Keep the Commandments of Yahweh

4 “So now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which ^(A)I am teaching you to do, so that ^(B)you may live and go in and take possession of the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving you. ^2 (C)You shall not add to the word which ^(D)I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I am commanding you. ^3 (E)Your eyes have seen what Yahweh has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who walked after Baal-peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed ^[a]them from among you. ⁴ But you who clung to Yahweh your God are alive today, every one of you.

⁵ “See, I have taught you statutes and judgments ^(F)just as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it. ⁶ You shall keep and do them, ^(G)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.’ ⁷ For ^(H)what great nation is there that has a god ^(I)so near to it as is Yahweh our God ^(J)whenever we call on Him? ⁸ Or what great nation is there that has ^(K)statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today?