Moses Commands Obedience
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"Now, O Israel, listen to a the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers is giving you.
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b "You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
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"Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at c Baal Peor; for the LORD your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor.
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"But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive today, every one of you.
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"Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess.
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"Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is d your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
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"For e what great nation is there that has f God so near to it, as the LORD our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him?
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"And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?
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"Only take heed to yourself, and diligently g keep yourself, lest you h forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And i teach them to your children and your grandchildren,
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"especially concerning j the day you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.'
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"Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
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k "And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; l you only heard a voice.
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m "So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, n the Ten Commandments; and o He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
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"And p the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.
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Cross References
Leviticus 19:37
'Therefore you shall observe all My statutes an...
Leviticus 20:8
And you shall keep My statutes, and perform the...
Leviticus 22:31
Therefore you shall keep My commandments, and p...
Deuteronomy 5:1
And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: ...
Deuteronomy 8:1
Every commandment which I command you today you...
Ezekiel 20:11
"And I gave them My statutes and showed them My...
Romans 10:5
For Moses writes about the righteousness which ...
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:32
Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
Joshua 1:7
Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
Proverbs 30:6
Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.
Revelation 22:18
For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book.
Revelation 22:19
And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
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Cross References
Numbers 25:1 - 9
Now Israel remained in Acacia Grove, and the people began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab.
Joshua 22:17
Is the iniquity of Peor not enough for us, from which we are not cleansed till this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD.
Psalms 106:28
They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today agai...
Deuteronomy 30:20
"that you may love the LORD your God, that you ...
Deuteronomy 32:46
And he said to them: "Set your hearts on all th...
Deuteronomy 32:47
"For it is not a futile thing for you, because ...
Job 28:28
And to man He said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lo...
Psalms 19:7
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the ...
Psalms 111:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom...
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowle...
2 Timothy 3:15
And that from childhood you have known the Holy...
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:32 - 34
For ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard.
2 Samuel 7:23
And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a name - and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land - before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods?
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Cross References
Psalms 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.
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Cross References
Proverbs 4:23
Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:2 - 8
Now Moses called all Israel and said to them: "You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land -
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Cross References
Genesis 18:19
"For I have known him, in order that he may com...
Deuteronomy 4:10
" especially concerning the day you stood befor...
Deuteronomy 6:7
You shall teach them diligently to your childre...
Deuteronomy 6:20 - 25
"When your son asks you in time to come, saying...
Psalms 78:5
For He established a testimony in Jacob, And ap...
Psalms 78:6
That the generation to come might know them, Th...
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, And w...
Ephesians 6:4
And you, fathers, do not provoke your children ...
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Cross References
Exodus 19:9
And the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in the thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever." So Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
Exodus 19:16
Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Exodus 19:17
And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:4
The LORD talked with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire.
Deuteronomy 5:22
These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
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Cross References
Exodus 19:17 - 19
And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Exodus 20:22
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
1 Kings 19:11 - 18
Then He said, "Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:9
When I went up into the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.
Deuteronomy 9:11
And it came to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
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Cross References
Exodus 34:28
So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
Deuteronomy 10:4
And He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the Ten Commandments, which the LORD had spoken to you in the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly; and the LORD gave them to me.
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Cross References
Exodus 24:12
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.
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Cross References
Exodus 21:1
Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them:
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