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"So now, behold, I am going to my people; come, and I will advise you of what this people will do to your people in the days to come."

"Therefore say, 'Behold, I am giving him My covenant of peace;

'So you shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.'"

"And I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to endure you alone.

"But the LORD said to me, 'Say to them, "Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; otherwise you will be defeated by your enemies."'

"Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you will live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

"You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I am commanding you.

"Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole Law which I am setting before you today?

"For I am going to die in this land; I am not crossing the Jordan, but you are going to cross, and you will take possession of this good land.

"So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am giving you today, so that it may go well for you and for your children after you, and that you may live long on the land which the LORD your God is giving you for all time."

Now Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: "Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances which I am speaking today for you to hear, so that you may learn them and be careful to do them.

'I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

'You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, inflicting the punishment of the fathers on the children, even on the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

'But as for you, stand here by Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which you shall teach them, so that they may follow them in the land which I am giving them to possess.'

"These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.

"Therefore, you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I am commanding you today, to do them.

"All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, so that you may live and increase, and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD swore to give to your forefathers.

"Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments, His ordinances, and His statutes which I am commanding you today;

and to keep the LORD'S commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?

"Know this day that I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the LORD your God—His greatness, His mighty hand, His outstretched arm,