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Deuteronomy 4:2

You shall not add to the word which I enjoin you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the mitzvot ·instructions· of Adonai your God which I enjoin you.

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In The King James Version

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

In Context

1Now, Israel [God prevails], sh'ma ·hear obey· the statutes and to the judgments, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Adonai, the God of your fathers, gives you.

3Your eyes have seen what Adonai did because of Baal Peor; for all the men who followed Baal Peor, Adonai your God has destroyed them from among you.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:29Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my mitzvot ·instructions· always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!

Deuteronomy 12:32Whatever thing I enjoin you, that you shall observe to do. + 12:32. Deut 12:32 [Heb Bible Deut 13:1] (#1.43): T. Not to add to God’s Torah ·Teaching· commandments / R. Not to add to the Torah ·Teaching· commandments, whether in the Written Law or their oral explanations You shall not add to it, + 12:32. Deut 12:32 [Heb Bible Deut 13:1] (#1.44): T. Not to subtract from or diminish any of the Torah ·Teaching· commandments / R. Not to diminish from the Torah ·Teaching· any commandments, in whole or in part nor take away from it. + 12:32. Quoted in Rev 22:18

Proverbs 30:6Don’t you add to his words, 2 lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar. 1

Matthew 5:43“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall show agapao ·total devoted love· to your neighbor + 5:43. Quoted from Lev 19:18 and hate and detest your enemy.’

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:2-41

Exhortations and Arguments. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed… Read the whole commentary →

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