“Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. ¹  I will not turn aside to the right or the left.

Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!

But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving ¹  you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship ²  them.

You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.

Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom ¹  in Israel.