The Lord Alone Is God

32 “For (A)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 (B)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, (C)by signs, by wonders, and (D)by war, (E)by a mighty hand and (F)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, (G)that you might know that the Lord is God; (H)there is no other besides him. 36 (I)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 (J)you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because (K)he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them[a] and brought you out of Egypt (L)with his own presence, by his great power, 38 (M)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 (N)the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; (O)there is no other. 40 (P)Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, (Q)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.”

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  1. Deuteronomy 4:37 Hebrew his offspring after him

The Lord Is God

32 Ask(A) now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth;(B) ask from one end of the heavens to the other.(C) Has anything so great(D) 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?(E) 34 Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation,(F) by testings,(G) by signs(H) and wonders,(I) by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,(J) or by great and awesome deeds,(K) 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.(L) 36 From heaven he made you hear his voice(M) to discipline(N) you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. 37 Because he loved(O) your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,(P) 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,(Q) as it is today.

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

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  1. Deuteronomy 4:33 Or of a god