Deuteronomy 5
5Moses called all the people of Israel together and said, "Listen carefully, Israel. Hear the decrees and regulations I am giving you today, so you may learn them and obey them!H4872H7121H3478H559H8085H3478H2706H4941H1696H241H3117H3925H8104H62132"The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Mount Sinai.H3068H430H3772H1285H27223The LORD did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with all of us who are alive today.H3068H3772H1285H1H587H428H2416H31174At the mountain the LORD spoke to you face to face from the heart of the fire.H3068H1696H6440H6440H2022H8432H7845I stood as an intermediary between you and the LORD, for you were afraid of the fire and did not want to approach the mountain. He spoke to me, and I passed his words on to you. This is what he said.H5975H3068H6256H5046H1697H3068H3372H6440H784H5927H2022H5596"I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.H3068H430H3318H776H4714H1004H56507"You must not have any other god but me.H312H430H64408"You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind, or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.H6213H6459H8544H8064H4605H776H4325H7769You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.H7812H5647H3068H430H7067H410H6485H5771H1H1121H8029H7256H813010But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.H6213H2617H505H157H8104H468711"You must not misuse the name of the LORD your God. The LORD will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.H5375H8034H3068H430H7723H3068H5352H5375H8034H772312"Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.H8104H7676H3117H6942H3068H430H668013You have six days each week for your ordinary work,H8337H3117H5647H6213H439914but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the LORD your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your oxen and donkeys and other livestock, and any foreigners living among you. All your male and female servants must rest as you do.H7637H3117H7676H3068H430H6213H4399H1121H1323H5650H519H7794H2543H929H1616H8179H5650H519H511715Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, but the LORD your God brought you out with his strong hand and powerful arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to rest on the Sabbath day.H2142H5650H776H4714H3068H430H3318H2389H3027H5186H2220H3068H430H6680H6213H7676H311716"Honor your father and mother, as the LORD your God commanded you. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.H3513H1H517H3068H430H6680H3117H748H3190H127H3068H430H541417"You must not murder.H752318"You must not commit adultery.H500319"You must not steal.H158920"You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.H6030H7723H5707H745321"You must not covet your neighbor's wife. You must not covet your neighbor's house or land, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.H2530H7453H802H183H7453H1004H7704H5650H519H7794H2543H745322"The LORD spoke these words to all of you assembled there at the foot of the mountain. He spoke with a loud voice from the heart of the fire, surrounded by clouds and deep darkness. This was all he said at that time, and he wrote his words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.H1697H3068H1696H6951H2022H8432H784H6051H6205H1419H6963H3254H3789H8147H3871H68H541423"But when you heard the voice from the heart of the darkness, while the mountain was blazing with fire, all your tribal leaders and elders came to me.H8085H6963H8432H2822H2022H1197H784H7126H7218H7626H220524They said, 'Look, the LORD our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice from the heart of the fire. Today we have seen that God can speak to us humans, and yet we live!H559H3068H430H7200H3519H1433H8085H6963H8432H784H7200H3117H430H1696H120H242525But now, why should we risk death again? If the LORD our God speaks to us again, we will certainly die and be consumed by this awesome fire.H4191H1419H784H398H8085H6963H3068H430H3254H419126Can any living thing hear the voice of the living God from the heart of the fire as we did and yet survive?H1320H8085H6963H2416H430H1696H8432H784H242127Go yourself and listen to what the LORD our God says. Then come and tell us everything he tells you, and we will listen and obey.'H7126H8085H3068H430H559H1696H3068H430H1696H8085H621328"The LORD heard the request you made to me. And he said, 'I have heard what the people said to you, and they are right.H3068H8085H6963H1697H1696H3068H559H8085H6963H1697H5971H1696H3190H169629Oh, that they would always have hearts like this, that they might fear me and obey all my commands! If they did, they and their descendants would prosper forever.H2088H4310H3824H5414H3372H8104H4687H3117H3190H1121H576930Go and tell them, "Return to your tents."H3212H559H7725H168H772531But you stand here with me so I can give you all my commands, decrees, and regulations. You must teach them to the people so they can obey them in the land I am giving them as their possession.'"H5975H5978H1696H4687H2706H4941H3925H6213H776H5414H342332So Moses told the people, "You must be careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God, following his instructions in every detail.H8104H6213H3068H430H6680H5493H3225H804033Stay on the path that the LORD your God has commanded you to follow. Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land you are about to enter and occupy.H3212H1870H3068H430H6680H2421H2895H748H3117H776H3423
