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You, your children, and your grandchildren must respect the Lord your God as long as you live. Obey all his rules and commands I give you so that you will live a long time.

Listen, Israel, and carefully obey these laws. Then all will go well for you, and you will become a great nation in a fertile land, just as the Lord , the God of your ancestors, has promised you.

Listen, people of Israel! The Lord our God is the only Lord .

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.

The Lord your God will bring you into the land he promised to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and he will give it to you. The land has large, growing cities you did not build,

Respect the Lord your God. You must worship him and make your promises only in his name.

because the Lord your God is a jealous God. He is present with you, and if you worship other gods, he will become angry with you and destroy you from the earth.

Do not test the Lord your God as you did at Massah.

Be sure to obey the commands of the Lord your God and the rules and laws he has given you.

In the future when your children ask you, "What is the meaning of the laws, commands, and rules the Lord our God gave us?"

The Lord ordered us to obey all these commands and to respect the Lord our God so that we will always do well and stay alive, as we are today.

The right thing for us to do is this: Obey all these rules in the presence of the Lord our God, as he has commanded."

The Lord your God will bring you into the land that you are entering and that you will have as your own. As you go in, he will force out these nations: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—seven nations that are stronger than you.

The Lord your God will hand these nations over to you, and when you defeat them, you must destroy them completely. Do not make a peace treaty with them or show them any mercy.

You are holy people who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth to be his very own.

So know that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God. He will keep his agreement of love for a thousand lifetimes for people who love him and obey his commands.

If you pay attention to these laws and obey them carefully, the Lord your God will keep his agreement and show his love to you, as he promised your ancestors.

You must destroy all the people the Lord your God hands over to you. Do not feel sorry for them, and do not worship their gods, or they will trap you.

But don't be afraid of them. Remember what the Lord your God did to all of Egypt and its king.

You saw for yourselves the troubles, signs, and miracles he did, how the Lord 's great power and strength brought you out of Egypt. The Lord your God will do the same thing to all the nations you now fear.