11 And ye came near and stood 1 Ex. 19. 18. under the mountain; and the 'mountain burned with fire unto the 2midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 9 Heb. heart. • Bx. 20. 22. 1 Kings 19. 12. 8 Heb. savc a voice. Pch. 9. 9,11. Ex. 34. 28. Ex. 24. 12. & 31. 18. Ex. 21. 1. & ch. 22. & ch. 23. a ch. 17.3. Job 81. 26, 27. b Gen. 2. 1. 2 Kings 17. 10. & 21.3. • Rom. 1. 25. 4 Or, imparted. 51. 0 3 13 And he declared unto you his Covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even a ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. B 14 T And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of "similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and y make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters be neath the earth: a 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even ball the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. 20 But the LORD hath taken you, d1 Kings 8. 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. Jer. 11. 4. e Ex. 19. 5. ch. 9. 29. & 32. 9. f Num. 20. 12. ch. 1.37. & 3. 26. g See 14, 15. 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheri tance: 22 But I must die in this land, 2 Pet. 1. 13, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. b ch. 3. 27. I ch. 3. 25. 24 Form the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even "a jealous God. 25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and Pshall do P2Kings 17. evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, a by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD f Three cities of refuge. BEFORE CHRIST 1451. ch. 32. 39. 1 Sam. 2. 2. Is. 45. 5, 18, 22. Mark 12. 29, 32. k Ex. 19. 9, 19. & 20. 18, Heb. 12. 18. 22. & 24. 16. 1 ch. 10. 15. DEUTERONOMY, V. your God did for you in Egypt be- 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; 1 there is none else beside him. 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed m Ex. 13. 3, after them, and m brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; 9, 14. a ch. 7. 1. & 9. 1, 4, 5. o ver. 35. Josh. 2. 11. p Lev. 22.31. q ch. 5. 16. & 6. 3, 18. & 12. 25, 28. & 22. 7. Eph. 6. 3. r Num. 35. 6, 14. • ch. 19. 4. t Josh. 20.8. u ch. 3. 29. 38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. 40 P Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. 41 T Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; 42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: 43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. 44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: 45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, u 46 On this side Jordan, " in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses Num. 21. and the children of Israelsmote, after they were come forth out of Egypt: 24. ch. 1.4. 47 And they possessed his land, The covenant in Horeb. and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is a Hermon, BEFORE CHRIST 1451. y Num. 21. 35. ch. 3.8, 4. & 3. 12. I ch. 2. 36. a ch. 3. 9. Ps. 133. 3. 49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of ch. 3. 17. Pisgah. ს 4 The LORD talked with you faceEx. 19. 9. to face in the mount out of the midst ch. 4. 33, 38. of the fire, 5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for eye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount ;) saying, 6 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of 3bondage. 78 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. The ten commandments. BEFORE CHRIST 1451. • Gen. 2. 2. p ch. 15. 15. ach. 4. 34, 87. ? Ex. 20.12. Lev. 19. 3. ch. 27. 16. DEUTERONOMY, VI. 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. 15 P And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence a through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. 16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath Eph. 6.2.3. commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Col. 3. 20. sch. 4. 40. tEL. 20.18. Matt. 5. 21. u Ex. 20.14. t 17 Thou shalt not kill. 18 "Neither shalt thou commit Luke 18. 20. adultery.. 19 James 2.11. * EL 20.15. Rom. 18. 9. Ex. 20. 17. Mic. 2.2. Hab. 2. 9. Luke 12. 15. Rom. 7.7. Exhortation to obedience. the LORD our God shall say: and BEFORE CHRIST 1451. 8 Ex. 20. 19. Heb. 12. 19. 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee m Gal. 8. 19. all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. Neither shalt thou steal. 32 Ye shall observe to do there20 Neither shalt thou bear false fore as the LORD your God hath comEx. 20. 16. witness against thy neighbour. manded you: "ye shall not turn aside 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk in all the ways neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, which the LORD your God hath comor his manservant, or his maidser-manded you, that ye may live, Pand vant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that it may be well with you, and that is thy neighbour's. that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. & 13. 9. CHAPTER VI. 22 T These words the LORD spake 2. 53. 14. 12. And he wrote them in two tables of & ch. 4. 13. stone, and delivered them unto me. 23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (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 said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and Ex. 19. 19. his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. NOW these are the command-891.12.1. ments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye 2go to possess it: 5. & 2 Heb. pass over ch.10. 