¹ Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

² Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

³ Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

⁴ But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

⁵ Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

⁶ Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

⁷ For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

⁸ And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

⁹ Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

¹⁰ Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

¹¹ And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

¹² And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

¹³ And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

¹⁴ And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

¹⁵ Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

¹⁶ Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

¹⁷ The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

¹⁸ The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

¹⁹ And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

²⁰ But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

²¹ Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

²² But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

²³ Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

²⁴ For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

²⁵ When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

²⁶ I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

²⁷ And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

²⁸ And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

²⁹ But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

³⁰ When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

³¹ (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

³² For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

³³ Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

³⁴ Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

³⁵ Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.

³⁶ Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

³⁷ And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

³⁸ To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

³⁹ Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

⁴⁰ Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

⁴¹ Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

⁴² That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

⁴³ Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

⁴⁴ And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

⁴⁵ These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt.

⁴⁶ On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:

⁴⁷ And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

⁴⁸ From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,

⁴⁹ And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

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¹ Now therefore hearken, ^H8085 O Israel, ^H3478 unto the statutes ^H2706 and unto the judgments, ^H4941 which I teach ^H3925 you, for to do ^H6213 them, that ye may live, ^H2421 and go in ^H935 and possess ^H3423 the land ^H776 which the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of your fathers ^H1 giveth ^H5414 you.

² Ye shall not add ^H3254 unto the word ^H1697 which I command ^H6680 you, neither shall ye diminish ^H1639 ought from it, that ye may keep ^H8104 the commandments ^H4687 of the LORD ^H3068 your God ^H430 which I command ^H6680 you.

³ Your eyes ^H5869 have seen ^H7200 what the LORD ^H3068 did ^H6213 because of Baalpeor: ^H1187 for all the men ^H376 that followed ^{H310 H1980} Baalpeor, ^H1187 the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 hath destroyed ^H8045 them from among ^H7130 you.

⁴ But ye that did cleave ^H1695 unto the LORD ^H3068 your God ^H430 are alive ^H2416 every one of you this day. ^H3117

⁵ Behold, ^H7200 I have taught ^H3925 you statutes ^H2706 and judgments, ^H4941 even as ^H834 the LORD ^H3068 my God ^H430 commanded ^H6680 me, that ye should do ^H6213 so in ^H7130 the land ^H776 whither ye go ^H935 to possess ^H3423 it.

⁶ Keep ^H8104 therefore and do ^H6213 them; for this is your wisdom ^H2451 and your understanding ^H998 in the sight ^H5869 of the nations, ^H5971 which shall hear ^H8085 all these statutes, ^H2706 and say, ^H559 Surely this great ^H1419 nation ^H1471 is a wise ^H2450 and understanding ^H995 people. ^H5971

⁷ For what nation ^H1471 is there so great, ^H1419 who hath God ^H430 so nigh ^H7138 unto them, as the LORD ^H3068 our God ^H430 is in all things that we call ^H7121 upon him for?

⁸ And what nation ^H1471 is there so great, ^H1419 that hath statutes ^H2706 and judgments ^H4941 so righteous ^H6662 as all this law, ^H8451 which I set ^H5414 before ^H6440 you this day? ^H3117

⁹ Only take heed ^H8104 to thyself, and keep ^H8104 thy soul ^H5315 diligently, ^H3966 lest thou forget ^H7911 the things ^H1697 which thine eyes ^H5869 have seen, ^H7200 and lest they depart ^H5493 from thy heart ^H3824 all the days ^H3117 of thy life: ^H2416 but teach ^H3045 them thy sons, ^H1121 and thy sons' ^H1121 sons; ^H1121

¹⁰ Specially the day ^H3117 that thou stoodest ^H5975 before ^H6440 the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 in Horeb, ^H2722 when the LORD ^H3068 said ^H559 unto me, Gather ^H6950 me the people ^H5971 together, ^H6950 and I will make them hear ^H8085 my words, ^H1697 that they may learn ^H3925 to fear ^H3372 me all the days ^H3117 that they shall live ^H2416 upon the earth, ^H127 and that they may teach ^H3925 their children. ^H1121

¹¹ And ye came near ^H7126 and stood ^H5975 under the mountain; ^H2022 and the mountain ^H2022 burned ^H1197 with fire ^H784 unto the midst ^H3820 of heaven, ^H8064 with darkness, ^H6205 clouds, ^H6051 and thick darkness. ^H2822

