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Deuteronomy 4:1 (show verse)
“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live, enter, and take possession of the land Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 4:2 (show verse)
You must not add anything to what I command you or take anything away from it, so that you may keep the commands of the Lord your God I am giving you.
Commandment » Not adding to or diminishing from the commandments of the lord
God's word » Sacred, not to be altered
Reverence » For the word of God » Its words sacred, not to be altered
The scriptures » Nothing to be taken from, or added to
The bible » Purpose » Its words sacred, not to be altered
The word of God » Not adding to or diminishing from the word of God
The word of God » Not to be added to, or taken from
Word » Sacred » Its words sacred, not to be altered
God's word » Sacred, not to be altered
Reverence » For the word of God » Its words sacred, not to be altered
The scriptures » Nothing to be taken from, or added to
The bible » Purpose » Its words sacred, not to be altered
The word of God » Not adding to or diminishing from the word of God
The word of God » Not to be added to, or taken from
Word » Sacred » Its words sacred, not to be altered
Deuteronomy 4:3 (show verse)
Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal-peor, for the Lord your God destroyed every one of you who followed Baal of Peor.
Deuteronomy 4:4 (show verse)
But you who have remained faithful to the Lord your God are all alive today.
Deuteronomy 4:5 (show verse)
Look, I have taught you statutes and ordinances as the Lord my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to possess.
Church of israel » Established by God
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Examples of divine
The scriptures » Reveal the laws, statutes, and judgments of God
Statutes » General references to
The bible » Statutes contained in » General references to
Understanding » What is understanding
Wisdom » What is wisdom
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Examples of divine
The scriptures » Reveal the laws, statutes, and judgments of God
Statutes » General references to
The bible » Statutes contained in » General references to
Understanding » What is understanding
Wisdom » What is wisdom
Deuteronomy 4:6 (show verse)
Carefully follow them, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples. When they hear about all these statutes, they will say, ‘This great nation is indeed a wise and understanding people.’
Deuteronomy 4:7 (show verse)
For what great nation is there that has a god near to it as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call to Him?
Deuteronomy 4:8 (show verse)
And what great nation has righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
Deuteronomy 4:9 (show verse)
“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.
Children » Instruction of
Children » Indulgence of » Instruction of
Children » Were required » To attend to instruction
Church of israel » Established by God
Christian conduct » Keep thyself, special exhortations to
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the soul
Diligence » Keeping the soul
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Family » Religion of the
Family » Devotions » Instruction of children
Family » Of saints » Should be taught God's word
Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
Forgetfulness » Need of watchfulness against
Forgetting God » Need of watchfulness against
Heedfulness » Necessary » In the care of the soul
Home » special duties of parents » Instruction of children
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Instruction of children
Keep » Thyself
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To instruct them in God's word
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Watchfulness against sin and temptation
School » In the home
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Instruction of children
teaching » What to teach
Watchfulness » For the coming of Christ, reasons for » Against sin and temptation
Children » Indulgence of » Instruction of
Children » Were required » To attend to instruction
Church of israel » Established by God
Christian conduct » Keep thyself, special exhortations to
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the soul
Diligence » Keeping the soul
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Family » Religion of the
Family » Devotions » Instruction of children
Family » Of saints » Should be taught God's word
Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
Forgetfulness » Need of watchfulness against
Forgetting God » Need of watchfulness against
Heedfulness » Necessary » In the care of the soul
Home » special duties of parents » Instruction of children
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Instruction of children
Keep » Thyself
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To instruct them in God's word
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Watchfulness against sin and temptation
School » In the home
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Instruction of children
teaching » What to teach
Watchfulness » For the coming of Christ, reasons for » Against sin and temptation
Deuteronomy 4:10 (show verse)
The day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘Assemble the people before Me, and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth and may instruct their children.’
Children » Instruction of
Church of israel » Established by God
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Family » Religion of the
Family » Of saints » Should be taught God's word
Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
Law » Given at sinai
the Law of moses » Given » At horeb
Mountains » Names of » Horeb, sinai or mount of God
School » In the home
teaching » What to teach
The bible » Purpose » Profitable for instruction
Word » Taught » Profitable for instruction
Church of israel » Established by God
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Family » Religion of the
Family » Of saints » Should be taught God's word
Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
Law » Given at sinai
the Law of moses » Given » At horeb
Mountains » Names of » Horeb, sinai or mount of God
School » In the home
teaching » What to teach
The bible » Purpose » Profitable for instruction
Word » Taught » Profitable for instruction
Deuteronomy 4:11 (show verse)
You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire into the heavens and enveloped in a dense, black cloud.
Deuteronomy 4:12 (show verse)
Then the Lord spoke to you from the fire. You kept hearing the sound of the words, but didn’t see a form; there was only a voice.
Deuteronomy 4:13 (show verse)
He declared His covenant to you. He commanded you to follow the Ten Commandments, which He wrote on two stone tablets.
Church of israel » Established by God
Church of israel » In covenant with God
Commandments » Of men » The ten
Decalogue » Called words of the covenant
Law » Bondage of » Mosaic
Law » Engraved on stone
Law » Given at sinai
Stones » Commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » The commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » Were broken
Church of israel » In covenant with God
Commandments » Of men » The ten
Decalogue » Called words of the covenant
Law » Bondage of » Mosaic
Law » Engraved on stone
Law » Given at sinai
Stones » Commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » The commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » Were broken
Deuteronomy 4:14 (show verse)
At that time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to follow in the land you are about to cross into and possess.
