15 (for athe Lord your God is a jealous God bamong you), lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.
16 a“You shall not1 tempt the Lord your God bas you tempted Him in Massah.
17 You shall adiligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you.
18 And you ashall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers,
19 ato cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.
20 a“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?’
21 then you shall say to your son: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt awith a mighty hand;
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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John Wesley's Notes
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Deuteronomy 6:17
Ye diligently keep - Negligence will ruin us: but we cannot be saved without diligence.
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