216 Book of Deuteronomy
and in the earth beneath, and there is no other.
40 Keep his precepts and commandments,
which I command thee: that it may be well with
thee, and thy children after thee, and thou mayst
remain a long time upon the land, which the
Lord thy God will give thee.
41 Then Moses set aside three cities beyond
the Jordan at the east side,
42 That any one might flee to them who
should kill his neighbour unwillingly, and was
not his enemy a day or two before, and that he
might escape to some one of these cities:
43 Bosor in the wilderness, which is situate in
the plains of the tribe of Ruben: and Ramoth in
Galaad, which is in the tribe of Gad: and Golan
in Basan, which is in the tribe of Manasses.
44 This is the law, that Moses set before the
children of Israel,
45 And these are the testimonies and cere-
monies and judgments, which he spoke to the
children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,
46 Beyond the Jordan in the valley over
against the temple of Phogor, in the land of Se-
hon king of the Amorrhites, that dwelt in Hes-
ebon, whom Moses slew. And the children of
Israel coming out of Egypt,
47 Possessed his land, and the land of Og king
of Basan, of the two kings of the Amorrhites,
who were beyond the Jordan towards the rising
of the sun:
48 From Aroer, which is situate upon the bank
of the torrent Arnon, unto mount Sion, which is
also called Hermon,
49 All the plain beyond the Jordan at the east
side, unto the sea of the wilderness, and unto the
foot of mount Phasga.
Chapter 5
And Moses called all Israel, and said to them:
Hear, O Israel, the ceremonies and judgments,
which I speak in your ears this day: learn them,
and fulfil them in work.
2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us
in Horeb.
3 He made not the covenant with our fathers,
but with us, who are now present and living.
4 He spoke to us face to face in the mount out
of the midst of fire.
5 I was the mediator and stood between the
Lord and you at that time, to shew you his
words, for you feared the fire, and went not up
into the mountain, and he said:
6 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.
7 Thou shalt not have strange gods in my
sight.
8 Thou shalt not make to thy self a graven
thing, nor the likeness of any things, that are in
heaven above, or that are in the earth beneath,
or that abide in the waters under the earth.
9 Thou shalt not adore them, and thou shalt
not serve them. For I am the Lord thy God, a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon their children unto the third and fourth
generation, to them that hate me,
10 And shewing mercy unto many thousands,
to them that love me, and keep my command-
ments.
11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain: for he shall not be unpunished
that taketh his name upon a vain thing.
12 Observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify
it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
13 Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all
thy works.