Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

Deuteronomy 6:15-23 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

15. Because the Lord thy God is a jealous God in the midst of thee: lest at any time the wrath of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and take thee away from the face of the earth.

16. Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedst him in the place of temptation.

17. Keep the precepts of the Lord thy God, and the testimonies and ceremonies which he hath commanded thee.

18. And do that which is pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with thee: and going in thou mayst possess the goodly land, concerning which the Lord swore to thy fathers,

19. That he would destroy all thy enemies before thee, as he hath spoken.

20. And when thy son shall ask thee to morrow, saying: What mean these testimonies, and ceremonies and judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded us?

21. Thou shalt say to him: We were bondmen of Pharao in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.

22. And he wrought signs and wonders great and very grievous in Egypt against Pharao, and all his house, in our sight,

23. And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in and give us the land, concerning which he swore to our fathers.