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The Fifth Book of Moses: Called Deuteronomy, Chapter 6
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Now 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:
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That 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.
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Hear 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.
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Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
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And thou shaltlove the LORD thy God with all thine 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 thine
heart:
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And 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.
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And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they
shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
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And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy
gates.
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And 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,
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And 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;
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Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought
thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
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Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear
by his name.
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Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which
are round about you;
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(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.
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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 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.
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To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath
spoken.
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And 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?
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Then 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:
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And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great
and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before
our eyes:
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And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring
us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
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And 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.
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And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these
commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
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