The Scriptures 1998

Deuteronomy 4:13-28 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

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,

17. the likeness of any beast that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the heavens,

18. the likeness of any creature that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

19. and lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and shall see the sun, and the moon, and the stars – all the host of the heavens – and you be drawn away into bowing down to them and serving them, which יהוה your Elohim has allotted to all the peoples under all the heavens.

20. “But יהוה has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Mitsrayim, to be His people, an inheritance, as it is today.

21. “And יהוה was enraged with me because of your words, and swore that I would not pass over the Yardĕn, and that I would not enter the good land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance.

22. “For I am to die in this land, I am not passing over the Yardĕn, but you are passing over, and shall possess that good land.

23. “Guard yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of יהוה your Elohim which He made with you, and shall make for yourselves a carved image in the form of whatever יהוה your Elohim has forbidden you.

24. “For יהוה your Elohim is a consuming fire, a jealous Ěl.

25. “When you bring forth children and grandchildren, and shall grow old in the land, and shall do corruptly and make a carved image in the form of whatever, and shall do what is evil in the eyes of יהוה your Elohim to provoke Him,

26. “I shall call the heavens and earth to witness against you on that day, that you soon completely perish from the land which you pass over the Yardĕn to possess – you do not prolong your days in it but are completely destroyed.

27. “And יהוה shall scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the gentiles where יהוה drives you.

28. “And there you shall serve mighty ones, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.