GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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11 Your houses will be filled with all kinds of things that you didn't put there. You will have cisterns that you didn't dig and vineyards and olive trees that you didn't plant. After you have eaten all that you want,
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houses 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,
12 be careful that you don't forget the LORD, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.
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be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
13 You must fear the LORD your God, serve him, and take your oaths only in his name.
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Fear the LORD your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.
14 Never worship any of the gods worshiped by the people around you.
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Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you;
15 If you do, the LORD your God will become very angry with you and will wipe you off the face of the earth, because the LORD your God, who is with you, is a God who does not tolerate rivals.
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for 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 Never test the LORD your God as you did at Massah.
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Do not put the LORD your God to the test as you did at Massah.
17 Be sure to obey the commands of the LORD your God and the regulations and laws he has given you.
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Be sure to keep the commands of the LORD your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you.
18 Do what the LORD considers right and good. Then things will go well for you, and you will enter and take possession of that good land which the LORD promised to your ancestors with an oath.
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Do 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,
19 You will see the LORD expel your enemies as he said he would.
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thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the LORD said.
20 In the future your children will ask you, "What do these regulations, laws, and rules which the LORD our God commanded you mean to you?"
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In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the LORD our God has commanded you?”
21 Tell them, "We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the LORD used his mighty hand to bring us out of there.
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tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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