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, 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:

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 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.

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, 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.

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.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength.

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

And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy 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 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.

8 You will tie them as a sign upon your hand, and they will serve as frontlets between your eyes.

And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand, and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes.

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

And thou shalt write them in the entry, and on the doors of thy 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 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,

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 riches, which thou didst not set up, cisterns which thou didst not dig, vineyards and oliveyards, which thou didst 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 thou shalt have eaten and be full:

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

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.

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 nations, that are 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.

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.

16 You will not test Yahweh your God as you tested him at Massah.

Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedst 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 thy God, and the testimonies and ceremonies which he hath commanded thee.

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 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,

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

That he would destroy all thy enemies before thee, as he hath 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 thy son shall ask thee tomorrow, saying: What mean these testimonies, and ceremonies and judgments, which the Lord our God hath 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,

Thou shalt say to him: We were bondmen of Pharao in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of 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 Pharao, 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 brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in and give us the land, concerning 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 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.

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 do all his precepts before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.