Verse 4

Deuteronomy 9:4

New Living Translation

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4 “After the LORD your God (Elohim) has done this for you, don’t say in your hearts, ‘The LORD has given us this land because we are such good people!’ No, it is because of the wickedness of the other nations that he is pushing them out of your way.

Original Language Text

hebrew

אַל תֹּאמַ֣ר בִּ/לְבָבְ/ךָ֗ בַּ/הֲדֹ֣ף יְהוָה֩ אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ אֹתָ֥/ם מִ/לְּ/פָנֶי/ךָ֮ לֵ/אמֹר֒ בְּ/צִדְקָתִ/י֙ הֱבִיאַ֣/נִי יְהוָ֔ה לָ/רֶ֖שֶׁת אֶת הָ/אָ֣רֶץ הַ/זֹּ֑את וּ/בְ/רִשְׁעַת֙ הַ/גּוֹיִ֣ם הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה יְהוָ֖ה מוֹרִישָׁ֥/ם מִ/פָּנֶֽי/ךָ

English Translation

Do not say in your heart, "In the driving out of the Lord your God before you, I have brought them in because of my righteousness; the Lord has brought me in to inherit this land, and because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord is driving them out from before you."

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Chapter 9 Context

1 “Listen, O Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land belonging to... Focus ↗

2 The people are strong and tall — descendants of the famous Anakite giants. You’ve heard the saying,... Focus ↗

3 But recognize today that the LORD your God (Elohim) is the one who will cross over ahead of you like... Focus ↗

4 “After the LORD your God (Elohim) has done this for you, don’t say in your hearts, ‘The LORD has giv...

5 It is not because you are so good or have such integrity that you are about to occupy their land. Th... Focus ↗

6 You must recognize that the LORD your God (Elohim) is not giving you this good land because you are... Focus ↗

7 “Remember and never forget how angry you made the LORD your God (Elohim) out in the wilderness. From... Focus ↗

8 Even at Mount Sinai you made the LORD so angry he was ready to destroy you. Focus ↗

9 This happened when I was on the mountain receiving the tablets of stone inscribed with the words of... Focus ↗

10 The LORD gave me the two tablets on which God (Elohim) had written with his own finger all the words... Focus ↗

11 “At the end of the forty days and nights, the LORD handed me the two stone tablets inscribed with th... Focus ↗

12 Then the LORD said to me, ‘Get up! Go down immediately, for the people you brought out of Egypt have... Focus ↗

13 “The LORD also said to me, ‘I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are. Focus ↗

14 Leave me alone so I may destroy them and erase their name from under heaven. Then I will make a migh... Focus ↗

15 “So while the mountain was blazing with fire I turned and came down, holding in my hands the two sto... Focus ↗

16 There below me I could see that you had sinned against the LORD your God (Elohim). You had melted go... Focus ↗

17 So I took the stone tablets and threw them to the ground, smashing them before your eyes. Focus ↗

18 “Then, as before, I threw myself down before the LORD for forty days and nights. I ate no bread and... Focus ↗

19 I feared that the furious anger of the LORD, which turned him against you, would drive him to destro... Focus ↗

20 The LORD was so angry with Aaron that he wanted to destroy him, too. But I prayed for Aaron, and the... Focus ↗

21 I took your sin — the calf you had made — and I melted it down in the fire and ground it into fine d... Focus ↗

22 “You also made the LORD angry at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah. Focus ↗

23 And at Kadesh-barnea the LORD sent you out with this command: ‘Go up and take over the land I have g... Focus ↗

24 Yes, you have been rebelling against the LORD as long as I have known you. Focus ↗

25 “That is why I threw myself down before the LORD for forty days and nights — for the LORD said he wo... Focus ↗

26 I prayed to the LORD and said, ‘O Sovereign LORD, do not destroy them. They are your own people. The... Focus ↗

27 Please overlook the stubbornness and the awful sin of these people, and remember instead your servan... Focus ↗

28 If you destroy these people, the Egyptians will say, “The Israelites died because the LORD wasn’t ab... Focus ↗

29 But they are your people and your special possession, whom you brought out of Egypt by your great st... Focus ↗

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Book: Deuteronomy
Chapter: Chapter 9 (29 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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