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| [1]`And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you. |
[1]Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the ordinances and to the laws which I teach you to do, that ye may live and go in, and possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. |
| [2]Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you. |
[2]Ye shall put nothing unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye take ought there from, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. |
| [3]`Your eyes are seeing that which Jehovah hath done in Baal-Peor, for every man who hath gone after Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed him from thy midst; |
[3]Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-Peor, for all the men that followed Baal-Peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed every one from among you. |
| [4]and ye who are cleaving to Jehovah your God, [are] alive, all of you, to-day. |
[4]But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God, are alive every one of you this day. |
| [5]`See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as Jehovah my God hath commanded me -- to do so, in the midst of the land whither ye are going in to possess it; |
[5]Behold, I have taught you ordinances, and laws, as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do even so within the land whither ye go to possess it. |
| [6]and ye have kept and done [them] (for it [is] your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding [is] this great nation. |
[6]Keep them therefore, and do them; for that is your wisdom, and your understanding in the sight of the people, which shall hear all these ordinances, and shall say, Only this people is wise, and of understanding, and a great nation. |
| [7]`For which [is] the great nation that hath God near unto it, as Jehovah our God, in all we have called unto him? |
[7]For what nation is so great, unto whom the gods come so near unto them, as the Lord our God is near unto us, in all that we call unto him for? |
| [8]and which [is] the great nation which hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-day? |
[8]And what nation is so great, that hath ordinances and laws so righteous, as all this law, which I set before you this day? |
| [9]`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons. |
[9]But take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, that thou forget not the things which thine eyes have seen, and that they depart not out of thine heart, all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons: |
| [10]`The day when thou hast stood before Jehovah thy God in Horeb -- in Jehovah's saying unto me, Assemble to Me the people, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and their sons they teach; -- |
[10]Forget not 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 cause 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: |
| [11]and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens -- darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness: |
[11]Then came you near and stood under the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, and there was darkness, clouds and mist. |
| [12]`And Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice; |
[12]And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire, and ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude, save a voice. |
| [13]and He declareth to you His covenant, which He hath commanded you to do, the Ten Matters, and He writeth them upon two tables of stone. |
[13]Then he declared unto you his covenant which he commanded you to do, even the ten commandments, and wrote them upon two tables of stone. |
| [14]`And me hath Jehovah commanded at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, for your doing them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it; |
[14]And the Lord commanded me that same time, that I should teach you ordinances and laws, which ye should observe in the land, whither ye go, to possess it. |
| [15]and ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah's speaking unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire, |
[15]Take therefore good heed unto yourselves: for ye saw no image in the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: |
| [16]lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female -- |
[16]That ye corrupt not yourselves, and make you a graven image or representation of any figure: whither it be the likeness of male or female, |
| [17]a form of any beast which [is] in the earth -- a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens -- |
[17]The likeness of any beast that is on earth, or the likeness of any fathered fowl that flieth in the air: |
| [18]a form of any creeping thing on the ground -- a form of any fish which [is] in the waters under the earth; |
[18]Or the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the earth, or the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth, |
| [19]`And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens. |
[19]And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars with all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath distributed to all people under the whole heaven. |
| [20]`And you hath Jehovah taken, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people -- an inheritance, as [at] this day. |
[20]But the Lord hath taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace: out of Egypt to be unto him a people and inheritance, as appeareth this day. |
| [21]`And Jehovah hath shewed himself wroth with me because of your words, and sweareth to my not passing over the Jordan, and to my not going in unto the good land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance; |
[21]And the Lord was angry with me for your words, and swear 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. |
| [22]for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, and ye are passing over, and have possessed this good land. |
[22]For I must die in this land, and shall not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. |
| [23]`Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything [concerning] which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee: |
[23]Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God which he made with you, and lest ye make you any graven image, or likeness of anything, as the Lord thy God hath charged thee. |
| [24]for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming -- a zealous God. |
[24]For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, and a jealous God. |
| [25]`When thou begettest sons and sons' sons, and ye have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a graven image, a similitude of anything, and have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger: -- |
