loses' speech, rehearsing DEUTERONOMY.-CHAP. III. the conquest of Sihon and Og. 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. r or, valley. 8 Nu.21.12 t Nu.13.26. u or,valley. 33; 26.24. 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we P smote him, and his sons, and all his people. r 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and 9 utterly destroyed the men, and the wo w Nu.14.35. men, and the little ones of every city; we left none to remain: c. 1.31,35. Ps.95.11. Eze.20.15. 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto IP: 73.33 ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 106.26. y 1 Co. 10.5. z Ge. 19.36.. 38. Zuzima. 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of a Ge 14.5. war were consumed and dead from among the people, 17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying, 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: 19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. 20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; 21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: 2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not; for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt 1 Nu. 20.18. do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king m Nu.21.23. of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. n Ex.4.21. 3 So the LORD our God delivered into our Jos 11.20hands Og, also the king of Bashan, and all his people and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. 11.10. Ro.9.18, 22. 24. 4 And we took all his cities at that time, Nu.21.23, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. p c.29.7. q c.20.16. 29.7. of men, 5 All these cities were fenced with high 24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have every city walls, gates, and bars; besides un walled towns given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. and women, and little ones. 8 c.7.2,26. t c.3.12. u Ps. 44.3. v Ge. 32.22. 26 And I sent messengers out of the wilder-w ness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; m ver.5,9,19 a Nu 21.33 ..35. c. 9.7. be.1.4. 17. Nu.21.24 e 1 Ki. 4.13. f c.2.31. Pa. 135.10 ..12. 136. 19..21 g Jos 11.12, 14. c.4.49,49. 1Ch.5.23 29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me ;) until I shall pass over Jordan intoh the land which the LORD our God giveth us. i P.29.6. 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God "hardened his spirit, and made his heart obsti-125. nate, that he might deliver him into thy hand,1 Am. 29. as appeareth this day. 31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. Eze. 27.5. m 2 Sa. 12. 26. Jos 12.2, &c. o Jos. 13. 29. a great many. 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city. 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon ; 9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;) 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in In Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. Moses exhorteth the DEUTERONOMY.-CHAP. IV. 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. 15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon, half the valley, and the border, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon: B. C. 1451. p1 Ch.222 q JOB. 13.13 2 Sa.3.3. Jos 122,3. tor, un- u Nu.32.20, 17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ash-ons of doth-pisgah eastward. 18 And I commanded you at that time, say-x ing, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it; ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. power. w Jos. 22.4. Nu.27.2, 23. y Is. 43,1,2. 19 But your wives and your little ones, and b your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you; 20.4. a c.11.2. Ex.15.11. 2 Sa. 7.22. Ex.3.8. 27.13,14. 20 Until the LORD hath given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until theyd also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then " shall ye return every man unto his session which I have given you pos 21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. 22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you. 23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, a f No.27.18, 23. c.1.38. c.4.46. a Le 19.37. Pa. 119.4. b Eze. 20.11. © c. 12.32. d Nu.25.1.. 9. 29. people to obedience. followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God, are alive every one of you this day 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. h 6 Keep therefore and do them for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. i 7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but "teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons: 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to P fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the P106.25, midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the e Nu.26.61. words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard voice. 24 O Lord God, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, f Jos 23.8. that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? с Ac. 11.23. g Pr.22.19, 20. 25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the Joh 23.28. good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. 26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. 29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. CHAPTER IV. I An exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses appointeth the three cities of refuge on that side Jordan. Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. a r 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even tten commandments; and "he wrote them upon two tables of stone. 14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. W 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; (for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire ;) 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is Ex.34.28. in the waters beneath the earth: u Ex.31.18. v Ex.c.21, w Jos. 23.11. x Is. 40.18. y Ex.327. b Job 31.26, c.17.3. 2K1.17.16. d or, im- 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I d Je. 11.4. 21 Furthermore, the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did unto that good land which the LORD thy God because of Baal-peor: for all the men that Nu 20 12 giveth thee for an inheritance: e f c.9.29. 32.9. Mercy promised to the penitent. B. C. 1451. DEUTERONOMY.-CHAP. V. 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go M. 2553. over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. h ver. 15, 16. i c.9.3. He. 12.29. J Ex.20.5. Na. 1.2 Zep.3.8. k 2 Ki.17. 17,&c. 1 Co. 10. 22. 24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming.30.18,19 i fire, even a jealous God. k Mi 6.2. 1.26.32. c. 25.62.. 64. Ne. 1.8,9. n Je.16.13. 25 When thou shalt beget children, and chil-m dren's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger; 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with Pall thy heart and with all thy soul. 30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; 31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he sware unto them. L26.39, 40. Jo.3.12.. 