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Deuteronomy 6:9-25 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

9. And you shall write them on the doorframe of your house and on your gates.

10. “And then it will happen that when Yahweh your God will bring you to the land that he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to you large and fine cities that you did not build,

11. and houses full of all sorts of good things that you did not fill, and hewn cisterns that you did not hew, vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant, and you have eaten your fill,

12. then take care for yourself, so that you do not forget Yahweh, who brought you out from the land of Egypt from the house of slavery.

13. “You shall fear Yahweh your God, and you shall serve him, and by his name you shall swear.

14. You shall not go after other gods from the gods of the peoples who are all around you,

15. for Yahweh your God is a jealous god in your midst, so that the anger of Yahweh your God would be kindled, and he would destroy you from the face of the earth.

16. You shall not put Yahweh your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.

17. You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God and his legal provisions and his rules that he has commanded you.

18. And you shall do what is right and good in the eyes of Yahweh, so that it shall go well for you and so that you may go and you may take possession of the good land that Yahweh swore for your ancestors,

19. by driving out all of your enemies before you, just as Yahweh has promised.

20. “When your child asks you in the future, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the legal provisions and the rules and the regulations that Yahweh our God commanded for you?’

21. Then you shall say to your child, ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and Yahweh brought us out from Egypt with a strong hand.

22. And Yahweh gave great and awesome signs and wonders in Egypt against Pharaoh and against his entire household in our presence.

23. But he brought us out from there in order to bring us here to give us the land that he swore to our ancestors.

24. And so Yahweh commanded us to observe all of these rules and to revere Yahweh our God for our benefit all the days that we live, as it is today.

25. And it shall be righteousness for us if we diligently observe and do all of this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.’