“So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands.

But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,

Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

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

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

anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth.

These are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that Moses spoke to the Israelites after he had brought them out of Egypt,

Their territory extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon – that is, Hermon –

“I am the Lord your God, he who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery.

These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,

be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.

You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,

Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

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

You will eat your fill and then praise the Lord your God because of the good land he has given you.

when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything,

They are your people, your valued property, whom you brought out with great strength and power.

and to keep the Lord’s commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good?

The heavens – indeed the highest heavens – belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

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