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,

“These are the Laws which the Lord your God has told me to teach you. You are to do them in the land you are going to take for your own.

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.

Then you and your son and your grandson will fear the Lord your God. You will obey all His Laws that I tell you, all the days of your life. And then you will have a longer life.

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.’

O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do them. Then it will go well with you. And you will become many in a land flowing with milk and honey. This is what the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

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 you must love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

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

Keep these words in your heart that I am telling you today.

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.

Do your best to teach them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road and when you lie down and when you get up.

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

Tie them as something special to see on your hand and on your forehead.

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

Write them beside the door of your house and on your 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,

“The Lord your God will bring you into the land He promised to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give to you. There will be big and beautiful cities which you did 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—

Houses will be full of good things which you did not fill. There will be pools for keeping water which you did not dig, and grape vines and olive trees which you did not plant. You will eat and be filled.

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

But then be careful not to forget the Lord Who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the land where you were held as servants.

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

You must fear the Lord your God. You must worship Him, and swear by His name.

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

Do not follow other gods, any of the gods of the people around 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.

Or the anger of the Lord your God will burn against you. He will destroy you from the earth. For the Lord your God Who is among you is a jealous God.

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

“Do not test the Lord your God, as you put Him to the test at Massah.

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

Be careful to keep all the Laws which the Lord your God has told you.

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,

Do what is right and good in the eyes of the Lord. Then it will be well with you. And you may go in and take the good land for your own which the Lord promised to give to your fathers.

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

You will drive out of your way all who hate you, as the Lord has promised.

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?’

“In time to come your son will ask you, ‘What do all the Laws mean which the Lord told 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 say to your son, ‘We were servants of Pharaoh in Egypt. But the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.

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

The Lord showed us great and powerful works against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all those of his house.

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.

The Lord brought us out from there to bring us into the land He had promised to 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.

So the Lord told us to do all these Laws and to fear the Lord our God for our good always, as it is today.

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.’

We will be right with the Lord our God if we are careful to obey all of the Law before Him, just as He told us.