Now these are the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed

Just like the nations the Lord is about to destroy from your sight, so he will do to you because you would not obey him.

When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way he had commanded you!

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.

Both you and your families must feast there before the Lord your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.

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).

You must follow the Lord your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.

so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God.

You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer – all so that you might know that I am the Lord your God!

You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God – the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officials, every Israelite man,

“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,

He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the Lord’s power and so you might always obey the Lord your God.”

But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! Don’t allow them to retreat to their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you.”

You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites this entire time, right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the Lord your God.

One of you makes a thousand run away, for the Lord your God fights for you as he promised you he would.

I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’”

“When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, ‘No! A king will rule over us’ – even though the Lord your God is your king!