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Deuteronomy 4

Deut. 4:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yep shall not add
yacaph (Hebrew #3254)
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
KJV usage: add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth, increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, X yet, yield.
Pronounce: yaw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
which I command
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
you, neither shall ye diminish
gara` (Hebrew #1639)
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
KJV usage: abate, clip, (di-)minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.
Pronounce: gaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
ought from it, that ye may keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
your God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
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
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
which I command
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
you.
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Deut. 12:32• 32Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it. (Deut. 12:32)
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Rev. 22:18‑19• 18I testify to everyone that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If Anyone add to them, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book:
 19and if Anyone shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life and out of the holy city that are written in this book. (Rev. 22:18‑19)

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Deut. 12:32• 32Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it. (Deut. 12:32)
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Josh. 1:7• 7Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. (Josh. 1:7)
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Prov. 30:6• 6Add thou not unto his words,{HR}Lest he reprove thee,{HR}And thou be found a liar. (Prov. 30:6)
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Eccl. 12:13• 13[This is] the end of the matter;{HR}All hath been heard:{HR}Fear God, and keep His commandments;{HR}For this [is] the whole [duty] of man. (Eccl. 12:13)
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Matt. 5:18,43• 18For verily I say to you, Till the heaven and the earth pass, one iota or one point shall in no wise pass from the law till all things come to pass.
 43Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy. (Matt. 5:18,43)
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Matt. 15:2‑9• 2Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
 3But he answering said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?
 4For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.
 5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever [it be] by which [received] from me thou wouldest be profited:
 6and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.
 7Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,
 8This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;
 9but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men. (Matt. 15:2‑9)
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Mark 7:1‑13• 1And the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who came from Jerusalem are gathered together unto him,
 2and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashed, hands,
 3for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the ancients.
 4And when they come from the market-place, unless they are washed, they do not eat. And many other things there are which they have received to hold, the washing of cups and vessels, brazen utensils, and couches.
 5Then the Pharisees and scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples walk not according to the tradition of the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled hands?
 6But he answered and said unto them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
 7But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
 8For, leaving the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of vessels and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
 9And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe your own tradition.
 10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
 11But ye say, If a man say to his father or mother, It is corban, that is, gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
 12and ye suffer him no more to do anything for his father or his mother,
 13making void the word of God through your traditions which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do. (Mark 7:1‑13)
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Gal. 3:15• 15Brethren, I speak according to man: a ratified covenant, though man's, no one setteth aside or supplementeth. (Gal. 3:15)
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Rev. 22:18‑19• 18I testify to everyone that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If Anyone add to them, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book:
 19and if Anyone shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life and out of the holy city that are written in this book. (Rev. 22:18‑19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall ye take from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.

W. Kelly Translation

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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 Jehovah your God which I command you.