“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves,(A) so that you don’t forget(B) the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind[a] as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.(C) 10 The day you stood before the Lord your God(D) at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘Assemble the people before me, and I will let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me(E) all the days they live on the earth and may instruct their children.’ 11 You came near and stood at the base of the mountain,(F) a mountain blazing with fire(G) into the heavens and enveloped in a totally black cloud.(H) 12 Then the Lord spoke to you from the fire.(I) You kept hearing the sound of the words, but didn’t see a form; there was only a voice.(J) 13 He declared his covenant(K) to you. He commanded you to follow the Ten Commandments,(L) which he wrote on two stone tablets.(M) 14 At that time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to follow in the land you are about to cross into and possess.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 4:9 Or don’t depart from your heart

(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.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:13 Hebrew the ten words