Deutéronome 6:9-19

9 Tu les écriras aussi sur les poteaux de ta maison, et sur tes portes.
10 Or, quand l'Éternel ton Dieu t'aura fait entrer dans le pays qu'il a juré à tes pères, Abraham, Isaac et Jacob, de te donner, dans de grandes et bonnes villes que tu n'as point bâties;
11 Dans des maisons pleines de toute sorte de biens, que tu n'as point remplies; vers des puits creusés, que tu n'as point creusés; vers des vignes et des oliviers, que tu n'as point plantés; et que tu mangeras, et seras rassasié;
12 Prends garde à toi, de peur que tu n'oublies l'Éternel, qui t'a retiré du pays d'Égypte, de la maison de servitude.
13 Tu craindras l'Éternel ton Dieu, et tu le serviras, et tu jureras par son nom.
14 Vous n'irez point après d'autres dieux, d'entre les dieux des peuples qui seront autour de vous,
15 Car l'Éternel ton Dieu est, au milieu de toi, un Dieu jaloux; de peur que la colère de l'Éternel ton Dieu ne s'embrase contre toi, et qu'il ne t'extermine de dessus la terre.
16 Vous ne tenterez point l'Éternel votre Dieu, comme vous le tentâtes à Massa.
17 Vous garderez soigneusement les commandements de l'Éternel votre Dieu, et ses lois et ses statuts qu'il t'a prescrits.
18 Tu feras donc ce qui est droit et bon aux yeux de l'Éternel, afin que tu sois heureux, et que tu entres, et possèdes le bon pays que l'Éternel a juré à tes pères de te donner,
19 En chassant tous tes ennemis devant toi, comme l'Éternel l'a dit.

Deutéronome 6:9-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 6

In this chapter Moses proceeds on in his exhortations to the people of Israel, to attend to the commandments of God, that it might be well with them, De 6:1-3, and begins with a principal and fundamental article of religion, which deserved their first and chief regard, the unity of God, and the love of him, De 6:4,5, which they were carefully to instinct their children in, and ever to be mindful of themselves, De 6:6-9, and when they were come into the land of Canaan, and into a plentiful enjoyment of all good things in it, they are exhorted to be careful not to forget the Lord, their kind benefactor; but to fear him, serve him, and not go after other gods, since he is jealous of his honour and worship, De 6:10-15 and not to tempt him, as they had done, but diligently keep, his commandments, that it might be well with them in that land, De 6:16-19, and when their children inquired the reason and meaning of such testimonies, statutes, and judgments, that were enjoined them, they were to give them the history of their case in Egypt, their deliverance from thence, the wonders that were wrought for them, and the introduction of them into the good land of Canaan; and to let them know that these commands were some of them in commemoration of these blessings; and by these they were laid under obligation to regard them all, and the rather, since they were not only for the glory of God, but for their own good, De 6:20-25.

The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.