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Deuteronomy 4-6
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Moses Commands Obedience

4 “Now, O Israel, listen to (A)the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and [a]possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you. 2 (B)You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at (C)Baal Peor; for the Lord your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor. 4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.

5 “Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. 6 Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is (D)your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’

7 “For (E)what great nation is there that has (F)God[b] so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? 8 And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to yourself, and diligently (G)keep yourself, lest you (H)forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And (I)teach them to your children and your grandchildren, 10 especially concerning (J)the day you stood before the Lord your God in Horeb, when the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’

11 “Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 12 (K)And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no [c]form; (L)you only heard a voice. 13 (M)So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, (N)the Ten Commandments; and (O)He wrote them on two tablets of stone. 14 And (P)the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might [d]observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.

Beware of Idolatry

15 (Q)“Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no (R)form when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16 lest you (S)act corruptly and (T)make for yourselves a carved image in the [e]form of any figure: (U)the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth. 19 And take heed, lest you (V)lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, (W)all the host of heaven, you feel driven to (X)worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has [f]given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage. 20 But the Lord has taken you and (Y)brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be (Z)His people, an inheritance, as you are this day. 21 Furthermore (AA)the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that (AB)I would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. 22 But (AC)I must die in this land, (AD)I must not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and [g]possess (AE)that good land. 23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, (AF)and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you. 24 For (AG)the Lord your God is a consuming fire, (AH)a jealous God.

25 “When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and (AI)do evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger, 26 (AJ)I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not [h]prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed. 27 And the Lord (AK)will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you. 28 And (AL)there you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, (AM)which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. 29 (AN)But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in [i]distress, and all these things come upon you in the (AO)latter days, when you (AP)turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice 31 (for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor (AQ)destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.

32 “For (AR)ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask (AS)from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard. 33 (AT)Did any people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live? 34 Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, (AU)by trials, (AV)by signs, by wonders, by war, (AW)by a mighty hand and (AX)an outstretched arm, (AY)and by great [j]terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; (AZ)there is none other besides Him. 36 (BA)Out of heaven He let you hear His voice, that He might instruct you; on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because (BB)He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their [k]descendants after them; and (BC)He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power, 38 (BD)driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that (BE)the Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. 40 (BF)You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that [l]it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may [m]prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan

41 Then Moses (BG)set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun, 42 (BH)that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without having hated him in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he might live: 43 (BI)Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

Introduction to God’s Law

44 Now this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. 45 These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which Moses spoke to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt, 46 on this side of the Jordan, (BJ)in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel (BK)defeated[n] after they came out of Egypt. 47 And they took possession of his land and the land (BL)of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who were on this side of the Jordan, toward the [o]rising of the sun, 48 (BM)from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, even to Mount [p]Sion (that is, (BN)Hermon), 49 and all the plain on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the (BO)slopes of Pisgah.

The Ten Commandments Reviewed(BP)

5 And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be careful to observe them. 2 (BQ)The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The Lord (BR)did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive. 4 (BS)The Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire. 5 (BT)I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; for (BU)you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain. He said:

6 (BV)‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of [q]bondage.

7 (BW)‘You shall have no other gods [r]before Me.

8 (BX)‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 9 you shall not (BY)bow[s] down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, [t]visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 10 (BZ)but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and [u]keep My commandments.

11 (CA)‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him [v]guiltless who takes His name in vain.

12 (CB)‘Observe the Sabbath day, to [w]keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 (CC)Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is the (CD)Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 (CE)And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there (CF)by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

16 (CG)‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, (CH)that your days may be long, and that it may be well with (CI)you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

17 (CJ)‘You shall not murder.

18 (CK)‘You shall not commit adultery.

19 (CL)‘You shall not steal.

20 (CM)‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

21 (CN)‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’

22 “These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And (CO)He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

The People Afraid of God’s Presence(CP)

23 (CQ)“So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders. 24 And you said: ‘Surely the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and (CR)we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man; yet he (CS)still lives. 25 Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; (CT)if we hear the voice of the Lord our God anymore, then we shall die. 26 (CU)For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 You go near and hear all that the Lord our God may say, and (CV)tell us all that the Lord our God says to you, and we will hear and do it.’

28 “Then the Lord heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me: ‘I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. (CW)They are right in all that they have spoken. 29 (CX)Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and (CY)always keep all My commandments, (CZ)that it might be well with them and with their children forever! 30 Go and say to them, “Return to your tents.” 31 But as for you, stand here by Me, (DA)and I will speak to you all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which you shall teach them, that they may observe them in the land which I am giving them to possess.’

32 “Therefore you shall [x]be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; (DB)you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 You shall walk in (DC)all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live (DD)and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

The Greatest Commandment

6 “Now this is (DE)the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, 2 (DF)that you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, (DG)and that your days may be prolonged. 3 Therefore hear, O Israel, and [y]be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may (DH)multiply greatly (DI)as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you—(DJ)‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’

4 (DK)“Hear, O Israel: [z]The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 (DL)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, (DM)with all your soul, and with all your strength.

