And now, O Israel, hear the commandments and judgments which I teach thee: that doing them, thou mayst live, and entering in mayst possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers will give you.

²You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it: keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

³Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done against Beelphegor, how he hath destroyed all his worshippers from among you.

⁴But you that adhere to the Lord your God, are all alive until this present day.

⁵You know that I have taught you statutes and justices, as the Lord my God hath commanded me: so shall you do them in the land which you shall possess:

⁶And you shall observe, and fulfil them in practice. For this is your wisdom, and understanding in the sight of nations, that hearing all these precepts, they may say: Behold a wise and understanding people, a great nation.

⁷Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all our petitions.

⁸For what other nation is there so renowned that hath ceremonies, and just judgments, and all the law, which I will set forth this day before our eyes?

⁹Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons,

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Deuteronomy 4:7: For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?

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