Deuteronomy:6:1-25
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And this is the commandment ,
with the statutes ,
and the ordinances ,
which the Lord your God hath commanded to teach you ,
to do them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it :
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In order that you mayest 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 in order that thy days may be prolonged .
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Hear ,
therefore ,
O Israel ,
and observe to do them ;
that it may be well with thee ,
and that ye may increase greatly ,
as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath spoken to thee ,
the land flowing with milk and honey .
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Hear ,
O Israel !
The Lord ,
our God ,
is the One Eternal Being .
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And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart ,
and with all thy soul ,
and with all thy might .
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And these words which I command thee this day ,
shall be in thy heart :
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And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children ,
and thou shalt speak 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 .
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And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand ,
and they shall be as frontlets between thy eyes .
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And thou shalt write them upon the door
posts of thy house ,
and upon thy gates .
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And it shall be ,
when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land which he hath sworn unto thy fathers ,
to Abraham ,
to Isaac ,
and to Jacob ,
to give unto thee ,
great and goodly cities ,
which thou didst not build ,
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And houses full of all good things ,
which thou didst not fill ,
and wells hewed out which thou didst not hew ,
vineyards and olive
trees ,
which thou didst not plant ;
and thou hast eaten and art satisfied :
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Then beware that thou do not forget the Lord ,
who hath brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt ,
from the house of slavery .
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The Lord thy God shalt thou fear ,
and him shalt thou serve ,
and by his name shalt thou swear .
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Ye shall not go after other gods ,
of the gods of the nations which are round about you ;
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For the Lord thy God is a watchful God among you :
so that the anger of the Lord thy God may not be kindled against thee ,
and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth .
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Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God ,
as ye tempted him in Massah .
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Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God ,
and his testimonies ,
and his statutes ,
which he hath commanded thee .
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And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the eyes of the Lord ;
in order that it may be well with thee ,
and that thou mayest go in and take possession of the good land which the Lord hath sworn unto thy fathers ,
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To cast out all thy enemies from before thee ;
as the Lord hath spoken .
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When thy son should ask thee in time to come ,
saying ,
What mean the testimonies ,
and the statutes ,
and the ordinances ,
which the Lord our God hath commanded you ?
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Then shalt thou say unto thy son ,
We were bondmen unto Pharaoh in Egypt ;
and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand ;
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And the Lord let come signs and wonders ,
great and sore ,
on Egypt ,
on Pharaoh ,
and on all his household ,
before our eyes ;
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And us he brought out from there ;
in order to bring us in ,
to give us the land which he had sworn unto our fathers .
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And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes ,
to fear the Lord our God ;
that it might be well with us at all times ,
and that he might preserve us alive ,
as it is at this day .
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And it shall be accounted righteousness unto us ,
if we observe to do all this commandment before the Lord our God ,
as he hath commanded us .