1 GLT And now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances that I will teach you to do so that you will live and go in and possess the land that Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving to you. BSB BSB: Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
2 GLT Do not add onto the word that I command you, and do not take from them, keeping the commandments of Yahweh your God that I am commanding you. BSB BSB: You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
3 GLT Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did in Baal Peor; for all the men who walked after the Baal of Peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed them from your midst. BSB BSB: Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
4 GLT And you who clung to Yahweh your God{ are} alive, all of you, today. BSB BSB: But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.
5 GLT Look, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, as Yahweh my God had commanded me, to do so in the midst of the land which you are going into to possess it. BSB BSB: See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
6 GLT And you shall keep and do{ them}, for it{ is} your wisdom and your understanding in the eyes of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and may say,‘Surely this great nation{ is} a wise and understanding people.’ BSB BSB: Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
7 GLT For which great nation{ is there} that has a god near to it, as Yahweh our God{ is} whenever we call on him? BSB BSB: For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
8 GLT And, which great nation{ is there} that has statutes and ordinances righteous as all this law that I am giving before your faces today? BSB BSB: And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
9 GLT Only guard yourself and guard your spirit strongly, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they retreat from your heart all the days of your life. But make them known to your sons and to the sons of your sons. BSB BSB: Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
10 GLT { The} day that you stood before the face of Yahweh your God at Horeb, when Yahweh said to me,‘Assemble for me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they will learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth and may teach their sons.’ BSB BSB: The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
11 GLT And you approached and stood under the mountain. And the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the heavens,{ with} darkness, cloud, and gloom. BSB BSB: You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
12 GLT And Yahweh spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, and you saw no form, only a voice. BSB BSB: And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form; there was only a voice.
13 GLT And he declared to you his covenant that he commanded you to do, the Ten Words. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone. BSB BSB: He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.
14 GLT And Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments for your doing of them in the land which you are going over to possess it. BSB BSB: At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
15 GLT And strongly guard your spirits— for you did not see any form on{ the} day Yahweh spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire— BSB BSB: So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
16 GLT lest you act corruptly, and make for yourselves an idol of the form of any image, a likeness of male or female, BSB BSB: that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,
17 GLT a likeness of any animal that{ is} on the earth, a likeness of any winged bird that flies in the heavens, BSB BSB: of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,
18 GLT a likeness of any creeping thing on the ground, a likeness of any fish that{ is} in the water under the earth. BSB BSB: or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.
19 GLT And lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens and see the sun and the moon and the stars— all the multitude of the heavens— and be seduced and bow down to them and serve them, those which Yahweh your God has allotted for all the peoples under all the heavens. BSB BSB: When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
20 GLT And Yahweh has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people of his inheritance as this day. BSB BSB: Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
21 GLT And Yahweh was angry with me on account of your words. And he swore I would not cross the Jordan, and I would not go in to the good land that Yahweh your God is giving to you{ as} an inheritance. BSB BSB: The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
22 GLT But I will die in this land. I will not cross the Jordan, but you will cross over and possess that good land. BSB BSB: For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.
23 GLT Guard yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he cut with you, and make for yourselves an idol{ in} a form of anything that Yahweh your God has commanded you. BSB BSB: Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
24 GLT For Yahweh your God{ is} a devouring fire, he{ is} a jealous God. BSB BSB: For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25 GLT When you beget sons, and sons of sons, and you grow old in the land, and you act corruptly and make an idol{ in} a form of anything, and do evil in the eyes of Yahweh your God, to cause him to be angry, BSB BSB: After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—
26 GLT I will make the heavens and the earth witness against you today that you will surely perish quickly from the land to which you are going over the Jordan to possess it. You will not prolong{ your} days on it, but you will be completely destroyed. BSB BSB: I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
27 GLT And Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left men of{ small} number in the nations, where Yahweh will drive you there. BSB BSB: Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
28 GLT And there you will serve gods, the work of the hands of man, wood and stone, which do not see and do not hear and do not eat and do not smell. BSB BSB: And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
29 GLT And from there you will search for Yahweh your God, and you will find{ him} when you seek him with all your heart and with all your spirit. BSB BSB: But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
30 GLT When{ there is} trouble for you, and you find all these things in the later days, then you will return to Yahweh your God and listen to his voice. BSB BSB: When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
31 GLT For Yahweh your God{ is} a merciful God; he will not fail you, and he will not destroy you, and he will not forget the covenant of your fathers that he swore to them. BSB BSB: For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.
32 GLT But ask, please, about previous days, which were before your face, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from one end of the heavens and to the other end of the heavens, whether there has been a great thing as this, or{ anything} like it been heard? BSB BSB: Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
33 GLT Did a people hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as you yourself have heard, and live? BSB BSB: Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
34 GLT Or has God attempted to go and take for himself a nation from the midst of{ another} nation, by trials, by signs and by wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, as everything that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? BSB BSB: Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
35 GLT You yourself have been shown, to know that Yahweh, he is the God; there is no other besides him. BSB BSB: You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
36 GLT From the heavens he caused you to hear his voice, to instruct you. And on the earth he caused you to see his great fire, and you heard his words from the midst of the fire. BSB BSB: He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
37 GLT And because he loved your fathers, then he chose his seed after him and brought you out from Egypt with his face, with his great power BSB BSB: Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
38 GLT to drive out from before your faces nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give to you their land{ as} an inheritance, as this day. BSB BSB: to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.
39 GLT And you shall know today, and you shall return{ it} to your heart, that Yahweh, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. There is none else. BSB BSB: Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
40 GLT And you shall keep his statutes and his commandments that I command you today, that it will go well for you and for your sons after you, and so that you may prolong{ your} days in the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you all the days.” BSB BSB: Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
41 GLT Then Moses selected three cities on the side of the Jordan towards the rising of{ the} sun, BSB BSB: Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
42 GLT for a manslayer to flee there, who killed his neighbor without knowing and he did not hate him previously before; and he shall flee to one of these cities, and he shall live: BSB BSB: to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:
43 GLT Bezer in the wilderness in the land of the plain for the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites. BSB BSB: Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.
44 GLT And this{ is} the law that Moses placed before the faces of the sons of Israel. BSB BSB: This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
45 GLT These{ are} the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments that Moses spoke to the sons of Israel when they came out from Egypt, BSB BSB: These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
46 GLT across the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel had struck down when they came out from Egypt. BSB BSB: while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
47 GLT They took his land as a possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan— two kings of the Amorites who{ were} on the side of the Jordan{ toward} the rising of{ the} sun, BSB BSB: They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—
48 GLT from Aroer, that{ is} on the lip of the Valley of Arnon, and as far as Mount Sion(that{ is} Hermon), BSB BSB: extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
49 GLT and all the Arabah eastward across the Jordan, to the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of the Pisgah. BSB BSB: including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
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