Og destroyed. DEUTERONOMY, 111. 33 And the LORD our God deliver-| B. C. 1451. ed him before us; and & we smote him, and his sons, and all his peo-k ch.29.7. ple. 34 And we took all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed 7 the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city; we left none m to remain : 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 7 ch.20.16. 29.7. every city of men, and women, and little ones. m ch.7.2,26. 4.48. p Ge.32.22. 36 From n Aroer, which is by then ch.3, 12. brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORDO our God delivered all unto us: 37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, p nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad q us. CHAPTER III. 20 Moses' prayer to enter into the land: 27 he is permitted to see it. HEN we turned, and went up b ch.1.4. 35. c 2Ch.20.17. d Nu.21.24. e IKI.4.13. and a fch.2.34. the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.b Ps. 135.10 12. 136.19-21. Jos.11.12 14. 2 And the LORD said unto me, cg Fear him not; for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his h ch.4.48,49. land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon d king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. 4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, e the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. i Ps.29.6. 1Ch.5.23. I Jos. 12.5. m Am.2.9. p Jos, 13.29. 6 And ƒ we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of everyt city. 7 But g all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. 41. r Jos. 13.13. $ Jos.12.2,3. 1 8 And we took at that time out ofu the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon: 9(Which Hermon h the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir; k) or, under the springs &c. Distribution of lands 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11 For only Ög king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; m behold, his bedstead was a bed stead of iron; is it not in Rabbath » of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, o which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. 13 And p the rest of Gilead and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Óg, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. 14 Jair g the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri r and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. 15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 1 16 And unto the Reubenites, and unto the Gadites, I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon, half the valley, and the border, even unto the river Jabbok, which is s the border of the children of Ammon: 17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast, thereof, from Chinnereth t even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, 1 under Ashdothpisgah eastward. 18 T And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye u shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are 2 meet for the war. 19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you; 20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then v shall ye return every man unto his possession which I have given you. 21 T And w I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two Nu.27.22, kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. v Jos.22.4. 23. An exhortation DEUTERONOMY, IV. 22 Ye shall not fear r them: for y B. C. 1451. the LORD your God he shall fight x Is.43.1,2. y ch.1.30. 20.4. Ex. 14.14. z ch.11.2. a Ex. 15.11. 2Sam 7.22. Ps.71.19. 86.8. 89.6,8. Is.40.28. Dan.3.29. b Ex.3.8. c Nu.20.12. 27.13,14. TOW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes a andi Ps. 119.99. unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do b them, that ye may Live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. 25am.7.23. 7 Ps.147.19,20 m Pr.4.23. n Pr.3.1. 4.21. 11.19. Ps.78.5-7. 2 Ye c shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither o ch.6.7. shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments. of the LORD your God which I command you. Ep.6.4. p Ex.XIX. XX. 9 Ec. 12.19. i heart. save a voice riki. 19.12. Is.30.21. 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because d of Baal-peor: for alle the men that foliowed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave f untos Er.34.28. the LORD your God are alive everyt Ex.31.18. one of you this day. u Ex.XXI.&c 5 Behold, I g have taught you v Jos.23.11. statutes and judgments, even as Ps. 119.9. the LORD my God commanded me, w Is.40.18. that ye should do so in the land x Ex.32.7. whither ye go to possess it. y Ex.20.4,5. z Rom.1.23. a Job 31.26, 6 Keep, therefore, and do them : for this is your wisdom h and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely i this great nation is a wise and understanding people. b ch.17.3. 27. 2Ki.17.16. 3 or, impart ed. to obedience. 7 For k what nation is there s0 great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for ? 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? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and m keep thy soul diligently, lest a thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach o them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; 10 Specially the day p that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear g me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the 1 midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; 2 only ye heard a voice.r 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commande you to perform, even s ten commandments; and he t wrote them upon two tables of stone. 14 T And u the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, tutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. 15 Take v ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; (for ye saw no manner of similitude w on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire ;) 16 Lest ye corrupt x yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeess y of male or female, 17 The likeness of any z 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 beneath the earth : 19 And lest thou lift a up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars,even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship b them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath 3 divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. The cities of refuge. whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? An exhortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY, IV. 20 But the LORD hath taken you, | B. C. 1451. and brought you forth out of the c iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to c 1Ki.8.51. be unto him a people of inheritance, d as ye are this day. Jer. 11.4. d ch.9.29. 32.9. Ep.1.18. e Nu.20.12. 21 Furthermore e 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 f ver. 15, 16. LORD thy God giveth thee for ang ch.9.3. inheritance : 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. 