Nowtherefore hearken, O Israel, untothe statutesand untothe judgments, whichIteachyou, for to do them , thatye may live, and go inand possessthe landwhichthe LORDGodof your fathersgivethyou. Ye shall notadduntothe wordwhichIcommandyou, neithershall ye diminish aught fromit, that ye may keepthe commandmentsof the LORDyour GodwhichIcommandyou. Your eyeshave seenwhatthe LORDdidbecause of Baal-peor: forallthe menthatfollowedBaal-peor, the LORDthy Godhath destroyedthem from amongyou. But yethat did cleaveunto the LORDyour God are aliveevery oneof you this day. Behold, I have taughtyou statutesand judgments, even asthe LORDmy Godcommandedme, that ye should dosointhe landwhitheryegoto possessit. Keeptherefore and do them ; forthis is your wisdomand your understandingin the sightof the nations, whichshall hearallthesestatutes, and say, Surelythisgreatnation is a wiseand understandingpeople. Forwhatnation is there so great, who hath God so nighuntothem, as the LORDour God is in all things that we calluponhim for ? And whatnation is there so great, thathath statutesand judgments so righteousas allthislaw, whichIsetbeforeyou this day? Onlytake heedto thyself, and keepthy souldiligently, lestthou forgetthe thingswhichthine eyeshave seen, and lestthey departfrom thy heartallthe daysof thy life: but teachthem thy sons, and thy sons' sons; Especially the daythatthou stoodestbeforethe LORDthy Godin Horeb, when the LORDsaiduntome, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hearmy words, thatthey may learnto fearme allthe daysthattheyshall liveuponthe earth, and that they may teachtheir children. And ye came nearand stoodunderthe mountain; and the mountainburnedwith fireuntothe midstof heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. And the LORDspokeuntoyou out of the midstof the fire: yeheardthe voiceof the words, but sawnosimilitude; only ye heard a voice. And he declaredunto you his covenant, whichhe commandedyou to perform, even tencommandments; and he wrotethem upontwotablesof stone. And the LORDcommandedme at thattimeto teachyou statutesand judgments, that ye might dothem in the landwhitheryego overto possessit. Take ye therefore good heedunto yourselves; forye sawnomannerof similitudeon the day that the LORDspokeuntoyou in Horebout of the midstof the fire: Lestye corrupt yourselves , and makeyou a graven image, the similitudeof anyfigure, the likenessof maleorfemale, The likenessof anybeastthat is on the earth, the likenessof anywingedfowlthatfliethin the air, The likenessof any thingthat creepethon the ground, the likenessof anyfishthat is in the watersbeneaththe earth: And lestthou lift upthine eyesunto heaven, and when thou seestthe sun, and the moon, and the stars, even allthe hostof heaven, shouldest be drivento worshipthem, and servethem, whichthe LORDthy Godhath dividedunto allnationsunderthe wholeheaven. But the LORDhath takenyou, and brought you forthout of the ironfurnace, even out of Egypt, to beunto him a peopleof inheritance, as ye are thisday. Furthermore the LORDwas angrywith me for your sakes, and sworethat I should notgo overJordan, and that I should notgo inuntothat goodland, whichthe LORDthy Godgiveththee for an inheritance: ButImust diein thisland, I must notgo overJordan: but yeshall go over, and possessthatgoodland. Take heedunto yourselves, lestye forgetthe covenantof the LORDyour God, whichhe madewithyou, and makeyou a graven image, or the likenessof any thing , whichthe LORDthy Godhath forbiddenthee. Forthe LORDthy God is a consumingfire, even a jealousGod. Whenthou shalt begetchildren, and children's children, and ye shall have remained longin the land, and shall corrupt yourselves , and makea graven image, or the likenessof any thing , and shall doevilin the sightof the LORDthy God, to provoke him to anger: I callheavenand earthto witnessagainst you this day, thatye shall soonutterly perishfrom offthe landwhereuntoyego overJordanto possessit; ye shall notprolong your daysuponit, butshall utterly be destroyed. And the LORDshall scatteryou among the nations, and ye shall be leftfewin numberamong the heathen, whitherthe LORDshall leadyou. And thereye shall servegods, the workof men's hands, woodand stone, whichneithersee, norhear, noreat, norsmell. But if from thencethou shalt seekthe LORDthy God, thou shalt find him , ifthou seekhim with allthy heartand with allthy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and allthesethingsare comeupon thee, even in the latterdays, if thou turntothe LORDthy God, and shalt be obedientunto his voice; ( Forthe LORDthy God is a mercifulGod;) he will notforsakethee, neitherdestroythee, norforgetthe covenantof thy fatherswhichhe sworeunto them. Forasknowof the daysthat are past, whichwerebeforethee, sincethe daythatGodcreatedmanuponthe earth, and ask from the one sideof heavenuntothe other, whether there hath been any such thing as thisgreatthing is , orhath been heardlike it? Did ever peoplehearthe voiceof Godspeakingout of the midstof the fire, asthouhast heard, and live? Orhath Godattemptedto go and takehim a nationfrom the midstof another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mightyhand, and by a stretched outarm, and by greatterrors, according to allthatthe LORDyour Goddidfor you in Egyptbefore your eyes? Unto theeit was showed, that thou mightest knowthatthe LORDhe is God; there is noneelsebesidehim. Out ofheavenhe made thee to hearhis voice, that he might instructthee: and uponearthhe showedthee his greatfire; and thou heardesthis wordsout of the midstof the fire. And becausehe lovedthy fathers, therefore he chosetheir seedafterthem, and brought thee outin his sightwith his mightypowerout of Egypt; To drive outnationsfrom beforethee greaterand mightierthanthou art , to bring thee in, to givethee their land for an inheritance, as it is thisday. Knowtherefore this day, and consider it inthine heart, thatthe LORDhe is Godin heavenabove, and uponthe earthbeneath: there is noneelse. Thou shalt keeptherefore his statutes, and his commandments, whichIcommandthee this day, thatit may go wellwith thee, and with thy childrenafterthee, and thatthou mayest prolong thy daysuponthe earth, whichthe LORDthy Godgiveththee, forever. ThenMosesseveredthreecitieson this sideJordantoward the sunrising; That the slayermight fleethither, whichshould killhis neighborunawares, and hatedhim notin times past; and that fleeinguntooneofthesecitieshe might live: Namely , Bezerin the wilderness, in the plaincountry, of the Reubenites; and Ramothin Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golanin Bashan, of the Manassites. And this is the lawwhichMosessetbeforethe childrenof Israel: These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, whichMosesspokeuntothe childrenof Israel, after they came forthout of Egypt, On this sideJordan, in the valleyover againstBeth-peor, in the landof Sihonkingof the Amorites, whodweltat Heshbon, whomMosesand the childrenof Israelsmote, after they were come forthout of Egypt: And they possessedhis land, and the landof Ogkingof Bashan, twokingsof the Amorites, which were on this sideJordantoward the sunrising; From Aroer, which is bythe bankof the riverArnon, even untomountZion, which is Hermon, And allthe plainon this sideJordaneastward, even untothe seaof the plain, underthe springsof Pisgah.