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Now therefore hearken[H8085], O Israel[H3478], unto the statutes[H2706] and unto the judgments[H4941], which I teach[H3925] you, for to do[H6213] them, that ye may live[H2421], and go in[H935] and possess[H3423] the land[H776] which the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of your fathers[H1]giveth[H5414] you.
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Ye shall not add[H3254] unto the word[H1697] which I command[H6680] you, neither shall ye diminish[H1639] ought from it, that ye may keep[H8104] the commandments[H4687] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] which I command[H6680] you.
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Your eyes[H5869] have seen[H7200] what the LORD[H3068]did[H6213] because of Baalpeor[H1187]: for all the men[H376] that followed[H310]Baalpeor[H1187], the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath destroyed[H8045] them from among[H7130] you.
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But ye that did cleave[H1695] unto the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] are alive[H2416] every one of you this day[H3117].
5Behold[H7200], I have taught[H3925] you statutes[H2706] and judgments[H4941], even as[H834] the LORD[H3068] my God[H430]commanded[H6680] me, that ye should do[H6213] so in[H7130] the land[H776] whither ye go[H935] to possess[H3423] it.
6Keep[H8104] therefore and do[H6213] them; for this is your wisdom[H2451] and your understanding[H998] in the sight[H5869] of the nations[H5971], which shall hear[H8085] all these statutes[H2706], and say[H559], Surely this great[H1419]nation[H1471] is a wise[H2450] and understanding[H995]people[H5971].
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For what nation[H1471] is there so great[H1419], who hath God[H430] so nigh[H7138] unto them, as the LORD[H3068] our God[H430] is in all things that we call[H7121] upon him for?
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And what nation[H1471] is there so great[H1419], that hath statutes[H2706] and judgments[H4941] so righteous[H6662] as all this law[H8451], which I set[H5414]before[H6440] you this day?[H3117]
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Only take heed[H8104] to thyself, and keep[H8104] thy soul[H5315]diligently[H3966], lest thou forget[H7911] the things[H1697] which thine eyes[H5869] have seen[H7200], and lest they depart[H5493] from thy heart[H3824] all the days[H3117] of thy life[H2416]: but teach[H3045] them thy sons[H1121], and thy sons[H1121]' sons[H1121];
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Specially the day[H3117] that thou stoodest[H5975]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] in Horeb[H2722], when the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Gather[H6950] me the people[H5971]together[H6950], and I will make them hear[H8085] my words[H1697], that they may learn[H3925] to fear[H3372] me all the days[H3117] that they shall live[H2416] upon the earth[H127], and that they may teach[H3925] their children[H1121].
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And ye came near[H7126] and stood[H5975] under the mountain[H2022]; and the mountain[H2022]burned[H1197] with fire[H784] unto the midst[H3820] of heaven[H8064], with darkness[H6205], clouds[H6051], and thick darkness[H2822].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto you out of the midst[H8432] of the fire[H784]: ye heard[H8085] the voice[H6963] of the words[H1697], but saw[H7200] no similitude[H8544]; only[H2108] ye heard[H8085] a voice[H6963].
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And he declared[H5046] unto you his covenant[H1285], which he commanded[H6680] you to perform[H6213], even ten[H6235]commandments[H1697]; and he wrote[H3789] them upon two[H8147]tables[H3871] of stone[H68].
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And the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680] me at that time[H6256] to teach[H3925] you statutes[H2706] and judgments[H4941], that ye might do[H6213] them in the land[H776] whither ye go over[H5674] to possess[H3423] it.
