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Now these are the mitzvotha, and the ordinancesb, and the customsc which YHVHd, your Elohime, commandedf me to teach you, that you might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it,
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That thou mightest fear YHVH, thy Elohim, to keep all His customs and His mitzvoth which I command thee;
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Thou, and thy sons and daughters, and thy son's sons and thy daughters’ daughters, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
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Hear, therefore, O Israel, the words of YHVH, and observe to do them, that it may be well with thee and that you may increase mightily, as YHVH, the Elohim of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey:
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Hear, O Israel: YHVH is our Elohim; YHVH is unitya.
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Thou shalt love YHVH, thy Elohim, with all thine hearta, and with all thy soulb, and with all thy mightc.
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Remember these, the words of YHVH, thy Elohim, that thou shall know wisdoma and in knowledgeb grow in thy understandingc.
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¶ And these words which I instructa thee this day shall be in thine heart;
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And thou shalt teach the mitzvoth and the customs 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 signa upon thine hand, and they shall be as bandsb between thine eyes.
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And thou shalt write them upon the postsa of thy house and on thy gates.
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And it shall be that when YHVH, thy Elohim, shall have brought thee into the land which He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob—
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To give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, and houses full of all good things, which thou fillest not, and wells digged, which thou diggest not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantest not;
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Yea, when thou shalt have eaten and be full; then beware, lest thou forget YHVH, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage.
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¶ Thou shalt stand in awe of YHVH, thy Elohim, and reverence and serve Him, and make thy oaths only by His name.
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Ye shall not go after other godsa, or chase after the elohima of the people which are round about you, lest the anger of YHVH, thy Elohim, be kindled against thee and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
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Ye shall not tempt YHVH, your Elohim, as you tempted him in the house of Peora.
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But ye shall diligently keep the mitzvoth of YHVH, your Elohim, and His testimonies, and His ordinances which He hath given thee;
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And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of YHVH, that it may be well with thee and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which YHVH swore unto thy fathers:
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To cast out all thine enemies from before thee even as YHVH hath spoken,
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For YHVH hath saida: Holy ye shall be for I, YHVH Elohim, am holy.
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Every man and every woman shall fear and respect their Mother the earth, and their Father in the Heavens, for these are the Creator, and ye, their creation, shall keep my Sabbathsa; I am YHVH thy Elohim.
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Be not adulterers, turning unto idols, neither make unto yourselves molten godsa, for I am YHVH thy Elohim.
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And when ye shall make thy peace offeringsa in sacrifice unto YHVH, you shall offer it at your own will that I might find them acceptable to me; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.
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¶ And when thy son or thy daughter asketh thee in time to come, saying: What meaneth the testimoniesa, and the ordinancesb, and the customsc which YHVH, our Elohim, hath laid charge upon you?
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Then thou shalt say unto thy sons and thy daughters: We were the slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt; and YHVH brought us out of Egypt with a mighty handa;
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And YHVH showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household before our eyes;
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And YHVH brought us out from thence, that He might bring us in, to give us the land which He swore unto our fathers.
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And YHVH commanded us to do all these statutes, to stand in awe of our Elohim, 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 mitzvoth before YHVH, our Elohim, as He hath taught us.