Deuteronomy 6:13-25 ▼

13 Fear the LORD your God {YHWH Eloheka}, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name (serve Him, and take your oaths only in His name).

14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you⁺.

15 For the LORD your God {YHWH Eloheka}, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

16 Do not test the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem} as you⁺ tested Him at Massah (testing).

17 You⁺ are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem} and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.

18 Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD {YHWH}, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,

19 driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD {YHWH} has said.

20 In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God {YHWH Elohenu} has commanded you⁺?”

21 then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh (great house) in Egypt (land of bondage), but the LORD {YHWH} brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

22 Before our eyes the LORD {YHWH} inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt (land of bondage), on Pharaoh (great house), and on all his household.

23 But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.

24 And the LORD {YHWH} commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God {YHWH Elohenu}, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.

25 And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God {YHWH Elohenu}, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”