The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation

Deuteronomy 6

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Torah

The Shema: “Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is One” — Judaism's central declaration, recited morning and evening.

1Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which HaShem your G-d commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it--

2that thou mightest fear HaShem 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.

3Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as HaShem, the G-d of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee--a land flowing with milk and honey.

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5And thou shalt love HaShem thy G-d with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;

7and thou shalt teach them diligently unto 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.

8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

9And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

10And it shall be, when HaShem thy G-d shall bring thee into the land which He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee--great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,

11and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which thou the didst not hew, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou didst not plant, and thou shalt eat and be satisfied--

12then beware lest thou forget HaShem, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

13Thou shalt fear HaShem thy G-d; and Him shalt thou serve, and by His name shalt thou swear.

14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;

15for a jealous G-d, even HaShem thy G-d, is in the midst of thee; lest the anger of HaShem thy G-d be kindled against thee, and He destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

16Ye shall not try HaShem your G-d, as ye tried Him in Massah.

17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of HaShem your G-d, and His testimonies, and His statutes, which He hath commanded thee.

18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of HaShem; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which HaShem swore unto thy fathers,

19to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as HaShem hath spoken.

20When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: 'What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which HaShem our G-d hath commanded you?

21then thou shalt say unto thy son: 'We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and HaShem brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

22And HaShem showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes.

23And He brought us out from thence, that He might bring us in, to give us the land which He swore unto our fathers.

24And HaShem commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear HaShem our G-d, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

25And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before HaShem our G-d, as He hath commanded us.'

25 verses · JPS 1917 (public domain)

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