Deuteronomy 4:2
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You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it: keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

Deuteronomy 12:32 What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.

Joshua 1:7 Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou mayst observe and do all the law, which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayst understand all things which thou dost.

Proverbs 30:6 Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be reproved and found a liar:

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:

Matthew 5:18,43 For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. . . .

Matthew 15:2-9 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. . . .

Mark 7:1-13 And there assembled together unto him the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem. . . .

Galatians 3:15 Brethren (I speak after the manner of man), yet a man's testament, if it be confirmed, no man despiseth nor addeth to it.

Revelation 22:18,19 For I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book: If any man shall add to these things, God shall add unto him the plagues written in this book. . . .

Context
An Exhortation to Obedience
1And now, O Israel, hear the commandments and judgments which I teach thee: that doing them, thou mayst live, and entering in mayst possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers will give you. 2You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it: keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.3Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done against Beelphegor, how he hath destroyed all his worshippers from among you.…
Cross References
Revelation 22:18
For I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book: If any man shall add to these things, God shall add unto him the plagues written in this book.

Revelation 22:19
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from these things that are written in this book.

Deuteronomy 1:3
In the fortieth year, the eleventh month, the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel all that the Lord had commanded him to say to them:

Deuteronomy 4:5
You know that I have taught you statutes and justices, as the Lord my God hath commanded me: so shall you do them in the land which you shall possess:

Deuteronomy 4:14
And he commanded me at that time that I should teach you the ceremonies and judgments which you shall do in the land, that you shall possess.

Deuteronomy 4:40
Keep his precepts and commandments, which I command thee: that it may be well with thee, and thy children after thee, and thou mayst remain a long time upon the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Deuteronomy 12:32
What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.

Deuteronomy 33:4
Moses commanded us a law, the inheritance of the multitude of Jacob.

Psalm 78:7
That they may put their hope in God and may not forget the works of God: and may seek his commandments.

Proverbs 30:6
Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be reproved and found a liar:

Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:

Jeremiah 26:2
Thus saith the Lord: stand in the court of the house of the Lord, and speak to all the cities of Juda, out of which they come, to adore in the house of the Lord, all the words which I have commanded thee to speak unto them: leave not out one word.

Lexicon
You must not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

add
תֹסִ֗פוּ (ṯō·si·p̄ū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

or subtract
תִגְרְע֖וּ (ṯiḡ·rə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1639: To scrape off, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold

from
מִמֶּ֑נּוּ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

what
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I
אָנֹכִי֙ (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

command
מְצַוֶּ֣ה (mə·ṣaw·weh)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

you,
אֶתְכֶ֔ם (’eṯ·ḵem)
Direct object marker | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

so that you may keep
לִשְׁמֹ֗ר (liš·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

the commandments
מִצְוֺת֙ (miṣ·wōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4687: Commandment

of the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

I
אָנֹכִ֖י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

am giving you.
מְצַוֶּ֥ה (mə·ṣaw·weh)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order


Additional Translations
You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish ought from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

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

Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, and ye shall not take from it: keep the commandments of the Lord our God, all that I command you this day.

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.

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

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

You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.

Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.
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