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Deuteronomy 4:46 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck when they came out of Egypt. "
Deuteronomy 4:46
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44 This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt,
46 beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck when they came out of Egypt.
47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;
48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Siyon (also called Hermon),
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Deuteronomy 4:1
"Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them, that you may live and go in and possess the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, gives you."
Deuteronomy 4:2
"You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you."
Deuteronomy 4:3
"Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal Peor; for the LORD your God has destroyed all the men who followed Baal Peor from among you."
Deuteronomy 4:4
"But you who were faithful to the LORD your God are all alive today."
Deuteronomy 4:5
"Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it."
Deuteronomy 4:6
"Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”"
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