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"Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you.
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You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
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Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal Peor; for the Lord your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor.
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But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.
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Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess.
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Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
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For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him?
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And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?