1 “ Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it,

“Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,

2 s o that you and your son and your grandson might fear the Lord your God, to 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 you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

3 O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you—‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’

4 “ Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!

5 Y ou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

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

6 T hese words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.

“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.

7 Y ou shall teach them diligently to your sons 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.

You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

8 Y ou shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.

You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

9 Y ou shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Caution Against Disobedience

10 “ Then it shall come about when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,

“So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build,

11 a nd houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied,

houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—when you have eaten and are full—

12 t hen watch yourself, that you do not forget the Lord who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

then beware, lest you forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

13 Y ou shall fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name.

You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name.

14 Y ou shall not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you,

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

15 f or the Lord your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; otherwise the anger of the Lord your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

(for the Lord your God is a jealous God among you), lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.

16 “ You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

“You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him in Massah.

17 Y ou should diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you.

You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you.

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

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

19 b y driving out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.

to cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.

20 “ When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the Lord our God commanded you?’

“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?’

21 t hen you shall say to your son, ‘We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us from Egypt with a mighty hand.

then you shall say to your son: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

22 M oreover, the Lord showed great and distressing signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household;

and the Lord showed signs and wonders before our eyes, great and severe, against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household.

23 H e brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.’

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

24 S o the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today.

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

25 I t will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the Lord our God, just as He commanded us.

Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.’