[25]When thou shalt beget children and children's' children, and shalt have remained long in the land, if ye corrupt yourselves, and make any graven image, or likeness of anything, and work evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger, |
| [26]I have caused to testify against you this day the heavens and the earth, that ye do perish utterly hastily from off the land whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it; ye do not prolong days upon it, but are utterly destroyed; |
[26]I call heaven and earth to record against you this day, that ye shall shortly perish from the land, whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days therein, but shall utterly be destroyed. |
| [27]and Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth you, |
[27]And the Lord shall scatter you among the people, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither the Lord shall bring you: |
| [28]and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. |
[28]And there ye shall serve gods, even the work of man's hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. |
| [29]`And -- ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, |
[29]But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. |
| [30]in distress [being] to thee, and all these things have found thee, in the latter end of the days, and thou hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hast hearkened to His voice; |
[30]When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, at the length if thou return to the Lord thy God, and be obedient unto his voice, |
| [31]for a merciful God [is] Jehovah thy God; He doth not fail thee, nor destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which He hath sworn to them. |
[31](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 swear unto them. |
| [32]`For, ask, I pray thee, at the former days which have been before thee, from the day that God prepared man on the earth, and from the [one] end of the heavens even unto the [other] end of the heavens, whether there hath been as this great thing -- or hath been heard like it? |
[32]For inquire 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 end of heaven unto the other, if there came to pass such a great thing as this, or whether any such like thing hath been heard. |
| [33]Hath a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, thou -- and doth live? |
[33]Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of a fire, as thou hast heard, and lived? |
| [34]Or hath God tried to go in to take to Himself, a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors -- according to all that Jehovah your God hath done to you, in Egypt, before your eyes? |
[34]Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from among nations, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great fear, according unto all that the Lord your God did unto you in Egypt before your eyes? |
| [35]Thou, thou hast been shewn [it], to know that Jehovah He [is] God; there is none else besides Him. |
[35]Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know, that the Lord he is God, and that there is none but he alone. |
| [36]`From the heavens He hath caused thee to hear His voice, to instruct thee, and on earth He hath shewed thee His great fire, and His words thou hast heard out of the midst of the fire. |
[36]Out of heaven he made thee hear his voice to instruct thee, and upon earth he showed thee his great fire, and thou heardest his voice out of the midst of the fire. |
| [37]`And because that He hath loved thy fathers, He doth also fix on their seed after them, and doth bring thee out, in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt: |
[37]And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and hath brought thee out of Egypt in his sight by his mighty power, |
| [38]to dispossess nations greater and stronger than thou, from thy presence, to bring thee in to give to thee their land -- an inheritance, as [at] this day. |
[38]To thrust out nations greater and mightier than thou, before thee, to bring thee in, and to give thee their land for inheritance: as appeareth this day. |
| [39]`And thou hast known to-day, and hast turned [it] back unto thy heart, that Jehovah He [is] God, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath -- there is none else; |
[39]Understand therefore this day, and consider in thine heart, that the Lord, he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none other. |
| [40]and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- all the days.' |
[40]Thou shalt keep therefore his ordinances, 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 forever. |
| [41]Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising, |
[41]Then Moses separated three cities on this side of Jordan toward the sun rising: |
| [42]for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, and he hath lived: |
[42]That the slayer should flee thither, which had killed his neighbor at unawares, and hated him not in time past, might flee, I say, unto one of those cities, and live: |
| [43]Bezer, in the wilderness, in the land of the plain, of the Reubenite; and Ramoth, in Gilead, of the Gadite; and Golan, in Bashan, of the Manassahite. |
[43]That is, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country of the Reubenites: and Ramoth in Gilead among the Gadites: and Golan in Bashan among them of Manasseh. |
| [44]And this [is] the law which Moses hath set before the sons of Israel; |
[44]So this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. |
| [45]these [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses hath spoken unto the sons of Israel, in their coming out of Egypt, |
[45]These are the witnesses, and the ordinances, and the laws which Moses declared to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt, |
| [46]beyond the Jordan, in the valley over-against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have smitten, in their coming out of Egypt, |
[46]On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come out of Egypt: |
| [47]and they possess his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan, [towards] the sun-rising; |
[47]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 sun rising: |
| [48]from Aroer, which [is] by the edge of the brook Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which [is] Hermon -- |
[48]From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, |
| [49]and all the plain beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. |
[49]And all the plain by Jordan eastward, even unto the sea, of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. |