And now, O Israel,{H3478} hearken{H8085} unto the statutes{H2706} and unto the ordinances,{H4941} which I teach{H3925} you, to do{H6213} them; that ye may live,{H2421} and go in{H935} and possess{H3423} the land{H776} which Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of your fathers,{H1} giveth{H5414} you.

Ye shall not add{H3254} unto the word{H1697} which I command{H6680} you, neither shall ye diminish{H1639} from it, that ye may keep{H8104} the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} which I command{H6680} you.

Your eyes{H5869} have seen{H7200} what Jehovah{H3068} did{H6213} because of Baal-peor;{H1187} for all the men{H376} that followed{H310} Baal-peor,{H1187} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath destroyed{H8045} them from the midst{H7130} of thee.

But ye that did cleave{H1695} unto Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} are alive{H2416} every one of you this day.{H3117}

Behold,{H7200} I have taught{H3925} you statutes{H2706} and ordinances,{H4941} even as{H834} Jehovah{H3068} my God{H430} commanded{H6680} me, that ye should do{H6213} so in{H7130} the midst of the land{H776} whither ye go{H935} in to possess{H3423} it.

Keep{H8104} therefore and do{H6213} them; for this is your wisdom{H2451} and your understanding{H998} in the sight{H5869} of the peoples,{H5971} that 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}

For what great{H1419} nation{H1471} is there, that hath a god{H430} so nigh{H7138} unto them, as Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} is whensoever we call{H7121} upon him?

And what great{H1419} nation{H1471} is there, that hath statutes{H2706} and ordinances{H4941} so righteous{H6662} as all this law,{H8451} which I set{H5414} before{H6440} you this day?{H3117}

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} saw,{H7200} and lest they depart{H5493} from thy heart{H3824} all the days{H3117} of thy life;{H2416} but make them known{H3045} unto thy children{H1121} and thy children's{H1121} children;{H1121}

the day{H3117} that thou stoodest{H5975} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in Horeb,{H2722} when Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Assemble{H6950} me{H6950} the people,{H5971} 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 live{H2416} upon the earth,{H127} and that they may teach{H3925} their children.{H1121}

And ye came near{H7126} and stood{H5975} under the mountain;{H2022} and the mountain{H2022} burned{H1197} with fire{H784} unto the heart{H3820} of heaven,{H8064} with darkness,{H6205} cloud, and thick darkness.{H2822}

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto you out of the midst{H8432} of the fire:{H784} ye heard{H8085} the voice{H6963} of words,{H1697} but ye saw{H7200} no form;{H8544} only{H2108} [ye heard] a voice.{H6963}

And he declared{H5046} unto you his covenant,{H1285} which he commanded{H6680} you to perform,{H6213} even the ten{H6235} commandments;{H1697} and he wrote{H3789} them upon two{H8147} tables{H3871} of stone.{H68}

And Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} me at that time{H6256} to teach{H3925} you statutes{H2706} and ordinances,{H4941} that ye might do{H6213} them in the land{H776} whither ye go over{H5674} to possess{H3423} it.

Take ye therefore good{H3966} heed{H8104} unto yourselves;{H5315} for ye saw{H7200} no manner of form{H8544} on the day{H3117} that Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto you in Horeb{H2722} out of the midst{H8432} of the fire.{H784}

Lest ye corrupt{H7843} yourselves, and make{H6213} you a graven image{H6459} in the form{H8544} of any figure,{H5566} the likeness{H8403} of male{H2145} or female,{H5347}

the likeness{H8403} of any beast{H929} that is on the earth,{H776} the likeness{H8403} of any winged{H3671} bird{H6833} that flieth{H5774} in the heavens,{H8064}

the likeness{H8403} of anything that creepeth{H7430} on the ground,{H127} the likeness{H8403} of any fish{H1710} that is in the water{H4325} under{H8478} the earth;{H776}

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} thou be drawn{H5080} away and worship{H7812} them, and serve{H5647} them, which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath allotted{H2505} unto all the peoples{H5971} under the whole heaven.{H8064}

But Jehovah{H3068} hath taken{H3947} you, and brought you forth{H3318} out of the iron{H1270} furnace,{H3564} out of Egypt,{H4714} to be unto him a people{H5971} of inheritance,{H5159} as at this day.{H3117}

Furthermore Jehovah{H3068} was angry{H599} with me for your sakes,{H1697} and sware{H7650} that I should not go over{H5674} the Jordan,{H3383} and that I should not go{H935} in unto that good{H2896} land,{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee for an inheritance:{H5159}

but I must die{H4191} in this land,{H776} I must not go over{H5674} the Jordan;{H3383} but ye shall go over,{H5674} and possess{H3423} that good{H2896} land.{H776}

Take heed{H8104} unto yourselves, lest ye forget{H7911} the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} which he made{H3772} with you, and make{H6213} you a graven image{H6459} in the form{H8544} of anything{H3605} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath forbidden{H6680} thee.

For Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} is a devouring{H398} fire,{H784} a jealous{H7067} God.{H430}

When thou shalt beget{H3205} children,{H1121} and children's{H1121} children,{H1121} and ye shall have been long{H3462} in the land,{H776} and shall corrupt{H7843} yourselves, and make{H6213} a graven image{H6459} in the form{H8544} of anything, and shall do{H6213} that which is evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} to provoke him to anger;{H3707}

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} the Jordan{H3383} to possess{H3423} it; ye shall not prolong{H748} your days{H3117} upon it, but shall utterly{H8045} be destroyed.{H8045}

And Jehovah{H3068} will scatter{H6327} you among the peoples,{H5971} and ye shall be left{H7604} few{H4962} in number{H4557} among the nations,{H1471} whither Jehovah{H3068} shall lead{H5090} you away.

And there ye shall serve{H5647} gods,{H430} the work{H4639} of men's{H120} hands,{H3027} wood{H6086} and stone,{H68} which neither see,{H7200} nor hear,{H8085} nor eat,{H398} nor smell.{H7306}

But from thence ye shall seek{H1245} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and thou shalt find{H4672} him, when thou searchest{H1875} after him with all thy heart{H3824} and with all thy soul.{H5315}

When thou art in tribulation,{H6862} and all these things{H1697} are come{H4672} upon thee, in the latter{H319} days{H3117} thou shalt return{H7725} to Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and hearken{H8085} unto his voice:{H6963}

for Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} is a merciful{H7349} God;{H430} he will not fail{H7503} thee, neither destroy{H7843} thee, nor forget{H7911} the covenant{H1285} of thy fathers{H1} which he sware{H7650} unto them.

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 from the one end{H7097} of heaven{H8064} unto the other, whether there hath been [any such thing] as this great{H1419} thing{H1697} is, or hath been heard{H8085} like it?

Did ever a 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}

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 trials,{H4531} by signs,{H226} and by wonders,{H4159} and by war,{H4421} and by a mighty{H2389} hand,{H3027} and by an outstretched{H5186} arm,{H2220} and by great{H1419} terrors,{H4172} according to all that Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} did{H6213} for you in Egypt{H4714} before your eyes?{H5869}

Unto thee it was showed,{H7200} that thou mightest know{H3045} that Jehovah{H3068} he is God;{H430} there is none else{H5750} besides him.{H905}

Out of heaven{H8064} he made thee to hear{H8085} his voice,{H6963} that he might instruct{H3256} thee: and upon earth{H776} he made thee to see{H7200} his great{H1419} fire;{H784} and thou heardest{H8085} his words{H1697} out of the midst{H8432} of the fire.{H784}

And because he loved{H157} thy fathers,{H1} therefore he chose{H977} their seed{H2233} after{H310} them, and brought thee out{H3318} with his presence,{H6440} with his great{H1419} power,{H3581} out of Egypt;{H4714}

to drive out{H3423} nations{H1471} from before{H6440} thee greater{H1419} and mightier{H6099} than thou, to bring{H935} thee in, to give{H5414} thee their land{H776} for an inheritance,{H5159} as at this day.{H3117}

Know{H3045} therefore this day,{H3117} and lay{H7725} it to thy heart,{H3824} that Jehovah{H3068} he is God{H430} in heaven{H8064} above{H4605} and upon the earth{H776} beneath; there is none else.

And thou shalt keep{H8104} 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} in the land,{H127} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, for ever.

Then Moses{H4872} set apart{H914} three{H7969} cities{H5892} beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} toward the sunrising;{H8121}

that the manslayer{H7523} might flee{H5127} thither, that slayeth{H7523} his neighbor{H7453} unawares,{H1097} and hated{H8130} him not in time{H8543} past;{H8032} and that fleeing{H5127} unto one{H259} of these{H411} cities{H5892} he might live:{H2425}

[ namely], Bezer{H1221} in the wilderness,{H4057} in the plain{H4334} country,{H776} for the Reubenites;{H7206} and Ramoth{H7216} in Gilead,{H1568} for the Gadites;{H1425} and Golan{H1474} in Bashan,{H1316} for the Manassites.{H4520}

And this is the law{H8451} which Moses{H4872} set{H7760} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel:{H3478}

these are the testimonies,{H5713} and the statutes,{H2706} and the ordinances,{H4941} which Moses{H4872} spake{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} when they came forth{H3318} out of Egypt,{H4714}

beyond{H5676} the Jordan,{H3383} in the valley{H1516} over against{H4136} Beth-peor,{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} when they came forth{H3318} out of Egypt.{H4714}

And they took his land{H776} in possession,{H3423} and the land{H776} of Og{H5747} king{H4428} of Bashan,{H1316} the two{H8147} kings{H4428} of the Amorites,{H567} who were beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} toward the sunrising;{H4217}

from Aroer,{H6177} which is on the edge{H8193} of the valley{H5158} of the Arnon,{H769} even unto mount{H2022} Sion{H7865} (the same is Hermon),{H2768}

and all the Arabah{H6160} beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} eastward,{H4217} even unto the sea{H3220} of the Arabah,{H6160} under the slopes{H794} of Pisgah.{H6449}