1Now this is the commandment , the statutes , and the ordinances , which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you , that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it ; 2that thou mightest fear Jehovah 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. 3Hear therefore , O Israel , and observe to do it ; that it may be well with thee , and that ye may increase mightily , as Jehovah , the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee , in a land flowing with milk and honey . 4Hear, O Israel : Jehovah our God is one Jehovah : 5and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart , and with all thy soul , and with all thy might .
Teach and Remember
6And these words , which I command thee this day , shall be upon thy heart ; 7and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children , and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house , and when thou walkest by the way , and when thou liest down , and when thou risest up . 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand , and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes . 9And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house , and upon thy gates .
A Warning Against Forgetting
10And it shall be , when Jehovah thy God shall bring 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 buildest not , 11and houses full of all good things , which thou filledst not , and cisterns hewn out , which thou hewedst not , vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not , and thou shalt eat and be full ; 12then beware lest thou forget Jehovah , who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt , out of the house of bondage .
Worship and Serve Only God
13Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God ; and him shalt thou serve , and shalt swear by his name . 14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you ; 15for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God ; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee , and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 16Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God , as ye tempted him in Massah . 17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God , and his testimonies , and his statutes , which he hath commanded thee . 18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah ; that it may be well with thee , and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, 19to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee , as Jehovah hath spoken . 20When thy son asketh thee in time to come , saying, What mean the testimonies , and the statutes , and the ordinances , which Jehovah our God hath commanded you ? 21then thou shalt say unto thy son , We were Pharaoh ’s bondmen in Egypt : and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand ; 22and Jehovah showed signs and wonders , great and sore , upon Egypt , upon Pharaoh , and upon all his house , before our eyes ; 23and he brought us out from thence , that he might bring us in , to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes , to fear Jehovah our God , for our good always , that he might preserve us alive , as at this day . 25And it shall be righteousness unto us , if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God , as he hath commanded us .