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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 LORDGod of your fathersgiveth you.
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Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
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Your eyes have seen what the LORDdid because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed*Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
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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 greatnation is a wise and understandingpeople.
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Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy souldiligently, 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;
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Specially the day that thou stoodestbefore the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORDsaid unto me, Gather me the peopletogether, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.