{"id":1241,"date":"2026-08-18T18:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/deuteronomy4-44-31\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:15:05","slug":"deuteronomy4-44-31","status":"publish","type":"bible-event-page","link":"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/deuteronomy4-44-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Deuteronomy 4:44 &#8211; 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><head><meta content=\"text\/html; charset=UTF-8\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">@import url(https:\/\/themes.googleusercontent.com\/fonts\/css?kit=dpiI8CyVsrzWsJLBFKehGpLhv3qFjX7dUn1mYxfCXhI);ol{margin:0;padding:0}table td,table 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class=\"c12 doc-content\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"c11\"><span class=\"c3\">An Exhortation to Obedience<br \/><\/span><span class=\"c7\">(<\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/11.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210984131&amp;usg=AOvVaw3WoEEggjr_DBmaNeq8ZWuB\">Deuteronomy 11:1&ndash;7<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c7 c8\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-1.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210984329&amp;usg=AOvVaw0kiZFV8dTZCadaNXB-GynU\">1<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-2.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210984778&amp;usg=AOvVaw1oioYJH7rc0PQkwW067bmR\">2<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-3.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210985175&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KAhtu2i7rHCtIpnrm4k1W\">3<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-4.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210985432&amp;usg=AOvVaw1zJraoeaosN68MqKxSAdQP\">4<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-5.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210985660&amp;usg=AOvVaw12zvkYMA6kK9dCrkIfB2h6\">5<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-6.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210985939&amp;usg=AOvVaw2B4tful6QEaCBtARmHwVF_\">6<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, &ldquo;Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-7.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210986284&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ZsdEhupR3YLJbIa2cxFSL\">7<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him? <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-8.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210986486&amp;usg=AOvVaw1YeOjpnep9KrJ79t2cYzqb\">8<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-9.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210986728&amp;usg=AOvVaw0cL4_PCdoqq_FQhX-YkziI\">9<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-10.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210987042&amp;usg=AOvVaw1O5mnctmoV1v_uoHInQXob\">10<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb,<\/span><span class=\"c9\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210987177&amp;usg=AOvVaw3s17P6dBwCB2CS_nW_fHDJ\">a<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">&nbsp;the LORD said to me, &ldquo;Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-11.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210987498&amp;usg=AOvVaw3WzJrrFfyP7cHXsHDngFuq\">11<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-12.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210987717&amp;usg=AOvVaw3t0HAOAYpXWnWS75F6C5rQ\">12<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-13.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210987930&amp;usg=AOvVaw1iiKqr2HIWu-eaaM2-OPuM\">13<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow&mdash;the Ten Commandments<\/span><span class=\"c9\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210988103&amp;usg=AOvVaw1z_M_ifGgmMS3oIIXm4IWE\">b<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">&nbsp;that He wrote on two tablets of stone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-14.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210988308&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KdSlVRbpi_2u5GNSL9BO2\">14<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c11\"><span class=\"c3\">A Warning against Idolatry<br \/><\/span><span class=\"c7\">(<\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/12.htm%2329&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210988707&amp;usg=AOvVaw3giqVk4kJSPnBa0wpp4J3i\">Deuteronomy 12:29&ndash;32<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c7\">; <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/ezekiel\/6.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210988809&amp;usg=AOvVaw3HxkDG3oSxXmlD4AdxlwDB\">Ezekiel 6:1&ndash;7<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c7 c8\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-15.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210988944&amp;usg=AOvVaw1nRukzNAwgsiEa8RtTB6Fy\">15<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-16.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210989131&amp;usg=AOvVaw124v6-s1Bzqepgp4nPDr_8\">16<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female, <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-17.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210989455&amp;usg=AOvVaw39gJzrQvw9ea6HU_kINtDp\">17<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air, <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-18.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210989686&amp;usg=AOvVaw04qhx_sFBoeDpmShC9HD1s\">18<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-19.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210989906&amp;usg=AOvVaw3iI-CrgL9WB0l4N0luN1Bi\">19<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars&mdash;all the host of heaven&mdash;do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-20.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210990210&amp;usg=AOvVaw2koPtub3RG9rbg2jfCRU7W\">20<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-21.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210990460&amp;usg=AOvVaw0vpL3XrwbMhiW0ZbeTQHsi\">21<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-22.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210990749&amp;usg=AOvVaw3nv-Sj9bMtwozT7upW_MfX\">22<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-23.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210991008&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Wint8fZA4padw5P-52o_M\">23<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-24.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210991267&amp;usg=AOvVaw361a-1DIPK5MvHN2No_f8v\">24<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">For the LORD your God is a consuming fire,<\/span><span class=\"c9\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210991440&amp;usg=AOvVaw0XPwJzDGpexKrWurLGZkAY\">c<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">&nbsp;a jealous God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-25.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210991618&amp;usg=AOvVaw05dZAfGRig-IdikEDgf3DK\">25<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form&mdash;doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger&mdash; <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-26.