1 “And now, O Israel, listen to ^wthe statutes and the rules¹ that I am teaching you, and do them, ^xthat you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 ^yYou shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.