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“However, take care[a] for yourself and watch your inner self[b] closely, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes have seen, so that they do not slip from your mind all the days of your life; and you shall make them known to your children and to your grandchildren.[c] 10 Remember the day that you stood before[d] Yahweh your God at Horeb when Yahweh said to me,[e] ‘Summon for me the people so that I can tell them my words, that they may learn to fear me all of the days they are alive on the earth and so that they may teach their children.’ 11 And so you came near, and you stood under the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire up to the heart of the heaven, dark with a very thick cloud.[f] 12 And Yahweh spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard[g] a sound of words, but you did not see[h] a form—only a voice. 13 And he declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments,[i] which he charged you to observe,[j] and he wrote them on the two tablets of stone. 14 And Yahweh charged me at that time to teach you rules and regulations for your observation of them[k] in the land that you are about to cross into[l] to take possession of it.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:9 Literally “watch”
  2. Deuteronomy 4:9 Or “soul”
  3. Deuteronomy 4:9 Literally “the children of your children”
  4. Deuteronomy 4:10 Literally “to the face of”
  5. Deuteronomy 4:10 Literally “when to say Yahweh”
  6. Deuteronomy 4:11 Literally “darkness, cloud, and very thick darkness”
  7. Deuteronomy 4:12 Literally “you were hearing”
  8. Deuteronomy 4:12 Literally “you were not seeing”
  9. Deuteronomy 4:13 Literally “the ten words”
  10. Deuteronomy 4:13 Literally “to do”
  11. Deuteronomy 4:14 Literally “for your doing them”
  12. Deuteronomy 4:14 Literally “about to cross into there”

Only be careful,(A) and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach(B) them to your children(C) and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb,(D) when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn(E) to revere(F) me as long as they live in the land(G) and may teach(H) them to their children.” 11 You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain(I) while it blazed with fire(J) to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.(K) 12 Then the Lord spoke(L) to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form;(M) there was only a voice.(N) 13 He declared to you his covenant,(O) the Ten Commandments,(P) which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets. 14 And the Lord directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws(Q) you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

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