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The Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 6, Verse 15

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Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which [are] round about you;
King James Version
(For the LORD thy God [is] a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
American Standard Version
for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
New English Translation
for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.
World English Bible
for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
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Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.
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Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
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And thou shalt do [that which is] right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
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To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
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[And] when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [mean] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
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Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
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And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
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And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
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And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as [it is] at this day.
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And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.