"Now, O Israel
, listen
to the statutes
and the judgments
which
aI am teaching
you to perform
, so
that byou may live
and go
in and take
possession
of the land
which
the LORD
, the God
of your fathers
, is giving
you.
" aYou shall not add to the word
which
bI am commanding
you, nor
take
away
from it, that you may keep
the commandments
of the LORD
your God
which
I command
you.
" aYour eyes have seen
what
the LORD
has done
in the case of Baal-peor
, for all
the men
who
followed
Baal-peor
, the LORD
your God
has destroyed
1them from among
you.
"But you who held fast
to the LORD
your God
are alive
today
, every
one
of you.
"See, I have taught
you statutes
and judgments
ajust
as the LORD
my God
commanded
me, that you should do
thus
in the land
where
you are entering
to possess
it.
"So keep and do
them, afor that is 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
.'
"For awhat great
nation
is there that has a god
bso near
to it as is the LORD
our God
cwhenever
we call
on Him?
"Or what great
nation
is there that has astatutes
and judgments
as righteous
as this
whole
law
which
I am setting
before
you today
?
"Only agive
heed
to yourself and keep
your soul
diligently
, so
that you do not forget
the things
which
your eyes
have seen
and they do not depart
from your heart
ball
the days
of your life
; but cmake
them known
to your sons
and your grandsons
.
"Remember the day you stood
before
the LORD
your God
at Horeb
, when the LORD
said
to me, `Assemble
the people
to Me, that I may let them hear
My words
aso
they may learn
to 1fear
Me all
the days
they live
on the earth
, and that they may bteach
their children
.'
"You came near
and stood
at the foot
of the mountain
, aand the mountain
burned
with fire
to the very heart
of the heavens
: darkness
, cloud
and thick
gloom
.
"Then the LORD spoke
to you from the midst
of the fire
; you heard
the sound
of words
, but you saw
no
form
--only
a voice
.
"So He declared to you His covenant
which
He commanded
you to perform
, that is, athe Ten
1Commandments
; and bHe wrote
them on two
tablets
of stone
.
"The LORD commanded
me at that time
to teach
you statutes
and judgments
, that you might perform
them in the land
where
you are going
over
to possess
it.
"So awatch yourselves
carefully
, since
you did not see
any
bform
on the day
the LORD
spoke
to you at Horeb
from the midst
of the fire
,
so that you do not aact
corruptly
and bmake
a graven
image
for yourselves in the form
of any
figure
, the likeness
of male
or
female
,
the likeness of any
animal
that is on the earth
, the likeness
of aany
winged
bird
that flies
in the sky
,
the likeness of anything
that creeps
on the ground
, the likeness
of any
fish
that is in the water
below
the earth
.
"And beware not to lift up your eyes
to heaven
and see
the sun
and the moon
and the stars
, aall
the host
of heaven
, band be drawn
away
and worship
them and serve
them, those which
the LORD
your God
has allotted
to all
the peoples
under
the whole
heaven
.
"But the LORD has taken
you and brought
you out of athe iron
furnace
, from Egypt
, to bbe a people
for His own possession
, as today
.
" aNow the LORD was angry
with me on your account
, and swore
that I would not cross
the Jordan
, and that I would not enter
the good
land
which
the LORD
your God
is giving
you as an inheritance
.
"For aI will die in this
land
, I shall not cross
the Jordan
, but you shall cross
and take
possession
of this
bgood
land
.
"So watch yourselves, athat you do not forget
the covenant
of the LORD
your God
which
He made
with you, and bmake
for yourselves a graven
image
in the form
of anything
against which
the LORD
your God
has commanded
you.
"For the LORD your God
is a aconsuming
fire
, a bjealous
God
.
