Verse 2

Deuteronomy 4:2

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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2 You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it: keep the commandments of the Lord your God (Elohim) which I command you.

Original Language Text

hebrew

לֹ֣א תֹסִ֗פוּ עַל הַ/דָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָנֹכִי֙ מְצַוֶּ֣ה אֶתְ/כֶ֔ם וְ/לֹ֥א תִגְרְע֖וּ מִמֶּ֑/נּוּ לִ/שְׁמֹ֗ר אֶת מִצְוֺת֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מְצַוֶּ֥ה אֶתְ/כֶֽם

English Translation

You shall not add to the word which I command you, and you shall not diminish from it, to keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 And now, O Israel, hear the commandments and judgments which I teach thee: that doing them, thou may... Focus ↗

2 You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it: keep the com...

3 Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done against Beelphegor, how he hath destroyed all his wo... Focus ↗

4 But you that adhere to the Lord your Cad, are all alive until this present day. Focus ↗

5 You know that I have taught you statutes and justices, as the Lord my God (Elohim) hath commanded me... Focus ↗

6 And you shall observe, and fulfil them in practice. For this is your wisdom, and understanding in th... Focus ↗

7 Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God (Elohim) is pres... Focus ↗

8 For what other nation is there so renowned that hath ceremonies, and just judgments, and all the law... Focus ↗

9 Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and le... Focus ↗

10 From the day in which thou didst stand before the Lord thy God (Elohim) in Horeb, when the Lord spok... Focus ↗

11 And you came to the foot of the mount, which burned even unto heaven: and there was darkness, and a... Focus ↗

12 And the Lord spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the voice of his words, but you saw... Focus ↗

13 And he shewed you his covenant, which he commanded you to do, and the ten words that he wrote in two... Focus ↗

14 And he commanded me at that time that I should teach you the ceremonies and judgments which you shal... Focus ↗

15 Keep therefore your souls carefully. You saw not any similitude in the day that the Lord God (Elohim... Focus ↗

16 Lest perhaps being deceived you might make you a graven similitude, or image of male or female, Focus ↗

17 The similitude of any beasts, that are upon the earth, or of birds, that fly under heaven, Focus ↗

18 Or of creeping things, that move on the earth, or of fishes, that abide in the waters under the eart... Focus ↗

19 Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven, thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heav... Focus ↗

20 But the Lord hath taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to make you his people... Focus ↗

21 And the Lord was angry with me for your words, and he swore that I should not pass over the Jordan,... Focus ↗

22 Behold I die in this land, I shall not pass over the Jordan: you shall pass, and possess the goodly... Focus ↗

23 Beware lest thou ever forget the covenant of the Lord thy God (Elohim), which he hath made with thee... Focus ↗

24 Because the Lord thy God (Elohim) is a consuming fire, a jealous God (Elohim). Focus ↗

25 If you shall beget sons and grandsons, and abide in the land, and being deceived, make to yourselves... Focus ↗

26 I call this day heaven and earth to witness, that you shall quickly perish out of the land, which, w... Focus ↗

27 And scatter you among all nations, and you shall remain a few among the nations, to which the Lord s... Focus ↗

28 And there you shah serve gods, that were framed with men's hands: wood and stone, that neither see,... Focus ↗

29 And when thou shalt seek there the Lord thy God (Elohim), thou shalt find him: yet so, if thou seek... Focus ↗

30 After all the things aforesaid shall and thee, in the latter time thou shalt return to the Lord thy... Focus ↗

31 Because the Lord thy God (Elohim) is a merciful God (Elohim): he will not leave thee, nor altogether... Focus ↗

32 Ask of the days of old, that have been before thy time from the day that God (Elohim) created man up... Focus ↗

33 That a people should hear the voice of God (Elohim) speaking out of the midst of fire, as thou hast... Focus ↗

34 If God (Elohim) ever did so as to go, and take to himself a nation out of the midst of nations by te... Focus ↗

35 That thou mightest know that the Lord he is God (Elohim), and there is no other besides him. Focus ↗

36 From heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might teach thee. And upon earth he shewed thee... Focus ↗

37 Because he loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them. And he brought thee out of Egypt, goi... Focus ↗

38 To destroy at thy coming very great nations, and stronger than thou art, and to bring thee in, and g... Focus ↗

39 Know therefore this day, and think in thy heart that the Lord he is God (Elohim) in heaven above, an... Focus ↗

40 Keep his precepts and commandments, which I command thee: that it may be well with thee, and thy chi... Focus ↗

41 Then Moses set aside three cities beyond the Jordan at the east side, Focus ↗

42 That any one might flee to them who should kill his neighbour unwillingly, and was not his enemy a d... Focus ↗

43 Bosor in the wilderness, which is situate in the plains of the tribe of Ruben: and Ramoth in Galaad,... Focus ↗

44 This is the law, that Moses set before the children of Israel, Focus ↗

45 And these are the testimonies and ceremonies and judgments, which he spoke to the children of Israel... Focus ↗

46 Beyond the Jordan in the valley over against the temple of Phogor, in the land of Sehon king of the... Focus ↗

47 Possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Basan, of the two kings of the Amorrhites, who were b... Focus ↗

48 From Aroer, which is situate upon the bank of the torrent Amen, unto mount Sion, which is also calle... Focus ↗

49 All the plain beyond the Jordan at the east side, unto the see of the wilderness, and unto the foot... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Deuteronomy
Chapter: Chapter 4 (49 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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