| International Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1"Now these are the commands, decrees, and ordinances that the LORD commanded me to teach you. Obey them in the land you are entering to possess, | 1“These are the commands, decrees, and regulations that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you. You must obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy, |
| 2so that you, your children, and your grandchildren may fear the LORD your God. Keep all his decrees and commandments that I'm giving you every day of your life, so you may live a long time. | 2and you and your children and grandchildren must fear the LORD your God as long as you live. If you obey all his decrees and commands, you will enjoy a long life. |
| 3Listen, Israel! Be careful to obey, so that life may go well for you and that you may increase greatly. Just as the LORD God of your ancestors told you, you'll have a land flowing with milk and honey. | 3Listen closely, Israel, and be careful to obey. Then all will go well with you, and you will have many children in the land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you. |
| 4"Listen, Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. | 4“Listen, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. |
| 5You are to love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. | 5And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. |
| 6Let these words that I'm commanding you today be always on your heart. | 6And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. |
| 7Teach them repeatedly to your children. Talk about them while sitting in your house or walking on the road, and as you lie down or get up. | 7Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. |
| 8Tie them as reminders on your forearm, bind them on your forehead, | 8Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. |
| 9and write them on the door frames of your house and on your gates." | 9Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. |
| 10"When the LORD your God brings you to the land that he promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, he will give you large and beautiful cities that you didn't build, | 10“The LORD your God will soon bring you into the land he swore to give you when he made a vow to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is a land with large, prosperous cities that you did not build. |
| 11houses filled with every good thing that you didn't supply, wells that you didn't dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you didn't plant. When you eat and are satisfied, | 11The houses will be richly stocked with goods you did not produce. You will draw water from cisterns you did not dig, and you will eat from vineyards and olive trees you did not plant. When you have eaten your fill in this land, |
| 12be careful not to forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and slavery. | 12be careful not to forget the LORD, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt. |
| 13Fear the LORD your God, serve him, and make your oaths in his name. | 13You must fear the LORD your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name. |
| 14Do not follow other gods, from the gods of the peoples around you. | 14“You must not worship any of the gods of neighboring nations, |
| 15For the LORD your God who is among you is a jealous God. He will turn his anger against you and destroy you from the surface of the land." | 15for the LORD your God, who lives among you, is a jealous God. His anger will flare up against you, and he will wipe you from the face of the earth. |
| 16"Don't test the LORD your God like you did in Massah. | 16You must not test the LORD your God as you did when you complained at Massah. |
| 17Be sure to observe the commands of the LORD your God, his testimonies and his decrees that he gave you. | 17You must diligently obey the commands of the LORD your God—all the laws and decrees he has given you. |
| 18Do what is good and right in the LORD's sight so it may go well with you. Then you'll enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God promised to your ancestors, | 18Do what is right and good in the LORD’s sight, so all will go well with you. Then you will enter and occupy the good land that the LORD swore to give your ancestors. |
| 19expelling all your enemies before you, as the LORD said." | 19You will drive out all the enemies living in the land, just as the LORD said you would. |
| 20"When your son asks you in the future, 'What is the meaning of the instructions, decrees, and ordinances that the LORD our God commanded you?' | 20“In the future your children will ask you, ‘What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the LORD our God has commanded us to obey?’ |
| 21tell him, 'We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with great power. | 21“Then you must tell them, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with his strong hand. |
| 22Before our very eyes, the LORD did great and terrible signs and wonders in Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to his entire household. | 22The LORD did miraculous signs and wonders before our eyes, dealing terrifying blows against Egypt and Pharaoh and all his people. |
| 23But as for us, he brought us out from there to bring us into the land and give it to us, as he promised our ancestors. | 23He brought us out of Egypt so he could give us this land he had sworn to give our ancestors. |
| 24Then the LORD commanded us to observe all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God for our own good, so that he may keep us alive as we are today. | 24And the LORD our God commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear him so he can continue to bless us and preserve our lives, as he has done to this day. |
| 25It will be credited as righteousness for us, if we're careful to obey the entire Law in the presence of the LORD our God, as he commanded.'" | 25For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands the LORD our God has given us.’ |
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