King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 4:14
“And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 4
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.
And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
About Deuteronomy
Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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