You must revere the Lord your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods!

“Because you have not served the Lord your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,

However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,

Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

and serves in the name of the Lord his God like his fellow Levites who stand there before the Lord.

You must follow the Lord your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.

You are to have a place outside the camp to serve as a latrine.

by serving other gods and worshiping them – the sun, moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship.

They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship.

If your fellow Hebrew – whether male or female – is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let that servant go free.

instead in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. They will place an iron yoke on your neck until they have destroyed you.

Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,

Now, if you pay close attention to my commandments that I am giving you today and love the Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being,

After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.”

and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, “Let us follow other gods” – gods whom you have not previously known – “and let us serve them.”

The Lord will force you and your king whom you will appoint over you to go away to a people whom you and your ancestors have not known, and you will serve other gods of wood and stone there.

For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.

some evil people have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods” (whom you have not known before).

You should not consider it difficult to let him go free, for he will have served you for six years, twice the time of a hired worker; the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.