fore this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou thalt fee. 29 So we abode in the valley over againft Beth-peor. CHAP. IV. An exhortation to obedience. 41 Mofes appointeth the three cities of refuge on that fide Jordan. Now, therefore, hearken, O Ifrael, unto the ftatutes, and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and poffefs the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither thall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you. 3. Your eyes have feen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Loan thy God hath destroyed them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. Behold, I have taught you ftatutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye fhould do fo in the land whither ye go to poffefs it. 6 Keep, therefore, and do them; for this is your wildom and your understanding in the fight of the nations, which thall bear all thefe ftatutes, and fay, Surely this great nation is a wife and understanding people. 7 For what nation is there fo great, who hath God fo nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that, we call upon him for? 8 And what nation is there fo great, that hath itatutes and judgments fo righteous, as all this law which I fet before you this day? 9 Only take heed to thyfelf, and keep thy foul diligently, left thou forget the things which thine eyes have feen, and left they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but teach them thy fons, and thy fons sons: 10 Specially the day that thou floodeft before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD faid unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they thall live upon the earth, and that they, may teach their children. 11 And ye came near, and flood under the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire unto the midft of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 12 And the LORD fpake unto you out of the midit of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but faw no fimilitude; only ye heard a voice. 13 And he declared unto yon his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of ftone. 14 And the LORD commanded me at that time, to teach you flatutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye ago over to poffefs it. 15 Take ye, therefore, good heed unto your felves, (for ye faw no manner of fimilitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horch out of the midst of the fire,) 16 Left ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the fimilitude of any fi gure, the likeness of male or female; 17 The likeness of any beaft that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that Bieth in the air; 18 The likenefs of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: 19 And left thou lift up thine eyes unse heaven, and when thou feeft the fun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the hot of heaven, thouldeft be driven to worship them, and ferve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whale heaven. 20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day, 21 Furthermore, the LORD was angry with me for your fakes, and fware that I fhould not go over Jordan, and that I thould not go in unto that good land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 22 But I muft die in this land, I muft nat go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and poffels that good land. 23 Take heed unto yourfelves, left ye fue get the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any g which the LORD thy God hath forbidde thee. 24 For the LORD thy God is a confuming fire, even a jealous God. 25 When thou shalt beget children and childrens children, and that have remained long in the land, and thall corrupt yourferunty and make a graven image, or the likenefit any thing, and fhall do evil in the light of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to ang 26 I call heaven and earth to wituels gainft you this day, that ye shall foon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye ga over Jordan to poffefs it; ye shall not pres long your days upon it, but thall utterly be deffroyed. 27 And the LORD fhall scatter you among the nations, and ye thall be left few in m ber among the heathen, whither the Leg hall lead you. 28 And there ye fhall ferve gods, the work of mens hands, wood and ftone, which ng ther fee, nor hear, nor eat, nor fmell. 29 But if from thence thou thalt feck the LORD thy God, thou fhalt find him, if thou feek him with all thy heart, and with all thy foul. 30 When thou art in tribulation, and all thefe things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Loan thy God. and fhalt be obedient unto his voice, 31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God,) he will not forfake thee, neither de ftroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy ta thers, which he fware unto them. 32 For alk row of the days that are pa which were before thee fince the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one fide of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any fuch thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it! God der my th days thon fhalt labour, and do But the feventh day is the fabbaths Dap thy God is it thou thalt not do thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daugh -fervant, thy Bran maidders nor any of x, nor thine that er within thy and thy mak ember that thou waft a fervant of Egypt, and that the LORD thence, through a mighty band, and by a ftretched-on therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the fabbath-day. May God brought thee 16 Honour father and thy mother, a Load thy God hath commanded thee; thy days may be prolonged, and that it well with thee, in the land which the thy God giveth thee. 47 Thou shalt not kill. 18 Neither halt thou commit adultery. 10 Neither halt thou fteal. 