Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord and because of these detestable things the Lord your God is about to drive them out from before you.

These are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that Moses spoke to the Israelites after he had brought them out of Egypt,

These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,

If you think, “These nations are more numerous than I – how can I dispossess them?”

then he will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the Lord your God.

And these other tribes must stand for the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the Lord your God:

Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel

“Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors!

All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages.

In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the Lord your God and obey him

He did not make this covenant with our ancestors but with us, we who are here today, all of us living now.

The Lord commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day.

He is the one you should praise; he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen.

Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.

This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.

As for the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing to survive.