Deuteronomy 4:15 (show verse)
“For your own good, be extremely careful—because you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb—
Deuteronomy 4:16 (show verse)
not to act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form,
Deuteronomy 4:17 (show verse)
or the form of any beast on the earth, any winged creature that flies in the sky,
Deuteronomy 4:18 (show verse)
any creature that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the waters under the earth.
Deuteronomy 4:19 (show verse)
When you look to the heavens and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the array of heaven—do not be led astray to bow down and worship them. The Lord your God has provided them for all people everywhere under heaven.
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Consists in » Worshipping the host of heaven
Idolatry » Warnings against
Moon » Forbidden worship
Moon » Worshipping of » Forbidden to the jews
Moon » appointed » For the benefit of all
Stars » Forbidden worship
Stars » The israelites forbidden to worship
Sun » Forbidden worship
The sun » The jews » Forbidden to worship
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
Idolatry » Consists in » Worshipping the host of heaven
Idolatry » Warnings against
Moon » Forbidden worship
Moon » Worshipping of » Forbidden to the jews
Moon » appointed » For the benefit of all
Stars » Forbidden worship
Stars » The israelites forbidden to worship
Sun » Forbidden worship
The sun » The jews » Forbidden to worship
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
Deuteronomy 4:20 (show verse)
But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for His inheritance, as you are today.
Deuteronomy 4:21 (show verse)
“The Lord was angry with me on your account. He swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
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Deuteronomy 4:22 (show verse)
I won’t be crossing the Jordan because I am going to die in this land. But you are about to cross over and take possession of this good land.
Deuteronomy 4:23 (show verse)
Be careful not to forget the covenant of the Lord your God that He made with you, and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of anything He has forbidden you.
Deuteronomy 4:24 (show verse)
For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 4:25 (show verse)
“When you have children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, and if you act corruptly, make an idol in the form of anything, and do what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, provoking Him to anger,
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Deuteronomy 4:26 (show verse)
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not live long there, but you will certainly be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 4:27 (show verse)
The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors among the nations where the Lord your God will drive you.
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Deuteronomy 4:28 (show verse)
There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
Deuteronomy 4:29 (show verse)
But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find Him when you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Deuteronomy 4:30 (show verse)
When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, you will return to the Lord your God in later days and obey Him.
Deuteronomy 4:31 (show verse)
He will not leave you, destroy you, or forget the covenant with your fathers that He swore to them by oath, because the Lord your God is a compassionate God.
Deuteronomy 4:32 (show verse)
“Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created man on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?
Deuteronomy 4:33 (show verse)
Has a people heard God’s voice speaking from the fire as you have, and lived?
Deuteronomy 4:34 (show verse)
Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Deuteronomy 4:35 (show verse)
You were shown these things so that you would know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides Him.
Deuteronomy 4:36 (show verse)
He let you hear His voice from heaven to instruct you. He showed you His great fire on earth, and you heard His words from the fire.
Deuteronomy 4:37 (show verse)
Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
Deuteronomy 4:38 (show verse)
to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you in and give you their land as an inheritance, as is now taking place.
Deuteronomy 4:39 (show verse)
Today, recognize and keep in mind that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below; there is no other.
Deuteronomy 4:40 (show verse)
Keep His statutes and commands, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper and so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”
Children » Prosperity of, greatly depended on obedience of parents
God » To believers » To the obedient
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the obedient
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » To those who keep the commandments
Obligation » A motive of obedience
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Unity of God » A ground for obeying him exclusively
God » To believers » To the obedient
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the obedient
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » To those who keep the commandments
Obligation » A motive of obedience
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Unity of God » A ground for obeying him exclusively
Deuteronomy 4:41 (show verse)
Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east.
Deuteronomy 4:42 (show verse)
Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive:
Deuteronomy 4:43 (show verse)
Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau land, belonging to the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead, belonging to the Gadites; or Golan in Bashan, belonging to the Manassites.
Bezer » A city » A city of refuge, east of the jordan
Cities of refuge » Names &c of
Golan » Given to the tribe of manasseh as a city of refuge
Homicide » Accidental
Ramoth-gilead » A city » A city of the territory of the tribe of gad, and one of the cities of refuge
Refuge » Cities of » From the avenger of blood
Cities of refuge » Names &c of
Golan » Given to the tribe of manasseh as a city of refuge
Homicide » Accidental
Ramoth-gilead » A city » A city of the territory of the tribe of gad, and one of the cities of refuge
Refuge » Cities of » From the avenger of blood
Deuteronomy 4:44 (show verse)
This is the law Moses gave the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 4:45 (show verse)
These are the decrees, statutes, and ordinances Moses proclaimed to them after they came out of Egypt,
Deuteronomy 4:46 (show verse)
across the Jordan in the valley facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites. He lived in Heshbon, and Moses and the Israelites defeated him after they came out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 4:47 (show verse)
They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings who were across the Jordan to the east,
Deuteronomy 4:48 (show verse)
from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon)
Deuteronomy 4:49 (show verse)
and all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Dead Sea below the slopes of Pisgah.
Ashdoth-pisgah » The water courses flowing from mount pisgah
Dead sea » Sea of the plain
Fountains and springs » Mentioned in scripture » Of pisgah
Mountains » Names of » Pisgah, in moab, from whence moses viewed the promised land
Og » Land of, given to the tribes of gad, reuben, and manasseh
Pisgah » Boundary » Gadites » Reubenites
Salt » Christians as sea » Sea
Sea » Dead
Dead sea » Sea of the plain
Fountains and springs » Mentioned in scripture » Of pisgah
Mountains » Names of » Pisgah, in moab, from whence moses viewed the promised land
Og » Land of, given to the tribes of gad, reuben, and manasseh
Pisgah » Boundary » Gadites » Reubenites
Salt » Christians as sea » Sea
Sea » Dead