1Israel, listen to these laws and teachings! If you obey them, you will live, and you will go in and take the land that the LORD is giving you. He is the God your ancestors worshipped,
2and now he is your God. I am telling you everything he has commanded, so don't add anything or take anything away.
3You saw how he killed everyone who worshipped the god Baal-Peor. The LORD said, “Moses, bring the people of Israel here. I want to speak to them so they will obey me as long as they live, and so they will teach their children to obey me too.”
11Mount Sinai was surrounded by deep dark clouds, and fire went up to the sky. You came to the foot of the mountain,
14That's when the LORD commanded me to give you the laws and teachings you must obey in the land that you will conquer west of the River Jordan.Don't worship idolsMoses said to Israel:
15When God spoke to you from the fire, he was invisible. So be careful
16not to commit the sin of worshipping idols. Don't make idols to be worshipped, whether they are shaped like men, women,
21The LORD was angry with me because of what you said, and he told me that he would not let me cross the River Jordan into the good land that he is giving you.
25-26Soon you will cross the River Jordan and settle down in the land. Then in the years to come, you will have children, and they will give you grandchildren. After many years, you might lose your sense of right and wrong and make idols, even though the LORD your God hates them. So I am giving you fair warning today, and I call the earth and the sky as witnesses. If you ever make idols, the LORD will be angry, and you won't have long to live, because the LORD will let you be wiped out.
27Only a few of you will survive, and the LORD will force you to leave the land and will scatter you among the nations.
37The LORD loved your ancestors and decided that you would be his people. So the LORD used his great power to bring you out of Egypt.
38Now you face other nations more powerful than you are, but the LORD has already started forcing them out of their land and giving it to you.
39So remember that the LORD is the only true God, whether in the sky above or on the earth below.
40Today I am explaining his laws and teachings. And if you always obey them, you and your descendants will live long and be successful in the land the LORD is giving you.
Safe Towns41-43Moses said, “People of Israel, you must set aside the following three towns east of the River Jordan as Safe Towns: Bezer in the desert highlands belonging to the Reuben tribe; Ramoth in Gilead, belonging to the Gad tribe; and Golan in Bashan, belonging to the Manasseh tribe. If you kill a neighbour without meaning to, and if you had not been angry with that person, you can run to one of these towns and find safety.”The second speech: Moses tells what the Lord demandsIsrael at Beth-Peor
44-46The Israelites had come from Egypt and were camped east of the River Jordan near Beth-Peor, when Moses gave these laws and teachings. The land around their camp had once belonged to King Sihon of Heshbon. But Moses and the Israelites defeated him
47and King Og of Bashan, and took their lands. These two Amorite kings had ruled the territory east of the River Jordan
48from the town of Aroer on the edge of the gorge of the River Arnon, north to Mount Hermon.
49Their land included the eastern side of the Jordan valley, as far south as the Dead Sea below the slopes of Mount Pisgah.
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