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35 You yourselves[a] were shown this wonder in order for you to acknowledge that Yahweh is the God;[b] there is no other God besides him.[c] 36 From heaven he made you hear his voice to teach you, and on the earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved your ancestors[d] he chose their descendants[e] after them. And he brought you forth from Egypt with his own presence,[f] by his great strength,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:35 Emphatic use of pronoun; plural meaning implied
  2. Deuteronomy 4:35 The definite article indicates that Israel’s God is alone the true God and the one who revealed himself to them
  3. Deuteronomy 4:35 Literally “except him” or “to him alone”
  4. Deuteronomy 4:37 Or “fathers”
  5. Deuteronomy 4:37 Literally “seed”
  6. Deuteronomy 4:37 Literally “with his faces”