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| 1“Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, | 1These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, |
| 2that you may fear the LORD your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. | 2so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. |
| 3Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. | 3Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you. |
| 4“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. | 4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. |
| 5You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. | 5Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. |
| 6And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. | 6These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. |
| 7You shall teach them diligently to your children, 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. | 7Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. |
| 8You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. | 8Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. |
| 9You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. | 9Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. |
| 10“And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities that you did not build, | 10When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you--a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, |
| 11and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full, | 11houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant--then when you eat and are satisfied, |
| 12then take care lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. | 12be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. |
| 13It is the LORD your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear. | 13Fear the LORD your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. |
| 14You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you— | 14Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; |
| 15for the LORD your God in your midst is a jealous God—lest the anger of the LORD your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth. | 15for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. |
| 16“You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah. | 16Do not put the LORD your God to the test as you did at Massah. |
| 17You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you. | 17Be sure to keep the commands of the LORD your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you. |
| 18And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers | 18Do what is right and good in the LORD's sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land the LORD promised on oath to your ancestors, |
| 19by thrusting out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has promised. | 19thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the LORD said. |
| 20“When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the LORD our God has commanded you?’ | 20In the future, when your son asks you, "What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the LORD our God has commanded you?" |
| 21then you shall say to your son, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. And the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. | 21tell him: "We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. |
| 22And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes. | 22Before our eyes the LORD sent signs and wonders--great and terrible--on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. |
| 23And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers. | 23But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors. |
| 24And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day. | 24The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. |
| 25And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.’ | 25And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness." |
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