Deuteronomy 6

1 These now are the commandements, ordinances, and lawes, which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that ye might doe them in the land whither ye go to possesse it:

Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

2 That thou mightest feare the Lord thy God, and keepe all his ordinances, and his commandements which I commaund thee, thou, and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne all the dayes of thy life, euen that thy dayes may be prolonged.

So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.

3 Heare therefore, O Israel, and take heede to doe it, that it may go well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily in the land that floweth with milke and hony, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

So give ear, O Israel, and take care to do this; so that it may be well for you, and you may be greatly increased, as the Lord the God of your fathers has given you his word, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

4 Heare, O Israel, The Lord our God is Lord onely,

Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:

5 And thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy might.

And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

6 And these wordes which I commaund thee this day, shalbe in thine heart.

Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;

7 And thou shalt rehearse them continually vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou tariest in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp:

Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

8 And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hand, and they shalbe as frontlets betweene thine eyes.

Let them be fixed as a sign on your hand, and marked on your brow;

9 Also thou shalt write them vpon ye postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates.

Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.

10 And when the Lord thy God hath brought thee into the land, which he sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue to thee, with great and goodly cities which thou buildedst not,

And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;

11 And houses full of all maner of goods which thou filledst not, and welles digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards and oliue trees which thou plantedst not, and when thou hast eaten and art full,

And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full;

12 Beware least thou forget the Lord, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Then take care that you keep your hearts true to the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

13 Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God, and serue him, and shalt sweare by his Name.

Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.

14 Ye shall not walke after other gods, after any of the gods of the people which are round about you,

Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;

15 (For the Lord thy God is a ielous God among you: ) least the wrath of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from the face of the earth.

For the Lord your God who is with you is a God who will not let his honour be given to another; or the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, causing your destruction from the face of the earth.

16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye did tempt him in Massah:

Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.

17 But ye shall keepe diligently the commandements of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his ordinances which he hath commanded thee,

Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

18 And thou shalt doe that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that thou mayest prosper, and that thou mayest go in, and possesse that good land which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers,

And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

19 To cast out all thine enemies before thee, as the Lord hath sayd.

To send out from before you all those who are against you.

20 When thy sonne shall aske thee in time to come, saying, What meane these testimonies, and ordinances, and Lawes, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?

And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

21 Then shalt thou say vnto thy sonne, We were Pharaohs bondmen in Egypt: but the Lord brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hand.

Then you will say to your son, We were servants under Pharaoh's yoke in Egypt; and the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand:

22 And the Lord shewed signes and wonders great and euill vpon Egypt, vpon Pharaoh, and vpon all his housholde, before our eyes,

And the Lord did great signs and wonders against Egypt, and against Pharaoh and all his house, before our eyes:

23 And brought vs out from thence, to bring vs in, and to giue vs the land which he sware vnto our fathers.

And he took us out from that place, guiding us here to give us this land, as he said in his oath to our fathers.

24 Therefore the Lord hath commanded vs, to doe all these ordinances, and to feare the Lord our God, that it may goe euer well with vs, and that he may preserue vs aliue as at this present.

And the Lord gave us orders to keep all these laws, in the fear of the Lord our God, so that it might be well for us for ever, and that he might keep us from death, as he has done to this day.

25 Moreouer, this shall be our righteousnes before the Lord our God, if we take heede to keepe all these commandements, as he hath commanded vs.

And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.