¹² And the LORD ^H3068 spake ^H1696 unto you out of the midst ^H8432 of the fire: ^H784 ye heard ^H8085 the voice ^H6963 of the words, ^H1697 but saw ^H7200 no similitude; ^H8544 only ^H2108 ye heard a voice. ^H6963

¹³ And he declared ^H5046 unto you his covenant, ^H1285 which he commanded ^H6680 you to perform, ^H6213 even ten ^H6235 commandments; ^H1697 and he wrote ^H3789 them upon two ^H8147 tables ^H3871 of stone. ^H68

¹⁴ And the LORD ^H3068 commanded ^H6680 me at that time ^H6256 to teach ^H3925 you statutes ^H2706 and judgments, ^H4941 that ye might do ^H6213 them in the land ^H776 whither ye go over ^H5674 to possess ^H3423 it.

¹⁵ Take ye therefore good ^H3966 heed ^H8104 unto yourselves; ^H5315 for ye saw ^H7200 no manner of similitude ^H8544 on the day ^H3117 that the LORD ^H3068 spake ^H1696 unto you in Horeb ^H2722 out of the midst ^H8432 of the fire: ^H784

¹⁶ Lest ye corrupt ^H7843 yourselves, and make ^H6213 you a graven image, ^H6459 the similitude ^H8544 of any figure, ^H5566 the likeness ^H8403 of male ^H2145 or female, ^H5347

¹⁷ The likeness ^H8403 of any beast ^H929 that is on the earth, ^H776 the likeness ^H8403 of any winged ^H3671 fowl ^H6833 that flieth ^H5774 in the air, ^H8064

¹⁸ The likeness ^H8403 of any thing that creepeth ^H7430 on the ground, ^H127 the likeness ^H8403 of any fish ^H1710 that is in the waters ^H4325 beneath ^H8478 the earth: ^H776

¹⁹ And lest thou lift up ^H5375 thine eyes ^H5869 unto heaven, ^H8064 and when thou seest ^H7200 the sun, ^H8121 and the moon, ^H3394 and the stars, ^H3556 even all the host ^H6635 of heaven, ^H8064 shouldest be driven ^H5080 to worship ^H7812 them, and serve ^H5647 them, which the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 hath divided ^H2505 unto all nations ^H5971 under the whole heaven. ^H8064

²⁰ But the LORD ^H3068 hath taken ^H3947 you, and brought you forth ^H3318 out of the iron ^H1270 furnace, ^H3564 even out of Egypt, ^H4714 to be unto him a people ^H5971 of inheritance, ^H5159 as ye are this day. ^H3117

²¹ Furthermore the LORD ^H3068 was angry ^H599 with me for your sakes, ^H1697 and sware ^H7650 that I should not go over ^H5674 Jordan, ^H3383 and that I should not go ^H935 in unto that good ^H2896 land, ^H776 which the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 giveth ^H5414 thee for an inheritance: ^H5159

²² But I must die ^H4191 in this land, ^H776 I must not go over ^H5674 Jordan: ^H3383 but ye shall go over, ^H5674 and possess ^H3423 that good ^H2896 land. ^H776

²³ Take heed ^H8104 unto yourselves, lest ye forget ^H7911 the covenant ^H1285 of the LORD ^H3068 your God, ^H430 which he made ^H3772 with you, and make ^H6213 you a graven image, ^H6459 or the likeness ^H8544 of any ^H3605 thing, which the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 hath forbidden ^H6680 thee.

²⁴ For the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 is a consuming ^H398 fire, ^H784 even a jealous ^H7067 God. ^H410

²⁵ When thou shalt beget ^H3205 children, ^H1121 and children's ^H1121 children, ^H1121 and ye shall have remained long ^H3462 in the land, ^H776 and shall corrupt ^H7843 yourselves, and make ^H6213 a graven image, ^H6459 or the likeness ^H8544 of any thing, and shall do ^H6213 evil ^H7451 in the sight ^H5869 of the LORD ^H3068 thy God, ^H430 to provoke him to anger: ^H3707

²⁶ I call ^H5749 heaven ^H8064 and earth ^H776 to witness ^H5749 against you this day, ^H3117 that ye shall soon ^H4118 utterly ^H6 perish ^H6 from off the land ^H776 whereunto ye go over ^H5674 Jordan ^H3383 to possess ^H3423 it; ye shall not prolong ^H748 your days ^H3117 upon it, but shall utterly ^H8045 be destroyed. ^H8045

²⁷ And the LORD ^H3068 shall scatter ^H6327 you among the nations, ^H5971 and ye shall be left ^H7604 few ^H4962 in number ^H4557 among the heathen, ^H1471 whither the LORD ^H3068 shall lead ^H5090 you.

