I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that
the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do
unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. Ye shall not fear them: for
the LORD your God he shall fight for you. And I besought the LORD at
that time, saying, O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy
greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in
earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond
Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me:
and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me
of this matter. Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine
eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold
it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. But charge
Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over
before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which
thou shalt see.
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD
my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go
to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom
and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear
all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and
understanding people. For what nation is there so great, who hath God
so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call
upon him for? And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and
judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this
day? Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou
forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart
from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and
thy sons' sons; specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD
thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people
together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to
fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that
they may teach their children. And ye came near and stood under the
mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven,
with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. And the LORD spake unto you
out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw
no similitude; only ye heard a voice. And he declared unto you his
covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and
he wrote them upon two tables of stone. Take heed unto yourselves, lest
ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you,
and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the
LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. For the LORD thy God is a consuming
fire, even a jealous God.
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