Deuteronomio 4:2

2 Non aggiungete nulla a ciò ch’io vi comando, e non ne diminuite nulla, affine di osservare i comandamenti del Signore Iddio vostro, i quali io vi do.

Deuteronomio 4:2 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:2

Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, nether shall
you diminish ought from it
Neither make new laws of their own, and join them to the law of God, and set them upon a level with it, or prefer them before it; as the Scribes and Pharisees did in Christ's time, who by their traditions made the word of God of none effect, as do the Papists also by their unwritten traditions; nor abrogate nor detract from the law of God, nor make void any part of it: or else the sense is, neither do that which is forbidden, nor neglect that which is commanded; neither be guilty of sins of omission nor commission, nor in any way break the law of God, and teach men so to do by word or by example; not a jot or tittle is either to be put to it, or taken from it, ( Proverbs 30:5 Proverbs 30:6 ) ( Matthew 5:18 Matthew 5:19 ) ( Revelation 22:18 Revelation 22:19 )

that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command
you;
in his name; or which he delivered unto them as his commandments, and which were to be kept just as they were delivered, without adding to them, or taking from them.

Deuteronomio 4:2 In-Context

1 ORA dunque, Israele, attendi agli statuti e alle leggi le quali io t’insegno, acciocchè tu le metta in opera, affinchè voi viviate, ed entriate nel paese, che il Signore Iddio de’ vostri padri vi dà, e lo possediate.

2 Non aggiungete nulla a ciò ch’io vi comando, e non ne diminuite nulla, affine di osservare i comandamenti del Signore Iddio vostro, i quali io vi do.

3 Gli occhi vostri hanno veduto ciò che il Signore fece per cagione di Baal-peor; come il Signore Iddio tuo distrusse d’infra te chiunque era andato dietro a Baal-peor.

4 Ma voi, che vi siete attenuti al Signore Iddio vostro, siete oggi tutti in vita.

5 Ecco, io vi ho insegnati statuti e leggi, siccome il Signore Iddio mio mi ha comandato; acciocchè facciate così nel paese, nel quale voi entrate, per possederlo.