Deuteronomy 4:15-40.
Deuteronomy 4:15-40 (GNT)
15 "When the LORD spoke to you from the fire on Mount Sinai, you did
not see any form. For your own good, then, make certain 16 that you do
not sin by making for yourselves an idol in any form at all—whether
man or woman, 17 animal or bird, 18 reptile or fish. 19 Do not be
tempted to worship and serve what you see in the sky—the sun, the
moon, and the stars. The LORD your God has given these to all other
peoples for them to worship. 20 But you are the people he rescued from
Egypt, that blazing furnace. He brought you out to make you his own
people, as you are today. 21 Because of you the LORD your God was
angry with me and solemnly declared that I would not cross the Jordan
River to enter the fertile land which he is giving you. 22 I will die
in this land and never cross the river, but you are about to go across
and occupy that fertile land. 23 Be certain that you do not forget the
covenant that the LORD your God made with you. Obey his command not to
make yourselves any kind of idol, 24 because the LORD your God is like
a flaming fire; he tolerates no rivals. 25 Even when you have been in
the land a long time and have children and grandchildren, do not sin
by making for yourselves an idol in any form at all. This is evil in
the LORD's sight, and it will make him angry. 26 I call heaven and
earth as witnesses against you today that, if you disobey me, you will
soon disappear from the land. You will not live very long in the land
across the Jordan that you are about to occupy. You will be completely
destroyed. 27 The LORD will scatter you among other nations, where
only a few of you will survive. 28 There you will serve gods made by
human hands, gods of wood and stone, gods that cannot see or hear, eat
or smell. 29 There you will look for the LORD your God, and if you
search for him with all your heart, you will find him. 30 When you are
in trouble and all those things happen to you, then you will finally
turn to the LORD and obey him. 31 He is a merciful God. He will not
abandon you or destroy you, and he will not forget the covenant that
he himself made with your ancestors. 32 Search the past, the time
before you were born, all the way back to the time when God created
human beings on the earth. Search the entire earth. Has anything as
great as this ever happened before? Has anyone ever heard of anything
like this? 33 Have any people ever lived after hearing a god speak to
them from a fire, as you have? 34 Has any god ever dared to go and
take a people from another nation and make them his own, as the LORD
your God did for you in Egypt? Before your very eyes he used his great
power and strength; he brought plagues and war, worked miracles and
wonders, and caused terrifying things to happen. 35 The LORD has shown
you this, to prove to you that he alone is God and that there is no
other. 36 He let you hear his voice from heaven so that he could
instruct you; and here on earth he let you see his holy fire, and he
spoke to you from it. 37 Because he loved your ancestors, he chose
you, and by his great power he himself brought you out of Egypt. 38 As
you advanced, he drove out nations greater and more powerful than you,
so that he might bring you in and give you their land, the land which
still belongs to you. 39 So remember today and never forget: the LORD
is God in heaven and on earth. There is no other god. 40 Obey all his
laws that I have given you today, and all will go well with you and
your descendants. You will continue to live in the land that the LORD
your God is giving you to be yours forever."
God bless you.
15 "When the LORD spoke to you from the fire on Mount Sinai, you did
not see any form. For your own good, then, make certain 16 that you do
not sin by making for yourselves an idol in any form at all—whether
man or woman, 17 animal or bird, 18 reptile or fish. 19 Do not be
tempted to worship and serve what you see in the sky—the sun, the
moon, and the stars. The LORD your God has given these to all other
peoples for them to worship. 20 But you are the people he rescued from
Egypt, that blazing furnace. He brought you out to make you his own
people, as you are today. 21 Because of you the LORD your God was
angry with me and solemnly declared that I would not cross the Jordan
River to enter the fertile land which he is giving you. 22 I will die
in this land and never cross the river, but you are about to go across
and occupy that fertile land. 23 Be certain that you do not forget the
covenant that the LORD your God made with you. Obey his command not to
make yourselves any kind of idol, 24 because the LORD your God is like
a flaming fire; he tolerates no rivals. 25 Even when you have been in
the land a long time and have children and grandchildren, do not sin
by making for yourselves an idol in any form at all. This is evil in
the LORD's sight, and it will make him angry. 26 I call heaven and
earth as witnesses against you today that, if you disobey me, you will
soon disappear from the land. You will not live very long in the land
across the Jordan that you are about to occupy. You will be completely
destroyed. 27 The LORD will scatter you among other nations, where
only a few of you will survive. 28 There you will serve gods made by
human hands, gods of wood and stone, gods that cannot see or hear, eat
or smell. 29 There you will look for the LORD your God, and if you
search for him with all your heart, you will find him. 30 When you are
in trouble and all those things happen to you, then you will finally
turn to the LORD and obey him. 31 He is a merciful God. He will not
abandon you or destroy you, and he will not forget the covenant that
he himself made with your ancestors. 32 Search the past, the time
before you were born, all the way back to the time when God created
human beings on the earth. Search the entire earth. Has anything as
great as this ever happened before? Has anyone ever heard of anything
like this? 33 Have any people ever lived after hearing a god speak to
them from a fire, as you have? 34 Has any god ever dared to go and
take a people from another nation and make them his own, as the LORD
your God did for you in Egypt? Before your very eyes he used his great
power and strength; he brought plagues and war, worked miracles and
wonders, and caused terrifying things to happen. 35 The LORD has shown
you this, to prove to you that he alone is God and that there is no
other. 36 He let you hear his voice from heaven so that he could
instruct you; and here on earth he let you see his holy fire, and he
spoke to you from it. 37 Because he loved your ancestors, he chose
you, and by his great power he himself brought you out of Egypt. 38 As
you advanced, he drove out nations greater and more powerful than you,
so that he might bring you in and give you their land, the land which
still belongs to you. 39 So remember today and never forget: the LORD
is God in heaven and on earth. There is no other god. 40 Obey all his
laws that I have given you today, and all will go well with you and
your descendants. You will continue to live in the land that the LORD
your God is giving you to be yours forever."
God bless you.
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