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11 [a]Beware lest you (A)forget Yahweh your God by not keeping His commandments and His judgments and His statutes which I am commanding you today; 12 lest (B)you eat and are satisfied and build good houses and live in them, 13 and your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies, 14 and your heart becomes [b]lifted up and you (C)forget Yahweh your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of [c]slavery. 15 He led you through (D)the great and fearsome wilderness, with its (E)fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He (F)brought water for you out of the rock of flint. 16 In the wilderness He fed you manna (G)which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might (H)test you, to do good for you [d]in the end, 17 lest (I)you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand made me this wealth.’ 18 But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for (J)it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. 19 Now it will be, if you ever forget Yahweh your God and walk after other gods and serve them and worship them, (K)I testify against you today that you will surely perish. 20 Like the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so (L)you shall perish, because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

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  1. Deuteronomy 8:11 Lit Take heed to yourself
  2. Deuteronomy 8:14 Or proud
  3. Deuteronomy 8:14 Lit slaves
  4. Deuteronomy 8:16 Lit at your end

11 “Take care that you do not forget the Lord your God by failing to keep his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes that I am commanding you today. 12 When you have eaten your fill and have built fine houses and live in them 13 and when your herds and flocks have multiplied and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, 14 then do not exalt yourself, forgetting the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,(A) 15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, an arid wasteland with poisonous[a] snakes and scorpions. He made water flow for you from flint rock.(B) 16 He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you and in the end to do you good.(C) 17 Do not say to yourself, ‘My power and the might of my own hand have gotten me this wealth.’ 18 But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, so that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your ancestors, as he is doing today.(D) 19 If you do forget the Lord your God and follow other gods to serve and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish.(E) 20 Like the nations that the Lord is destroying before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God.

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  1. 8.15 Or fiery