So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.

“But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out.

So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said you would do.”

As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did.

So I instructed you at that time regarding everything you should do.

I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,

Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!

So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do.

Be careful not to say, “My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.”

who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

They did not see what he did to you in the desert before you reached this place,

I am speaking to you because you are the ones who saw all the great deeds of the Lord!

Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.

You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the Lord’s sight.

You must eat bread made without yeast for six days. The seventh day you are to hold an assembly for the Lord your God; you must not do any work on that day.

Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

You must celebrate the Festival of Temporary Shelters for seven days, at the time of the grain and grape harvest.

The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.

If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it.