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"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 love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

and to keep the LORD'S commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?

To keep the commandments of the Lord , and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

"Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord 's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.

"Yet the LORD set His affection on your fathers, to love them, and He chose their descendants after them, you over all the other peoples, as it is this day.

Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

"So circumcise your heart, and do not stiffen your neck any longer.

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

"For the LORD your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who does not show partiality, nor take a bribe.

For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

"He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the stranger by giving him food and clothing.

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

"So show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

"You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him, and cling to Him, and you shall swear by His name.

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

"He is your glory and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen.

He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

"Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.