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.

the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,

But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.

When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.

Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them.

When the Lord your God eliminates the nations from the place where you are headed and you dispossess them, you will settle down in their land.

(13:1) You must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it!

some evil people have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods” (whom you have not known before).

if you carefully obey him by keeping all these commandments that I am giving you today.

Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore, I am commanding you to do this thing today.

you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door. Then he will become your servant permanently (this applies to your female servant as well).

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.

You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.

You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

When he sits on his royal throne he must make a copy of this law on a scroll given to him by the Levitical priests.

I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the Lord your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.