1 “ 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,

¶ Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the rights, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you that ye might do them in the land into which ye go to inherit it

2 t hat 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.

that thou might fear the LORD 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 T herefore 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.’

Hear, therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it that it may be well with thee and that ye may be multiplied exceedingly (as the LORD God of thy fathers has said unto thee) in the land that flows with milk and honey.

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

¶ Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.

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

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might.

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

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

7 Y ou 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.

and thou shalt repeat them diligently unto thy sons and shalt talk of them being in thy house and walking by the way, lying down in bed, and rising up;

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

and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thy eyes;

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

and thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house and on thy gates.

10 “ 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,

And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give it unto thee: great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,

11 h ouses 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—

and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill, and hewn out wells, which thou didst not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which thou didst not plant; when thou shalt have eaten and be full,

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

then beware lest thou forget the LORD, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

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

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God and serve him and shalt swear by his name.

14 Y ou shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you

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

15 ( 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.

(for the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest peradventure the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

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

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

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

¶ Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded thee.

18 A nd 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,

And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD that it may be well with thee and that thou may enter in and inherit the good land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers

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

so that he will cast out all thine enemies from before thy presence, as the LORD has spoken.

20 “ 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?’

And when tomorrow thy son asks thee, saying, What are the testimonies and the statutes and the rights, which the LORD our God has commanded you?

21 t hen 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;

Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

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

and the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, in Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes;

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

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

24 A nd 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.

And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes that we might fear the LORD our God for our good always that he might give us life, as it is at this day.

25 T hen 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.’

And we shall have justice when we keep ourselves by doing all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.