Verse 2

Deuteronomy 4:2

English Revised Version

2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may 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.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
1 And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do th... Focus ↗
2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may k...
3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor,... Focus ↗
4 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God (Elohim) commanded me, tha... Focus ↗
5 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peopl... Focus ↗
6 For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God (Elohim) is w... Focus ↗
7 And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which... Focus ↗
8 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eye... Focus ↗
9 the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God (Elohim) in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, As... Focus ↗
10 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of h... Focus ↗
11 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no... Focus ↗
12 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments;... Focus ↗
13 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in... Focus ↗
14 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that the LORD s... Focus ↗
15 lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of m... Focus ↗
16 the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the h... Focus ↗
17 the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water... Focus ↗
18 and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars... Focus ↗
19 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto... Focus ↗
20 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, a... Focus ↗
21 but I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good... Focus ↗
22 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God (Elohim), which he made... Focus ↗
23 For the LORD thy God (Elohim) is a devouring fire, a jealous God (Elohim). Focus ↗
24 When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have been long in the land, an... Focus ↗
25 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off... Focus ↗
26 And the LORD shall scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the natio... Focus ↗
27 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear,... Focus ↗
28 But if from thence ye shall seek the LORD thy God (Elohim), thou shalt find him, if thou search afte... Focus ↗
29 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, in the latter days thou shalt... Focus ↗
30 for the LORD thy God (Elohim) is a merciful God (Elohim); he will not fail thee, neither destroy the... Focus ↗
31 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God (Elohim) creat... Focus ↗
32 Did ever people hear the voice of God (Elohim) speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast h... Focus ↗
33 Or hath God (Elohim) assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by tempta... Focus ↗
34 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God (Elohim); there is none els... Focus ↗
35 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he made th... Focus ↗
36 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out wit... Focus ↗
37 to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee... Focus ↗
38 Know therefore this day, and lay it to thine heart, that the LORD he is God (Elohim) in heaven above... Focus ↗
39 And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may g... Focus ↗
40 Then Moses separated three cities beyond Jordan toward the sunrising; Focus ↗
41 that the manslayer might flee thither, which slayeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in ti... Focus ↗
42 namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for... Focus ↗
43 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: Focus ↗
44 these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children... Focus ↗
45 beyond Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who... Focus ↗
46 and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorit... Focus ↗
47 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion (the same is Hermon), Focus ↗
48 and all the Arabah beyond Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisg... Focus ↗