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IN earth, that can do according to thy works,
and according to thy might? pray thee,
let me 60 over, and see the good land that
is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain and
Lebanon. But the Lord was wroth with
me for your sakes and would not hear me:
and the Lord said unto me, LIE, it suffice
thee; speak no more unto me- of this matter.
Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift
up thine eyes westward, and nor,hward, and
south ward, and eastward, and behold it with
thine eyes for thou shalt not 60 up over
this Jordan. But charge Joshua, and en-
courage him, and strengthen him: for he
shall 60 over before this people, and he shall
cause them to inherit the land which thou
shalt see. So we abode in the valley over
against Belh-peor.
Now therefore hearken, o Israel, unto
the statutes and unto the judgments, which
] teach you, for TO do them, that We may
live, and go in and possess the land which
the Lord God of your fathers givelh yon
Ye shall not add unto the word which !
command you, neither shall ye diminish
aught from it, that We may keep the com
mandmen,s of the Lord your God which |
command you. Your eyes have seen what
the Lord did because of B4al-peor: for all
the men that followed BaaI-peor, the Lord
thy God hath destroyed them from among
you. But We that did ceave unto the Lord
your God are alive every one of you this
day. Behold, have taught you statutes and
judgments, even as the Lord my God COM
manded me, that we should do so in the land
whittier ye 60 to possess it. Keep there
fore 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 wise
and understanding people. For what ma
ton 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? And " ha,
nation is there so great, that hath statutes
and judgments SO rig hteous as all this law,
which Iset before you this day? Only take
heed to myself, and keep thy soul diligently,
lest thou forget the things which thine eyes
have seen, and lest they depart from thy
heart all the days thy life: but teach them
thy sons, and thy sons sons: specially the
day that thou s,oodest before the Lord thy
God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me,
Gather me the people together, and will
make them hear my words, that they NAV
learn TO fear me all the days tina! they shall
live upon the earth, and that they may teach
their childlen. And We came near and stood
under the mountain; and the mountain
burned with fire unto the midst of heaven.
with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness
And the Lord spake unto you out of the
midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the
words, but saw no smiIilude; only We heard
voice. And he declared unto you his CO.
venant, which he commanded you to per-
form, even len commandments; and he wrote
them upon two tables of stone.
And the Lord commanded me at that time
TO teach you statutes and judgments, that We
might do them in the land whittier We 60
over to possess it. Take We therefore good
heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no man
ner of similitude on the day that the Lord
spake unto you in Horeb out Of the midst
Of the FIRE: lest We corrupt yourselves, and
make you craven image, the simli,ude of
any figure, tie likeness of male or female.
The likeness Of any beast that is on the
earth, the likeness of any winged fowl tina,
tlieth in the air; the likeness Of any thing
that creepe,h on the ground, the likeness Of
any fish that is in the waters beneath the
earth and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto
heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and
the moon, and the stars, even all the host Of
heaven, shouds. be driven to worship them.
and serve them, which the Lord Thy God
hath divided unto all nations under the
whole heaven.
But the Lord hath taken you, and brought
You forth out Of the iron furnace, even out
of Egypt; to be unto him people of inhe-
ri,ance, as ye are this day. Furthermore
the Lord was angry with me for your sakes,
and sware tina, should not 60 over Jordan,
and that should not GO in unto tina. good
land, which the Lord thy God give.h thee
for an Inheritance but ! must die in this
land, must not go over Jordan: but We
shall 60 over, and possess lha, good land.
Take heed unto yourselves, lest We forget
the covenant of the Lord your God, which
he made with you, and make you craven
image, or the likeness of any thing, which
the Lord Thy God hath forbidden thee. For
the Lord thy God is consuming fire, even
jealous God
When thou shalt beget children, and chill
dren's children, and ye shall have remained
long in the land, and shall corrup, your
selves, and make a craven image, or the
likeness Of any thing, and shall do evil in
the sigh, of the Lord thy God, to provoke
him 10 anger: ] call heaven and earth to
witness against you this day, that We shall
soon utterly perish from off the land where
unto ye 60 over Jordan to possess it; We
shall not prolong your days upon it, bu,
shall utterly be destroyed. And the Lord
shall scatter you among the nations, and We
shall be left few in number among the hea-
then whittier the Lord shall lead you. And