When you cross the Jordan River ¹  to the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must erect great stones and cover ²  them with plaster.

Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the Lord will live safely by him; he protects him all the time, and the Lord ¹  places him on his chest. ² 

Remember – don’t ever forget ¹  – how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him. ² 

“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar. ¹ 

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

However, only to your ancestors did he ¹  show his loving favor, ²  and he chose you, their descendants, ³  from all peoples – as is apparent today.

Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be quiet and pay attention, Israel. Today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

So the Lord has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today.”

The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, written by the very finger ¹  of God, and on them was everything ²  he ³  said to you at the mountain from the midst of the fire at the time of that assembly.

The Lord ¹  then wrote on the tablets the same words, ²  the ten commandments, ³  which he ⁴  had spoken to you at the mountain from the middle of the fire at the time of that assembly, and he ⁵  gave them to me.

or what he did to the army of Egypt, including their horses and chariots, when he made the waters of the Red Sea ¹  overwhelm them while they were pursuing you and he ²  annihilated them. ³ 

You ¹  stood before the Lord your God at Horeb and he ²  said to me, “Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. ³  Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children.”

Take note – I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: ¹ 

“Look! I have set before you today life and prosperity on the one hand, and death and disaster on the other.

You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, ¹  to be his special people ²  as you are today.

Today realize and carefully consider that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below – there is no other!

And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

The Lord your God has increased your population ¹  to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky. ² 

the blessing if you take to heart ¹  the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,

Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.