New English Translation

Deuteronomy 6:11-22 New English Translation (NET)

11. houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant – and you eat your fill,

12. be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.

13. You must revere the Lord your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

14. You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,

15. for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

16. You must not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah.

17. Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

18. Do whatever is proper and good before the Lord so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,

19. and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the Lord said.

20. When your children ask you later on, “What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?”

21. you must say to them, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.

22. And he brought signs and great, devastating wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on his whole family before our very eyes.