1 “Now this is ^athe commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,  ‡

2 ^athat you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, ^band that your days may be prolonged.  ‡

3 Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may ^amultiply greatly ^bas the Lord God of your fathers has promised you—^c‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’  ‡