Deuteronomy:4:15-31

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* Therefore take (note :){+}(:note ) good heed to yourselves ; for you {+} saw no manner of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you {+} in Horeb out of the midst of the fire . * Or else you (note :){+}(:note ) will corrupt yourselves , and make you {+} a graven image in the form of any figure , the likeness of male or female , * the likeness of any beast that is on the earth , the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the heavens , * the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground , the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth . * Or else you will lift up your eyes to heaven , and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars , even all the host of heaven , you will be drawn away and worship them , and serve them , which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven . * But Yahweh has taken you (note :){+}(:note ), and brought you {+} forth out of the iron furnace , out of Egypt , to be to him a people of inheritance , as at this day . * Furthermore Yahweh was angry with me for your (note :){+}(:note ) sakes , and swore that I should not go over the Jordan , and that I should not go in to that good land , which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance : * but I must die in this land , I must not go over the Jordan ; but you (note :){+}(:note ) will go over , and possess that good land . * Take heed to yourselves , or else you (note :){+}(:note ) will forget the covenant of Yahweh your {+} God , which he made with you {+}, and make a graven image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you . * For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire , a jealous God . * When you will beget sons , and sons of sons , and you (note :){+}(:note ) will have been long in the land , and will corrupt yourselves , and make a graven image in the form of anything , and will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God , to provoke him to anger ; * I call heaven and earth to witness against you (note :){+}(:note ) this day , that you {+} will soon completely perish from off the land to where you {+} go over the Jordan to possess it ; you {+} will not prolong your {+} days on it , but will be completely destroyed . * And Yahweh will scatter you (note :){+}(:note ) among the peoples , and you {+} will be left few in number among the nations , where Yahweh will lead you {+} away . * And there you (note :){+}(:note ) will serve gods , the work of man 's hands , wood and stone , which neither see , nor hear , nor eat , nor smell . * But from there you (note :){+}(:note ) will seek Yahweh your God , and you will find him , when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul . * When you are in tribulation , and all these things come upon you , in the latter days you will return to Yahweh your God , and listen to his voice : * for Yahweh your God is a merciful God ; he will not fail you , neither destroy you , nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them .

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