¹⁸ “You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and fix them as an emblem on your forehead.^{(A) 19} Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise up.^{(B) 20} Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,^{(C) 21} so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth.

²⁶ “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:^{(A) 27} the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today;^{(B) 28} and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God but turn from the way that I am commanding you today, to follow other gods that you have not known.^(C)