6 “And (DN)these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 (DO)You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 (DP)You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 (DQ)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Caution Against Disobedience

10 “So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He [aa]swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities (DR)which you did not build, 11 houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—(DS)when you have eaten and are full— 12 then beware, lest you forget the (DT)Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13 You shall (DU)fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and (DV)shall take oaths in His name. 14 You shall not go after other gods, (DW)the gods of the peoples who are all around you 15 (for (DX)the Lord your God is a jealous God (DY)among you), lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.

16 (DZ)“You shall not [ab]tempt the Lord your God (EA)as you [ac]tempted Him in Massah. 17 You shall (EB)diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you. 18 And you (EC)shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers, 19 (ED)to cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.

20 (EE)“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?’ 21 then you shall say to your son: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt (EF)with a mighty hand; 22 and the Lord showed signs and wonders before our eyes, great and severe, against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household. 23 Then He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the land of which He [ad]swore to our fathers. 24 And the Lord commanded us to [ae]observe all these [af]statutes, (EG)to fear the Lord our God, (EH)for our good always, that (EI)He might preserve us alive, as it is [ag]this day. 25 Then (EJ)it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.’

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:1 take possession of
  2. Deuteronomy 4:7 Or a god
  3. Deuteronomy 4:12 similitude
  4. Deuteronomy 4:14 do or perform
  5. Deuteronomy 4:16 similitude
  6. Deuteronomy 4:19 divided
  7. Deuteronomy 4:22 take possession of
  8. Deuteronomy 4:26 live long on it
  9. Deuteronomy 4:30 tribulation
  10. Deuteronomy 4:34 calamities
  11. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit. seed
  12. Deuteronomy 4:40 you may prosper
  13. Deuteronomy 4:40 live long
  14. Deuteronomy 4:46 struck
  15. Deuteronomy 4:47 east
  16. Deuteronomy 4:48 Syr. Sirion
  17. Deuteronomy 5:6 slavery
  18. Deuteronomy 5:7 besides
  19. Deuteronomy 5:9 worship them
  20. Deuteronomy 5:9 punishing
  21. Deuteronomy 5:10 observe
  22. Deuteronomy 5:11 innocent
  23. Deuteronomy 5:12 sanctify it
  24. Deuteronomy 5:32 observe
  25. Deuteronomy 6:3 Lit. observe to do
  26. Deuteronomy 6:4 Or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone, i.e., the only one
  27. Deuteronomy 6:10 promised
  28. Deuteronomy 6:16 test
  29. Deuteronomy 6:16 tested
  30. Deuteronomy 6:23 promised
  31. Deuteronomy 6:24 do
  32. Deuteronomy 6:24 ordinances
  33. Deuteronomy 6:24 today
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Deuteronomy 4-6
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Obedience Commanded

4 Now, Israel, hear the decrees(A) and laws I am about to teach(B) you. Follow them so that you may live(C) and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2 Do not add(D) to what I command you and do not subtract(E) from it, but keep(F) the commands(G) of the Lord your God that I give you.

3 You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor.(H) The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, 4 but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.

5 See, I have taught(I) you decrees and laws(J) as the Lord my God commanded(K) me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering(L) to take possession of it. 6 Observe(M) them carefully, for this will show your wisdom(N) and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”(O) 7 What other nation is so great(P) as to have their gods near(Q) them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? 8 And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws(R) as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

9 Only be careful,(S) 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(T) them to your children(U) and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb,(V) when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn(W) to revere(X) me as long as they live in the land(Y) and may teach(Z) them to their children.” 11 You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain(AA) while it blazed with fire(AB) to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.(AC) 12 Then the Lord spoke(AD) to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form;(AE) there was only a voice.(AF) 13 He declared to you his covenant,(AG) the Ten Commandments,(AH) 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(AI) you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

Idolatry Forbidden

15 You saw no form(AJ) of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb(AK) out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully,(AL) 16 so that you do not become corrupt(AM) and make for yourselves an idol,(AN) an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, 17 or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air,(AO) 18 or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below. 19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,(AP) the moon and the stars(AQ)—all the heavenly array(AR)—do not be enticed(AS) into bowing down to them and worshiping(AT) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. 20 But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace,(AU) out of Egypt,(AV) to be the people of his inheritance,(AW) as you now are.

