4Now, Israel, hear the decreesⁿ and laws I am about to teach^o you. Follow them so that you may live^p and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. ²Do not add^q to what I command you and do not subtract^r from it, but keep^s the commands^t of the Lord your God that I give you.

³You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor.^u The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, ⁴but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.

⁵See, I have taught^v you decrees and laws^w as the Lord my God commanded^x me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering^y to take possession of it. ⁶Observe^z them carefully, for this will show your wisdom^a and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”^b ⁷What other nation is so great^c as to have their gods near^d them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? ⁸And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws^e as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

⁹Only be careful,^f and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach^g them to your children^h and to their children after them.

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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?

Cross references

nSee Lev 18:4
o Dt 1:3
pSee Lev 18:5; Dt 30:15–20; See Ro 10:5
q Dt 12:32; Jos 1:7; Pr 30:6; Rev 22:18–19
r Jer 26:2
sSee Lev 22:31
t Dt 10:12–13; Ecc 12:13
u Nu 25:1–9; Ps 106:28
v Ps 71:17; 119:102; Jer 32:33
wSee Ex 18:20
xSee Lev 27:34
y Ezr 9:11
z Dt 29:9; 1 Ki 2:3
a Dt 30:19–20; 32:46–47; Ps 19:7; 119:98; Pr 1:7; 2 Ti 3:15
b Job 1:1; 28:28; Ps 111:10; Pr 2:5; 3:7; 9:10; Ecc 12:13; Eze 5:5
cver 32–34; 2 Sa 7:23
dSee Nu 23:21; See Ps 46:1; Ac 17:27
e Ps 89:14; 97:2; 119:7, 62, 144, 160, 172; Ro 3:2
fSee Ex 23:13
gSee Ge 14:14; 18:19; Dt 6:20–25; Eph 6:4
hSee Ex 10:2