Deuteronomy 4:9-14

English Standard Version

^9 (A)“Only take care, and ^(B)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. ^(C)Make them known to your children and your children's children— ¹⁰ how on ^(D)the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ^(E)‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, ^(F)so that they may learn to fear ^(G)me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’ ¹¹ And ^(H)you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while ^(I)the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom. ¹² Then ^(J)the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, ^(K)but saw no form; ^(L)there was only a voice. ^13 (M)And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, ^(N)the Ten Commandments,^{[a] (O)}and he wrote them on two tablets of stone. ¹⁴ And ^(P)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.