1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Deuteronomy 4

1 An exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses appointeth three cities of refuge on that side Jordan.

 4:1 “Now 6258, O Israel 3478, listen 8085 to the statutes 2706 and the judgments 4941 which 834 I am teaching 3925 you to perform 6213a, so 4616 that you may live 2421a and go 935 in and take 3423 possession 3423 of the land 776 which 834 the LORD 3068, the God 430 of your fathers 1, is giving 5414 you.

 4:2 “You shall not add 3254 to the word 1697 which 834 I am commanding 6680 you, nor 3808 take 1639 away 1639 from it, that you may keep 8104 the commandments 4687 of the LORD 3068 your God 430 which 834 I command 6680 you.

 4:3 “Your eyes 5869 have seen 7200 what 853 834 the LORD 3068 has done 6213a in the case of Baal-peor 1187, for all 3605 the men 376 who 834 followed 1980 310 Baal-peor 1187, the LORD 3068 your God 430 has destroyed 8045 them from among 7130 you.

 4:4 “But you who held 1695 fast 1695 to the LORD 3068 your God 430 are alive 2416a today 3117, every 3605 one 3605 of you.

 4:5 ¶ “See 7200, I have taught 3925 you statutes 2706 and judgments 4941 just 3512c as the LORD 3068 my God 430 commanded 6680 me, that you should do 6213a thus 3651 in the land 776 where 834 8033 you are entering 935 to possess 3423 it.

 4:6 “So keep 8104 and do 6213a [them], for that is your wisdom 2451 and your understanding 998 in the sight 5869 of the peoples 5971a who 834 will hear 8085 all 3605 these 428 statutes 2706 and say 559, ‘Surely 7534 this 2088 great 1419 nation 1471 is a wise 2450 and understanding 995 people 5971a.’

 4:7 “For what 4310 great 1419 nation 1471 is there that has a god 430 so near 7138 to it as is the LORD 3068 our God 430 whenever 3605 we call 7121 on Him?

 4:8 “Or what 4310 great 1419 nation 1471 is there that has statutes 2706 and judgments 4941 as righteous 6662 as this 2088 whole 3605 law 8451 which 834 I am setting 5414 before 6440 you today 3117?

 4:9 ¶ “Only 7534 give 8104 heed 8104 to yourself and keep 8104 your soul 5315 diligently 3966, so 6435 that you do not forget 7911 the things 1697 which 834 your eyes 5869 have seen 7200 and they do not depart 5493 from your heart 3824 all 3605 the days 3117 of your life 2425b; but make 3045 them known 3045 to your sons 1121 and your grandsons 1121.

 4:10 “[Remember] the day 3117 you stood 5975 before 6440 the LORD 3068 your God 430 at Horeb 2722, when the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, ‘Assemble 6950 the people 5971a to Me, that I may let them hear 8085 My words 1697 so 834 they may learn 3925 to fear 3372a Me all 3605 the days 3117 they live 2416a on the earth 127, and that they may teach 3925 their children 1121.’

 4:11 “You came 7126 near 7126 and stood 5975 at the foot 8478 of the mountain 2022, and the mountain 2022 burned 1197a with fire 784 to the [very] heart 3820 of the heavens 8064: darkness 2822, cloud 6051 and thick 6205 gloom 6205.

 4:12 “Then the LORD 3068 spoke 1696 to you from the midst 8432 of the fire 784; you heard 8085 the sound 6963 of words 1697, but you saw 7200 no 369 form 8544—only 2108 a voice 6963.

 4:13 “So He declared 5046 to you His covenant 1285 which 834 He commanded 6680 you to perform 6213a, [that is], the Ten 6235 Commandments 1697; and He wrote 3789 them on two 8147 tablets 3871 of stone 68.

 4:14 “The LORD 3068 commanded 6680 me at that time 6256 to teach 3925 you statutes 2706 and judgments 4941, that you might perform 6213a them in the land 776 where 834 8033 you are going 5674a over 5674a to possess 3423 it.

