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Deuteronomy 4

Deuteronomy 4:3

An Exhortation to Obedience · Deuteronomy 4:1–14
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Translations

Modern
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
Traditional
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.
Literal
Your eyes have seen what YHWH did at Baal-peor, for all the men who walked after Baal-Peor YHWH your God has destroyed from among you.
Latin
Oculi vestri viderunt omnia quæ fecit Dominus contra Beelphegor, quomodo contriverit omnes cultores ejus de medio vestri.

Original

Hebrew
English
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.

Notes

Deuteronomy 4:3

Baal was the Canaanite god associated with the fertility of the soil and of human and animal life. Local pagan worship centers linked Baal with their own shrines and cultic rituals, as with the god of Peor (see 3:29).

Deuteronomy 4:1–40

Moses gave a long speech to the Israelites because of their recent failures and what he thought would happen in Canaan.

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes

Parallels

Deuteronomy 11:1–7

People

Baal: Canaanite god, "Lord/God of the Covenant"

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Baal-Peor Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of

Topics

Baal-Peor: An Idol of Moab Obedience: Enjoined