12,13. 128. 1. b Ex. 20. 20. l's. 111. 10. Eccles. 12. 2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be pro-ch. 4. 40. longed. 3¶ Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increased mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and Prov. 3. 1,2. Gen. 15.5. & 22. 17. 18. 42. 8. Mark 12. 29, 32. ch. 10. 12. Matt. 22.87. Luke 10.27. h 2 Kings 23. 25. An exhortation BEFORE CHRIST 1451. 1 ch. 11. 18. & 32. 46. Ps. 37. 31. & 40. 8. & 119. 11,98. Prov. 3. 3. Is. 51. 7. k ch. 4. 9. & 11. 19. DEUTERONOMY, VII. with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest Ps. 78. 4,5,6. in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Eph. 6. 4. 2 Heb. whet, or, sharpen. 1 Ex. 13. 9, 16. ch. 11. 18. m ch. 11. 20. Ia. 57. 8. n Josh. 24. 13. Ps. 105. 44. o ch. 8. 10, &c. 3 Heb. bondmen, or, servants. p ch. 10. 12, 20. & 13.4. Matt. 4. 10. Luke 4. 8. a Ps. 63. 11. Is. 45. 23. & 65. 16. Jer. 4. 2. & 5.7.& 12.16. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, "which thou buildedst not, 11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13 Thou shalt Pfear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; 15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) "lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from t Ex. 20. 5. off the face of the earth. r ch. 8. 19. & 11. 28. Jer. 25. 6. ch. 13. 7. ch. 4. 24. u ch. 7. 4. & 11. 17. Matt. 4.7. Luke 4. 12. y Ex.17.2,7. Num. 20. 3, 17 Ye shall diligently keep the 4. & 21.4.5. commandments of the LORD your zch. 11. 13, God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded 1 Cor. 10. 9. 22. Ps. 119. 4. to obedience. mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? 21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: 22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and 2sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: 23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. ther thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Gir-Gen. 15. gashites, and the Amorites, and the Ex. 8. 2. Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; 2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: B 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall 'destroy their altars, and break down their 3images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: 'the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above ch. 4. 35. & 9. 1. ver. 23. ch. 23. 14. • Lev. 27. 28, 29. ch.20.16,17. & 8.24. & 9. Num.39.52. Josh. 6. 17. 24. & 10. 28, 40. & 11. 11, 12. f Ex. 23.32. & 31. 12, 15, 16. Judg. 2. 2. See ch. 20. 10, &c. Josh. 2. 14. & 9. 18. Judg. 1. 24. Josh. 23. ikings11.2. 12. Ezra 9. 2. A ch. 6. 15. ch. 12. 2, 3. Ex. 23. 24. & 34. 13. Heb. statues, or, pillars. k Ex. 19. 6. ch. 14. 2. 26. 19. P. 50. 5. Ex. 19. 5. 13:3 Jer. 2. 3. Amos 3. 2. All communion with BEFORE CHRIST 1451. DEUTERONOMY, VIII. all people that are upon the face of 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any ch. 10. 22 people; for ye were the fewest of all people: ach. 10. 15. Ex. 32.18. Ps. 105. 8, 9,10. Luke L 55, 72, 73. p Ex. 13. 3, 14. q Is. 49. 7. 1 Cor. 1. 9. & 10. 13. 2 Cor. 1. 18. 1 Thess. 5. 24. 2 Thess.3.3. 2 Tim. 213. Heb. 11.11. 1 John 1. 9. Ex. 20. 6. ch. 5. 10. Neh. 1. 5. Dan. 9. 4. • Is. 59, 18. Nah. 1. 2. t ch. 32. 85. a Lev. 26.3. ch. 28. 1. 2 Heb. because. m 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, Phath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. the nations is forbidden. them: but shalt well remember what BEFORE CHRIST 1451. h Ps. 105. 5. 1 ch. 4. 34. 19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and & 29. 8. the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thou-2 sand generations; 10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: the will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. ye 12 ¶ Wherefore it shall come to pass, 2 if hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy Lake 1. 85, which he sware unto thy fathers: x Ps. 105. 8, 9. 72,78. John 14. 21. sch. 28. 4. k Josh. 24. 12. 20 Moreover the LORD thy God Ex. 23. 28. will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. 21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, ma mighty God and terrible. 22" And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. 23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them 3 unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. 13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb," and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. a 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all Ex. 23.23, people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. &C. b Ex. 9. 14. & 15. 26. 15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, ch. 2827,60. which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. 16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. 17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them 18 Thou shalt not be afraid of 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God. 26 Neither shalt thou bring an CHAPTER VIII. ALL the commandments which I command thee this day shall b 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led & 2.7. thee these forty years in the wilder-1. 136. 16. ness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine ch. 18. 3. heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, suffered thee to hunger, and Amos 2. 10. • Ex. 16. 4. 31. 2 Chr. 32. John 2. 25. and • Ex.10.2.3. ? Ex. 16. 12, 14. 35. |