Deuteronomy (The Speeches of Moses) - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 177

DEUTERONOMY.

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SPEECH II.

Wynn il]: ®¤irznaui nf Sinai. Moses again assembled ai} Israel and said to them ; Listen, Israel, to the constitutions

and decrees which Iproclaim in your hearing t0—day,-——b0th to learn them, and preserve them by practising. Our Even-L1v1NG Goo contracted

a. covenant with us in Horeb. Not with our fathers did the EvER·· LIVING contract that covenant, but with us, ourselves; those in this place, all of us alive to—day. The EvER·· LIVING spoke face to face with you at the Hill, from the midst of the fire. I stood between the EvER—L1v1NG

and you at that time to report to you the dictation of the Evan-L1v1N<;, for you were afraid at the presence of the tire, and could not ascend to Him, and He said; I am your Evm2·1,1v1Ne Goo

Who brought you out of the land of Egypt,—from the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods in My place. You shall not make for your-

selves an Image,—~any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or what is on the earth beneath; or what is in the waters lower than the land. You shall not bow down to them nor serve them, for I, your Evan-Ltviwa GOD, am a jealous GOD, punishing the sins of the parents upon their children to the third and fourth generation, of those who hate Me; but I show mercy to thousands of generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. You shall not take the Name

of your EVER-Lrvme Gon in vain, for the Evan-Livrne will not hold him guiltless who takes His Name in vain. Regard the Sabbath Day to

keep it holy; as the EVER-LIVING Goo commanded you. You may labour six; days and do all your busi- ness, but the seventh day is a rest to your Evan-Lxvrne Gon; you shall not do any business upon it ;—-——you, or your son, or your daughter, or your servant, or your handmaid, or your ox, or your ass, or any of your cattle, or your hired man, who may be in your house, -———because your workmen, and your maid servant shall rest like yourself. Remember xs also that you were slaves in the land of the Mitzeraim, but your EVER- LIVING GOD brought you out from there with a strong hand, and a directing arm,—therefore your EVER- Lxvmo GOD commanded you to make the Day of Rest. Honour your father and your

mother, as your EVER—LIv1NG GOD commanded you, so that your days may be lengthened, and that you may prosper upon the land which your EvER—L1v1NG GOD gives to you. You shall not murder. You shall not fornicate. You shall not steal. You shall not bring up false evidence against your neighbour. You shall not covet your neigh

bour’s wife; you shall not long for your neighbour’s farm, or his slave, or his handmaid, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbour's.’ The Evan-Lrvmo dictated these

commands to the whole assembly of you, from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the gloom ;—-a GREAT VOIcE,·——and did not desist there, but wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them to me. But when you heard the Voice

from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burning with fire, then all the' Chiefs of your tribes, and your nobles approached to me, and said ;—·—· ‘Now we have seen our EVER-

L1v1NG Gon ;—His Majesty and His Greatness ;·~»·and have heard His Vorcn, His Voice from the midst of the fire to-day. We have seen that GOD can speak with mankind, and lives. Therefore, now, why should we die? For this Great Fire will consume us, if we ourselves remain longer to hear the Voice of our EVER- L1v1NG GOD,——we shall die, for who is there of any race who has heard the Voice of the Living GOD speaking from the midst of the tire, like us, and has lived? Go yourself near and listen to all that our EvER—L1v1NG GOD says, and then- report to us all

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