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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

There Is Only One God

32 “Now search all of history, from the time God created people on the earth until now, and search from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything as great as this ever been seen or heard before? 33 Has any nation ever heard the voice of God[a] speaking from fire—as you did—and survived? 34 Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes.

35 “He showed you these things so you would know that the Lord is God and there is no other. 36 He let you hear his voice from heaven so he could instruct you. He let you see his great fire here on earth so he could speak to you from it. 37 Because he loved your ancestors, he chose to bless their descendants, and he personally brought you out of Egypt with a great display of power. 38 He drove out nations far greater than you, so he could bring you in and give you their land as your special possession, as it is today.

39 “So remember this and keep it firmly in mind: The Lord is God both in heaven and on earth, and there is no other. 40 If you obey all the decrees and commands I am giving you today, all will be well with you and your children. I am giving you these instructions so you will enjoy a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

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Footnotes

  1. 4:33 Or voice of a god.