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"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

"You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.'

And you said: "Surely the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man; yet he still lives.

that you may fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

You shall fear the LORD your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name.

You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you.

and the LORD showed signs and wonders before our eyes, great and severe, against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household.

The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;

"Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

and He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him; He will repay him to his face.

And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.

"Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.

"Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today,

"And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

Likewise, when the LORD sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, "Go up and possess the land which I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and you did not believe Him nor obey His voice.

(Now the children of Israel journeyed from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died, and where he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his stead.

At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to Him and to bless in His name, to this day.

Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God promised him.)

"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,