21 The Lord was angry with me(AX) because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance. 22 I will die in this land;(AY) I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land.(AZ) 23 Be careful not to forget the covenant(BA) of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol(BB) in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden. 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,(BC) a jealous God.(BD)

25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt(BE) and make any kind of idol,(BF) doing evil(BG) in the eyes of the Lord your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses(BH) against you(BI) this day that you will quickly perish(BJ) from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The Lord will scatter(BK) you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive(BL) among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods(BM) of wood and stone,(BN) which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.(BO) 29 But if from there you seek(BP) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart(BQ) and with all your soul.(BR) 30 When you are in distress(BS) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days(BT) you will return(BU) to the Lord your God and obey him. 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful(BV) God; he will not abandon(BW) or destroy(BX) you or forget(BY) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

The Lord Is God

32 Ask(BZ) now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth;(CA) ask from one end of the heavens to the other.(CB) Has anything so great(CC) as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? 33 Has any other people heard the voice of God[a] speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?(CD) 34 Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation,(CE) by testings,(CF) by signs(CG) and wonders,(CH) by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,(CI) or by great and awesome deeds,(CJ) like all the things the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other.(CK) 36 From heaven he made you hear his voice(CL) to discipline(CM) you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. 37 Because he loved(CN) your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,(CO) 38 to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance,(CP) as it is today.

39 Acknowledge(CQ) and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.(CR) 40 Keep(CS) his decrees and commands,(CT) which I am giving you today, so that it may go well(CU) with you and your children after you and that you may live long(CV) in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.

Cities of Refuge(CW)

41 Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan, 42 to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally(CX) killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life. 43 The cities were these: Bezer in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth(CY) in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

Introduction to the Law

44 This is the law Moses set before the Israelites. 45 These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt 46 and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon(CZ) king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt. 47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan. 48 This land extended from Aroer(DA) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion[b](DB) (that is, Hermon(DC)), 49 and included all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Dead Sea,[c] below the slopes of Pisgah.

The Ten Commandments(DD)

5 Moses summoned all Israel and said:

Hear, Israel, the decrees and laws(DE) I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant(DF) with us at Horeb.(DG) 3 It was not with our ancestors[d] that the Lord made this covenant, but with us,(DH) with all of us who are alive here today.(DI) 4 The Lord spoke(DJ) to you face to face(DK) out of the fire(DL) on the mountain. 5 (At that time I stood between(DM) the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid(DN) of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:

6 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt,(DO) out of the land of slavery.(DP)

7 “You shall have no other gods before[e] me.

8 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.(DQ) 9 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents(DR) to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,(DS) 10 but showing love to a thousand(DT) generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.(DU)

11 “You shall not misuse the name(DV) of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.(DW)

12 “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy,(DX) as the Lord your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day(DY) is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant,(DZ) nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.(EA) 15 Remember that you were slaves(EB) in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand(EC) and an outstretched arm.(ED) Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

16 “Honor your father(EE) and your mother,(EF) as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long(EG) and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

17 “You shall not murder.(EH)

18 “You shall not commit adultery.(EI)

19 “You shall not steal.(EJ)

20 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.(EK)

21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”(EL)

22 These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness;(EM) and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets(EN) and gave them to me.

23 When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leaders of your tribes and your elders(EO) came to me. 24 And you said, “The Lord our God has shown us(EP) his glory and his majesty,(EQ) and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them.(ER) 25 But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer.(ES) 26 For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived?(ET) 27 Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says.(EU) Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We will listen and obey.”(EV)

28 The Lord heard you when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me, “I have heard what this people said to you. Everything they said was good.(EW) 29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me(EX) and keep all my commands(EY) always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!(EZ)

30 “Go, tell them to return to their tents. 31 But you stay here(FA) with me so that I may give you all the commands, decrees and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess.”

32 So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you;(FB) do not turn aside to the right or to the left.(FC) 33 Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you,(FD) so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days(FE) in the land that you will possess.

Love the Lord Your God

6 These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear(FF) the Lord your God as long as you live(FG) by keeping all his decrees and commands(FH) that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.(FI) 3 Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey(FJ) so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly(FK) in a land flowing with milk and honey,(FL) just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised(FM) you.

4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[f](FN) 5 Love(FO) the Lord your God with all your heart(FP) and with all your soul and with all your strength.(FQ) 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.(FR) 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(FS) 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(FT) 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.(FU)

10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build,(FV) 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig,(FW) and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,(FX) 12 be careful that you do not forget(FY) the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

13 Fear the Lord(FZ) your God, serve him only(GA) and take your oaths(GB) in his name.(GC) 14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; 15 for the Lord your God(GD), who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. 16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test(GE) as you did at Massah. 17 Be sure to keep(GF) the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you.(GG) 18 Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight,(GH) so that it may go well(GI) with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors, 19 thrusting out all your enemies(GJ) before you, as the Lord said.

20 In the future, when your son asks you,(GK) “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?” 21 tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.(GL) 22 Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. 23 But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors. 24 The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God,(GM) so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.(GN) 25 And if we are careful to obey all this law(GO) before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.(GP)”

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:33 Or of a god
  2. Deuteronomy 4:48 Syriac (see also 3:9); Hebrew Siyon
  3. Deuteronomy 4:49 Hebrew the Sea of the Arabah
  4. Deuteronomy 5:3 Or not only with our parents
  5. Deuteronomy 5:7 Or besides
  6. Deuteronomy 6:4 Or The Lord our God is one Lord; or The Lord is our God, the Lord is one; or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone
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