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32 “Indeed, (A)ask now concerning the former days which were before you, since the (B)day that God created [a]man on the earth, and inquire (C)from one end of the heavens to the other. (D)Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it? 33 (E)Has any people heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard it, and lived? 34 (F)Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation (G)with trials, with signs and wonders and with war and (H)with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terrors, [b]as Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 To you it was shown that you might know that Yahweh, He is God; (I)there is no other besides Him. 36 (J)Out of the heavens He caused you to hear His voice (K)to discipline you; and on earth He caused you to see His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire. 37 [c](L)Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their seed after them. And He [d](M)personally brought you from Egypt by His great power, 38 dispossessing before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in and (N)to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today. 39 Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that (O)Yahweh, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other. 40 (P)So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am commanding you today, that (Q)it may go well with you and with your children after you, and (R)that you may prolong your days on the land which Yahweh your God is giving you for all the days.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:32 Or Adam
  2. Deuteronomy 4:34 Lit according to all that
  3. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit And instead, because
  4. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit with His presence

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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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:33 Or of a god