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Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 4

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Chapter 4 of Deuteronomy—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ “Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which 1I am teaching you to perform, so that 2you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
  2. 3You shall not add to the word which 4I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
  3. 5Your eyes have seen what the LORD has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the LORD your God has destroyed [a]them from among you.
  4. But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive today, every one of you.
  5. ¶ “See, I have taught you statutes and judgments 6just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it.
  6. So keep and do them, 7for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
  7. For 8what great nation is there that has a god 9so near to it as is the LORD our God 10whenever we call on Him?
  8. Or what great nation is there that has 11statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today?
  9. ¶ “Only 12give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart 13all the days of your life; but 14make them known to your sons and your grandsons.
  10. Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may let them hear My words 15so they may learn to [b]fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may 16teach their children.’
  11. You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, 17and the mountain burned with fire to the very heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.
  12. Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but you saw no form—only a voice.
  13. So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, that is, 18the Ten [c]Commandments; and 19He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
  14. The LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might perform them in the land where you are going over to possess it.
  15. ¶ “So 20watch yourselves carefully, since you did not see any 21form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire,
  16. so that you do not 22act corruptly and 23make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
  17. the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of 24any winged bird that flies in the sky,
  18. the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water below the earth.
  19. And beware not to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, 25all the host of heaven, 26and be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
  20. But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of 27the iron furnace, from Egypt, to 28be a people for His own possession, as today.
  21. ¶ “29Now the LORD was angry with me on your account, and swore that I would not cross the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  22. For 30I will die in this land, I shall not cross the Jordan, but you shall cross and take possession of this 31good land.
  23. So watch yourselves, 32that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God which He made with you, and 33make for yourselves a graven image in the form of anything against which the LORD your God has commanded you.
  24. For the LORD your God is a 34consuming fire, a 35jealous God.
  25. ¶ “When you [d]become the father of children and children’s children and have remained long in the land, and 36act corruptly, and 37make an [e]idol in the form of anything, and 38do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD your God so as to provoke Him to anger,
  26. I 39call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will 40surely perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to possess it. You shall not [f]live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed.
  27. The LORD will 41scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD drives you.
  28. 42There you will serve gods, the work of man’s hands, 43wood and stone, 44which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
  29. 45But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him 46with all your heart and all your soul.
  30. When you 47are in distress and all these things have come upon you, 48in the latter days 49you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
  31. For the LORD your God is a 50compassionate God; 51He will not fail you nor 52destroy you nor 53forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.
  32. ¶ “Indeed, 54ask now concerning the former days which were before you, since the 55day that God created [g]man on the earth, and inquire 56from one end of the heavens to the other. 57Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it?
  33. 58Has any people heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard it, and survived?
  34. 59Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation 60by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and 61by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, [h]as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
  35. To you it was shown that you might know that the LORD, He is God; 62there is no other besides Him.
  36. 63Out of the heavens He let you hear His voice 64to discipline you; and on earth He let you see His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire.
  37. [i]65Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose [j]their descendants after them. And He [k]66personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,
  38. driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in and 67to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today.
  39. Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that 68the LORD, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
  40. 69So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am [l]giving you today, that 70it may go well with you and with your children after you, and 71that you may [m]live long on the land which the LORD your God is giving you for all time.”
  41. 72Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the [n]east,
  42. that a manslayer might flee there, who unintentionally slew his neighbor without having enmity toward him in time past; and by fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
  43. 73Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
  44. ¶ Now this is the law which Moses set before the sons of Israel;
  45. these are the testimonies and the statutes and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, when they came out from Egypt,
  46. across the Jordan, in the valley 74opposite Beth-peor, in the land of 75Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel [o]defeated when they came out from Egypt.
  47. They took possession of his land and the land of 76Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan to the [p]east,
  48. from 77Aroer, which is on the edge of the [q]valley of Arnon, even as far as 78Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),
  49. with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east, even as far as the sea of the Arabah, [r]at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit him
  2. ^ Or reverence
  3. ^ Lit Words
  4. ^ Lit beget
  5. ^ Or a graven image
  6. ^ Lit prolong your days
  7. ^ Or Adam
  8. ^ Lit according to all that
  9. ^ Lit And instead, because
  10. ^ Lit his seed
  11. ^ Lit with His presence
  12. ^ Lit commanding
  13. ^ Lit prolong your days
  14. ^ Lit sunrise
  15. ^ Lit smote
  16. ^ Lit sunrise
  17. ^ Or wadi
  18. ^ Lit under

