And the LORD spake unto you out of the fire
and ye heard the voice of the words: But saw no image, save heard a
voice only. And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded
you to do, even ten verses and wrote them in two tables of stone. And
the LORD commanded me the same season to teach you ordinances and laws,
for to do them in the land whither ye go to possess it. Take heed unto
yourselves diligently as pertaining unto your souls, for ye saw no
manner of image the day when the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of
the fire: lest ye mar yourselves and make you graven images after
whatsoever likeness it be: whether after the likeness of man or woman
or any manner beast that is on the earth or of any manner feathered
fowl that flyeth in the air, or of any manner worm that creepeth on the
earth or of any manner fish that is in the water beneath the earth: Yea
and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the
son and the moon and the stars and whatsoever is contained in heaven,
shouldest be deceived and shouldest bow thyself unto them and serve the
things which the LORD thy God hath distributed unto all nations that
are under all quarters of heaven. For the LORD took you and brought you
out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to be unto him a people of
inheritance, as it is come to pass this day. Furthermore, the LORD was
angry with me for your sakes and sware, that I should not go over
Iordan and that I should not go unto that good land, which the LORD thy
God giveth thee to inheritance. For I must die in this land, and shall
not go over Iordan: But ye shall go over and conquer that good land.
Take heed unto yourselves therefore, that ye forget not the appointment
of the LORD your God which he made with you, and that ye make you no
graven image of whatsoever it be that the LORD thy God hath forbidden
thee. For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, and a jealous God. If
after thou hast gotten children and children's children and hast dwelt
long in the land, ye shall mar yourselves and make graven images after
the likeness of whatsoever it be, and shall work wickedness in the
sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him. I call heaven and earth to
record unto you this day, that ye shall shortly perish from off the
land whither ye go over Iordan to possess it: Ye shall not prolong your
days therein, but shall shortly be destroyed. And the LORD shall
scatter you among nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the
people whither the LORD shall bring you: and there ye shall serve gods
which are the works of man's hand, wood and stone which neither see nor
hear nor eat nor smell. Neverthelater ye shall seek the LORD your God
even there, and shalt find him if thou seek him with all thine heart
and with all thy soul. In thy tribulation and when all these things are
come upon thee, even in the latter days, thou shalt turn unto the LORD
thy God, and shalt hearken unto his voice. For the LORD thy God is a
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