1 N ow this is the instruction, the laws, and the precepts which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land to which you go to possess it,

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

2 T hat you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, and keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

that thou mightest fear Jehovah 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.

3 H ear therefore, O Israel, and be watchful to do them, that it may be well with you and that you may increase exceedingly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

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

4 H ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord.

Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:

5 A nd you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with your entire being and with all your might.

and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

6 A nd these words which I am commanding you this day shall be in your minds and hearts;

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

7 Y ou shall whet and sharpen them so as to make them penetrate, and teach and impress them diligently upon the hearts of your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up.

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.

8 A nd you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets (forehead bands) between your eyes.

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

9 A nd you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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

10 A nd when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you, with great and goodly cities which you did not build,

And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not,

11 A nd houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and cisterns hewn out which you did not hew, and vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and when you eat and are full,

and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cisterns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt eat and be full;

12 T hen beware lest you forget the Lord, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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

13 Y ou shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him and swear by His name.

Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.

14 Y ou shall not go after other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who are round about you;

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

15 F or the Lord your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and He destroy you from the face of the earth.

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

16 Y ou shall not tempt and try the Lord your God as you tempted and tried Him in Massah.

Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

17 Y ou shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God and His exhortations and His statutes which He commanded you.

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

18 A nd you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may go well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which the Lord swore to give to your fathers,

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

19 T o cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has promised.

to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.

20 W hen your son asks you in time to come, What is the meaning of the testimonies and statutes and precepts which the Lord our God has commanded you?

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

21 T hen you shall say to your son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

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

22 A nd the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and evil, against Egypt, against Pharaoh, and all his household, before our eyes;

and Jehovah showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes;

23 A nd He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in to give us the land which He swore to give our fathers.

and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

24 A nd 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 this day.

And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.

25 A nd it will be accounted as righteousness (conformity to God’s will in word, thought, and action) for us if we are watchful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.

And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.