You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.

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.

Moreover, he said to me, “I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn lot!

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.

However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples – as is apparent today.

Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

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.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do all this.

Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.

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

Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.

Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be quiet and pay attention, Israel. Today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

But to this very day the Lord has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!

When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them.

The Lord will single him out for judgment from all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant written in this scroll of the law.

Then all the nations will ask, “Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?”

That is why the Lord’s anger erupted against this land, bringing on it all the curses written in this scroll.

So the Lord has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today.”

“Take this scroll of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. It will remain there as a witness against you,