be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

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

At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.

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

Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.

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

Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

then he will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

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

Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.

These you may eat from among water creatures: anything with fins and scales you may eat,

You must be certain to tithe all the produce of your seed that comes from the field year after year.

At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages.

However, you must not eat its blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.

You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your villages that the Lord your God is giving you,

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

Now if you say to yourselves, ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?’ –

The Lord your God will deliver it over to you and you must kill every single male by the sword.

Then they must proclaim, “Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime.