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Deuteronomy 6

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Deuteronomy 6 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land that you go over to possess;

ASV: 1ASV

Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it;

WEB: 2WEB

that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you—you, your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

ASV: 2ASV

that thou mightest fear Jehovah 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, Israel, and observe to do it, that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

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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 Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.

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Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:

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You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

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and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

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These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;

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And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;

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and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

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and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

ASV: 8ASV

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

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You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates.

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And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

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It shall be, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities which you didn’t build,

ASV: 10ASV

And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring 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 buildest not,

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and houses full of all good things which you didn’t fill, and cisterns dug out which you didn’t dig, vineyards and olive trees which you didn’t plant, and you shall eat and be full;

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and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cisterns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt eat and be full;

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then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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

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Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.

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You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you,

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Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;

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for Yahweh your God among you is a jealous God, lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

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for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

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You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

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Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

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You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

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Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

WEB: 18WEB

You shall do that which is right and good in Yahweh’s sight, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,

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And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,

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to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

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to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.

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When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?”

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When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

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then you shall tell your son, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

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then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt: and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

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and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;

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and Jehovah showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes;

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

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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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Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are today.

ASV: 24ASV

And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.

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It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all these commandments before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.”

ASV: 25ASV

And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.