²⁸ And there ye shall serve ^H5647 gods, ^H430 the work ^H4639 of men's ^H120 hands, ^H3027 wood ^H6086 and stone, ^H68 which neither see, ^H7200 nor hear, ^H8085 nor eat, ^H398 nor smell. ^H7306

²⁹ But if from thence thou shalt seek ^H1245 the LORD ^H3068 thy God, ^H430 thou shalt find ^H4672 him, if thou seek ^H1875 him with all thy heart ^H3824 and with all thy soul. ^H5315

³⁰ When thou art in tribulation, ^H6862 and all these things ^H1697 are come ^H4672 upon thee, even in the latter ^H319 days, ^H3117 if thou turn ^H7725 to the LORD ^H3068 thy God, ^H430 and shalt be obedient ^H8085 unto his voice; ^H6963

³¹ (For the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 is a merciful ^H7349 God;) ^H410 he will not forsake ^H7503 thee, neither destroy ^H7843 thee, nor forget ^H7911 the covenant ^H1285 of thy fathers ^H1 which he sware ^H7650 unto them.

³² For ask ^H7592 now of the days ^H3117 that are past, ^H7223 which were ^H1961 before ^H6440 thee, since the day ^H3117 that God ^H430 created ^H1254 man ^H120 upon the earth, ^H776 and ask from the one side ^H7097 of heaven ^H8064 unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great ^H1419 thing ^H1697 is, or hath been heard ^H8085 like it?

³³ Did ever people ^H5971 hear ^H8085 the voice ^H6963 of God ^H430 speaking out ^H1696 of the midst ^H8432 of the fire, ^H784 as thou hast heard, ^H8085 and live? ^H2421

³⁴ Or hath God ^H430 assayed ^H5254 to go ^H935 and take ^H3947 him a nation ^H1471 from the midst ^H7130 of another nation, ^H1471 by temptations, ^H4531 by signs, ^H226 and by wonders, ^H4159 and by war, ^H4421 and by a mighty ^H2389 hand, ^H3027 and by a stretched out ^H5186 arm, ^H2220 and by great ^H1419 terrors, ^H4172 according to all that the LORD ^H3068 your God ^H430 did ^H6213 for you in Egypt ^H4714 before your eyes? ^H5869

³⁵ Unto thee it was shewed, ^H7200 that thou mightest know ^H3045 that the LORD ^H3068 he is God; ^H430 there is none else ^H5750 beside him. ^H905

³⁶ Out of heaven ^H8064 he made thee to hear ^H8085 his voice, ^H6963 that he might instruct ^H3256 thee: and upon earth ^H776 he shewed ^H7200 thee his great ^H1419 fire; ^H784 and thou heardest ^H8085 his words ^H1697 out of the midst ^H8432 of the fire. ^H784

³⁷ And because he loved ^H157 thy fathers, ^H1 therefore he chose ^H977 their seed ^H2233 after ^H310 them, and brought thee out ^H3318 in his sight ^H6440 with his mighty ^H1419 power ^H3581 out of Egypt; ^H4714

³⁸ To drive out ^H3423 nations ^H1471 from before ^H6440 thee greater ^H1419 and mightier ^H6099 than thou art, to bring ^H935 thee in, to give ^H5414 thee their land ^H776 for an inheritance, ^H5159 as it is this day. ^H3117

³⁹ Know ^H3045 therefore this day, ^H3117 and consider ^H7725 it in thine heart, ^H3824 that the LORD ^H3068 he is God ^H430 in heaven ^H8064 above, ^H4605 and upon the earth ^H776 beneath: there is none else.

⁴⁰ Thou shalt keep ^H8104 therefore his statutes, ^H2706 and his commandments, ^H4687 which I command ^H6680 thee this day, ^H3117 that it may go well ^H3190 with thee, and with thy children ^H1121 after ^H310 thee, and that thou mayest prolong ^H748 thy days ^H3117 upon the earth, ^H127 which the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 giveth ^H5414 thee, for ever.

