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!H4872H7121H3478H559H8085H3478H2706H4941H1696H241H3117H3925H8104H6213 2"The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Mount Sinai.H3068H430H3772H1285H2722 3The LORD did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with all of us who are alive today.H3068H3772H1285H1H587H428H2416H3117 4At the mountain the LORD spoke to you face to face from the heart of the fire.H3068H1696H6440H6440H2022H8432H784 5I 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.H5975H3068H6256H5046H1697H3068H3372H6440H784H5927H2022H559 6"I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.H3068H430H3318H776H4714H1004H5650 7"You must not have any other god but me.H312H430H6440 8"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.H6213H6459H8544H8064H4605H776H4325H776 9You 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.H7812H5647H3068H430H7067H410H6485H5771H1H1121H8029H7256H8130 10But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.H6213H2617H505H157H8104H4687 11"You must not misuse the name of the LORD your God. The LORD will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.H5375H8034H3068H430H7723H3068H5352H5375H8034H7723 12"Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.H8104H7676H3117H6942H3068H430H6680 13You have six days each week for your ordinary work,H8337H3117H5647H6213H4399 14but 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.H7637H3117H7676H3068H430H6213H4399H1121H1323H5650H519H7794H2543H929H1616H8179H5650H519H5117 15Remember 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.H2142H5650H776H4714H3068H430H3318H2389H3027H5186H2220H3068H430H6680H6213H7676H3117 16"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.H3513H1H517H3068H430H6680H3117H748H3190H127H3068H430H5414 17"You must not murder.H7523 18"You must not commit adultery.H5003 19"You must not steal.H1589 20"You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.H6030H7723H5707H7453 21"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.H2530H7453H802H183H7453H1004H7704H5650H519H7794H2543H7453 22"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.H1697H3068H1696H6951H2022H8432H784H6051H6205H1419H6963H3254H3789H8147H3871H68H5414 23"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.H8085H6963H8432H2822H2022H1197H784H7126H7218H7626H2205 24They 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!H559H3068H430H7200H3519H1433H8085H6963H8432H784H7200H3117H430H1696H120H2425 25But 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.H4191H1419H784H398H8085H6963H3068H430H3254H4191 26Can any living thing hear the voice of the living God from the heart of the fire as we did and yet survive?H1320H8085H6963H2416H430H1696H8432H784H2421 27Go 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.'H7126H8085H3068H430H559H1696H3068H430H1696H8085H6213 28"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.H3068H8085H6963H1697H1696H3068H559H8085H6963H1697H5971H1696H3190H1696 29Oh, 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.H2088H4310H3824H5414H3372H8104H4687H3117H3190H1121H5769 30Go and tell them, "Return to your tents."H3212H559H7725H168H7725 31But 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.'"H5975H5978H1696H4687H2706H4941H3925H6213H776H5414H3423 32So Moses told the people, "You must be careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God, following his instructions in every detail.H8104H6213H3068H430H6680H5493H3225H8040 33Stay 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
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
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.H3068H430H935H776H935H3423H5394H7227H1471H6440H2850H1622H567H3669H6522H2340H2983H7651H1471H7227H6099 2When 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.H3068H430H5414H6440H5221H2763H2763H3772H1285H2603 3You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters,H2859H1323H5414H1121H1323H3947H1121 4for 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.H5493H1121H310H5647H312H430H639H3068H2734H8045H4118 5This 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.H6213H5422H4196H7665H4676H1438H842H8313H6456H784 6For 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.H6918H5971H3068H430H3068H430H977H5459H5971H5971H6440H127 7"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!H3068H2836H977H7230H5971H4592H5971 8Rather, 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.H3068H160H8104H7621H7650H1H3068H3318H2389H3027H6299H1004H5650H3027H6547H4428H4714 9Understand, 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.H3045H3068H430H430H539H410H8104H1285H2617H157H8104H4687H505H1755 10But he does not hesitate to punish and destroy those who reject him.H7999H8130H6440H6H309H8130H7999H6440 11Therefore, you must obey all these commands, decrees, and regulations I am giving you today.H8104H4687H2706H4941H6680H3117H6213 12"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.H6118H8085H4941H8104H6213H3068H430H8104H1285H2617H7650H1 13He 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.H157H1288H7235H1288H6529H990H6529H127H1715H8492H3323H7698H504H6251H6629H127H7650H1H5414 