 4:15 ¶ “So watch 8104 yourselves 5315 carefully 3966, since 3588 you did not see 7200 any 3605 form 8544 on the day 3117 the LORD 3068 spoke 1696 to you at Horeb 2722 from the midst 8432 of the fire 784,

 4:16 so 6435 that you do not act 7843 corruptly 7843 and make 6213a a graven 6459 image 6459 for yourselves in the form 8544 of any 3605 figure 5566, the likeness 8403 of male 2145 or 176 female 5347,

 4:17 the likeness 8403 of any 3605 animal 929 that is on the earth 776, the likeness 8403 of any 3605 winged 3671 bird 6833 that flies 5774a in the sky 8064,

 4:18 the likeness 8403 of anything 3605 that creeps 7430 on the ground 127, the likeness 8403 of any 3605 fish 1710 that is in the water 4325 below 4480 8478 the earth 776.

 4:19 “And [beware] not to lift 5375 up your eyes 5869 to heaven 8064 and see 7200 the sun 8121 and the moon 3394 and the stars 3556, all 3605 the host 6635 of heaven 8064, and be drawn 5080 away 5080 and worship 7812 them and serve 5647 them, those which 834 the LORD 3068 your God 430 has allotted 2505a to all 3605 the peoples 5971a under 8478 the whole 3605 heaven 8064.

 4:20 “But the LORD 3068 has taken 3947 you and brought 3318 you out of the iron 1270 furnace 3564a, from Egypt 4714, to be a people 5971a for His own possession 5159, as today 3117.

 4:21 ¶ “Now the LORD 3068 was angry 599 with me on your account 5921 1697, and swore 7650 that I would not cross 5674a the Jordan 3383, and that I would not enter 935 the good 2896a land 776 which 834 the LORD 3068 your God 430 is giving 5414 you as an inheritance 5159.

 4:22 “For I will die 4191 in this 2088 land 776, I shall not cross 5674a the Jordan 3383, but you shall cross 5674a and take 3423 possession 3423 of this 2088 good 2896a land 776.

 4:23 “So watch 8104 yourselves, that you do not forget 7911 the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068 your God 430 which 834 He made 3772 with you, and make 6213a for yourselves a graven 6459 image 6459 in the form 8544 of anything 3605 [against] which 834 the LORD 3068 your God 430 has commanded 6680 you.

 4:24 “For the LORD 3068 your God 430 is a consuming 398 fire 784, a jealous 7067 God 410.

 4:25 ¶ “When 3588 you become 3205 the father 3205 of children 1121 and children’s 1121 children 1121 and have remained 3462 long 3462 in the land 776, and act 7843 corruptly 7843, and make 6213a an idol 6459 in the form 8544 of anything 3605, and do 6213a that which 7451a is evil 7451a in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068 your God 430 [so as] to provoke 3707 Him to anger 3707,

 4:26 I call 5749b heaven 8064 and earth 776 to witness 5749b against you today 3117, that you will surely 6 perish 6 quickly 4118b from the land 776 where 834 8033 you are going 5674a over 5674a the Jordan 3383 to possess 3423 it. You shall not live 748 long 748 3117 on it, but will be utterly 8045 destroyed 8045.

 4:27 “The LORD 3068 will scatter 6327a you among the peoples 5971a, and you will be left 7604 few 4962 in number 4557 among the nations 1471 where 834 8033 the LORD 3068 drives 5090a you.

 4:28 “There 8033 you will serve 5647 gods 430, the work 4639 of man’s 120 hands 3027, wood 6086 and stone 68, which 834 neither 3808 see 7200 nor 3808 hear 8085 nor 3808 eat 398 nor 3808 smell 7381a.

 4:29 “But from there 8033 you will seek 1245 the LORD 3068 your God 430, and you will find 4672 [Him] if 3588 you search 1875 for Him with all 3605 your heart 3824 and all 3605 your soul 5315.

 4:30 “When you are in distress 6862b and all 3605 these 428 things 1697 have come 4672 upon you, in the latter 319 days 3117 you will return 7725 to the LORD 3068 your God 430 and listen 8085 to His voice 6963.

 4:31 “For the LORD 3068 your God 430 is a compassionate 7349 God 410; He will not fail 7503 you nor 3808 destroy 7843 you nor 3808 forget 7911 the covenant 1285 with your fathers 1 which 834 He swore 7650 to them.

 4:32 ¶ “Indeed 3588, ask 7592 now 4994 concerning the former 7223 days 3117 which 834 were before 6440 you, since 4480 the day 3117 that God 430 created 1254a man 120 on the earth 776, and [inquire] from one end 7097a of the heavens 8064 to the other 7097a 8064. Has [anything] been done 1961 like this 2088 great 1419 thing 1697, or 176 has [anything] been heard 8085 like 3644 it?

