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And what other great nation has for it[a] just rules and regulations just like[b] this whole[c] law that I am setting before[d] you today?[e]

“However, take care[f] for yourself and watch your inner self[g] closely, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes have seen, so that they do not slip from your mind all the days of your life; and you shall make them known to your children and to your grandchildren.[h] 10 Remember the day that you stood before[i] Yahweh your God at Horeb when Yahweh said to me,[j] ‘Summon for me the people so that I can tell them my words, that they may learn to fear me all of the days they are alive on the earth and so that they may teach their children.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:8 Literally “which/that is for him it
  2. Deuteronomy 4:8 Literally “as”
  3. Deuteronomy 4:8 Literally “all of
  4. Deuteronomy 4:8 Literally “to the face of”
  5. Deuteronomy 4:8 Literally “the day”
  6. Deuteronomy 4:9 Literally “watch”
  7. Deuteronomy 4:9 Or “soul”
  8. Deuteronomy 4:9 Literally “the children of your children”
  9. Deuteronomy 4:10 Literally “to the face of”
  10. Deuteronomy 4:10 Literally “when to say Yahweh”

And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws(A) as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

Only be careful,(B) and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach(C) them to your children(D) and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb,(E) when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn(F) to revere(G) me as long as they live in the land(H) and may teach(I) them to their children.”

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