Deuteronomy 4:1-6
Moses Commands Obedience
1“And now, O Israel, listen to athe statutes and the rules ▼▼Or just decrees; also verses 5, 8, 14, 45
that I am teaching you, and do them, cthat you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 dYou shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you. 3Your eyes have seen what the Lord did eat Baal-peor, for the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor. 4But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today. 5See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 6 fKeep them and do them, for gthat will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ Deuteronomy 6:1
The Greatest Commandment
1“Now this is hthe commandment—the statutes and the rules ▼▼Or just decrees; also verse 20
—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, Deuteronomy 11:1
Love and Serve the Lord
1 j“You shall therefore love the Lord your God and kkeep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.Deuteronomy 11:8
8“You shall therefore keep the whole commandment that I command you today, that you may lbe strong, and go in and take possession of the land that you are going over to possess,Deuteronomy 12:1
The Lord’s Chosen Place of Worship
1 m“These are the statutes and rules that you shall be careful to do in the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess, nall the days that you live on the earth.Deuteronomy 12:32
32 ▼▼Ch 13:1 in Hebrew
“Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. pYou shall not add to it or take from it. Matthew 28:20
20teaching them qto observe all that rI have commanded you. And behold, sI am with you always, to tthe end of the age.”
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