1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and
the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in
the land whither ye go to possess it:
2 That
thou mightest 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 Hear
therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee,
and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised
thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
4 Hear,
O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
5 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 thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And
thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when
thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou
liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And
thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets
between thine eyes.
9 And
thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
10 And
it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought 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 buildedst not,
11 And
houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not,
and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which
thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD,
which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
13 Thou
shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
14 Ye
shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round
about you;
15 (For
the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the
anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off
the face of the earth.
16 Ye
shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in
Massah.
17 Ye
shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his
testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
18 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 mayest go in and possess the
good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
19 To
cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to
come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and
the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
21 Then
thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD
brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
22 And
the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh,
and upon all his household, before our eyes:
23 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 And
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 at
this day.
25 And
it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments
before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