 4:33 “Has [any] people 5971a heard 8085 the voice 6963 of God 430 speaking 1696 from the midst 8432 of the fire 784, as you have heard 8085 [it], and survived 2421a?

 4:34 “Or 176 has a god 430 tried 5254 to go 935 to take 3947 for himself a nation 1471 from within 7130 [another] nation 1471 by trials 4531b, by signs 226 and wonders 4159 and by war 4421 and by a mighty 2389 hand 3027 and by an outstretched 5186 arm 2220 and by great 1419 terrors 4172, as the LORD 3068 your God 430 did 6213a for you in Egypt 4714 before your eyes 5869?

 4:35 “To you it was shown 7200 that you might know 3045 that the LORD 3068, He is God 430; there 369 is no 369 other 5750 besides 4480 905 Him.

 4:36 “Out of the heavens 8064 He let you hear 8085 His voice 6963 to discipline 3256 you; and on earth 776 He let you see 7200 His great 1419 fire 784, and you heard 8085 His words 1697 from the midst 8432 of the fire 784.

 4:37 “Because 8478 3588 He loved 157 your fathers 1, therefore He chose 977 their descendants 2233 after 310 them. And He personally 6440 brought 3318 you from Egypt 4714 by His great 1419 power 3581b,

 4:38 driving 3423 out from before 6440 you nations 1471 greater 1419 and mightier 6099 than 4480 you, to bring 935 you in [and] to give 5414 you their land 776 for an inheritance 5159, as it is today 3117.

 4:39 “Know 3045 therefore today 3117, and take 7725 it to your heart 3824, that the LORD 3068, He is God 430 in heaven 8064 above 4480 4605 and on the earth 776 below 4480 8478; there 369 is no 369 other 5750.

 4:40 “So you shall keep 8104 His statutes 2706 and His commandments 4687 which 834 I am giving 6680 you today 3117, that it may go 3190 well 3190 with you and with your children 1121 after 310 you, and that you may live 748 long 748 3117 on the land 127 which 834 the LORD 3068 your God 430 is giving 5414 you for all 3605 time 3117.”

 4:41 ¶ Then 227 Moses 4872 set 914 apart 914 three 7969 cities 5892b across 5676 the Jordan 3383 to the east 4217 8121,

 4:42 that a manslayer 7523 might flee 5127 there 8033, who 834 unintentionally 1847 1097 slew 7523 his neighbor 7453 without 3808 having enmity 8130 toward him in time 8032a past 8543; and by fleeing 5127 to one 259 of these 411 cities 5892b he might live 2421a:

 4:43 Bezer 1221 in the wilderness 4057b on the plateau 776 4334 for the Reubenites 7206, and Ramoth 7216 in Gilead 1568 for the Gadites 1425, and Golan 1474 in Bashan 1316 for the Manassites 4520.

 4:44 ¶ Now this 2088 is the law 8451 which 834 Moses 4872 set 7760 before 6440 the sons 1121 of Israel 3478;

 4:45 these 428 are the testimonies 5713b and the statutes 2706 and the ordinances 4941 which 834 Moses 4872 spoke 1696 to the sons 1121 of Israel 3478, when they came 3318 out from Egypt 4714,

 4:46 across 5676 the Jordan 3383, in the valley 1516 opposite 4136 Beth-peor 1047, in the land 776 of Sihon 5511 king 4428 of the Amorites 567 who 834 lived 3427 at Heshbon 2809, whom 834 Moses 4872 and the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 defeated 5221 when they came 3318 out from Egypt 4714.

 4:47 They took 3423 possession 3423 of his land 776 and the land 776 of Og 5747 king 4428 of Bashan 1316, the two 8147 kings 4428 of the Amorites 567, [who were] across 5676 the Jordan 3383 to the east 4217 8121,

 4:48 from Aroer 6177, which 834 is on the edge 8193 of the valley 5158a of Arnon 769, even as far 5704 as Mount 2022 Sion 7865 (that is, Hermon 2768),

 4:49 with all 3605 the Arabah 6160 across 5676 the Jordan 3383 to the east 4217, even as far 5704 as the sea 3220 of the Arabah 6160, at the foot 8478 of the slopes 794 of Pisgah 6449.