But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor.

He delivered us from there so that he could give us the land he had promised our ancestors.

You complained among yourselves privately and said, “Because the Lord hates us he brought us from Egypt to deliver us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us!

Then he brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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

Then they took some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying, “The land that the Lord our God is about to give us is good.”

When Sihon and all his troops emerged to encounter us in battle at Jahaz,

The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

Moses delivered to us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

but with whoever stands with us here today before the Lord our God as well as those not with us here today.

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.

It is not in heaven, as though one must say, “Who will go up to heaven to get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”

And it is not across the sea, as though one must say, “Who will cross over to the other side of the sea and get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”

From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us – the Lord our God gave them all to us.

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.”

So all of you approached me and said, “Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.”

The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, “You have stayed in the area of this mountain long enough.

Then I said to you, “You have come to the Amorite hill country which the Lord our God is about to give us.

the Lord our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, along with his sons and everyone else.

Next we set out on the route to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.