Therefore know today, and take it to your heart, that the Lord, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.

And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to celebrate the Sabbath day.

Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His faithfulness to a thousand generations for those who love Him and keep His commandments;

Therefore, you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I am commanding you today, to do them.

Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.

Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God spoke to him.)

Rewards of Obedience

“You shall therefore love the Lord your God, and always keep His directive, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

“You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and take possession of the land into which you are about to cross to possess it;

“You shall therefore take these words of mine to heart and to soul; and you shall tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead.

For the poor will not cease to exist in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall fully open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’

And you are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding this of you today.

Therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall set aside for yourself three cities.’

But you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

“This day the Lord your God commands you to perform these statutes and ordinances. Therefore you shall be careful to perform them with all your heart and with all your soul.

Therefore, the anger of the Lord burned against that land, to bring upon it every curse which is written in this book;