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.

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.

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.

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Moses Commands Obedience

“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. (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. Your 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:1 Or just decrees; also verses 5, 8, 14, 45

Îndemn la supunere faţă de Lege

Acum, ascultă, Israele, poruncile şi hotărârile pe care vă învăţ. Împliniţi-le ca să trăiţi şi să intraţi în stăpânirea ţării pe care Domnul, Dumnezeul părinţilor voştri, v-a dat-o. Să nu adăugaţi nimic la cele ce vă poruncesc eu şi să nu desfinţaţi nimic dintre ele. Dimpotrivă să păziţi legile Domnului, Dumnezeul vostru, aşa cum vi le dau eu.

Aţi fost martori la ceea ce Domnul a făcut din cauza lui Baal-Peor[a]. El a nimicit din mijlocul vostru toţi bărbaţii care l-au urmat pe Baal-Peor,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronom 4:3 O formă de închinare regională înaintea lui Baal, zeul canaanit al fertilităţii