Obedience Commanded

4 Now, Israel, hear the decrees^(A) and laws I am about to teach^(B) you. Follow them so that you may live^(C) and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

⁴⁰ Keep^(A) his decrees and commands,^(B) which I am giving you today, so that it may go well^(C) with you and your children after you and that you may live long^(D) in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.

²⁵ Do not eat it, so that it may go well^(A) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right^(B) in the eyes of the Lord.

²⁸ Be careful to obey all these regulations I am giving you, so that it may always go well^(A) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

⁷ You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go,^(A) so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.^(B)

³ “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”^[a](A)