Moses' exhortation to obedience

'''Back to [[Bible Topic from Genesis to Revelation]]''' '''Back to [['Deuteronomy]]''' ---- Deut 4:1: 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.<br/> Deut 4:2: Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.<br/> Deut 4:3: Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.<br/> Deut 4:4: But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.<br/> Deut 4:5: Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.<br/> Deut 4:6: Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.<br/> Deut 4:7: For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?<br/> Deut 4:8: And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?[[Category:Bible Topic]]