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210991912&amp;usg=AOvVaw2zuRP5RvZRL7x_7c33S-9X\">26<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-27.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210992383&amp;usg=AOvVaw06SY5whpnq_WquEVzsfE8A\">27<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-28.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210992601&amp;usg=AOvVaw0j5-ulM811BRecc3y27mS4\">28<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-29.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210992833&amp;usg=AOvVaw1qKWhB9d6SE97R98urgTz2\">29<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-30.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210993050&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Q84Q3q7AU2tpuBVtVEIdf\">30<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-31.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210993335&amp;usg=AOvVaw15pjEH4Rw6npfP90-bzgR3\">31<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c11\"><span class=\"c3 c5\">The LORD Alone Is God<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-32.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210993763&amp;usg=AOvVaw07bAHOzOUwTGxuf7OgAE-D\">32<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported? <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-33.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210994070&amp;usg=AOvVaw2GbmZ5-6LMkU8tplJ6F3Oo\">33<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">Has a people ever heard the voice of God<\/span><span class=\"c9\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210994193&amp;usg=AOvVaw0FSYMuHIS7ojMJBR3Ddshh\">d<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">&nbsp;speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived? <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-34.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210994397&amp;usg=AOvVaw2gjeTceURMHxmINYamAPiT\">34<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation&mdash;by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors&mdash;as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-35.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210994803&amp;usg=AOvVaw3TBwZhJsuXN-YIrs0U5EQ5\">35<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-36.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210995025&amp;usg=AOvVaw388EGlQantL6W0FsLq3mq9\">36<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-37.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210995232&amp;usg=AOvVaw1mdnytgkscvvXDS9pHWHj0\">37<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power, <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-38.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210995427&amp;usg=AOvVaw0rcn9FhQCvIixHS-z6iE1B\">38<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-39.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210995721&amp;usg=AOvVaw0iTu69Ge_nT-9uj0Pdw7FI\">39<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-40.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210995926&amp;usg=AOvVaw36Y6fxQO3xckqZ7z05QYpb\">40<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c11\"><span class=\"c3\">Cities of Refuge<br \/><\/span><span class=\"c7\">(<\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/35.htm%239&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210996295&amp;usg=AOvVaw1N7nJtDKWyO1mae9OxLYmF\">Numbers 35:9&ndash;34<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c7\">; <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/19.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210996422&amp;usg=AOvVaw0PdXM3uFuD0gvorgfCYTmD\">Deuteronomy 19:1&ndash;14<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c7\">; <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/joshua\/20.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210996579&amp;usg=AOvVaw1HKZuIi1tUndrSSzZxsJ2F\">Joshua 20:1&ndash;9<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c7 c8\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-41.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210996799&amp;usg=AOvVaw3mj0IRxWgdAA-jeeXVNCrE\">41<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-42.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210996983&amp;usg=AOvVaw0UN1MMkQdTwLa760r5H0AJ\">42<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c4\">To save one&rsquo;s own life, he could flee to one of these cities: <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-43.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210997369&amp;usg=AOvVaw3JAUcktsQvFuBa02WKALxB\">43<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c11\"><span class=\"c3 c5\">Introduction to the Law<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-44.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210997842&amp;usg=AOvVaw2dUXVlY77Gr7P47q1DY7Fs\">44<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites. <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-45.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210997981&amp;usg=AOvVaw0YXcqN-vNhHmw1WCzmFZ2a\">45<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt, <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-46.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210998185&amp;usg=AOvVaw0UBtKAHZtURSCzXweZ1PDc\">46<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-47.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210998568&amp;usg=AOvVaw3GajG84YzudHdd-zD60axO\">47<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan&mdash;the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east&mdash; <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-48.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210998801&amp;usg=AOvVaw0VjdIWhdajVNg-9ALAU24A\">48<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon<\/span><span class=\"c9\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210998957&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Ordgx3-kQPhCzjczUJHwI\">e<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">&nbsp;(that is, Hermon), <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4-49.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210999054&amp;usg=AOvVaw3TQxb3HnfYGW3M8fBFBJtv\">49<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4\">including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah,<\/span><span class=\"c9\"><a class=\"c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/4.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754181210999275&amp;usg=AOvVaw2s-h1ed7Io_ReOWruBxHm_\">f<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c5\">&nbsp;below the slopes of Pisgah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c10\"><span class=\"c4 c5\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1241","bible-event-page","type-bible-event-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An Exhortation to Obedience(Deuteronomy 11:1\u20137)1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2You must not add to or subtract from what I command you,\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/deuteronomy4-44-31\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mt. 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