Deuteronomy 6
6"These are the commands, decrees, and regulations that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you. You must obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy,H4687H2706H4941H3068H430H6680H3925H6213H776H5674H34232and you and your children and grandchildren must fear the LORD your God as long as you live. If you obey all his decrees and commands, you will enjoy a long life.H3372H3068H430H8104H2708H4687H6680H1121H1121H1121H3117H2416H3117H7483Listen closely, Israel, and be careful to obey. Then all will go well with you, and you will have many children in the land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.H8085H3478H8104H6213H3190H7235H3966H3068H430H1H1696H776H2100H2461H17064"Listen, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone.H8085H3478H3068H430H259H30685And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.H157H3068H430H3824H5315H39666And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.H1697H6680H3117H38247Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.H8150H1121H1696H3427H1004H3212H1870H7901H69658Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.H7194H226H3027H2903H58699Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.H3789H4201H1004H817910"The LORD your God will soon bring you into the land he swore to give you when he made a vow to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is a land with large, prosperous cities that you did not build.H3068H430H935H776H7650H1H85H3327H3290H5414H1419H2896H5892H112911The houses will be richly stocked with goods you did not produce. You will draw water from cisterns you did not dig, and you will eat from vineyards and olive trees you did not plant. When you have eaten your fill in this land,H1004H4392H2898H4390H953H2672H2672H3754H2132H5193H398H764612be careful not to forget the LORD, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.H8104H7911H3068H3318H776H4714H1004H565013You must fear the LORD your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.H3372H3068H430H5647H7650H803414"You must not worship any of the gods of neighboring nations,H3212H310H312H430H430H5971H543915for the LORD your God, who lives among you, is a jealous God. His anger will flare up against you, and he will wipe you from the face of the earth.H3068H430H7067H410H7130H639H3068H430H2734H8045H6440H12716You must not test the LORD your God as you did when you complained at Massah.H5254H3068H430H5254H453217You must diligently obey the commands of the LORD your God—all the laws and decrees he has given you.H8104H8104H4687H3068H430H5713H2706H668018Do what is right and good in the LORD's sight, so all will go well with you. Then you will enter and occupy the good land that the LORD swore to give your ancestors.H6213H3477H2896H5869H3068H3190H935H3423H2896H776H3068H7650H119You will drive out all the enemies living in the land, just as the LORD said you would.H1920H341H6440H3068H169620"In the future your children will ask you, 'What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the LORD our God has commanded us to obey?'H1121H7592H4279H559H5713H2706H4941H3068H430H668021"Then you must tell them, 'We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with his strong hand.H559H1121H6547H5650H4714H3068H3318H4714H2389H302722The LORD did miraculous signs and wonders before our eyes, dealing terrifying blows against Egypt and Pharaoh and all his people.H3068H5414H226H4159H1419H7451H4714H6547H1004H586923He brought us out of Egypt so he could give us this land he had sworn to give our ancestors.H3318H935H5414H776H7650H124And the LORD our God commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear him so he can continue to bless us and preserve our lives, as he has done to this day.H3068H6680H6213H2706H3372H3068H430H2896H3117H2421H311725For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands the LORD our God has given us.'H6666H8104H6213H2063H4687H6440H3068H430H6680
Deuteronomy 7