REFERENCES

  1. ^ De 1:3
  2. ^ Le 18:5; De 5:33; 8:1; 16:20; 30:16, 19; Eze 20:11; Ro 10:5
  3. ^ De 12:32; Pr 30:6; Re 22:18
  4. ^ De 4:5, 14, 40
  5. ^ Nu 25:1-9
  6. ^ Le 26:46; 27:34
  7. ^ De 30:19, 20; 32:46, 47; Jb 28:28; Ps 19:7; 111:10; Pr 1:7; 2Ti 3:15
  8. ^ De 4:32-34; 2Sa 7:23
  9. ^ Ps 34:17, 18; 145:18; 148:14; Is 55:6
  10. ^ Ps 34:18; 85:9
  11. ^ Ps 89:14; 97:2; 119:144, 160, 172
  12. ^ De 4:23; 6:12; 8:11, 14, 19; Pr 4:23; 23:19
  13. ^ De 6:2; 12:1; 16:3
  14. ^ Ge 18:19; De 4:10; 6:7, 20-25; 11:19; 32:46; Ps 78:5, 6; Pr 22:6; Eph 6:4
  15. ^ De 14:23; 17:19; 31:12, 13
  16. ^ De 4:9
  17. ^ Ex 19:18; Heb 12:18, 19
  18. ^ Ex 34:28; De 10:4
  19. ^ Ex 31:18; 34:1, 28
  20. ^ Jos 23:11
  21. ^ Is 40:18
  22. ^ De 4:25; 9:12; 31:29
  23. ^ Ex 20:4; Le 26:1; De 5:8, 9; 27:15; Ro 1:23
  24. ^ Ro 1:23
  25. ^ Ge 2:1; De 17:3; 2Ki 17:16; 21:3
  26. ^ De 13:5, 10; Jb 31:26-28
  27. ^ 1Ki 8:51; Je 11:4
  28. ^ Ex 19:5; De 7:6; 14:2; 26:18; Ti 2:14; 1Pe 2:9
  29. ^ Nu 20:12; De 1:37
  30. ^ Nu 27:13, 14
  31. ^ De 3:25
  32. ^ De 4:9
  33. ^ De 4:16
  34. ^ Ex 24:17; De 9:3; Is 30:27; 33:14; Heb 12:29
  35. ^ De 5:9; 6:15
  36. ^ De 4:16
  37. ^ De 4:23
  38. ^ 2Ki 17:17
  39. ^ De 30:19; 31:28; 32:1; Is 1:2; Mc 6:2
  40. ^ De 7:4; 8:19, 20
  41. ^ Le 26:33; De 28:64; 29:28; Ne 1:8
  42. ^ De 28:36, 64; Je 16:13
  43. ^ De 29:17
  44. ^ Ps 115:4-8; 135:15-18; Is 44:12-20
  45. ^ De 30:1-3, 10; 2Ch 15:4; Is 55:6; Je 29:13
  46. ^ De 6:5; 10:12
  47. ^ Ps 18:6; 59:16; 107:6, 13
  48. ^ De 31:29; Je 23:20; Ho 3:5; Heb 1:2
  49. ^ Je 4:1, 2
  50. ^ Ex 34:6; 2Ch 30:9; Ne 9:31; Ps 103:8; 111:4; 116:5; Jon 4:2
  51. ^ De 31:6, 8; Jos 1:5; 1Ch 28:20; Heb 13:5
  52. ^ Je 30:11
  53. ^ Le 26:45
  54. ^ De 32:7; Jb 8:8
  55. ^ Ge 1:27; Is 45:12
  56. ^ De 28:64; Mt 24:31
  57. ^ De 4:7; 2Sa 7:23
  58. ^ Ex 20:22; De 5:24, 26
  59. ^ Ex 14:30; De 33:29
  60. ^ De 7:19
  61. ^ De 5:15; 6:21; Ps 136:12
  62. ^ Ex 8:10; 9:14; De 4:39; 32:12, 39; 1Sa 2:2; Is 43:10-12; 44:6-8; 45:5-7; Mr 12:32
  63. ^ Ex 19:9, 19; 20:18, 22; De 4:33; Ne 9:13; Heb 12:25
  64. ^ De 8:5
  65. ^ De 7:7, 8; 10:15; 33:3
  66. ^ Ex 33:14; Is 63:9
  67. ^ Nu 32:4; 34:14, 15
  68. ^ De 4:35; Jos 2:11
  69. ^ Le 22:31; De 4:2; Ps 105:45
  70. ^ De 4:1; 5:16, 29, 33; 6:3, 18; 12:25, 28; 22:7
  71. ^ Ex 23:26; De 32:47
  72. ^ Nu 35:6; De 19:2-13; Jos 20:7-9
  73. ^ Jos 20:8
  74. ^ De 3:29
  75. ^ Nu 21:21-25
  76. ^ De 1:4; 3:3, 4
  77. ^ De 2:36; 3:12
  78. ^ De 3:9; Ps 133:3

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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