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Deuteronomy 4:1
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Moses Commands Obedience

1 “Now, O Israel, listen to athe statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and1 possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you.  
2 aYou shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.  
3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at aBaal Peor; for the Lord your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor.  
4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.
5 “Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess.
6 Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is ayour 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.’  
7 “For awhat great nation is there that has bGod so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him?  
8 And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?
9 Only take heed to yourself, and diligently akeep yourself, lest you bforget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And cteach them to your children and your grandchildren,  
10 especially concerning athe day you stood before the Lord your God in Horeb, when the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’  
11 “Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
12 aAnd the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no1 form; byou only heard a voice.  
13 aSo He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, bthe Ten Commandments; and cHe wrote them on two tablets of stone.  
14 And athe Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might1 observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.  

Beware of Idolatry

15 a“Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no bform when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire,  
16 lest you aact corruptly and bmake for yourselves a carved image in the1 form of any figure: cthe likeness of male or female,  
Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 4:1

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American Standard Version
And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you.

Amplified® Bible
NOW LISTEN {and} give heed, O Israel, to the statutes and ordinances which I teach you, and do them, that you may live and go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, gives you.

Contemporary English Version
Israel, listen to these laws and teachings! If you obey them, you will live, and you will go in and take the land that the LORD is giving you. He is the God your ancestors worshiped,

Darby English Version
And now, Israel, hearken to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers giveth you.

Good News Bible
Then Moses said to the people, "Obey all the laws that I am teaching you, and you will live and occupy the land which the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

King James Version
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

New American Standard Bible
"Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

New International Version
Hear now, O Israel, the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

New King James Version
'Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers is giving you.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, gives you.

Revised Standard Version
"And now, O Israel, give heed to the statutes and the ordinances which I teach you, and do them; that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, gives you.

Young's Literal Translation
`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.


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