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But you who clung to Yahweh your God are alive today, every one of you.

“See, I have taught you statutes and judgments (A)just as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it. You shall keep and do them, (B)for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’

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but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.

See, I have taught(A) you decrees and laws(B) as the Lord my God commanded(C) me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering(D) to take possession of it. Observe(E) them carefully, for this will show your wisdom(F) and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”(G)

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But you who remained faithful to the Lord your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you. Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the Lord my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in[a] the land you are about to enter and possess. So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding[b] to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, “Indeed, this great nation is a very wise[c] people.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:5 tn Heb “in the midst of” (so ASV).
  2. Deuteronomy 4:6 tn Heb “it is wisdom and understanding.”
  3. Deuteronomy 4:6 tn Heb “wise and understanding.”

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

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.

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.

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