You, however, the <sc>Lordsc> has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace,<n id="1" /> to be his special people<n id="2" /> as you are today.

Walk just as he<n id="1" /> has commanded you so that you may live, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long<n id="2" /> in the land you are going to possess.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now these are the commandments,<n id="1" /> statutes, and ordinances that the <sc>Lordsc> your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When your children<n id="1" /> ask you later on, &#8220;What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the <sc>Lordsc> our God commanded you?&#8221;

When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the <sc>Lordsc> your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf;<n id="1" /> you had quickly turned aside from the way he<n id="2" /> had commanded you!

For I was terrified at the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s intense anger<n id="1" /> that threatened to destroy you. But he<n id="2" /> listened to me this time as well.

<t /><p class="bodytext">I lay flat on the ground before the <sc>Lordsc> for forty days and nights,<n id="1" /> for he<n id="2" /> had said he would destroy you.

the blessing if you take to heart<n id="1" /> the commandments of the <sc>Lordsc> your God that I am giving you today,

When you do go across the Jordan River<n id="1" /> and settle in the land he<n id="2" /> is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.<n id="3" />

You shall rejoice in the presence of the <sc>Lordsc> your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages<n id="1" /> (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext"><v id="(13:1)" /><n id="1" /> You<n id="2" /> must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it!<n id="3" />

so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship<n id="1" /> their gods, causing you to sin against the <sc>Lordsc> your God.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely<n id="1" /> all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: &#8220;Pay attention to all the commandments<n id="1" /> I am giving<n id="2" /> you today.

So when you cross the Jordan you must erect on Mount Ebal<n id="1" /> these stones about which I am commanding you today, and you must cover them with plaster.

But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving<n id="1" /> you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship<n id="2" /> them.p>

I have led you through the desert for forty years. Your clothing has not worn out<n id="1" /> nor have your sandals<n id="2" /> deteriorated.

When you capture the city, set it<n id="1" /> on fire. Do as the <sc>Lordsc> says! See, I have given you orders.&#8221;<n id="2" />

or associate with these nations that remain near<n id="1" /> you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods!<n id="2" /> You must not worship<n id="3" /> or bow down to them!

But if you ever turn away and make alliances with<n id="1" /> these nations that remain near you,<n id="2" /> and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them,<n id="3" />