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218 Book of Deuteronomy

Chapter 6 yards and oliveyards, which thou didst not plant,
12 And thou shalt have eaten and be full:
These are the precepts, and ceremonies, and 13 Take heed deligently lest thou forget the
judgments, which the Lord your God com- Lord, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
manded that I should teach you, and that you out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the
should do them in the land into which you pass Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only, and thou
over to possess it: shalt swear by his name.
2 That thou mayst fear the Lord thy God, 14 You shall not go after the strange gods of
and keep all his commandments and precepts, all the nations, that are round about you:
which I command thee, and thy sons, and thy 15 Because the Lord thy God is a jealous God
grandsons, all the days of thy life, that thy days in the midst of thee: lest at any time the wrath
may be prolonged. of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and
3 Hear, O Israel, and observe to do the things take thee away from the face of the earth.
which the Lord hath commanded thee, that it 16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as
may be well with thee, and thou mayst be greatly thou temptedst him in the place of temptation.
multiplied, as the Lord the God of thy fathers 17 Keep the precepts of the Lord thy God, and
hath promised thee a land flowing with milk and the testimonies and ceremonies which he hath
honey. commanded thee.
4 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. 18 And do that which is pleasing and good in
5 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with
whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thee: and going in thou mayst possess the goodly
thy whole strength. land, concerning which the Lord swore to thy
6 And these words which I command thee this fathers,
day, shall be in thy heart: 19 That he would destroy all thy enemies be-
7 And thou shalt tell them to thy children, fore thee, as he hath spoken.
and thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in 20 And when thy son shall ask thee to mor-
thy house, and walking on thy journey, sleeping row, saying: What mean these testimonies, and
and rising. ceremonies and judgments, which the Lord our
8 And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy God hath commanded us?
hand, and they shall be and shall move between 21 Thou shalt say to him: We were bondmen
thy eyes. of Pharao in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out
9 And thou shalt write them in the entry, and of Egypt with a strong hand.
on the doors of thy house. 22 And he wrought signs and wonders great
10 And when the Lord thy God shall have and very grievous in Egypt against Pharao, and
brought thee into the land, for which he swore all his house, in our sight,
to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: and 23 And he brought us out from thence, that
shall have given thee great and goodly cities, he might bring us in and give us the land, con-
which thou didst not build, cerning which he swore to our fathers.
11 Houses full of riches, which thou didst not 24 And the Lord commanded that we should
set up, cisterns which thou didst not dig, vine- do all these ordinances, and should fear the Lord