Deuteronomy 4

1 ♥ 📝 A nd now, O Israel,^H3478 hearken^H8085 unto the statutes^H2706 and unto the ordinances,^H4941 which I teach^H3925 you, to do^H6213 them; that ye may live,^H2421 and go in^H935 and possess^H3423 the land^H776 which Jehovah,^H3068 the 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 from it, that ye may keep^H8104 the commandments^H4687 of Jehovah^H3068 your God^H430 which I command^H6680 you.

3 ♥ 📝 Your eyes^H5869 have seen^H7200 what Jehovah^H3068 did^H6213 because of Baal-peor;^H1187 for all the men^H376 that followed^H310 Baal-peor,^H1187 Jehovah^H3068 thy God^H430 hath destroyed^H8045 them from the midst^H7130 of thee.

4 ♥ 📝 But ye that did cleave^H1695 unto Jehovah^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 ordinances,^H4941 even as^H834 Jehovah^H3068 my God^H430 commanded^H6680 me, that ye should do^H6213 so in^H7130 the midst of the land^H776 whither ye go^H935 in 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 peoples,^H5971 that 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 great^H1419 nation^H1471 is there, that hath a god^H430 so nigh^H7138 unto them, as Jehovah^H3068 our God^H430 is whensoever we call^H7121 upon him?

8 ♥ 📝 And what great^H1419 nation^H1471 is there, that hath statutes^H2706 and ordinances^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 saw,^H7200 and lest they depart^H5493 from thy heart^H3824 all the days^H3117 of thy life;^H2416 but make them known^H3045 unto thy children^H1121 and thy children's^H1121 children;^H1121

10 ♥ 📝 the day^H3117 that thou stoodest^H5975 before^H6440 Jehovah^H3068 thy God^H430 in Horeb,^H2722 when Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto me, Assemble^H6950 me^H6950 the people,^H5971 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 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 heart^H3820 of heaven,^H8064 with darkness,^H6205 cloud, and thick darkness.^H2822

12 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 spake^H1696 unto you out of the midst^H8432 of the fire:^H784 ye heard^H8085 the voice^H6963 of words,^H1697 but ye saw^H7200 no form;^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 the ten^H6235 commandments;^H1697 and he wrote^H3789 them upon two^H8147 tables^H3871 of stone.^H68

14 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 commanded^H6680 me at that time^H6256 to teach^H3925 you statutes^H2706 and ordinances,^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 form^H8544 on the day^H3117 that Jehovah^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 in the form^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 bird^H6833 that flieth^H5774 in the heavens,^H8064

18 ♥ 📝 the likeness^H8403 of anything that creepeth^H7430 on the ground,^H127 the likeness^H8403 of any fish^H1710 that is in the water^H4325 under^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 thou be drawn^H5080 away and worship^H7812 them, and serve^H5647 them, which Jehovah^H3068 thy God^H430 hath allotted^H2505 unto all the peoples^H5971 under the whole heaven.^H8064

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

21 ♥ 📝 Furthermore Jehovah^H3068 was angry^H599 with me for your sakes,^H1697 and sware^H7650 that I should not go over^H5674 the Jordan,^H3383 and that I should not go^H935 in unto that good^H2896 land,^H776 which Jehovah^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 the 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 Jehovah^H3068 your God,^H430 which he made^H3772 with you, and make^H6213 you a graven image^H6459 in the form^H8544 of anything^H3605 which Jehovah^H3068 thy God^H430 hath forbidden^H6680 thee.

24 ♥ 📝 For Jehovah^H3068 thy God^H430 is a devouring^H398 fire,^H784 a jealous^H7067 God.^H430

25 ♥ 📝 When thou shalt beget^H3205 children,^H1121 and children's^H1121 children,^H1121 and ye shall have been long^H3462 in the land,^H776 and shall corrupt^H7843 yourselves, and make^H6213 a graven image^H6459 in the form^H8544 of anything, and shall do^H6213 that which is evil^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of Jehovah^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 the 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 Jehovah^H3068 will scatter^H6327 you among the peoples,^H5971 and ye shall be left^H7604 few^H4962 in number^H4557 among the nations,^H1471 whither Jehovah^H3068 shall lead^H5090 you away.

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 from thence ye shall seek^H1245 Jehovah^H3068 thy God,^H430 and thou shalt find^H4672 him, when thou searchest^H1875 after 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, in the latter^H319 days^H3117 thou shalt return^H7725 to Jehovah^H3068 thy God,^H430 and hearken^H8085 unto his voice:^H6963

31 ♥ 📝 for Jehovah^H3068 thy God^H430 is a merciful^H7349 God;^H430 he will not fail^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 from the one end^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 a 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 trials,^H4531 by signs,^H226 and by wonders,^H4159 and by war,^H4421 and by a mighty^H2389 hand,^H3027 and by an outstretched^H5186 arm,^H2220 and by great^H1419 terrors,^H4172 according to all that Jehovah^H3068 your God^H430 did^H6213 for you in Egypt^H4714 before your eyes?^H5869

35 ♥ 📝 Unto thee it was showed,^H7200 that thou mightest know^H3045 that Jehovah^H3068 he is God;^H430 there is none else^H5750 besides 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 made thee to see^H7200 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 with his presence,^H6440 with his great^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, to bring^H935 thee in, to give^H5414 thee their land^H776 for an inheritance,^H5159 as at this day.^H3117

39 ♥ 📝 Know^H3045 therefore this day,^H3117 and lay^H7725 it to thy heart,^H3824 that Jehovah^H3068 he is God^H430 in heaven^H8064 above^H4605 and upon the earth^H776 beneath; there is none else.

40 ♥ 📝 And thou shalt keep^H8104 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 in the land,^H127 which Jehovah^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414 thee, for ever.

41 ♥ 📝 Then Moses^H4872 set apart^H914 three^H7969 cities^H5892 beyond^H5676 the Jordan^H3383 toward the sunrising;^H8121

42 ♥ 📝 that the manslayer^H7523 might flee^H5127 thither, that slayeth^H7523 his neighbor^H7453 unawares,^H1097 and hated^H8130 him not in time^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 for the Reubenites;^H7206 and Ramoth^H7216 in Gilead,^H1568 for the Gadites;^H1425 and Golan^H1474 in Bashan,^H1316 for 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 ordinances,^H4941 which Moses^H4872 spake^H1696 unto the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 when they came forth^H3318 out of Egypt,^H4714

46 ♥ 📝 beyond^H5676 the Jordan,^H3383 in the valley^H1516 over against^H4136 Beth-peor,^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 when they came forth^H3318 out of Egypt.^H4714

47 ♥ 📝 And they took his land^H776 in possession,^H3423 and the land^H776 of Og^H5747 king^H4428 of Bashan,^H1316 the two^H8147 kings^H4428 of the Amorites,^H567 who were beyond^H5676 the Jordan^H3383 toward the sunrising;^H4217

48 ♥ 📝 from Aroer,^H6177 which is on the edge^H8193 of the valley^H5158 of the Arnon,^H769 even unto mount^H2022 Sion^H7865 (the same is Hermon),^H2768

49 ♥ 📝 and all the Arabah^H6160 beyond^H5676 the Jordan^H3383 eastward,^H4217 even unto the sea^H3220 of the Arabah,^H6160 under the slopes^H794 of Pisgah.^H6449