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“You shall have no other gods before[a] me.

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  1. Deuteronomy 5:7 Or besides

(A)Hear, O Israel![a] The Lord is our God, the Lord alone!

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  1. 6:4 Hear, O Israel!: in Hebrew, shema yisra’el; hence this passage (vv. 4–9), containing the Great Commandment, is called the Shema. In later Jewish tradition, 11:13–21 and Nm 15:37–41 were added to form a prayer recited every evening and morning. The Lord is our God, the Lord alone: other possible translations are “the Lord our God is one Lord”; “the Lord our God, the Lord is one”; “the Lord is our God, the Lord is one.”

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a](A)

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  1. Deuteronomy 6:4 Or The Lord our God is one Lord; or The Lord is our God, the Lord is one; or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone

19 But if you do forget the Lord, your God, and go after other gods, serving and bowing down to them,(A) I bear witness to you this day that you will perish utterly. 20 Like the nations which the Lord destroys before you, so shall you too perish for not listening to the voice of the Lord, your God.

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19 If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods(A) and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.(B) 20 Like the nations(C) the Lord destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God.(D)

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