1Now 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: 2That 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 . 3Hear 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 . 4Hear , O Israel : The LORD our God is one LORD : 5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine 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 in thine heart : 7And 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 . 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand , and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes . 9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house , and on thy gates .
A Warning Against Forgetting
10And 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, 11And 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 ; 12Then beware lest thou forget the LORD , which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt , from the house of bondage .
Worship and Serve Only God
13Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God , and serve him, and shalt swear by his name . 14Ye 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 . 16Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God , as ye tempted him in Massah . 17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD 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 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 , 19To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken . 20And 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? 21Then 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 : 22And the LORD shewed signs and wonders , great and sore , upon Egypt , upon Pharaoh , and upon all his household , 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 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 . 25And it shall be our righteousness , if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God , as he hath commanded us.