7"When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are about to enter and occupy, he will clear away many nations ahead of you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These seven nations are greater and more numerous than you.H3068H430H935H776H935H3423H5394H7227H1471H6440H2850H1622H567H3669H6522H2340H2983H7651H1471H7227H60992When the LORD your God hands these nations over to you and you conquer them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaties with them and show them no mercy.H3068H430H5414H6440H5221H2763H2763H3772H1285H26033You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters,H2859H1323H5414H1121H1323H3947H11214for they will lead your children away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and he will quickly destroy you.H5493H1121H310H5647H312H430H639H3068H2734H8045H41185This is what you must do. You must break down their pagan altars and shatter their sacred pillars. Cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols.H6213H5422H4196H7665H4676H1438H842H8313H6456H7846For you are a holy people, who belong to the LORD your God. Of all the people on earth, the LORD your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.H6918H5971H3068H430H3068H430H977H5459H5971H5971H6440H1277"The LORD did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!H3068H2836H977H7230H5971H4592H59718Rather, it was simply that the LORD loves you, and he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the LORD rescued you with such a strong hand from your slavery and from the oppressive hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.H3068H160H8104H7621H7650H1H3068H3318H2389H3027H6299H1004H5650H3027H6547H4428H47149Understand, therefore, that the LORD your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.H3045H3068H430H430H539H410H8104H1285H2617H157H8104H4687H505H175510But he does not hesitate to punish and destroy those who reject him.H7999H8130H6440H6H309H8130H7999H644011Therefore, you must obey all these commands, decrees, and regulations I am giving you today.H8104H4687H2706H4941H6680H3117H621312"If you listen to these regulations and faithfully obey them, the LORD your God will keep his covenant of unfailing love with you, as he promised with an oath to your ancestors.H6118H8085H4941H8104H6213H3068H430H8104H1285H2617H7650H113He will love you and bless you, and he will give you many children. He will give fertility to your land and your animals. When you arrive in the land he swore to give your ancestors, you will have large harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil, and great herds of cattle, sheep, and goats.H157H1288H7235H1288H6529H990H6529H127H1715H8492H3323H7698H504H6251H6629H127H7650H1H541414You will be blessed above all the nations of the earth. None of your men or women will be childless, and all your livestock will bear young.H1288H5971H6135H6135H92915And the LORD will protect you from all sickness. He will not let you suffer from the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all your enemies!H3068H5493H2483H7760H7451H4064H4714H3045H5414H813016"You must destroy all the nations the LORD your God hands over to you. Show them no mercy, and do not worship their gods, or they will trap you.H398H5971H3068H430H5414H5869H2347H5647H430H417017Perhaps you will think to yourselves, 'How can we ever conquer these nations that are so much more powerful than we are?'H559H3824H1471H7227H349H3201H342318But don't be afraid of them! Just remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all the land of Egypt.H3372H2142H2142H3068H430H6213H6547H471419Remember the great terrors the LORD your God sent against them. You saw it all with your own eyes! And remember the miraculous signs and wonders, and the strong hand and powerful arm with which he brought you out of Egypt. The LORD your God will use this same power against all the people you fear.H1419H4531H5869H7200H226H4159H2389H3027H5186H2220H3068H430H3318H3068H430H6213H5971H3373H644020And then the LORD your God will send terror to drive out the few survivors still hiding from you!H3068H430H7971H6880H7604H5641H6440H621"No, do not be afraid of those nations, for the LORD your God is among you, and he is a great and awesome God.H6206H6440H3068H430H7130H1419H410H337222The LORD your God will drive those nations out ahead of you little by little. You will not clear them away all at once, otherwise the wild animals would multiply too quickly for you.H3068H430H5394H411H1471H6440H4592H4592H3201H3615H4118H2416H7704H723523But the LORD your God will hand them over to you. He will throw them into complete confusion until they are destroyed.H3068H430H5414H6440H1949H1419H4103H804524He will put their kings in your power, and you will erase their names from the face of the earth. No one will be able to stand against you, and you will destroy them all.H5414H4428H3027H6H8034H8064H376H3320H6440H804525"You must burn their idols in fire, and you must not covet the silver or gold that covers them. You must not take it or it will become a trap to you, for it is detestable to the LORD your God.H6456H430H8313H784H2530H3701H2091H3947H3369H8441H3068H43026Do not bring any detestable objects into your home, for then you will be destroyed, just like them. You must utterly detest such things, for they are set apart for destruction.H935H8441H1004H2764H8262H8262H8581H8581H2764
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