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Now 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;
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that 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 .
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Hear 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 .
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Hear , Israel : Yahweh is our God ; Yahweh is one :
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and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul , and with all your might .
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These words , which I command you this day , shall be on your heart;
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and 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 .
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You shall bind them for a sign on your hand , and they shall be for symbols between your eyes .
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You shall write them on the door posts of your house , and on your gates .
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It shall be, when Yahweh your God shall bring 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 ,
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and 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 ;
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then beware lest you forget Yahweh , who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt , out of the house of bondage.
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You shall fear Yahweh your God ; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name .
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You shall not go after other gods , of the gods of the peoples who are around you;
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for Yahweh your God in the midst of 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.
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You shall not tempt Yahweh your God , as you tempted him in Massah.
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You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God , and his testimonies, and his statutes , which he has commanded you.
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You shall do that which is right and good in the sight of Yahweh ; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers ,
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to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken .
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When 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?"
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then you shall tell your son , "We were Pharaoh's bondservants in Egypt : and Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand ;
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and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt , on Pharaoh , and on all his house , before our eyes ;
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and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers .
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Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes , to fear Yahweh our God , for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day .
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It shall be righteousness to us , if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God , as he has commanded us ."