You must build the altar of the Lord your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.

so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today.

You must be blameless before the Lord your God.

for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

a land the Lord your God looks after. He is constantly attentive to it from the beginning to the end of the year.

You must offer your burnt offerings, both meat and blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; the blood of your other sacrifices you must pour out on his altar while you eat the meat.

Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night.

Then you are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks before the Lord your God with the voluntary offering that you will bring, in proportion to how he has blessed you.

You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the Lord your God.

When the Lord your God destroys the nations whose land he is about to give you and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and houses,

You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.

When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.

the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he has scattered you.

The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them save you when you are in trouble. The sad fact is that you have as many gods as you have towns, Judah.

For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.

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

You must not erect a sacred pillar, a thing the Lord your God detests.

Also you must offer fellowship offerings and eat them there, rejoicing before the Lord your God.

Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!