Deuteronomy 4:1-14 - Call To Obedience

¹ And now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the judgments which I teach you, in order to do them, so that you may live and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers gives you. ² You shall not add to the Word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, so that you may keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I command you. ³ Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor. For Jehovah your God has destroyed from among you all the men that followed Baal-peor. ⁴ And you who held fast to Jehovah your God are alive, every one of you, this day. ⁵ Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, so that you should do so in the land where you go to possess it. ⁶ And you shall keep and do them, for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. ⁷ For who is a great nation whose God is coming near to them, as Jehovah our God is, in all our calling on Him? ⁸ And who is a great nation whose statutes and judgments are so righteous as all this Law which I set before you today?

⁹ Only take heed to yourself and keep your soul carefully, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. But teach them to your sons, and your sons' sons. ¹⁰ Remember the day that you stood before Jehovah your God in Horeb, when Jehovah said to me, Gather the people to Me, and I will make them hear My Words so that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and they may teach their sons. ¹¹ And you came near and stood under the mountain. And the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. ¹² And Jehovah spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the voice of the words, but saw no likeness, only a voice. ¹³ And He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, ten commandments. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone. ¹⁴ And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments so that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it.