(A)Ye shall [a]put nothing unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye [b]take ought there from, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

Your [c]eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal Peor, for all the men that followed Baal Peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed every one from among you.

But ye that did [d]cleave unto the Lord your God, are alive every one of you this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:2 Think not to be more wise than I am.
  2. Deuteronomy 4:2 God will not be served by halves, but will have full obedience.
  3. Deuteronomy 4:3 God’s judgments executed upon other idolaters ought to serve for our instruction, read Num. 25:3,4.
  4. Deuteronomy 4:4 And were not idolaters.

Do not add(A) to what I command you and do not subtract(B) from it, but keep(C) the commands(D) of the Lord your God that I give you.

You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor.(E) The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.

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