"When you 1become
the father
of children
and children's
children
and have remained
long
in the land
, and aact
corruptly
, and bmake
an 2idol
in the form
of anything
, and cdo
that which
is evil
in the sight
of the LORD
your God
so as to provoke
Him to anger
,
I acall heaven
and earth
to witness
against you today
, that you will bsurely
perish
quickly
from the land
where
you are going
over
the Jordan
to possess
it. You shall not 1live
long
on it, but will be utterly
destroyed
.
"The LORD will ascatter
you among the peoples
, and you will be left
few
in number
among the nations
where
the LORD
drives
you.
" aThere you will serve
gods
, the work
of man's
hands
, bwood
and stone
, cwhich
neither
see
nor
hear
nor
eat
nor
smell
.
" aBut from there you will seek
the LORD
your God
, and you will find
Him if
you search
for Him bwith all
your heart
and all
your soul
.
"When you aare in distress and all
these
things
have come
upon you, bin the latter
days
cyou will return
to the LORD
your God
and listen
to His voice
.
"For the LORD your God
is a acompassionate
God
; bHe will not fail
you nor
cdestroy
you nor
dforget
the covenant
with your fathers
which
He swore
to them.
"Indeed, aask
now
concerning the former
days
which
were before
you, since
the bday
that God
created
1man
on the earth
, and inquire cfrom one end
of the heavens
to the other
. dHas anything been done
like this
great
thing
, or
has anything been heard
like
it?
" aHas any people heard
the voice
of God
speaking
from the midst
of the fire
, as you have heard
it, and survived
?
" aOr has a god
tried
to go
to take
for himself a nation
from within
another nation
bby trials
, by signs
and wonders
and by war
and cby a mighty
hand
and by an outstretched
arm
and by great
terrors
, 1as the LORD
your God
did
for you in Egypt
before your eyes
?
"To you it was shown that you might know
that the LORD
, He is God
; athere
is no
other
besides
Him.
" aOut of the heavens He let you hear
His voice
bto discipline
you; and on earth
He let you see
His great
fire
, and you heard
His words
from the midst
of the fire
.
" 1 aBecause He loved
your fathers
, therefore He chose
2their descendants
after
them. And He 3 bpersonally
brought
you from Egypt
by His great
power
,
driving out from before
you nations
greater
and mightier
than
you, to bring
you in and ato give
you their land
for an inheritance
, as it is today
.
"Know therefore today
, and take
it to your heart
, that athe LORD
, He is God
in heaven
above
and on the earth
below
; there
is no
other
.
" aSo you shall keep His statutes
and His commandments
which
I am 1giving
you today
, that bit may go
well
with you and with your children
after
you, and cthat you may 2live
long
on the land
which
the LORD
your God
is giving
you for all
time
."
aThen Moses
set
apart
three
cities
across
the Jordan
to the 1east
,
that a manslayer might flee
there
, who
unintentionally
slew
his neighbor
without
having enmity
toward him in time
past
; and by fleeing
to one
of these
cities
he might live
:
aBezer in the wilderness
on the plateau
for the Reubenites
, and Ramoth
in Gilead
for the Gadites
, and Golan
in Bashan
for the Manassites
.
Now this is the law
which
Moses
set
before
the sons
of Israel
;
these are the testimonies
and the statutes
and the ordinances
which
Moses
spoke
to the sons
of Israel
, when they came
out from Egypt
,
across the Jordan
, in the valley
aopposite
Beth-peor
, in the land
of bSihon
king
of the Amorites
who
lived
at Heshbon
, whom
Moses
and the sons
of Israel
1defeated
when they came
out from Egypt
.
They took possession
of his land
and the land
of aOg
king
of Bashan
, the two
kings
of the Amorites
, who were across
the Jordan
to the 1east
,
from aAroer, which
is on the edge
of the 1valley
of Arnon
, even as far
as bMount
Sion
(that is, Hermon
),
with all the Arabah
across
the Jordan
to the east
, even as far
as the sea
of the Arabah
, 1at the foot
of the slopes
of Pisgah
.