Deuteronomy 4:33-49 ▼

33 Has a people ever heard the voice of God (of a god) speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?

34 Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem} did for you⁺ in Egypt (land of bondage), before your eyes?

35 You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD {YHWH} is God {Elohim}; there is no other besides Him.

36 He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.

37 Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt (land of bondage) by His presence and great power,

38 to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.

39 Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD {YHWH} is God {Elohim} in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.

40 Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God {YHWH Eloheka} is giving you for all time.

41 Then Moses (drawn out) set aside three cities across the Jordan (flowing down) to the east

42 to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:

43 Bezer (gold ore) in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth (heights) in Gilead (rocky region) belonging to the Gadites (a troop / fortune), or Golan (their captivity) in Bashan (fruitful) belonging to the Manassites.

44 This is the law that Moses (drawn out) set before the Israelites (God prevails).

45 These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses (drawn out) proclaimed to them (he wrestles with God) after they had come out of Egypt (land of bondage),

46 while they were in the valley across the Jordan (flowing down) facing Beth-peor (house of Peor) in the land of Sihon (warrior) king of the Amorites (sayers), who lived in Heshbon (stronghold) and was defeated by Moses (drawn out) and the Israelites (God prevails) after they had come out of Egypt (land of bondage).

47 They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og (long-necked) king of Bashan (fruitful)—the two Amorite (a sayer) kings across the Jordan (flowing down) to the east—

48 extending from Aroer (ruins) on the rim of the Arnon (rushing stream) Valley as far as Mount Siyon (Sion) (that is, Hermon (a sanctuary)),

49 including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan (flowing down) and as far as the Sea of the Arabah (the Dead Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah (cleft).