10 Neither halt thou bear falfe witnefs gainit thy neighbour. at Neither halt thou defire thy neighbours wife, n er thalt thou covet thy neighbours hoate, his field, or his man fervant, his ox, or his ais, or any that is thy neighbours. There words the LORD fpake unto all your affembly in the mount, out of the midt of the fire, of the cloud, and of darknefs, with a great voice; and added no more: and he wrote them in two table of Rose, and delivered them wat 23 And it came to pafs, when ye heard the voice out of the midit of the dirkners, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders, 24 And ye faid, Behold, the LORD our God hath thewed us his glory, and his greatnefs, and we have heard his voice out of the midft doth talk with man, and he liveth. of the fire: we have feen this day that God 25 Now, therefore, why should we die? for this great fire will confume us. If we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we fhall die. 26 For who is there of all fleth, that hath heard the voice of the living God fpeaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LogD our God fhall say, and fpeak thou unto us all that the LORD our God thall (peak unto thee, and we will hear it and do it. 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye fpake unto me; and the LORD faid unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well faid all that they have spoken. 29 Oh that there were fuch an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! 30 Go fay to them, Get ye into your tents again. 31 But as for thee, ftand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the cominand ments, and the ftatutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to poffefs it. 32 Ye thall obferve to do, therefore, as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye fhall not turn afide to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye fhall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye máy live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which ye thall poffets. CHAP. VI. And houfes full of all good things which thou filledit not, and wells digged which thou digget not, vineyards and olive-trees which thoa plantedit not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 12 Then beware left thou forget the Lane, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13 Thou fhalt fear the Loko thy Gm and s.rve him, and fhalt fwear by he name. 14 Ye fhall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; 15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealuse God among you;) left the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thr and destroy thee from off the face of int earth. 16 Ye thall not tempt the Lokn your God, as ye tempted him in Mallah. 17 Ye shall diligently keep the command ments of the LORD your God, and his felfe monies, and his ftatutes, which he hath commanded thee. 18 And thou fhalt do that which is right and good in the fight of the LORD; that it may be well with thee, and that thou may eit go in and poffefs the good land which the LORD fware unto thy fathers; 19 'To caft out all thine enemies from be fore thee, as the LORD hath spoken. 20 And when thy fon afketh thee in time 1 The end of the laro is obedience: 3 an ex- to come, faying, What mean the teft monizi hortation thereto. and the itatutes, and the judgments, which Now these are the commandments, the the 13RD our God hath commanded you ftatutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you. that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to posseis it: 2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his ftatutes, and his commandments, which I command thee; thou, and thy fon, and thy fons fon, all the days of thy life, and that thy days may be prolonged. 3 Hear, therefore, O Irael, and obferve to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promifed thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear, O Ifracl, The LORD our God is one LORD. 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God ath all thine heart, and with all thy soul, with all thy might. 21 Then thou shalt fay unto thy lon, were Pharaohs bond-men in Egypt, and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mightĮ hand. 22 And the LORD fhewed figns and wom ders, great and fore, upon Egypt, upon Pla raoh, and upon all his household, before om eyes: 23 And he brought us out from thence that he might bring us in, to give us the lat which he 'ware unto our fathers. 24 And the LORD commanded us to do thefe ftatutes, to fear the LORD our God, our good always, that he might preferves alive, as if it at this day. 25 And it thall be our righteousness, it obferve to do all thefe commandments fore the LORD our God, as he hath exi manded us. Nather halt thou make marriages with thy daughter thou thalt not give unto nor his daughter thalt thou take unthy font. For they will turn away thy fon from folme, that they may ferve other gods; the anger of the LORD be kindled ayou, and destroy thee fuddenly. Butbus thall ye deal with them; ye shall y their altars, and break down their ages, and cut down their groves, and burn graven images with fire. fer thou art an holy people unto the Lep thy God the LORD thy God hath olen ther to be a fpecial people unto him, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The Logs did not fet his love upon you, or choose you, becaufe ye were more in berthan any people; (for ye toere the Jest of all people;) But because the Leso loved you, and be Que he would keep the oath which he had fers unto your father, hath the LORD ught you out with a mighty hand, and kened you out of the hon.e of bond-men, Pm the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know, therefore, that the LORD thy God tir God, the faithful God, which keepeth antand mercy with them that love him, and keep his commandments, to a thousand Bratrations: 10 And repayeth them that hate him to face, to destroy