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

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

Furthermore, the Lord your God will release hornets among them until the very last ones who hide from you perish.

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

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

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.”

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!

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

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.

You may exact payment from a foreigner, but whatever your fellow Israelite owes you, you must remit.

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?’ –

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