Deuteronomy 6

1 Now these are the commandments, statutes, and decrees that Yahweh your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you might keep them in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess;

And these [are] the commands, and the ordinances, and the judgements, 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 so that you might honor Yahweh your God, so as to keep all his statutes and commandments that I am commanding you—you, your sons, and your sons' sons, all the days of your lives, so that your 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 Therefore listen to them, Israel, and keep them, so that it may go well with you, so that you may greatly multiply, in a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you would do.

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 judgements, which the Lord commanded the children of Israel in the wilderness, when they had gone forth from the land of Egypt.

4 Listen, Israel: Yahweh our God is one.

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

5 You will love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

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

6 The words that I am commanding you today will be in your heart;

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

7 and you will diligently teach them to your children; you will talk about them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down, and when you get 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 You will tie them as a sign upon your hand, and they will serve as frontlets between your eyes.

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

9 You will write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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

10 When Yahweh your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you, with large and very good cities that you did 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 kinds of good things that you did not make, cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant, you will 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 be careful so that you do not forget Yahweh, who brought you 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 You will honor Yahweh your God; him you will worship, and you will swear by his name.

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 You will not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you—

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

15 for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God—if you do, the anger of Yahweh your God will be kindled against you and he will destroy you from the surface 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 You will not test Yahweh your God as you tested him at Massah.

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

17 You will diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, his solemn commands, and his statutes, that he has commanded you.

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

18 You will do what is right and good in the sight of Yahweh, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land that Yahweh swore to your 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 drive out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has said.

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

20 When your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What are the covenant decrees, the statutes, and the other decrees that Yahweh our God 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 judgements, which the Lord our God has commanded us?

21 then you will say to your son, 'We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt; Yahweh 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 he displayed signs and wonders, great and severe, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on 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 there, so that he might bring us in, to give us the land that he swore to our fathers.

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

24 Yahweh commanded us to always keep all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God for our good, so that he might keep us alive, as we are today.

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 If we keep all these commands before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us, this will be our righteousness.'

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.