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Deuteronomy 4

Deuteronomy 4:1

An Exhortation to Obedience · Deuteronomy 4:1–14
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Translations

Modern
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.
Traditional
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.
Literal
And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances that I teach you to observe, that you may live and go in and possess the land that YHWH, God of your fathers, is giving to you.
Latin
Et nunc, Israël, audi præcepta et judicia, quæ ego doceo te: ut faciens ea, vivas, et ingrediens possideas terram, quam Dominus Deus patrum vestrorum daturus est vobis.

Original

Hebrew
English
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.

Notes

Deuteronomy 4:1

The terms statutes and ordinances in Deuteronomy refer to the covenant rules and the detailed application of the main principles of God's law (for example, 4:5, 8, 14, 45; 5:1, 31; see also study note on 4:44).

Deuteronomy 4:1–40

Moses gave a long speech to the Israelites because of their recent failures and what he thought would happen in Canaan.

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes Biblical Law

Parallels

Deuteronomy 11:1–7

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of

Topics

Blessing: Contingent Upon Obedience Obedience: Enjoined