6“Now this is the commandment, the rules and the regulations, that Yahweh your God charged to teach to you for you to observe^a in the land that you are about to cross over into^b to take possession of it, ²so that you may revere Yahweh your God by keeping all his statutes and his commandments that I am commanding you, you and your children and grandchildren,^c all the days of your life and so you may live long^d lives. ³And you shall hear, Israel, and be careful to observe these instructions, so that it may go well for you^e and that you may multiply greatly, just as Yahweh, the God of your ancestors,^f promised^g you, in a land with milk and honey.

⁴“Hear, Israel, Yahweh our God, Yahweh is unique.^h ⁵And you shall love Yahweh your God with all of your heartⁱ and with all of your soul^j and with all of your might. ⁶And these words that I am commanding you today^k shall be on^l your heart.^m ⁷And you shall recite them to your children, and you shall talk about them at the time of your living in your house and at the time of your going on the road and at the time of your lying down and at the time of your rising up. ⁸And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as an emblem between your eyes. ⁹And you shall write them on the doorframe of your house and on your gates.

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Deuteronomy 6:4–5: “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”

Footnotes

aLiterally “to do”
bOr “there”
cLiterally “the children of your children”
dLiterally “they may be long your days”
eLiterally “it/he may be good”
fOr “fathers”
gLiterally “spoke”
hOr “one”; or possibly “one Lord”
iOr “mind”
jOr “inner self”
kLiterally “the day”
lOr “in”
mOr “mind”