⁴¹ Then Moses ^H4872 severed ^H914 three ^H7969 cities ^H5892 on this side ^H5676 Jordan ^H3383 toward the sunrising; ^{H8121 H4217}

⁴² That the slayer ^H7523 might flee ^H5127 thither, which should kill ^H7523 his neighbour ^H7453 unawares, ^{H1097 H1847} and hated ^H8130 him not in times ^H8543 past; ^H8032 and that fleeing ^H5127 unto one ^H259 of these ^H411 cities ^H5892 he might live: ^H2425

⁴³ Namely, Bezer ^H1221 in the wilderness, ^H4057 in the plain ^H4334 country, ^H776 of the Reubenites; ^H7206 and Ramoth ^H7216 in Gilead, ^H1568 of the Gadites; ^H1425 and Golan ^H1474 in Bashan, ^H1316 of the Manassites. ^H4520

⁴⁴ And this is the law ^H8451 which Moses ^H4872 set ^H7760 before ^H6440 the children ^H1121 of Israel: ^H3478

⁴⁵ These are the testimonies, ^H5713 and the statutes, ^H2706 and the judgments, ^H4941 which Moses ^H4872 spake ^H1696 unto the children ^H1121 of Israel, ^H3478 after they came forth ^H3318 out of Egypt, ^H4714

⁴⁶ On this side ^H5676 Jordan, ^H3383 in the valley ^H1516 over against ^H4136 Bethpeor, ^H1047 in the land ^H776 of Sihon ^H5511 king ^H4428 of the Amorites, ^H567 who dwelt ^H3427 at Heshbon, ^H2809 whom Moses ^H4872 and the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 smote, ^H5221 after they were come forth ^H3318 out of Egypt: ^H4714

⁴⁷ And they possessed ^H3423 his land, ^H776 and the land ^H776 of Og ^H5747 king ^H4428 of Bashan, ^H1316 two ^H8147 kings ^H4428 of the Amorites, ^H567 which were on this side ^H5676 Jordan ^H3383 toward the sunrising; ^{H4217 H8121}

⁴⁸ From Aroer, ^H6177 which is by the bank ^H8193 of the river ^H5158 Arnon, ^H769 even unto mount ^H2022 Sion, ^H7865 which is Hermon, ^H2768

⁴⁹ And all the plain ^H6160 on this side ^H5676 Jordan ^H3383 eastward, ^H4217 even unto the sea ^H3220 of the plain, ^H6160 under the springs ^H794 of Pisgah. ^H6449

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¹ And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you.

² Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.

³ Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.

⁴ But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.

⁵ Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it.

⁶ Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

⁷ For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whensoever we call upon him?

⁸ And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

⁹ Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;

¹⁰ the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

¹¹ And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

¹² And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only `ye heard' a voice.

¹³ And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

¹⁴ And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

¹⁵ Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.

¹⁶ Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

¹⁷ the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens,

¹⁸ the likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

¹⁹ and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.

²⁰ But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

²¹ Furthermore Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

²² but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

²³ Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.

²⁴ For Jehovah thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

²⁵ When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, to provoke him to anger;

²⁶ I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

²⁷ And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away.

²⁸ And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

²⁹ But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

³⁰ When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, in the latter days thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and hearken unto his voice:

³¹ for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God; he will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

³² For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been `any such thing' as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

³³ Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

³⁴ Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of `another' nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

³⁵ Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.

³⁶ Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he made thee to see his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

³⁷ And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;

³⁸ to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as at this day.

³⁹ Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.

⁴⁰ And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.

⁴¹ Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

⁴² that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

⁴³ `namely', Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

⁴⁴ And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

⁴⁵ these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,

⁴⁶ beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt.

⁴⁷ And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

⁴⁸ from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even unto mount Sion (the same is Hermon),

⁴⁹ and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.

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¹ `And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you.

² Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.

³ `Your eyes are seeing that which Jehovah hath done in Baal-Peor, for every man who hath gone after Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed him from thy midst;

⁴ and ye who are cleaving to Jehovah your God, `are' alive, all of you, to-day.

⁵ `See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as Jehovah my God hath commanded me -- to do so, in the midst of the land whither ye are going in to possess it;

⁶ and ye have kept and done `them' (for it `is' your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding `is' this great nation.

⁷ `For which `is' the great nation that hath God near unto it, as Jehovah our God, in all we have called unto him?

