Deuteronomy 4 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Keep the Commandments of Yahweh

“So now^H6258, O Israel^H3478, listen^H8085 to the statutes^H2706 and the judgments^H4941 which^H834 I am teaching^H3925 you to do^H6213, so^H4616 that you may live^H2421 and go^H935 in^H935 and take^H3423 possession^H3423 of the land^H776 which^H834 Yahweh^H3068, the God^H430 of your fathers^H1, is giving^H5414 you.

Deu 4:2

Deu 4:2“You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I am commanding you.

Deu 4:3

Deu 4:3“Your eyes have seen what Yahweh has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who walked after Baal-peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed [fn]them from among you.

Deu 4:4

Deu 4:4“But you who clung to Yahweh your God are alive today, every one of you.

Deu 4:5

“See^H7200, I have taught^H3925 you statutes^H2706 and judgments^H4941 just^H834 as Yahweh^H3068 my God^H430 commanded^H6680 me, that you should do^H6213 thus^H3651 in the land^H776 where^H834^H8033 you are entering^H935 to possess^H3423 it.

Deu 4:6

Deu 4:6“You shall keep and do them, for 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.’

Deu 4:7

Deu 4:7“For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is Yahweh our God whenever we call on Him?

Deu 4:8

Deu 4:8“Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today?

Deu 4:9

“Only^H7534 keep^H8104 yourself and keep^H8104 your soul^H5315 very^H3966 carefully^H3966, lest^H6435 you forget^H7911 the things^H1697 which^H834 your eyes^H5869 have seen^H7200 and lest^H6435 they depart^H5493 from your heart^H3824 all^H3605 the days^H3117 of your life^H2416. But make^H3045 them known^H3045 to your sons^H1121 and to your grandsons^H1121.

Deu 4:10

Deu 4:10“Remember the day you stood before Yahweh your God at Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may cause them to hear My words so they may learn to [fn]fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’

Deu 4:11

Deu 4:11“And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the very heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud, and dense gloom.

Deu 4:12

Deu 4:12“Then Yahweh spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but you saw no form—only a voice.

Deu 4:13

Deu 4:13“So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to do, that is, the Ten [fn]Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.

Deu 4:14

Deu 4:14“And Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it.

Deu 4:15

“So keep^H8104 your^H5315 souls^H5315 very^H3966 carefully^H3966, since^H3588 you did not see^H7200 any^H3605 form^H8544 on the day^H3117 Yahweh^H3068 spoke^H1696 to you at Horeb^H2722 from the midst^H8432 of the fire^H784,

Deu 4:16

Deu 4:16lest you act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

Deu 4:17

Deu 4:17the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,

Deu 4:18

Deu 4:18the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water below the earth,

Deu 4:19

Deu 4:19and lest you lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which Yahweh your God has apportioned for all the peoples under the whole heaven.

Deu 4:20

Deu 4:20“But Yahweh has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own inheritance, as today.

Deu 4:21

“Now Yahweh^H3068 was angry^H599 with me on your account^H1697 and swore^H7650 that I would not cross^H5674 the Jordan^H3383, and that I would not enter^H935 the good^H2896 land^H776 which^H834 Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430 is giving^H5414 you as an inheritance^H5159.

Deu 4:22

Deu 4:22“For I will die in this land, I shall not cross the Jordan, but you shall cross and take possession of this good land.

Deu 4:23

Deu 4:23“So keep yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God which He cut with you and make for yourselves a graven image in the form of anything against which Yahweh your God has commanded you.

Deu 4:24

Deu 4:24“For Yahweh your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Deu 4:25

“When^H3588 you [fn]become^H3205 the father^H3205 of children^H1121 and children’s^H1121 children^H1121 and remain^H3462 long^H3462 in the land^H776 and act^H7843 corruptly^H7843 and make^H6213 [fn]a graven^H6459 image^H6459 in the form^H8544 of anything^H3605 and do^H6213 that which^H7451 is^H7451 evil^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430 so as to provoke^H3707 Him to^H3707 anger^H3707,

Deu 4:26

Deu 4:26I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will surely perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to possess it. You shall not prolong your days on it, but will be utterly destroyed.

Deu 4:27

Deu 4:27“And Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will remain few in number among the nations where Yahweh drives you.

Deu 4:28

Deu 4:28“And there you will serve gods, the work of man’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

Deu 4:29

Deu 4:29“But from there you will seek Yahweh your God, and you will find Him, for you will search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.

Deu 4:30

Deu 4:30“When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the last days you will return to Yahweh your God and listen to His voice.

Deu 4:31

Deu 4:31“For Yahweh your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.

Deu 4:32

“Indeed^H3588, ask^H7592 now^H4994 concerning the former^H7223 days^H3117 which^H834 were before^H6440 you, since^H4480 the day^H3117 that God^H430 created^H1254 [fn]man^H120 on the earth^H776, and inquire from one end^H7097 of the heavens^H8064 to the other^H7097^H8064. Has anything been done^H1961 like this^H2088 great^H1419 thing^H1697, or^H176 has anything been heard^H8085 like^H3644 it?

Deu 4:33

Deu 4:33“Has any people heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard it, and lived?

Deu 4:34

Deu 4:34“Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation with trials, with signs and wonders and with war and with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terrors, [fn]as Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Deu 4:35

Deu 4:35“To you it was shown that you might know that Yahweh, He is God; there is no other besides Him.

Deu 4:36

Deu 4:36“Out of the heavens He caused you to hear His voice to discipline you; and on earth He caused you to see His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire.

Deu 4:37

Deu 4:37“[fn]Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their seed after them. And He [fn]personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,

Deu 4:38

Deu 4:38dispossessing before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in and to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today.

Deu 4:39

Deu 4:39“Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that Yahweh, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.

Deu 4:40

Deu 4:40“So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am commanding you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days on the land which Yahweh your God is giving you for all the days.”

Deu 4:41

Then^H227 Moses^H4872 set^H914 apart^H914 three^H7969 cities^H5892 across^H5676 the Jordan^H3383 to the east toward the sunrise^H4217^H8121,

Deu 4:42

Deu 4:42that a manslayer might flee there, who slew his neighbor [fn]without premeditation, [fn]not hating him previously; so he shall flee to one of these cities that he might live:

Deu 4:43

Deu 4:43Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

Deu 4:44

Now this^H2088 is the law^H8451 which^H834 Moses^H4872 set^H7760 before^H6440 the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478;

Deu 4:45

Deu 4:45these are the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel when they came out from Egypt,

Deu 4:46

Deu 4:46across the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel struck down when they came out from Egypt.

Deu 4:47

Deu 4:47And they took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan to the east toward the sunrise,

Deu 4:48