Gift · Memory · Testimony Every step opens the verse it rests on.
Step 1 of 6
BeginningDeuteronomy 6:10–11Israel receives cities, houses, cisterns, vineyards, and olive trees it did not make.and houses full of all good things which you didn’t fill, and cisterns dug out which you didn’t dig, vineyards and olive trees which you didn’t… v11 · WEB
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Remember the giver when you are satisfied
1 Do not forget the LORD
Fear and serve the LORD aloneDeuteronomy 6:12–15When you eat and are satisfied, remember the LORD who brought you from Egypt. Do not follow the gods of surrounding peoples.then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. v12 · WEB
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2 Do not put the LORD to the test
Obey for life in the landDeuteronomy 6:16–19Do not test the LORD as at Massah. Keep his commands and do what is right and good so Israel may enter and possess the land.You shall do that which is right and good in Yahweh’s sight, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which… v18 · WEB
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3 When a child asks why
Retell redemptionDeuteronomy 6:20–23Tell how Israel was enslaved in Egypt, how the LORD delivered the people with signs, and how he brought them into the promised land.and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes; v22 · WEB
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All Keep the commands for your good
Live the remembered storyDeuteronomy 6:24–25The LORD commands reverence and obedience for lasting good and life. Faithful observance is Israel’s covenant righteousness.Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are today. v24 · WEB
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Deuteronomy 6:12, 20–25Remember redemption; teach your childrenthen beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. v12 · WEB
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The order of these steps is adapted from the Torah flowcharts published by OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. The wording, the drawing and the illustrations are Biblion’s own.