⁸ and which `is' the great nation which hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-day?

⁹ `Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

¹⁰ `The day when thou hast stood before Jehovah thy God in Horeb -- in Jehovah's saying unto me, Assemble to Me the people, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and their sons they teach; --

¹¹ and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens -- darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness:

¹² `And Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice;

¹³ and He declareth to you His covenant, which He hath commanded you to do, the Ten Matters, and He writeth them upon two tables of stone.

¹⁴ `And me hath Jehovah commanded at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, for your doing them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it;

¹⁵ and ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah's speaking unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire,

¹⁶ lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female --

¹⁷ a form of any beast which `is' in the earth -- a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens --

¹⁸ a form of any creeping thing on the ground -- a form of any fish which `is' in the waters under the earth;

¹⁹ `And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens.

²⁰ `And you hath Jehovah taken, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people -- an inheritance, as `at' this day.

²¹ `And Jehovah hath shewed himself wroth with me because of your words, and sweareth to my not passing over the Jordan, and to my not going in unto the good land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance;

²² for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, and ye are passing over, and have possessed this good land.

²³ `Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything `concerning' which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee:

²⁴ for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming -- a zealous God.

²⁵ `When thou begettest sons and sons' sons, and ye have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a graven image, a similitude of anything, and have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger: --

²⁶ I have caused to testify against you this day the heavens and the earth, that ye do perish utterly hastily from off the land whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it; ye do not prolong days upon it, but are utterly destroyed;

²⁷ and Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth you,

²⁸ and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

²⁹ `And -- ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

³⁰ in distress `being' to thee, and all these things have found thee, in the latter end of the days, and thou hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hast hearkened to His voice;

³¹ for a merciful God `is' Jehovah thy God; He doth not fail thee, nor destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which He hath sworn to them.

³² `For, ask, I pray thee, at the former days which have been before thee, from the day that God prepared man on the earth, and from the `one' end of the heavens even unto the `other' end of the heavens, whether there hath been as this great thing -- or hath been heard like it?

³³ Hath a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, thou -- and doth live?

³⁴ Or hath God tried to go in to take to Himself, a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors -- according to all that Jehovah your God hath done to you, in Egypt, before your eyes?

³⁵ Thou, thou hast been shewn `it', to know that Jehovah He `is' God; there is none else besides Him.

³⁶ `From the heavens He hath caused thee to hear His voice, to instruct thee, and on earth He hath shewed thee His great fire, and His words thou hast heard out of the midst of the fire.

³⁷ `And because that He hath loved thy fathers, He doth also fix on their seed after them, and doth bring thee out, in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt:

³⁸ to dispossess nations greater and stronger than thou, from thy presence, to bring thee in to give to thee their land -- an inheritance, as `at' this day.

³⁹ `And thou hast known to-day, and hast turned `it' back unto thy heart, that Jehovah He `is' God, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath -- there is none else;

⁴⁰ and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- all the days.'

⁴¹ Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising,

⁴² for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, and he hath lived:

⁴³ Bezer, in the wilderness, in the land of the plain, of the Reubenite; and Ramoth, in Gilead, of the Gadite; and Golan, in Bashan, of the Manassahite.

⁴⁴ And this `is' the law which Moses hath set before the sons of Israel;

⁴⁵ these `are' the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses hath spoken unto the sons of Israel, in their coming out of Egypt,

⁴⁶ beyond the Jordan, in the valley over-against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have smitten, in their coming out of Egypt,

⁴⁷ and they possess his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorite who `are' beyond the Jordan, `towards' the sun-rising;

⁴⁸ from Aroer, which `is' by the edge of the brook Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which `is' Hermon --

⁴⁹ and all the plain beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

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¹ And now, Israel, hearken to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers giveth you.

² Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall ye take from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.

³ Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-Peor; for all the men that followed Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from among you;

⁴ but ye that did cleave to Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.

⁵ See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye may do so in the land into which ye enter to possess it.

⁶ And ye shall keep and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Verily this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

⁷ For what great nation is there that hath God near to them as Jehovah our God is in everything we call upon him for?

⁸ And what great nation is there that hath righteous statutes and ordinances, as all this law which I set before you this day?

⁹ Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),

¹⁰ the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said to me, Gather me the people together, that I may cause them to hear my words, that they may learn them, and fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and teach them to their children.

