Deuteronomy 6

1 Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it —

And these [are] the commands, and the ordinances, and the judgments, as many as the Lord our God gave commandment to teach you to do so in the land on which you enter to inherit it.

2 that thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

That you may fear the Lord your God, keep you all his ordinances, and his commandments, which I command you today, you, and your sons, and your sons' sons, all the days of your life, that you may live many days.

3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee — a land flowing with milk and honey.

Hear, therefore, O Israel, and observe to do them, that it may be well with you, and that you may be greatly multiplied, as the Lord God of your fathers said that he would give you a land flowing with milk and honey: and these [are] the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord commanded the children of Israel in the wilderness, when they had gone forth from the land of Egypt.

4 HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.

Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is one Lord.

5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your mind, and with all your soul, and all your strength.

6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;

And these words, all that I command you this day, shall be in your heart and in your soul.

7 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And you shall teach them to your children, and you shall speak of them sitting in the house, and walking by the way, and lying down, and rising up.

8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

And you shall fasten them for a sign upon your hand, and it shall be immoveable before your eyes.

9 And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

And you shall write them on the lintels of your houses and of your gates.

10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land which He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee — great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,

And it shall come to pass when the Lord your God shall have brought you into the land which he sware to your fathers, to Abraam, and to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you great and beautiful cities which you did not build,

11 and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which thou the didst not hew, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou didst not plant, and thou shalt eat and be satisfied —

houses full of all good things which you did not fill, wells dug in the rock which you did not dig, vineyards and olive yards which you did not plant, then having eaten and been filled,

12 then beware lest thou forget the LORD, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

beware lest you forget the Lord your God that brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; and Him shalt thou serve, and by His name shalt thou swear.

You shall fear the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve; and you shall cleave to him, and by his name you shall swear.

14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;

Go you not after other gods of the gods of the nations round about you;

15 for a jealous God, even the LORD thy God, is in the midst of thee; lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and He destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

for the Lord your God in the midst of you [is] a jealous God, lest the Lord your God be very angry with you, and destroy you from off the face of the earth.

16 Ye shall not try the LORD your God, as ye tried Him in Massah.

You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in the temptation.

17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes, which He hath commanded thee.

You shall by all means keep the commands of the Lord your God, the testimonies, and the ordinances, which he commanded you.

18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers,

And you shall do that which is pleasing and good before the Lord your God, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and inherit the good land, which the Lord sware to your fathers,

19 to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

to chase all your enemies from before your face, as the Lord said.

20 When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: 'What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?

And it shall come to pass when your son shall ask you at a future time, saying, What are the testimonies, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord our God has commanded us?

21 then thou shalt say unto thy son: 'We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Then shall you say to your son, We were slaves to Pharao in the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought us forth thence with a mighty hand, and with a high arm.

22 And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes.

And the Lord wrought signs and great and grievous wonders in Egypt, on Pharao and on his house before us.

23 And He brought us out from thence, that He might bring us in, to give us the land which He swore unto our fathers.

And he brought us out thence to give us this land, which he sware to give to our fathers.

24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

And the Lord charged us to observe all these ordinances; to fear the Lord our God, that it may be well with us for ever, that we may live, as even today.

25 And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as He hath commanded us.'

And there shall be mercy to us, if we take heed to keep all these commands before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.