them: he will not be ck to him that hateth him, he will repay Thonthalt, therefore,keep the command seats, and the ftatutes, and the judgments, ich command thee this day, to do then. 131 Wherefore it shall come to pafs, if en to there judgments, and keep and do en, that the LORD thy God fhall keep unto the covenant and the mercy which he Teranto thy fathers. And he will love thee, and blets thee, multiply thee; he will alfo blefs the fruit wimb, and the fruit of thy land, thy and thy wine, and thise oil the increate Line, and the flocks of thy theep, in which he fware unto thy fathers to Thon halt be bleited above all people: Ball not be male or female barren agy, or among your cattle. And the LORD will take away from thee ackneh, and will put none of the evildis 5 Thou shalt alfe confider in thine heart, fore thee as a confuming fre; he shall deârey that, as a man chatteneth his fon, fo the them, and he thall bring them down LORD thy God chalteneth thee. before thy face: fo thalt thou drive them out, and deftroy them quickly, as the Loss hath faid unto thee. 6 Therefore thou thalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee in to a good land; a land of brooks of waters, of fountains, and depths that fpring out of valleys and hills; 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil-olive and honey; 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without fearcenefs, thou shalt not lack any thing it; a land whofe ftones are iron, and out of whofe hills thou mayeft dig brais. 10 When thou haft eaten and art full, then thou shalt blefs the Load thy God, for the good land which he hath given thee. 11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his coinmandments, and his judgments, and his ftatutes, which command thee this day: 12 Left, roken thou haft eaten and art full, and haft built goodly houfes, and dwelt therein; 13 And when thy herds and thy flocks mul tiply, and thy filver and thy gold is mukiplied, and all that thou haft is multiplied; 14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God,which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wildernefs, wherein were fiery ferpents, and fcorpions, and drought, where there was no water, who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; 17 And thou lay in thine heart, My power, and the might of mine hand, hath gotten me this wealth. 18 But thou fhalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may eftablish his covenant, which he fware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 19 And it fhall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and ferve them, and worthip then, I teftify against you this day, that ye ihall furely perish, 20 As the nations which the LORD deftroyeth before your face, o fhall ye perish; becaufe ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God. CHAP. IX. Mofes diffuadeth them from the opinion of their own righteousness, by rehearfing their feveral rebellions. 4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after thail the Loan thy God hath caft them out from before thee, faying, Formy righteoufnels the LORD hath brought me in to poffefs this land but for the wickedness of thefe nations the LORD doth drive them out from beforether. 5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the up rightness of thine heart, dott thou go to pe fefs their land; but for the wickednes thefe nations the LORD thy God doth drie them out from before thee, and that he mar perform the word which the LORD fware un to thy fathers Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob. 6 Understand, therefore, that the LORD God giveth thee not this good land to polici it for thy righteoufnels; for thou art a me necked people. 79 Remember, and forget not, how the provokedit the LORD thy God to wrat the wilderness: from the day that thou du depart out of the land of Egypt, AIR came unto this place, ye havebeenrebellion aga nft the LORD 8 Alfo in Horeb ye provoked the Load wrath, fo that the LORD was angry with you to have deftroyed you. 9 When I was gone up into the mount, receive the tables of ftone, even the tables the covenant which the LORD madewith you then I abode in the mount forty days an forty nights; 1 neither did eat bread nor drink water: to And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone, written with the finger God; and on them quas quritten according to all the words which the LORD spake with you in the mount, out of the midit of fire, in the day of the aflembly. II And it caine to pafs at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Loup me the two tables of stone, even the palle of the covenant. 12 And the LORD faid unto me, Arife, gr thee down quickly from hence; for thy pe ple, which thou haft brought forth out gypt, have corrupted themselves: they a quickly turned afide out of the way which commanded them; they have made the a molten image. 13 Furthermore, the LORD spake unto me faying, I have feen this people, and, behold it is a tiff-necked people. 14 Let me alone, that I may deftroy them and blot out their name from under heave and I will make of thee a nation miglide and greater than they. 15 So I turned, and came down from mount, and the mount burned with fing my two hands. Hjordan this day, hou art to pafs over and the two tables of the covenant wor to go in to poffefs nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven; 2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakim, whom thou knoy.eft, and of whom thou hall heard fay, Wao can ftand before the children of Anak? 3 Understand, therefore, this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over be 6 And I looked, and, behold, ye had ned against the LORD your God, and made you a molten calf: ye had turned quickly out of the way which the LORD commanded you. 17 And I took the two tables, and them out of my two hands, and brake the before your eyes. |