¹¹ And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and obscurity.

¹² And Jehovah spoke to you from the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but ye saw no form; only [ye heard] a voice.

¹³ And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to do, the ten words; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.

¹⁴ And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it.

¹⁵ And take great heed to your souls (for ye saw no form on the day that Jehovah spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire),

¹⁶ lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female,

¹⁷ the pattern of any beast that is on the earth, the pattern of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,

¹⁸ the pattern of anything that creepeth on the ground, the pattern of any fish that is in the waters under the earth;

¹⁹ and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven.

²⁰ But you hath Jehovah taken, and hath brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, that ye might be to him a people of inheritance, as it is this day.

²¹ And Jehovah was angry with me on your account, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not enter in to that good land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance;

²² for I shall die in this land, I shall not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess this good land.

²³ Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.

²⁴ For Jehovah thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous ùGod.

²⁵ When thou begettest sons, and sons' sons, and ye have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, to provoke him to anger,

²⁶ I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days on it, but shall be utterly destroyed.

²⁷ And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left a small company among the nations to which Jehovah will lead you.

²⁸ And ye shall there serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

²⁹ And from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, if thou shalt seek him with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul.

³⁰ In thy tribulation, and when all these things shall come upon thee, at the end of days, thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice,

³¹ -- for Jehovah thy God is a merciful ùGod, -- he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he swore unto them.

³² For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from one end of the heavens to the other end of the heavens, whether there hath been anything as this great thing is, or if anything hath been heard like it?

³³ Did [ever] people hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

³⁴ Or hath God essayed to come to take him a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a powerful hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

³⁵ Unto thee it was shewn, that thou mightest know that Jehovah, he is God -- there is none other besides him.

³⁶ From the heavens he made thee hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and on the earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words from the midst of the fire.

³⁷ And because he loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them, he brought thee out with his countenance, with his great power, out of Egypt,

³⁸ to dispossess nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

³⁹ Thou shalt know therefore this day, and consider it in thy heart, that Jehovah, he is God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath: [there is] none else.

⁴⁰ And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days on the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.

⁴¹ Then Moses separated three cities on this side the Jordan toward the sun-rising,

⁴² that the manslayer might flee thither, who should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not previously, that fleeing to one of these cities, he might live:

⁴³ Bezer in the wilderness, in the plateau, of the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

⁴⁴ And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

⁴⁵ these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances that Moses declared to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,

⁴⁶ on this side the Jordan, in the valley opposite to Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote when they came out of Egypt;

⁴⁷ and they took possession of his land, and the land of Og the king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who were on this side the Jordan, toward the sun-rising;

⁴⁸ from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, as far as mount Sion, which is Hermon,

⁴⁹ and all the plain on this side the Jordan, eastward, and as far as the sea of the plain, under the slopes of Pisgah.

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¹ Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.

² You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.

³ Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal Peor; for all the men who followed Baal Peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed them from the midst of you.

⁴ But you who did cleave to Yahweh your God are alive everyone of you this day.

⁵ Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the midst of the land where you go in to possess it.

⁶ Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

⁷ For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?

⁸ What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

⁹ Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children's children;

¹⁰ the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.

¹¹ You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

¹² Yahweh spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; only [you heard] a voice.

¹³ He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.

¹⁴ Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it.

¹⁵ Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no manner of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.

¹⁶ Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

¹⁷ the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,

¹⁸ the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

¹⁹ and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

²⁰ But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

²¹ Furthermore Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance:

²² but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but you shall go over, and possess that good land.

²³ Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.

²⁴ For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

²⁵ When you shall father children, and children's children, and you shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make an engraved image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, to provoke him to anger;

²⁶ I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto you go over the Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong your days on it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

²⁷ Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where Yahweh shall lead you away.

²⁸ There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

²⁹ But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

³⁰ When you are in oppression, and all these things are come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God, and listen to his voice:

³¹ for Yahweh your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.

³² For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?

³³ Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?

³⁴ Or has God tried to go and take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that 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; there is none else besides him.

³⁶ Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and on earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.

³⁷ Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;

³⁸ to drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as at this day.

³⁹ Know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that Yahweh he is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is none else.

⁴⁰ You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.

⁴¹ Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;

⁴² that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

⁴³ [namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

⁴⁴ This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

⁴⁵ these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,

⁴⁶ beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck, when they came forth out of Egypt.

