL) God; he will not abandon(CM) or destroy(CN) you or forget(CO) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

The Lord Is God

32 Ask(CP) now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth;(CQ) ask from one end of the heavens to the other.(CR) Has anything so great(CS) 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?(CT) 34 Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation,(CU) by testings,(CV) by signs(CW) and wonders,(CX) by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,(CY) or by great and awesome deeds,(CZ) 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.(DA) 36 From heaven he made you hear his voice(DB) to discipline(DC) you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. 37 Because he loved(DD) your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,(DE) 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,(DF) as it is today.

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

Cities of Refuge(DM)

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(DN) 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(DO) 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(DP) 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(DQ) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion[b](DR) (that is, Hermon(DS)), 49 and included all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Dead Sea,[c] below the slopes of Pisgah.

The Ten Commandments(DT)

5 Moses summoned all Israel and said:

Hear, Israel, the decrees and laws(DU) I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant(DV) with us at Horeb.(DW) 3 It was not with our ancestors[d] that the Lord made this covenant, but with us,(DX) with all of us who are alive here today.(DY) 4 The Lord spoke(DZ) to you face to face(EA) out of the fire(EB) on the mountain. 5 (At that time I stood between(EC) the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid(ED) of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:

6 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt,(EE) out of the land of slavery.(EF)

7 “You shall have no other gods before[e] me.

8 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.(EG) 9 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents(EH) to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,(EI) 10 but showing love to a thousand(EJ) generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.(EK)

11 “You shall not misuse the name(EL) of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.(EM)

12 “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy,(EN) as the Lord your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day(EO) is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant,(EP) nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.(EQ) 15 Remember that you were slaves(ER) in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand(ES) and an outstretched arm.(ET) Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

16 “Honor your father(EU) and your mother,(EV) as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long(EW) and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

17 “You shall not murder.(EX)

18 “You shall not commit adultery.(EY)

19 “You shall not steal.(EZ)

20 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.(FA)

21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”(FB)

22 These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness;(FC) and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets(FD) and gave them to me.

23 When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leaders of your tribes and your elders(FE) came to me. 24 And you said, “The Lord our God has shown us(FF) his glory and his majesty,(FG) and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them.(FH) 25 But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer.(FI) 26 For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived?(FJ) 27 Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says.(FK) Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We will listen and obey.”(FL)

28 The Lord heard you when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me, “I have heard what this people said to you. Everything they said was good.(FM) 29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me(FN) and keep all my commands(FO) always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!(FP)

30 “Go, tell them to return to their tents. 31 But you stay here(FQ) with me so that I may give you all the commands, decrees and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess.”

32 So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you;(FR) do not turn aside to the right or to the left.(FS) 33 Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you,(FT) so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days(FU) in the land that you will possess.

Love the Lord Your God

6 These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear(FV) the Lord your God as long as you live(FW) by keeping all his decrees and commands(FX) that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.(FY) 3 Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey(FZ) so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly(GA) in a land flowing with milk and honey,(GB) just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised(GC) you.

4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[f](GD) 5 Love(GE) the Lord your God with all your heart(GF) and with all your soul and with all your strength.(GG) 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.(GH) 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(GI) 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(GJ) 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.(GK)

10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build,(GL) 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig,(GM) and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,(GN) 12 be careful that you do not forget(GO) the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

13 Fear the Lord(GP) your God, serve him only(GQ) and take your oaths(GR) in his name.(GS) 14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; 15 for the Lord your God(GT), who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. 16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test(GU) as you did at Massah. 17 Be sure to keep(GV) the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you.(GW) 18 Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight,(GX) so that it may go well(GY) with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors, 19 thrusting out all your enemies(GZ) before you, as the Lord said.

20 In the future, when your son asks you,(HA) “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?” 21 tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.(HB) 22 Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. 23 But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors. 24 The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God,(HC) so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.(HD) 25 And if we are careful to obey all this law(HE) before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.(HF)”

Driving Out the Nations

7 When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess(HG) and drives out before you many nations(HH)—the Hittites,(HI) Girgashites,(HJ) Amorites,(HK) Canaanites, Perizzites,(HL) Hivites(HM) and Jebusites,(HN) seven nations larger and stronger than you— 2 and when the Lord your God has delivered(HO) them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy(HP) them totally.[g](HQ) Make no treaty(HR) with them, and show them no mercy.(HS) 3 Do not intermarry with them.(HT) Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 4 for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods,(HU) and the Lord’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy(HV) you. 5 This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles[h](HW) and burn their idols in the fire.(HX) 6 For you are a people holy(HY) to the Lord your God.(HZ) The Lord your God has chosen(IA) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(IB)

7 The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous(IC) than other peoples, for you were the fewest(ID) of all peoples.(IE) 8 But it was because the Lord loved(IF) you and kept the oath he swore(IG) to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand(IH) and redeemed(II) you from the land of slavery,(IJ) from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God;(IK) he is the faithful God,(IL) keeping his covenant of love(IM) to a thousand generations(IN) of those who love him and keep his commandments.(IO) 10 But

those who hate him he will repay to their face by destruction;
    he will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him.(IP)

11 Therefore, take care to follow the commands, decrees and laws I give you today.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:33 Or of a god
  2. Deuteronomy 4:48 Syriac (see also 3:9); Hebrew Siyon
  3. Deuteronomy 4:49 Hebrew the Sea of the Arabah
  4. Deuteronomy 5:3 Or not only with our parents
  5. Deuteronomy 5:7 Or besides
  6. Deuteronomy 6:4 Or The Lord our God is one Lord; or The Lord is our God, the Lord is one; or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone
  7. Deuteronomy 7:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.
  8. Deuteronomy 7:5 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in Deuteronomy
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