4 “Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.B,h 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.i 6 These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.j 7 Repeat them to your children.k Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol* on your forehead.D,l 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your city gates.

REMEMBERING GOD THROUGH OBEDIENCE

10 “When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give you—a land with large and beautiful cities that you did not build, 11 houses full of every good thing that you did not fill them with, cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you did not plantm—and when you eat and are satisfied,n