The Scriptures 1998

Deuteronomy 4:11-16 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

11. “And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the heavens – darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

12. “And יהוה spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard a voice of words, but saw no form, you only heard a voice.

13. “And He made known to you His covenant which He commanded you to do, the Ten Words, and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.

14. “And יהוה commanded me at that time to teach you laws and right-rulings, for you to do them in the land which you pass over to possess.

15. “Therefore, diligently guard yourselves, for you saw no form when יהוה spoke to you at Ḥorĕḇ out of the midst of the fire,

16. lest you should do corruptly and shall make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure – the likeness of male or female,