14. p Joel 2.12. I have found thee. r Je.23.20. Ps. 116.5. Jo.4.2 t Job 8.8. Ex.19.18, 19. c. 29.3. w Ex.7.3. x Ex.13.3 y Ex.6.6. 2 31.12. b c.10.15. Ex.13.3, 9,14. d c.7.1. 22 ¶ For ask now of the days that are past, ¦¡ which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whetherk there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the "fire, as thou hast heard, and live? 35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God: there is none else beside him. 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth ne showed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; 38 To drive out nations from before thee, d greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thy heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes Ep.6.3. Nu 35.11. c.19.4. Jos. 20.8. P119.5. m 1%. 119.7. n c.3.29. h The ten commandments. and his commandments which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. 41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising; 42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: 43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. 44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: 45 These are the testimonies, and the 1statutes, and the m judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, 46 On this side Jordan, in the " valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israelsmote, after they were come forth out of Egypt: 47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan, toward the sun-rising; 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, 49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. 3 The LORD made not this covenant with our o No.21.24, fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. &c. c.1.4. p c.2.36. q Ps. 133.3. r c.3.17. a keep to do them. b Ex.19.5.. 8. He.8.9. 4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, e 5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, 6 am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of & bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto servants. them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of i c.4.15..19. the fathers upon the children unto the third Ex. 34.14 and fourth generation of them that hate me, Ex.34.7. 10 And showing mercy unto thousands of Da919 them that love me, and keep my command The ten commandments. DEUTERONOMY.-CHAP. VI. An exhortation to obedience. 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy | Ado them in the land which I give them to poswork; n Ge. 2.2. P c.15.15. sess it. shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 14 But the seventh day is the " sabbath of the 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any Ex. 23.12 LORD your God hath commanded you: ye work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. 15 And P remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath-day. 8 17 Thou shalt not kill. 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 19 Neither shalt thou "steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. 22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice; and he added no more:f and he wrote them in two tables of store, and delivered them unto me. 23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. 25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. q Le. 19.3. Ep. 6.1..3. r c.4.40. Mat5.21, 22. t Pr.6.32, u Ro.13.9. v Mal.3.5. x Ex.31.18. 19. z e. 4.33. Ju. 13.22. a c.18.16. b add to © He.12.19. d c.18.17. e c.32.29. 33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God i with Eze.33.31, all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 32 Mat. 23. 37. Lu. 19.42 c.11.1. g c.4.40. h Ga.3.19. i c. 17.20. J P. 119.6. k Je.7.23. a Eze.37.24. bpass over. eFc.12.13. 312 6 And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. m 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt " write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly Ge.22.17. cities, which thou buildedst not, e Ec.8.12. g Mar.12. Jn. 17.3. 26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speakingh 2K1.19.15. out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. 11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. All communion with DEUTERONOMY.-CHAP. VII., VIII. go in and possess the good land which the LORD Sware unto thy fathers, a 19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. 20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? 21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bond-men in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: B. C. a Nu.33. 52, 53. the nations forbidden. 25ments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. 12 ¶ Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye P hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: b to-mor ror. © Ex.13.14. d Ex.3.7.. 12. Ps. 135.9. 24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, ford Ezr.9.1,2 & our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. CHAPTER VII. 1 All communion with the nations is forbidden, for fear of idolatry, &c. WHEN the LORD thy God shall bring thee a f Ex.19.6. c. 14.2. 1 Pe.2.9. h c.10.22 i Ge.22.13, 17. Lu.1.72, 73. Ex.12.41, 42. Ex.13.3, 14; 20.2. 1 1.49.7. i Co. 10. 13. 2 Th.3.3. 1 Jn. 1.9 into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; 2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them and m Ne.1.5 utterly destroy them, thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them: 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. Da. 9.4. n c.32.36, 18.59.18. Ro. 12.19. o because. 13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people : there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil 'diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. 16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; 'thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. 17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I, how can I dispossess them? 18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; W 19 The great w temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. 20 Moreover, the LORD thy God will send the y hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. 21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for c.1,& the LORD thy God is among you, a nighty Ex.23.26, God and terrible. 23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. 24 And he shall deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from e under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. 25 ¶ The graven images of their gods shall yc burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto abomination to the LORD thy God. 26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. 8 But because the LORD loved you, and be- before thy thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an cause he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD I brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bond-men, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the 1 faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love himh Jos. 7.1,21. and keep his commandments to a thousand i Ju.8.27. generations; |