⁴⁷ They took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;

⁴⁸ from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Sion (the same is Hermon),

⁴⁹ and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.

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¹ And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

² Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.

³ Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for destruction came from the Lord on all those among you who went after Baal-peor.

⁴ But you who kept faith with the Lord are living, every one of you, today.

⁵ I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.

⁶ So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.

⁷ For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?

⁸ And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?

⁹ Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;

¹⁰ That day when you were waiting before the Lord your God in Horeb, and the Lord said to me, Make all the people come together, so that hearing my words they may go in fear of me all the days of their life on earth and give this teaching to their children.

¹¹ And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.

¹² And the voice of the Lord came to you out of the fire: the sound of his words came to your ears but you saw no form; there was nothing but a voice.

¹³ And he gave you his agreement with you, the ten rules which you were to keep, which he put in writing on the two stones of the law.

¹⁴ And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.

¹⁵ So keep watch on yourselves with care; for you saw no form of any sort on the day when the voice of the Lord came to you in Horeb out of the heart of the fire:

¹⁶ So that you may not be turned to evil ways and make for yourselves an image in the form of any living thing, male or female,

¹⁷ Or any beast of the earth, or winged bird of the air,

¹⁸ Or of anything which goes flat on the earth, or any fish in the water under the earth.

¹⁹ And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven.

²⁰ But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.

²¹ And the Lord was angry with me because of you, and made an oath that I was not to go over Jordan into the good land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage:

²² But death is to come to me in this land, I may not go over Jordan: but you will go over and take that good land for your heritage.

²³ Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.

²⁴ For the Lord your God is an all-burning fire, and he will not let the honour which is his be given to any other.

²⁵ If, when you have had children and children's children, and have been living a long time in the land, you are turned to evil ways, and make an image of any sort, and do evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, moving him to wrath:

²⁶ May heaven and earth be my witnesses against you today, that destruction will quickly overtake you, cutting you off from that land which you are going over Jordan to take; your days will not be long in that land, but you will come to a complete end.

²⁷ And the Lord will send you wandering among the peoples; only a small band of you will be kept from death among the nations where the Lord will send you.

²⁸ There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.

²⁹ But if in those lands you are turned again to the Lord your God, searching for him with all your heart and soul, he will not keep himself from you.

³⁰ When you are in trouble and all these things have come on you, if, in the future, you are turned again to the Lord your God, and give ear to his voice:

³¹ Because the Lord your God is a God of mercy, he will not take away his help from you or let destruction overtake you, or be false to the agreement which he made by an oath with your fathers.

³² Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.

³³ Has any people ever gone on living after hearing the voice of God out of the heart of the fire as you did?

³⁴ Has God ever before taken a nation for himself from out of another nation, by punishments and signs and wonders, by war and by a strong hand and a stretched-out arm and great acts of wonder and fear, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes?

³⁵ All this he let you see, so that you might be certain that the Lord is God and there is no other.

³⁶ Out of heaven itself his voice came to you, teaching you; and on earth he let you see his great fire; and his words came to your ears out of the heart of the fire.

³⁷ And because of his love for your fathers, he took their seed and made it his, and he himself, present among you, took you out of Egypt by his great power;

³⁸ Driving out before you nations greater and stronger than you, to take you into their land and give it to you for your heritage, as at this day.

³⁹ So today be certain, and keep the knowledge deep in your hearts, that the Lord is God, in heaven on high and here on earth; there is no other God.

⁴⁰ Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.

⁴¹ Then Moses had three towns marked out on the far side of Jordan looking to the east;

⁴² To which anyone causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate, might go in flight; so that in one of these towns he might be kept from death:

⁴³ The names of the towns were Bezer in the waste land, in the table-land, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for Manasseh.

⁴⁴ This is the law which Moses put before the children of Israel:

⁴⁵ These are the rules and the laws and the decisions which Moses gave to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt;

⁴⁶ On the far side of Jordan, in the valley facing Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel overcame after they had come out of Egypt:

⁴⁷ And they took his land for a heritage, and the land of Og, king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, whose lands were on the other side of Jordan to the east;

⁴⁸ From Aroer on the edge of the valley of the Arnon as far as Mount Sion, which is Hermon,

⁴⁹ And all the Arabah on the far side of Jordan to the east, as far as the sea of the Arabah under the slopes of Pisgah.