37 (A)Because He loved your fathers, He chose [a]their descendants after them. And He [b](B)personally 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 (C)to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is today. 39 Therefore know today, and take it to your heart, that (D)the Lord, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other. 40 (E)So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am [c]giving you today, so that (F)it may go well for you and for your children after you, and (G)that you may [d]live long on the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

41 (H)Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the [e]east, 42 for [f]one to flee there who unintentionally killed his neighbor, without having hatred for him in time past; and by fleeing to one of these cities he might live: 43 (I)Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, 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 of Egypt, 46 across the Jordan, in the valley (J)opposite Beth-peor, in the land of (K)Sihon king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel [g]defeated when they came out of Egypt. 47 And they took possession of his land and the land of (L)Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan to the [h]east, 48 from (M)Aroer, which is on the edge of the [i]Valley of Arnon, even as far as (N)Mount Sion (that is, Hermon), 49 with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east, even as far as the sea of the Arabah, [j]at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit his seed
  2. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit with His presence
  3. Deuteronomy 4:40 Lit commanding
  4. Deuteronomy 4:40 Lit prolong your days
  5. Deuteronomy 4:41 Lit sunrise
  6. Deuteronomy 4:42 Lit one who committed manslaughter
  7. Deuteronomy 4:46 Lit struck
  8. Deuteronomy 4:47 Lit sunrise
  9. Deuteronomy 4:48 Or wadi
  10. Deuteronomy 4:49 Lit under

37 Because he loved(A) your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,(B) 38 to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance,(C) as it is today.

39 Acknowledge(D) and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.(E) 40 Keep(F) his decrees and commands,(G) which I am giving you today, so that it may go well(H) with you and your children after you and that you may live long(I) in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.

Cities of Refuge(J)

41 Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan, 42 to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally(K) killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life. 43 The cities were these: Bezer in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth(L) in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

Introduction to the Law

44 This is the law Moses set before the Israelites. 45 These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt 46 and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon(M) king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt. 47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan. 48 This land extended from Aroer(N) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion[a](O) (that is, Hermon(P)), 49 and included all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Dead Sea,[b] below the slopes of Pisgah.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:48 Syriac (see also 3:9); Hebrew Siyon
  2. Deuteronomy 4:49 Hebrew the Sea of the Arabah

10 When you cross the Jordan and live in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and (A)He gives you rest from all your enemies around you so that you live in security,

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10 But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the Lord your God is giving(A) you as an inheritance, and he will give you rest(B) from all your enemies around you so that you will live in safety.

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