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1 These are the precepts, and ceremonies, and judgments, which the Lord your God commanded that I should teach you, and that you should do them in the land into which you pass over to possess it:
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Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the ordinances—that the Lord your God charged me to teach you to observe in the land that you are about to cross into and occupy,
2 That thou mayst fear the Lord thy God, and keep all his commandments and precepts, which I command thee, and thy sons, and thy grandsons, all the days of thy life, that thy days may be prolonged.
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so that you and your children and your children's children may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life, and keep all his decrees and his commandments that I am commanding you, so that your days may be long.
3 Hear, O Israel, and observe to do the things which the Lord hath commanded thee, that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst be greatly multiplied, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath promised thee a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe them diligently, so that it may go well with you, and so that you may multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.
4 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.
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Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.
5 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength.
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You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
6 And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart:
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Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart.
7 And thou shalt tell them to thy children, and thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in thy house, and walking on thy journey, sleeping and rising.
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Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.
8 And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand, and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes.
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Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead,
9 And thou shalt write them in the entry, and on the doors of thy house.
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and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
10 And when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, for which he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: and shall have given thee great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,
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When the Lord your God has brought you into the land that he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—a land with fine, large cities that you did not build,
11 Houses full of riches, which thou didst not set up, cisterns which thou didst not dig, vineyards and oliveyards, which thou didst not plant,
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houses filled with all sorts of goods that you did not fill, hewn cisterns that you did not hew, vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you have eaten your fill,
12 And thou shalt have eaten and be full:
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take care that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
13 Take heed diligently lest thou forget the Lord, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only, and thou shalt swear by his name.
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The Lord your God you shall fear; him you shall serve, and by his name alone you shall swear.
14 You shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about you:
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Do not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who are all around you,
15 Because the Lord thy God is a jealous God in the midst of thee: lest at any time the wrath of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and take thee away from the face of the earth.
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because the Lord your God, who is present with you, is a jealous God. The anger of the Lord your God would be kindled against you and he would destroy you from the face of the earth.
16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedst him in the place of temptation.
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Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
17 Keep the precepts of the Lord thy God, and the testimonies and ceremonies which he hath commanded thee.
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You must diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his decrees, and his statutes that he has commanded you.
18 And do that which is pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with thee: and going in thou mayst possess the goodly land, concerning which the Lord swore to thy fathers,
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Do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, so that it may go well with you, and so that you may go in and occupy the good land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give you,
19 That he would destroy all thy enemies before thee, as he hath spoken.
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thrusting out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has promised.
20 And when thy son shall ask thee to morrow, saying: What mean these testimonies, and ceremonies and judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded us?
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When your children ask you in time to come, "What is the meaning of the decrees and the statutes and the ordinances that the Lord our God has commanded you?"
21 Thou shalt say to him: We were bondmen of Pharao in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.
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then you shall say to your children, "We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
22 And he wrought signs and wonders great and very grievous in Egypt against Pharao, and all his house, in our sight,
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The Lord displayed before our eyes great and awesome signs and wonders against Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his household.
23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in and give us the land, concerning which he swore to our fathers.
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He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land that he promised on oath to our ancestors.
24 And the Lord commanded that we should do all these ordinances, and should fear the Lord our God, that it might be well with us all the days of our life, as it is at this day.
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Then the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our lasting good, so as to keep us alive, as is now the case.
25 And he will be merciful to us, if we keep and do all his precepts before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.
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If we diligently observe this entire commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, we will be in the right."
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