Then I said to their sons in the wilderness: 'Do not choose to advance by the precepts of your fathers, nor should you observe their judgments. And do not be defiled by their idols.
Deuteronomy 4:3 - Catholic Public Domain Version Your eyes have seen all that the Lord has done against Baal-peor, in what manner he has crushed all of his worshippers from among you. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your eyes still see what the Lord did because of Baal-peor; for all the men who followed the Baal of Peor the Lord your God has destroyed from among you, [Num. 25:1-9.] American Standard Version (1901) Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee. Common English Bible You saw with your own eyes what the LORD did concerning the Baal of Peor. The LORD your God destroyed everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done against Beelphegor: how he hath destroyed all his worshippers from among you. English Standard Version 2016 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal-peor, for the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor. |
Then I said to their sons in the wilderness: 'Do not choose to advance by the precepts of your fathers, nor should you observe their judgments. And do not be defiled by their idols.
I discovered Israel like grapes in the desert. Like the first fruits of the fig tree, I saw their fathers on the end of its branches. But they went in to Baal-peor, and they have been estranged by intermingling, and they have became abominable, just like the things that they chose to love.
Among these, not one of them was numbered before, by Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai.
Are not these the ones who deceived the sons of Israel at the suggestion of Balaam, and who caused you betray the Lord by the sin of Peor, because of which the people also were struck down?
Your eyes have seen all the great works of the Lord, which he has accomplished,
But you who adhere to the Lord your God are all still alive, to the present day.
Is it a small thing to you that you have sinned with Baal of Peor, and that the stain of that crime continues among us, even to the present day? And many of the people have fallen.