“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar.

you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing – that very man or woman – and you must stone that person to death.

You must not make use of the name of the Lord your God for worthless purposes, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way.

You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.

Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

Now, get up and cross the Wadi Zered.” So we did so.

You may exact payment from a foreigner, but whatever your fellow Israelite owes you, you must remit.

you may bring her back to your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,

So on that day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites,

I gave Gilead to Machir.

Bear in mind today that I am not speaking to your children who have not personally experienced the judgments of the Lord your God, which revealed his greatness, strength, and power.

the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl,

then you must cut off her hand – do not pity her.

The Lord said to me, “Look! I have already begun to give over Sihon and his land to you. Start right now to take his land as your possession.”

At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them under divine judgment, including even the women and children; we left no survivors.

Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.”

So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that good land.

From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words.

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.