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Deuteronomy 4
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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. 3 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. 4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today. 5 See, 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.’ 7 For (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? 8 And 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— 10 how 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.’ 11 And (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. 12 Then (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. 14 And (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, 16 beware (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, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 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 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. 20 But 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. 21 Furthermore, (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. 22 For 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. 24 For (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, 26 I (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. 27 And 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. 28 And (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. 30 When 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. 31 For 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? 34 Or 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? 35 To 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. 37 And 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, 39 know 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
41 Then Moses (BR)set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan, 42 that (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
44 This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel. 45 These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt, 46 beyond 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. 47 And 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), 49 together 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
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5 Mosebok 4
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4 Och nu, Israel, hör de stadgar och rätter som jag vill lära eder, för att I mån göra efter dem, på det att I mån leva och komma in i och taga i besittning det land som HERREN, edra fäders Gud, vill giva eder.
2 I skolen icke lägga något till det som jag bjuder eder, och I skolen icke taga något därifrån; I skolen hålla HERRENS, eder Guds, bud, som jag giver eder.
3 I haven med egna ögon sett vad HERREN har gjort i fråga om Baal-Peor, huru HERREN, din Gud, utrotade ur ditt folk var man som följde efter Baal-Peor.
4 Men I som höllen eder till HERREN, eder Gud, I leven alla ännu i dag.
5 Se, jag har lärt eder stadgar och rätter såsom HERREN, min Gud, har bjudit mig, på det att I mån göra efter dem i det land dit I nu kommen, för att taga det i besittning.
6 I skolen hålla dem och göra efter dem, ty det skall tillräknas eder såsom vishet och förstånd av andra folk. När de få höra alla dessa stadgar, skola säga: »I sanning, ett vist och förståndigt folk är detta stora folk.»
7 Ty vilket annat stort folk finnes, vars gudar äro det så nära som HERREN, vår Gud, är oss, så ofta vi åkalla honom?
8 Och vilket annat stort folk finnes, som har stadgar och rätter så rättfärdiga som hela denna lag, vilken jag i dag förelägger eder?
9 Allenast tag dig till vara och akta dig väl, så att du icke förgäter vad dina ögon sågo, och icke låter vika ifrån ditt hjärta i all dina livsdagar, utan kungör det för dina barn och dina barnbarn:
10 vad som skedde den dag då du stod inför HERREN, din Gud, vid Horeb, då HERREN sade till mig: »Församla folket till mig, för att jag må låta dem höra mina ord; må de så lära sig att frukta mig, så länge de leva på jorden, och de lära sina barn detsamma.»
11 Och I trädden fram och blevo stående nedanför berget; och berget brann i eld ända upp till himmelen, och där var mörker, moln och töcken.
12 Och HERREN talade till eder ur elden orden hörden I, men I sågen ingen gestalt, I hörden allenast en röst.
13 Och han förkunnade eder sitt förbund, som han bjöd eder att hålla nämligen de tio orden; och han skrev dem på två stentavlor.
14 Och mig bjöd HERREN då att jag skulle lära eder stadgar och rätter, för att I skullen göra efter dem i det land dit I nu dragen, till att taga det i besittning.
15 Och eftersom I icke sågen någon gestalt den dag då HERREN talade till eder på Horeb ur elden, därför mån I nu noga hava akt på eder själva.
16 så att I icke tagen eder till, vad fördärvligt är, genom att göra eder någon beläte, något slags avgudabild, något bild av man eller av kvinna.
17 eller någon bild av något fyrfotadjur eller av någon bevingad fågel som flyger under himmelen,
18 eller av något kräldjur på marken eller av någon fisk i vattnet under jorden.
19 Och när du lyfter dina ögon upp till himmelen och ser solen, månen och stjärnorna, himmelens hela härskara, då må du icke heller låta förföra dig att tillbedja dem och tjäna dem; ty HERREN, din Gud, har givit dem åt alla folk under hela himmelen till deras del.
20 Men eder har HERREN tagit, och han har fört eder ut ur smältugnen, ur Egypten, för att I skullen bliva hans arvfolk, såsom nu har skett.
21 Och HERREN vredgades på mig för eder skull, och svor att jag icke skulle få gå över Jordan och komma in i de goda land som HERREN, din Gud, vill giva dig till arvedel.
22 Ty jag skall dö i detta land och icke gå över Jordan, men I skolen gå över den och taga detta goda land i besittning.
23 Tagen eder då till vara för att förgäta det förbund som HERREN, eder Gud, har slutit med eder, därigenom att I, alldeles emot HERRENS, eder Guds, bud, gören eder något beläte, något slags bild.