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Take ye therefore good[H3966]heed[H8104] unto yourselves[H5315]; for ye saw[H7200] no manner of similitude[H8544] on the day[H3117] that the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto you in Horeb[H2722] out of the midst[H8432] of the fire[H784]:
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Lest ye corrupt[H7843] yourselves, and make[H6213] you a graven image[H6459], the similitude[H8544] of any figure[H5566], the likeness[H8403] of male[H2145] or female[H5347],
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The likeness[H8403] of any beast[H929] that is on the earth[H776], the likeness[H8403] of any winged[H3671]fowl[H6833] that flieth[H5774] in the air[H8064],
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The likeness[H8403] of any thing that creepeth[H7430] on the ground[H127], the likeness[H8403] of any fish[H1710] that is in the waters[H4325]beneath[H8478] the earth[H776]:
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And lest thou lift up[H5375] thine eyes[H5869] unto heaven[H8064], and when thou seest[H7200] the sun[H8121], and the moon[H3394], and the stars[H3556], even all the host[H6635] of heaven[H8064], shouldest be driven[H5080] to worship[H7812] them, and serve[H5647] them, which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath divided[H2505] unto all nations[H5971] under the whole heaven[H8064].
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But the LORD[H3068] hath taken[H3947] you, and brought you forth[H3318] out of the iron[H1270]furnace[H3564], even out of Egypt[H4714], to be unto him a people[H5971] of inheritance[H5159], as ye are this day[H3117].
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Furthermore the LORD[H3068] was angry[H599] with me for your sakes[H1697], and sware[H7650] that I should not go[H935]over[H5674]Jordan[H3383], and that I should not go[H935] in unto that good[H2896]land[H776], which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]giveth[H5414] thee for an inheritance[H5159]:
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But I must die[H4191] in this land[H776], I must not go over[H5674]Jordan[H3383]: but ye shall go over[H5674], and possess[H3423] that good[H2896]land[H776].
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Take heed[H8104] unto yourselves, lest ye forget[H7911] the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], which he made[H3772] with you, and make[H6213] you a graven image[H6459], or the likeness[H8544] of any[H3605] thing, which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath forbidden[H6680] thee.
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For the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] is a consuming[H398]fire[H784], even a jealous[H7067]God[H410].
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When thou shalt beget[H3205]children[H1121], and children[H1121]'s children[H1121], and ye shall have remained long[H3462] in the land[H776], and shall corrupt[H7843] yourselves, and make[H6213] a graven image[H6459], or the likeness[H8544] of any thing, and shall do[H6213]evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], to provoke him to anger[H3707]:
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I call[H5749]heaven[H8064] and earth[H776] to witness[H5749] against you this day[H3117], that ye shall soon[H4118]utterly[H6]perish[H6] from off the land[H776] whereunto ye go over[H5674]Jordan[H3383] to possess[H3423] it; ye shall not prolong[H748] your days[H3117] upon it, but shall utterly[H8045] be destroyed[H8045].
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And the LORD[H3068] shall scatter[H6327] you among the nations[H5971], and ye shall be left[H7604]few[H4962] in number[H4557] among the heathen[H1471], whither the LORD[H3068] shall lead[H5090] you.
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And there ye shall serve[H5647]gods[H430], the work[H4639] of men's hands[H3027], wood[H6086] and stone[H68], which neither see[H7200], nor hear[H8085], nor eat[H398], nor smell[H7306].
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But if from thence thou shalt seek[H1245] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], thou shalt find[H4672] him, if thou seek[H1875] him with all thy heart[H3824] and with all thy soul[H5315].
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When thou art in tribulation[H6862], and all these things[H1697] are come[H4672] upon thee, even in the latter[H319]days[H3117], if thou turn[H7725] to the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], and shalt be obedient[H8085] unto his voice[H6963];
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(For the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] is a merciful[H7349]God[H410];) he will not forsake[H7503] thee, neither destroy[H7843] thee, nor forget[H7911] the covenant[H1285] of thy fathers[H1] which he sware[H7650] unto them.
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For ask[H7592] now of the days[H3117] that are past[H7223], which were[H1961]before[H6440] thee, since the day[H3117] that God[H430]created[H1254]man[H120] upon the earth[H776], and ask[H7592] from the one side[H7097] of heaven[H8064] unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing[H1697] as this great[H1419]thing[H1697] is, or hath been heard[H8085] like it?
