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;

“These are the precepts and ceremonies, as well as the judgments, which the Lord your God has commanded that I teach to you, which you shall do in the land to which you will travel in order to possess 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.

So may you fear the Lord your God, and keep all his commandments and precepts, which I am entrusting to you, and to your sons and grandsons, all the days of your life, so that your days may be prolonged.

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.

Listen and observe, O Israel, so that you may do just as the Lord has instructed you, and it may be well with you, and you may be multiplied all the more, for the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey.

4 Listen, Israel: Yahweh our God is one.

Listen, 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.

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

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

And these words, which I instruct to you this day, shall be in your heart.

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 explain them to your sons. And you shall meditate upon them sitting in your house, and walking on a journey, when lying down and when 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 bind them like a sign on your hand, and they shall be placed and shall move between your eyes.

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

And you shall write them at the threshold and on the doors of your house.

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 when the Lord your God will have led you into the land, about which he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and when he will have given to you great and excellent 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 goods, which you did not amass; cisterns, which you did not dig; vineyards and olive groves, which you did not plant;

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.

and when you will have eaten and been satisfied:

13 You will honor Yahweh your God; him you will worship, and you will swear by his name.

take care diligently, lest you forget the Lord, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude. You shall fear the Lord your God, and you shall serve him alone, and you shall swear by his name.

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

You shall not go after the strange gods of all the Gentiles, who are around 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 is a jealous God in your midst. Otherwise, at some time, the fury of the Lord your God may be enraged against you, and he may take you away from 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 place of temptation.

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

Keep the precepts of the Lord your God, as well as the testimonies and ceremonies, which he has instructed to 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 do what is pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord, so that it may be well with you, and so that, when you enter, you may possess the excellent land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers

19 to drive out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has said.

that he would wipe away all your enemies before you, just as he has spoken.

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 when your son will ask you tomorrow, saying: ‘What do these testimonies and ceremonies and judgments mean, which the Lord our God has entrusted to 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,

You shall say to him: ‘We were servants of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord led us away from Egypt with a strong hand.

22 and he displayed signs and wonders, great and severe, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;

And he wrought signs and wonders, great and very grievous, in Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his house, in our sight.

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 led us away from that place, so that he might lead us in and give us the land, about which he swore 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 instructed us that we should do all these ordinances, and that we should fear the Lord our God, so that it may be well with us all the days of our life, just as it is today.

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

And he will be merciful to us, if we keep and perform all his precepts, in the sight of the Lord our God, just as he has commanded us.’”