1 N ow this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;

¶ 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 might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you; you, and your son, and your son’s son, 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 H ear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to 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 be multiplied exceedingly (as the LORD God of thy fathers has said unto thee) in the land that flows with milk and honey.

4 H ear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.

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

5 Y ou shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

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

6 T hese words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;

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

7 a nd you shall teach them diligently to 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 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 for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for 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 door posts of your house, and on your gates.

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

10 I t shall be, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn’t 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 a nd houses full of all good things, which you didn’t fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn’t dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn’t plant, and you shall eat and be 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 Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of 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 Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by 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, of the gods of the peoples who are around you;

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

15 f or Yahweh your God among you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off 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 Y ou shall not tempt Yahweh 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 Yahweh your God, and 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 Y ou shall do that which is right and good in Yahweh’s sight; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh 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 thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

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

20 W hen your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?”

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 tell your son, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. Yahweh 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 Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;

and the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, in Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, 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 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 Y ahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are today.

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 I t shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh 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.