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'AND MOSHE CALLED ALL YISRAEL, AND SAID TO THEM, HEAR, O YISRAEL, THE STATUTES AND JUDGEMENTS THAT I SPEAK IN YOUR EARS THIS DAY, THAT YOU MAY LEARN THEM, AND KEEP THEM, AND DO THEM. THE L~RD OUR G~D MADE A COVENANT WITH US IN HOREV. THE L~RD MADE NOT THIS COVENANT WITH OUR FATHERS, BUT WITH US, EVEN US, WHO ARE ALL OF US HERE ALIVE THIS DAY. THE L~RD TALKED WITH YOU FACE TO FACE IN THE MOUNTAIN OUT OF THE MIDST OF [MITOCH] THE FIRE, ( I STOOD BETWEEN THE L~RD AND YOU AT THAT TIME, TO SHOW YOU THE WORD OF THE L~RD: FOR YOU WERE AFRAID BY REASON OF THE FIRE, AND WENT NOT UP TO THE MOUNTAIN;) SAYING, I AM THE L~RD THY G~D, WHO BROUGHT THEE OUT OF THE LAND OF MITZRAYIM, FROM THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE. THOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BESIDE ME. THOU SHALL NOT MAKE FOR THYSELF ANY CARVED IDOL, OR ANY LIKENESS OF THAT WHICH IS IN THE HEAVEN ABOVE, OR THAT WHICH IS IN THE EARTH BENEATH, OR THAT WHICH IS IN THE WATERS BENEATH THE EARTH: THOU SHALL NOT BOW DOWN TO THEM, NOR SERVE THEM: FOR I THE L~RD THY G~D AM A JEALOUS G~D, PUNISHING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION OF THOSE THAT HATE ME, AND SHOWING MERCY TO THE THOUSANDTH GENERATION OF THOSE WHO LOVE ME AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. THOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE L~RD THY G~D IN VAIN: FOR THE L~RD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS THAT TAKES HIS NAME IN VAIN. KEEP THE SHABBAT DAY TO SANCTIFY IT, AS THE L~RD THY G~D HAS COMMANDED THEE. SIX DAYS THOU SHALT LABOUR, AND DO ALL THY WORK: BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SHABBAT OF THE L~RD THY G~D: ON IT THOU SHALT NOT DO ANY WORK, THOU, NOR THY SON, NOR THY DAUGHTER, NOR THY MANSERVANT, NOR THY MAIDSERVANT, NOR THY OX, NOR THY ASS, NOR ANY OF THY CATTLE, NOR THY STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES; THAT THY MANSERVANT AND THY MAIDSERVANT MAY REST AS WELL AS THOU. AND REMEMBER THAT THOU WAST A SERVANT IN THE LAND OF MITZRAYIM, AND THAT THE L~RD THY G~D BROUGHT THEE OUT FROM THERE WITH A MIGHTY HAND AND AN STRETCHED OUT ARM: THEREFORE THE L~RD THY G~D COMMANDED THEE TO KEEP THE SHABBAT DAY. HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER, AS THE L~RD THY G~D HAS COMMANDED THEE; THAT THY DAYS MAY BE PROLONGED, AND THAT IT MAY GO WELL WITH THEE, IN THE LAND WHICH THE L~RD THY G~D GIVES THEE. THOU SHALT NOT MURDER. NEITHER SHALT THOU COMMIT ADULTERY. NEITHER SHALT THOU STEAL. NEITHER SHALT THOU BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOUR. NEITHER SHALT THOU COVET THY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE, NEITHER SHALT THOU DESIRE THY NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE, HIS FIELD, OR HIS MANSERVANT, OR HIS MAIDSERVANT, HIS OX, OR HIS ASS, OR ANYTHING THAT IS THY NEIGHBOUR'S. THESE WORDS THE L~RD SPOKE TO ALL YOUR ASSEMBLY IN THE MOUNTAIN OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE FIRE, THE CLOUD, AND THE THICK DARKNESS, WITH A GREAT VOICE WHICH WAS NOT HEARD AGAIN. AND HE WROTE THEM ON TWO TABLETS OF STONE, AND DELIVERED THEM TO ME.' DEVARIM 5. 'NOW THIS IS THE COMMANDMENT, THE STATUTES, AND THE JUDGEMENTS, WHICH THE L~RD YOUR G~D COMMANDED TO TEACH YOU, THAT YOU MIGHT DO THEM IN THE LAND INTO WHICH YOU GO TO POSSESS IT: THAT THOU MIGHTEST FEAR THE L~RD THY G~D, TO KEEP ALL HIS STATUTES AND HIS COMMANDMENTS, WHICH I COMMAND THEE, THOU, AND THY SON, AND THY SON'S SON, ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE; AND THAT THY DAYS MAY BE PROLONGED. HEAR THEREFORE, O YISRAEL, AND TAKE CARE TO DO IT; THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH THEE, AND THAT YOU MAY INCREASE MIGHTILY, AS THE L~RD G~D OF THY FATHERS HAS PROMISED THEE, IN THE LAND THAT FLOWS WITH MILK AND HONEY. HEAR, O YISRAEL, THE L~RD OUR G~D, THE L~RD IS ONE. AND THOU SHALT LOVE THE L~RD THY G~D WITH ALL THY HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIGHT. AND THESE WORDS, WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, SHALL BE IN THY HEART: AND THOU SHALT TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY TO THY CHILDREN, AND SHALT TALK OF THEM WHEN THOU SITTEST IN THY HOUSE, AND WHEN THOU WALKEST BY THE WAY, AND WHEN THOU LIEST DOWN, AND WHEN THOU RISEST UP. AND THOU SHALT BIND THEM FOR A SIGN UPON THY ARM, AND THEY SHALL BE AS FRONTLETS BETWEEN THY EYES. AND THOU SHALT WRITE THEM UPON THE DOORPOSTS OF THY HOUSE, AND ON THY GATES. AND IT SHALL BE, WHEN THE L~RD THY G~D SHALL BRING THEE, TO THE LAND OF WHICH HE SWORE TO THY FATHERS, TO AVRAHAM, TO YITZHAK, AND TO YAAQOV, TO GIVE THEE GREAT AND GOODLY CITIES, WHICH THOU DIDST NOT BUILD, AND HOUSES FULL OF GOOD THINGS, WHICH THOU DIDST NOT FILL, AND HEWN OUT WELLS, WHICH THOU DIDST NOT DIG, VINEYARDS AND OLIVE TREES, WHICH THOU DIDST NOT PLANT; WHEN THOU SHALL EAT AND BE SATISFIED; BEWARE LEST THOU FORGET THE L~RD, WHO BROUGHT THEE OUT OF THE LAND OF MITZRAYIM, FROM THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE. THOU SHALT FEAR THE L~RD THY G~D AND SERVE HIM, AND SHALT SWEAR BY HIS NAME. YOU SHALL NOT GO AFTER OTHER GODS, OF THE GODS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AROUND ABOUT YOU; ( FOR THE L~RD THY G~D IS A JEALOUS G~D AMONG YOU ) LEST THE ANGER OF THE L~RD THY G~D BE INFLAMED AGAINST THEE, AND HE DESTROY THEE FROM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.' DEVARIM 6.