"Now this is the commandment
, the statutes
and the judgments
which
the LORD
your God
has commanded
me to teach
you, that you might do
them in the land
where
you are going
over
to possess
it,
so that you and your son
and your grandson
might afear
the LORD
your God
, to keep
all
His statutes
and His commandments
which
I command
you, ball
the days
of your life
, and that your days
may be prolonged
.
"O Israel, you should listen
and 1be careful
to do
it, that ait may be well
with you and that you may multiply
greatly
, just
as the LORD
, the God
of your fathers
, has promised
you, in ba land
flowing
with milk
and honey
.
" aHear, O Israel
! The LORD
is our God
, the bLORD
is one
!
" aYou shall love the LORD
your God
bwith all
your heart
and with all
your soul
and with all
your might
.
" aThese words
, which
I am commanding
you today
, shall be on your heart
.
" aYou shall teach them diligently
to your sons
and shall talk
of them when you sit
in your house
and when you walk
by the way
and when you lie
down
and when you rise
up.
" aYou shall bind them as a sign
on your hand
and they shall be as 1frontals
2on your forehead
.
" aYou shall write them on the doorposts
of your house
and on your gates
.
"Then it shall come about when
the LORD
your God
brings
you into the land
which
He swore
to your fathers
, Abraham
, Isaac
and Jacob
, to give
you, agreat
and splendid
cities
which
you did not build
,
and houses full
of all
good
things
which
you did not fill
, and hewn
cisterns
which
you did not dig
, vineyards
and olive
trees
which
you did not plant
, and ayou eat
and are satisfied
,
then watch yourself, that ayou do not forget
the LORD
who
brought
you from the land
of Egypt
, out of the house
of 1slavery
.
" aYou shall 1fear only the LORD
your God
; and you shall 2worship
Him and bswear
by His name
.
" aYou shall not follow other
gods
, any
of the gods
of the peoples
who
surround
you,
for the LORD your God
in the midst
of you is a ajealous
God
; otherwise
the anger
of the LORD
your God
will be kindled
against you, and He will 1wipe
you off
the face
of the earth
.
" aYou shall not put the LORD
your God
to the test
, bas you tested
Him at Massah
.
" aYou should diligently keep
the commandments
of the LORD
your God
, and His testimonies
and His statutes
which
He has commanded
you.
"You shall do what is right
and good
in the sight
of the LORD
, that ait may be well
with you and that you may go
in and possess
the good
land
which
the LORD
swore
to give your fathers
,
by driving out all
your enemies
from before
you, as the LORD
has spoken
.
" aWhen your son
asks
you in time
to come
, saying
, `What
do the testimonies
and the statutes
and the judgments
mean which
the LORD
our God
commanded
you?'
then you shall say to your son
, `We were slaves
to Pharaoh
in Egypt
, and the LORD
brought
us from Egypt
with a mighty
hand
.
`Moreover, the LORD showed
great
and distressing
signs
and wonders
before our eyes
against Egypt
, Pharaoh
and all
his household
;
He brought us out from there
in order
to bring
us in, to give
us the land
which
He had sworn
to our fathers
.'
"So the LORD commanded
us to observe
all
these
statutes
, ato fear
the LORD
our God
for our good
always
and bfor our survival
, as it is today
.
" aIt will be righteousness for us if
we 1are careful
to observe
all
this
commandment
before
the LORD
our God
, just
as He commanded
us.