so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the Lord promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.

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

For you are about to cross the Jordan to possess the land the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess and inhabit it.

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.

You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).

for you may do so only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal areas – there you may do everything I am commanding you.

Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the Lord will choose.

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.

You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the Lord your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.

Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you as a place to live, that

you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the Lord your God chooses for himself.

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

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 must set apart for the Lord your God every firstborn male born to your herds and flocks. You must not work the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your flocks.

If they have any kind of blemish – lameness, blindness, or anything else – you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the Lord your God.

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 must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself.

You must then do as they have determined at that place the Lord chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.