Deuteronomy 4:10

What day thou didst stand before Yahweh thy God, in Horeb, when Yahweh said unto me, Gather unto me the people, that I may let them hear my words,—which they must learn that they may revere me all the days which they are living upon the soil, their children also, must they teach.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

In Context

9Only take thou heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently, so that thou forget not the things which thine own eyes have seen, and so that they go not out of thy heart, all the days of thy life,—but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons and unto thy sons’ sons:—

11So ye drew near and stood, under the mountain. Now, the mountain, was burning with fire, up to the midst of the heavens,—darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:9Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Lo! I, am coming unto thee in the veiling of cloud, in order that the people may hear when I speak with thee, moreover also, that, in thee, they may trust to times age-abiding. Then told Moses the words of the people unto Yahweh.

Exodus 19:16And it came to pass on the third day, when the morning had come, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon the mount, and the sound of a horn, loud exceedingly,—and all the people who were in the camp trembled.

Exodus 20:20And Moses said unto the people—Do not fear, for to the end he may prove you, hath God come,—and to the end the reverence of him may be upon your faces that ye sin not.

Deuteronomy 5:29Oh that this their heart might remain in them to revere me, and to keep all my commandments all the days,—that it might be well with them and with their sons unto times age-abiding.

Deuteronomy 6:7and thou shalt impress them upon thy sons, and shalt speak of them,—when thou sittest in thy house and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and when thou risest up;

Deuteronomy 14:23And thou shalt eat before Yahweh thy God—in the place which he shall choose to make a habitation for his name there,—the tithe of thy corn thy new wine and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock,—that thou mayest learn to revere Yahweh thy God all the days.

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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