Deuteronomy 4:1–14

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto ^athe 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. ^2bYe shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. ³Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of ^cBaal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you. ⁴But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day. ⁵Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. ⁶Keep therefore and do them; for this is ^dyour wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, ^eSurely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. ⁷For ^fwhat nation is there so great, who hath ^gGod so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? ⁸And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? ⁹Only take heed to thyself, and ^hkeep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but ⁱteach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons; ¹⁰specially ^kthe 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 make 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. ¹¹And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the ^lmountain burnt with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. ^12mAnd the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ⁿye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; ^oonly ye heard a voice. ^13pAnd he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten ^qcommandments; and ^rhe wrote them upon two tables of stone. ¹⁴And ^sthe Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.