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Did ever people[H5971]hear[H8085] the voice[H6963] of God[H430] speaking out[H1696] of the midst[H8432] of the fire[H784], as thou hast heard[H8085], and live?[H2421]
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Or hath God[H430]assayed[H5254] to go[H935] and take[H3947] him a nation[H1471] from the midst[H7130] of another nation[H1471], by temptations[H4531], by signs[H226], and by wonders[H4159], and by war[H4421], and by a mighty[H2389]hand[H3027], and by a stretched out[H5186]arm[H2220], and by great[H1419]terrors[H4172], according to all that the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]did[H6213] for you in Egypt[H4714] before your eyes?[H5869]
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Unto thee it was shewed[H7200], that thou mightest know[H3045] that the LORD[H3068] he is God[H430]; there is none else[H5750] beside him[H905].
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Out of heaven[H8064] he made thee to hear[H8085] his voice[H6963], that he might instruct[H3256] thee: and upon earth[H776] he shewed[H7200] thee his great[H1419]fire[H784]; and thou heardest[H8085] his words[H1697] out of the midst[H8432] of the fire[H784].
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And because he loved[H157] thy fathers[H1], therefore he chose[H977] their seed[H2233]after[H310] them, and brought thee out[H3318] in his sight[H6440] with his mighty[H1419]power[H3581]out[H3318] of Egypt[H4714];
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To drive out[H3423]nations[H1471] from before[H6440] thee greater[H1419] and mightier[H6099] than thou art, to bring[H935] thee in, to give[H5414] thee their land[H776] for an inheritance[H5159], as it is this day[H3117].
39Know[H3045] therefore this day[H3117], and consider[H7725] it in thine heart[H3824], that the LORD[H3068] he is God[H430] in heaven[H8064]above[H4605], and upon the earth[H776] beneath: there is none else.
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Thou shalt keep[H8104] therefore his statutes[H2706], and his commandments[H4687], which I command[H6680] thee this day[H3117], that it may go well[H3190] with thee, and with thy children[H1121]after[H310] thee, and that thou mayest prolong[H748] thy days[H3117] upon the earth[H127], which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]giveth[H5414] thee, for ever.
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Then Moses[H4872]severed[H914]three[H7969]cities[H5892] on this side[H5676]Jordan[H3383] toward the sunrising[H8121];
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That the slayer[H7523] might flee[H5127] thither, which should kill[H7523] his neighbour[H7453]unawares[H1097], and hated[H8130] him not in times[H8543]past[H8032]; and that fleeing[H5127] unto one[H259] of these[H411]cities[H5892] he might live[H2425]:
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Namely, Bezer[H1221] in the wilderness[H4057], in the plain[H4334]country[H776], of the Reubenites[H7206]; and Ramoth[H7216] in Gilead[H1568], of the Gadites[H1425]; and Golan[H1474] in Bashan[H1316], of the Manassites[H4520].
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And this is the law[H8451] which Moses[H4872]set[H7760]before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]:
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These are the testimonies[H5713], and the statutes[H2706], and the judgments[H4941], which Moses[H4872]spake[H1696] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], after they came forth[H3318] out of Egypt[H4714],
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On this side[H5676]Jordan[H3383], in the valley[H1516] over against[H4136]Bethpeor[H1047], in the land[H776] of Sihon[H5511]king[H4428] of the Amorites[H567], who dwelt[H3427] at Heshbon[H2809], whom Moses[H4872] and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]smote[H5221], after they were come forth[H3318] out of Egypt[H4714]:
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And they possessed[H3423] his land[H776], and the land[H776] of Og[H5747]king[H4428] of Bashan[H1316], two[H8147]kings[H4428] of the Amorites[H567], which were on this side[H5676]Jordan[H3383] toward the sunrising[H4217];
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From Aroer[H6177], which is by the bank[H8193] of the river[H5158]Arnon[H769], even unto mount[H2022]Sion[H7865], which is Hermon[H2768],
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And all the plain[H6160] on this side[H5676]Jordan[H3383]eastward[H4217], even unto the sea[H3220] of the plain[H6160], under the springs[H794] of Pisgah[H6449].