You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.

you must not fear them. You must carefully recall what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt,

Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the Lord your God disciplines you.

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

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

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

for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.

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

for the Lord your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to give you victory.”

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

The priest will then take the basket from you and set it before the altar of the Lord your God.

“Because you have not served the Lord your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,

However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,

You have forgotten the Rock who fathered you, and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

Achan told Joshua, “It is true. I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel in this way:

Joshua captured in one campaign all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

But you must be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been to this very day.

They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; they worshiped their gods as well.

God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers.

Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!”