Deuteronomy 6:13-25 ▼

13 Yahweh your God you shall fear; and Him you shall serve; and by His name you shall swear.

14 You shall not walk after other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you,

15 for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God—lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and He destroy you from the face of the earth.

16 “You shall not put Yahweh your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

17 You should diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you.

18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of Yahweh, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to give your fathers,

19 by driving out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

20 “When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which Yahweh our God commanded you?’

21 then you shall say to your son, ‘We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and Yahweh brought us from Egypt with a strong hand.

22 Moreover, Yahweh showed great and calamitous signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household;

23 But He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.’

24 So Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God for our good all our days and for our survival, as it is today.

25 And it will be righteousness for us if we are careful to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, just as He commanded us.