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Verse 1

Now this is the commandment,{H4687} the statutes,{H2706} and the ordinances,{H4941} which Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} commanded{H6680} to teach{H3925} you, that ye might do{H6213} them in the land{H776} whither ye go{H5674} over to possess{H3423} it;

Verse 2

that thou mightest fear{H3372} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} to keep{H8104} all his statutes{H2708} and his commandments,{H4687} which I command{H6680} thee, thou, and thy son,{H1121} and thy son's{H1121} son,{H1121} all the days{H3117} of thy life;{H2416} and that thy days{H3117} may be prolonged.{H748}

Verse 3

Hear{H8085} therefore, O Israel,{H3478} and observe{H8104} to do{H6213} it; that it may be well{H3190} with thee, and that ye may increase{H7235} mightily,{H3966} as Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of thy fathers,{H1} hath promised{H1696} unto thee, in a land{H776} flowing{H2100} with milk{H2461} and honey.{H1706}

Verse 4

Hear,{H8085} O Israel:{H3478} Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} is one{H259} Jehovah:{H3068}

Verse 5

and thou shalt love{H157} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} with all thy heart,{H3824} and with all thy soul,{H5315} and with all thy might.{H3966}

Verse 6

And these words,{H1697} which I command{H6680} thee this day,{H3117} shall be upon thy heart;{H3824}

Verse 7

and thou shalt teach them diligently{H8150} unto thy children,{H1121} and shalt talk{H1696} of them when thou sittest{H3427} in thy house,{H1004} and when thou walkest{H3212} by the way,{H1870} and when thou liest down,{H7901} and when thou risest up.{H6965}

Verse 8

And thou shalt bind{H7194} them for a sign{H226} upon thy hand,{H3027} and they shall be for frontlets{H2903} between thine eyes.{H5869}

Verse 9

And thou shalt write{H3789} them upon the door-posts{H4201} of thy house,{H1004} and upon thy gates.{H8179}

Verse 10

And it shall be, when Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall bring{H935} thee into the land{H776} which he sware{H7650} unto thy fathers,{H1} to Abraham,{H85} to Isaac,{H3327} and to Jacob,{H3290} to give{H5414} thee, great{H1419} and goodly{H2896} cities,{H5892} which thou buildest{H1129} not,

Verse 11

and houses{H1004} full{H4392} of all good{H2898} things, which thou filledst{H4390} not, and cisterns{H953} hewn{H2672} out, which thou hewedst{H2672} not, vineyards{H3754} and olive-trees,{H2132} which thou plantedst{H5193} not, and thou shalt eat{H398} and be full;{H7646}

Verse 12

then beware{H8104} lest thou forget{H7911} Jehovah,{H3068} who brought thee forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} out of the house{H1004} of bondage.{H5650}

Verse 13

Thou shalt fear{H3372} Jehovah{H3068} thy God;{H430} and him shalt thou serve,{H5647} and shalt swear{H7650} by his name.{H8034}

Verse 14

Ye shall not go{H3212} after{H310} other{H312} gods,{H430} of the gods{H430} of the peoples{H5971} that are round about{H5439} you;

Verse 15

for Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in the midst{H7130} of thee is a jealous{H7067} God;{H410} lest the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} be kindled{H2734} against thee, and he destroy{H8045} thee from off the face{H6440} of the earth.{H127}

Verse 16

Ye shall not tempt{H5254} Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} as ye tempted{H5254} him in Massah.{H4532}

Verse 17

Ye shall diligently{H8104} keep{H8104} the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} and his testimonies,{H5713} and his statutes,{H2706} which he hath commanded{H6680} thee.

Verse 18

And thou shalt do{H6213} that which is right{H3477} and good{H2896} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah;{H3068} that it may be well{H3190} with thee, and that thou mayest go in{H935} and possess{H3423} the good{H2896} land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} sware{H7650} unto thy fathers,{H1}

Verse 19

to thrust out{H1920} all thine enemies{H341} from before{H6440} thee, as Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken.{H1696}

Verse 20

When thy son{H1121} asketh{H7592} thee in time to come,{H4279} saying,{H559} What mean the testimonies,{H5713} and the statutes,{H2706} and the ordinances,{H4941} which Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} hath commanded{H6680} you?

Verse 21

then thou shalt say{H559} unto thy son,{H1121} We were Pharaoh's{H6547} bondmen{H5650} in Egypt:{H4714} and Jehovah{H3068} brought us out{H3318} of Egypt{H4714} with a mighty{H2389} hand;{H3027}

Verse 22

and Jehovah{H3068} showed{H5414} signs{H226} and wonders,{H4159} great{H1419} and sore,{H7451} upon Egypt,{H4714} upon Pharaoh,{H6547} and upon all his house,{H1004} before our eyes;{H5869}

Verse 23

and he brought us out{H3318} from thence, that he might bring us in,{H935} to give{H5414} us the land{H776} which he sware{H7650} unto our fathers.{H1}

Verse 24

And Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} us to do{H6213} all these statutes,{H2706} to fear{H3372} Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} for our good{H2896} always,{H3117} that he might preserve us alive,{H2421} as at this day.{H3117}

Verse 25

And it shall be righteousness{H6666} unto us, if we observe{H8104} to do{H6213} all this{H2063} commandment{H4687} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} as he hath commanded{H6680} us.

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