DEUTERONOMY 13:4

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.”

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Deuteronomy 13:4 Translation & Meaning

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Ye shall walk תֵּלֵ֖כוּ To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) walk
after אַֽחֲרֵ֨י Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) after
the Lord יְהוָ֧ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
your God, אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֛ם Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
and fear תִירָ֑אוּ To fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten fear
him, and keep תִּשְׁמֹ֙רוּ֙ Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc keep
his commandments, מִצְוֹתָ֤יו A command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law) commandments
and obey תִשְׁמָ֔עוּ To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) obey
his voice, וּבְקֹל֣וֹ A voice or sound voice
and ye shall serve תַֽעֲבֹ֖דוּ To work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc serve
him, and cleave תִדְבָּקֽוּן׃ Properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit cleave
unto him. תִדְבָּקֽוּן׃ Properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit unto him

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  • 2  And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

  • 3  Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • 4  Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

  • 5  And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

  • 6  If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;




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