23 Take heed f unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. Heb.12.29. Ex.20.5. Na.1.2. Zep.3.8. i 2Ki.17. 17, &c. 1Co.10.22. k ch.30.18,19. Is. 1.2. ch.28.62-64. 40. Je.3. 12-14. Joel 2 12. have found 24 For the LORD thy God, is a consuming fire, g even a jealous h God. 25 T When thou shalt beget child-m ren, and children's children, and ye n Lev.26.39, shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke i him to anger; 26 Ik call heaven and earth to wit-p ness against you this day, that yeq Ps. 116.5. shall soon utterly perish from off Jon.4.2. the land whereunto ye go over r Job 8.8. 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 you. 28 And m there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. thee. Jer.23.20. sEx. 19. 18,19. t ch.29.3. Ex.7.3. v Ex.13.3. w Ex.6.6. ch.34.12. y Heb. 12.25. z ch.10.15. Jer.31.3. 29 But n if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with alloa Ex. 13.3,9, thy heart and with all thy soul. 9.1,2. 14. 30 When thou art in tribula-b ch.7.1. tion, and all these things 4 are come upon thee, even in the latter p days, c Is. 1.3. if thou turn to the LORD thy God, Hos.7.2. and shalt be obedient unto his d Jos.2.11. voice; 31 (For the LORD thy God is a q merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he sware unto them. 1Chr.29.11. e Lev.22.31. f ch.5.16. Ep.6.3. g ch. 19.4. Nu.35.11. h Jos.20.8. i Ps.119.2. 32 For rask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the & Ps. 119.5, one side of heaven unto the other The covenant in Horeb. DEUTERONOMY, V. The ten commandments. ments, which Moses spake unto] B. C. 1451. 11 Thou shalt not take the the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, Į Ps.119.7. &c. 46 On this side Jordon, in the mm ch.3.29. valley over against Beth-peor, inn ch.1.4. the land of Sihon king of the Amo- Nu.21,24, rites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel o ch.2.36. smote n after they were come forth out of Egypt: 47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising; p Ps.133.3. (CHAP. 5.) a Ex.19.5-8. He.8.9. bch.29.10-15, c Ex. 19.9,18, 19. 48 From Aroer, o which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon.p 49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs qd Ex.24.2,3. of Pisgah. CHAPTER V. 20.18-22. Ga.3.19. e Ex.20.2–17. 1 The covenant in Horeb. 6 The ceiveth the law. g name of the LORD thy God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work; 14 But the seventh day is the m sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant n and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. 15 And remember o that thon wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence, through a mighty hand, and by a stretched AND Moses called all Israel, ch.4.11.19 out arm: therefore the LORD thy and said unto them, Hear, Oh Ex.34.14. Israel, the statutes and judgments i Ex.34.7. which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and 1 keep and do them. 2 The LORD our God made a a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The LORD made not this covek nant with our fathers, but with us, b even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 4 The LORD c talked with you face to face in the mount, out of the midst of the fire. 5 (Id stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, 6 TIe am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of 2 bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 8 Thou g shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Jer.32.18. Dan.9.4-9.1 Ro. 11.28,29 Lev. 19.12. Ps. 139.20. 7 Is.58.13. n Ex.23,12. 24.18.22. p Lev.19.3. Mat. 15.4-6. r Mat.5.21, 22. 10 And shewing mercy unto thou-y ch.4.33. sands of them that love me, and Ju.13.22. keep my commandments. God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. 16 Honourp thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days q may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 17 Thou shalt not r kill. 18 Neither shalt thou commit s adultery. 19 Neither shalt thou t steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness u against thy neighbour. 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet v thy neighbour's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neigh bour's. 22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice and he added no more; and he w wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. 23 And it came to pass, when ve 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 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 hey liveth. Obedience the end of the law. DEUTERONOMY, V1. 25 Now z therefore why should B. C. 1451. we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we 3 hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. 26 For who is there of all flesh that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say; and a speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we shall hear it, and do it. 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they b have spoken unto thee; they have well said all that they have spoken. 29 Oc that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and d keep all my commandments always, that e it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! 30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and If will speak un-e Ge.22.17. to thee all the commandments, f Mar. 12.29and the statutes, and the judg ments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 32 Ye shall observe to do there-i fore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn 2 whet, or, aside g to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk in all h the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and i that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. CHAPTER VI. Exhortation to obedience. observe to do it; that it may be welld with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the e LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear,ƒ O Israel: The LORD our God is one g LORD: 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with h all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which 1 command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: i 7 And thou shalt 2 teach them diligently unto thy children,k and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shaltm 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 n 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 3 bondage. 13 Thou o shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swearp by his name. 14 Ye q shall not go after other eq gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; 15 (For the LORD thy God is ar jealous God among you; s) lest the t anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 16 T Yeu shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.v 17 Ye shall diligently w keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 18 And a thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD; that it may be well |