14You 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.H1288H5971H6135H6135H929 15And 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!H3068H5493H2483H7760H7451H4064H4714H3045H5414H8130 16"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.H398H5971H3068H430H5414H5869H2347H5647H430H4170 17Perhaps you will think to yourselves, 'How can we ever conquer these nations that are so much more powerful than we are?'H559H3824H1471H7227H349H3201H3423 18But don't be afraid of them! Just remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all the land of Egypt.H3372H2142H2142H3068H430H6213H6547H4714 19Remember 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.H1419H4531H5869H7200H226H4159H2389H3027H5186H2220H3068H430H3318H3068H430H6213H5971H3373H6440 20And then the LORD your God will send terror to drive out the few survivors still hiding from you!H3068H430H7971H6880H7604H5641H6440H6 21"No, do not be afraid of those nations, for the LORD your God is among you, and he is a great and awesome God.H6206H6440H3068H430H7130H1419H410H3372 22The 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.H3068H430H5394H411H1471H6440H4592H4592H3201H3615H4118H2416H7704H7235 23But the LORD your God will hand them over to you. He will throw them into complete confusion until they are destroyed.H3068H430H5414H6440H1949H1419H4103H8045 24He 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.H5414H4428H3027H6H8034H8064H376H3320H6440H8045 25"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.H6456H430H8313H784H2530H3701H2091H3947H3369H8441H3068H430 26Do 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
8"Be careful to obey all the commands I am giving you today. Then you will live and multiply, and you will enter and occupy the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors.H4687H6680H3117H8104H6213H2421H7235H935H3423H776H3068H7650H1 2Remember how the LORD your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands.H2142H1870H3068H430H3212H705H8141H4057H6031H5254H3045H3824H8104H4687 3Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.H6031H7456H398H4478H3045H1H3045H3045H120H2421H3899H905H4161H6310H3068H120H2421 4For all these forty years your clothes didn't wear out, and your feet didn't blister or swell.H8071H1086H7272H1216H705H8141 5Think about it: Just as a parent disciplines a child, the LORD your God disciplines you for your own good.H3045H5973H3824H376H3256H1121H3068H430H3256 6"So obey the commands of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and fearing him.H8104H4687H3068H430H3212H1870H3372 7For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land of flowing streams and pools of water, with fountains and springs that gush out in the valleys and hills.H3068H430H935H2896H776H776H5158H4325H5869H8415H3318H1237H2022 8It is a land of wheat and barley; of grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates; of olive oil and honey.H776H2406H8184H1612H8384H7416H776H8081H2132H1706 9It is a land where food is plentiful and nothing is lacking. It is a land where iron is as common as stone, and copper is abundant in the hills.H776H834H398H3899H3808H4544H2637H776H68H1270H2042H2672H5178 10When you have eaten your fill, be sure to praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.H398H7646H1288H3068H430H2896H776H5414 11"But that is the time to be careful! Beware that in your plenty you do not forget the LORD your God and disobey his commands, regulations, and decrees that I am giving you today.H8104H7911H3068H430H8104H4687H4941H2708H6680H3117 12For when you have become full and prosperous and have built fine homes to live in,H398H7646H1129H2896H1004H3427 13and when your flocks and herds have become very large and your silver and gold have multiplied along with everything else, be careful!H1241H6629H7235H3701H2091H7235H7235 14Do not become proud at that time and forget the LORD your God, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.H3824H7311H7911H3068H430H3318H776H4714H1004H5650 15Do not forget that he led you through the great and terrifying wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock!H3212H1419H3372H4057H8314H5175H6137H6774H4325H3318H4325H6697H2496 16He fed you with manna in the wilderness, a food unknown to your ancestors. He did this to humble you and test you for your own good.H398H4057H4478H1H3045H6031H5254H3190H319 17He did all this so you would never say to yourself, 'I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.'H559H3824H3581H6108H3027H6213H2428 18Remember the LORD your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful, in order to fulfill the covenant he confirmed to your ancestors with an oath.H2142H3068H430H5414H3581H6213H2428H6965H1285H7650H1H3117 19"But I assure you of this: If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, you will certainly be destroyed.H7911H7911H3068H430H1980H310H312H430H5647H7812H5749H3117H6H6 20Just as the LORD has destroyed other nations in your path, you also will be destroyed if you refuse to obey the LORD your God.H1471H3068H6H6440H6H6118H8085H6963H3068H430
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