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

However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself ¹  – you must not eat the life with the meat!

But the Lord became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he ¹  is about to give you. ² 

The person who pays no attention ¹  to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict – that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

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.