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so 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.
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Hear, 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.
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Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
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Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.
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Impress 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.
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Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
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Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.