Study Desk

After the Lord your God has forced those nations out ahead of you, don't say to yourself, "The Lord brought me here to take this land because I am so good." No! It is because these nations are evil that the Lord will force them out ahead of you.

and obey the Lord 's commands and laws that I am giving you today for your own good.

So obey all the commands I am giving you today so that you will be strong and can go in and take the land you are going to take as your own.

If you carefully obey the commands I am giving you today and love the Lord your God and serve him with your whole being,

If you are careful to obey every command I am giving you to follow, and love the Lord your God, and do what he has told you to do, and are loyal to him,

See, today I am letting you choose a blessing or a curse.

You will be blessed if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today.

But you will be cursed if you disobey the commands of the Lord your God. So do not disobey the commands I am giving you today, and do not worship other gods you do not know.

be careful to obey all the commands and laws I am giving you today.

Offer them only in the place the Lord will choose. He will choose a place in one of your tribes, and there you must do everything I am commanding you.

Be careful to obey all the rules I am giving you so that things will always go well for you and your children, and you will be doing what the Lord your God says is good and right.

You will have obeyed the Lord your God by keeping all his commands that I am giving to you today, and you will be doing what the Lord says is right.

He will bless you if you obey the Lord your God completely, but you must be careful to obey all the commands I am giving you today.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the Lord your God saved you. That is why I am commanding this to you today.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the Lord your God saved you from there. That is why I am commanding you to do this.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt; that is why I am commanding you to do this.

You must completely obey the Lord your God, and you must carefully follow all his commands I am giving you today. Then the Lord your God will make you greater than any other nation on earth.

The Lord will make you like the head and not like the tail; you will be on top and not on bottom. But you must obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, being careful to keep them.

But if you do not obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands and laws I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and stay:

You ate no bread and drank no wine or beer. This was so you would understand that I am the Lord your God.