24 Ty, HERREN, din Gud, är en förtärande eld, en nitälskande Gud.
25 Om nu så sker, när du har fått barn och barnbarn och I haven blivit gamla i landet, att I tagen eder till, vad fördärvligt är, genom att göra eder något beläte, något slags bild, så att I gören vad som är ont i HERRENS, din Guds, ögon och därmed förtörnen honom,
26 då tager jag i dag himmel och jord till vittnen mot eder, att I med hast skolen förgås och utrotas ur det land dit I nu gån över Jordan, för att taga det i besittning; I skolen då icke längre leva där, utan skolen förvisso förgöras.
27 Och HERREN skall förströ eder bland folken, och allenast en ringa hop av eder skall bliva kvar bland de folk till vilka HERREN skall föra eder.
28 Och där skolen I tjäna gudar, gjorda av människohänder, gudar av trä och sten, som varken se eller höra eller äta eller lukta.
29 Men när I där söken HERREN, din Gud, då skall du finna honom, om du frågar efter honom av allt ditt hjärta och av all din själ.
30 När du är i nöd och allt detta vederfares dig, i kommande dagar, då skall du vända åter till HERREN, din Gud, och höra hans röst.
31 Ty HERREN, din Gud, är en barmhärtig Gud. Han skall icke förgäta eller fördärva dig; han skall icke förgäta det förbund han har ingått med dina fäder och med ed bekräftat.
32 Ty fråga framfarna tider, dem som hava varit före dig, från den dag då Gud skapade människor på jorden, fråga ifrån himmelens ena ända till den andra om någonsin något så stort som detta har skett, eller om man har hört talas om något som är detta likt,
33 om något folk har hört Guds röst tala ur elden, såsom du har hört, och dock har blivit vid liv,
34 eller om någon gud har försökt att komma och hämta ett folk åt sig ut från ett annat folk, genom hemsökelser, tecken och under, genom krig, genom stark hand och uträckt arm, och genom stora, fruktansvärda gärningar, vilket allt HERREN, eder Guds, har gjort med eder i Egypten, inför dina ögon.
35 Du har själv fått se det, för att du skulle veta att HERREN är Gud, och ingen annan än han.
36 Från himmelen har han låtit dig höra sin röst för att undervisa dig, och på jorden har han låtit dig se sin stora eld, och du har hört hans ord ur elden.
37 Eftersom han nu älskade dina fäder och utvalde deras avkomlingar efter dem, och själv med sin stora kraft förde dig ut ur Egypten,
38 och fördrev för dig folk som voro större och mäktigare än du, och lät dig komma in i deras land och gav det åt dig till arvedel, såsom nu har skett,
39 därför skall du i dag veta och lägga på hjärtat att HERREN är Gud, uppe i himmelen och nere på jorden, han och ingen annan;
40 och du skall hålla hans stadgar och bud, som jag i dag giver dig, på det att det må gå dig väl och dina barn efter dig, och på det att du må länge leva i det land som HERREN, din Gud, vill giva dig för all tid.
41 Vid denna tid avskilde Mose tre städer på andra sidan Jordan, på östra sidan,
42 till vilka en dråpare skulle kunna fly, om han hade dräpt någon utan vett och vilja, och utan att förut hava burit hat till honom; om han flydde till någon av dessa städer, skulle han få bliva vid liv.
43 De voro: Beser i öknen på slättlandet för Rubens stam, Ramot i Gilead för Gads stam och Golan i Basan för Manasse stam.
44 Och detta är den lag som Mose förelade Israels barn,
45 dessa äro de vittnesbörd och stadgar och rätter som Mose föredrog för Israels barn, sedan de hade dragit ut ur Egypten,
46 på andra sidan Jordan i dalen, mitt emot Bet-Peor, i Sihons land, amoréernas konungs, som bodde i Hesbon, och som Mose och Israels barn slogo, när de hade dragit ut ur Egypten.
47 Ty de intogo hans land och Ogs land, konungens i Basan, amoréernas två konungars länder, på andra sidan Jordan, på östra sidan,
48 från Aroer vid bäcken Arnons strand ända till berget Sion, det är Hermon,
49 och hela Hedmarken på andra sidan Jordan på östra sidan, ända till Hedmarkshavet, nedanför Pisgas sluttningar.
Deuteronomy 4
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Deuteronomy 4
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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
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