Verse 12
Deuteronomy 6:12
Free Bible Version
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In the future, when your children come and ask you, “What's the point of decrees and rules and regulations that the Lord our God (Elohim) ordered you to follow?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְ/ךָ֔ פֶּן תִּשְׁכַּ֖ח אֶת יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר הוֹצִֽיאֲ/ךָ֛ מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִ/בֵּ֥ית עֲבָדִֽים
English Translation
Take heed to yourself, lest you forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
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Chapter 6 Context
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This is so you and your children and grandchildren will show respect to the Lord your God (Elohim) t...
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Listen, people of Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may do well and have many desc...
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Listen, people of Israel, The Lord our God (Elohim), the Lord is the only one.
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You are to explain them carefully to your children and talk about them when you're at home and when...
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The Lord your God (Elohim) is going to take you into the country he promised to give you and your fo...
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with houses full of plenty of good things that you didn't provide, that have wells you didn't dig, a...
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make sure you don't forget the Lord who led you out of Egypt, out of the prison-house of slavery.
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8
Respect the Lord your God (Elohim). Worship only him, and make promises only in his name.
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9
Don't worship any other gods, the gods of the peoples around you,
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10
because the Lord your God (Elohim), who lives among you, is an exclusive God (Elohim), and the Lord...
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He will drive out all your enemies ahead of you, just as he said.
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12
In the future, when your children come and ask you, “What's the point of decrees and rules and regul...
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then you are to tell them, “Once we were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord by his power led u...
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Before our very eyes the Lord brought down incredible and terrifying signs and miracles on Egypt, on...
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But he led us out of there to take us here, giving us this country that he had promised to our foref...
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The Lord ordered us to keep all these laws and to respect the Lord our God (Elohim), so that we woul...
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And if we carefully observe each of these commandments as we live in the presence of the Lord, as he...
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