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.
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.
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.
But ye that did cleave unto the LORD
your God
are alive
every one of you this day
.
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.
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
.
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 ?
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
?
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
;
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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.
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
:
Lest ye corrupt yourselves , and make
you a graven image
, the similitude
of any figure
, the likeness
of male
or female
,
The likeness of any beast
that is on the earth
, the likeness
of any winged
fowl
that flieth
in the air
,
The likeness of any thing that creepeth
on the ground
, the likeness
of any fish
that is in the waters
beneath
the earth
:
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
.
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
.
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
:
But I must die in this land
, I must not go over
Jordan
: but ye shall go over
, and possess
that good
land
.
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.
For the LORD thy God
is a consuming
fire
, even a jealous
God
.
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
:
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
.
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.
And there ye shall serve gods
, the work
of men's
hands
, wood
and stone
, which neither see
, nor hear
, nor eat
, nor smell
.
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
.
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
;
(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.
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?
Did ever people hear
the voice
of God
speaking out
of the midst
of the fire
, as thou hast heard
, and live
?
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
?
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know
that the LORD
he is God
; there is none else
beside him
.
Out of heaven he made thee to hear
his voice
, that he might instruct
thee: and upon earth
he shewed
thee his great
fire
; and thou heardest
his words
out of the midst
of the fire
.
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
;
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
.
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.
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.
Then Moses severed
three
cities
on this side
Jordan
toward the sunrising
;
That the slayer might flee
thither, which should kill
his neighbour
unawares
, and hated
him not in times
past
; and that fleeing
unto one
of these
cities
he might live
:
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
.
And this is the law which Moses
set
before
the children
of Israel
:
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
,
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
:
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
;
From Aroer, which is by the bank
of the river
Arnon
, even unto mount
Sion
, which is Hermon
,
And all the plain on this side
Jordan
eastward
, even unto the sea
of the plain
, under the springs
of Pisgah
.