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There you will work for gods made by man's hands out of wood and stone. They do not see or hear or eat or smell.

They were on the other side of the Jordan, in the valley beside Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon. Moses and the sons of Israel won the war against him when they came out of Egypt.

They took for their own his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, east of the Jordan,

"The Lord heard what you said when you spoke to me. And the Lord said to me, ‘I have heard the words which the people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have said.

If only they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and live by all My Laws always! Then it would go well with them and with their children forever.

But you stand here by Me. And I will tell you all the Laws which you should teach them, so they may keep them in the land I give them for their own.'

For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will burn against you. And He will be quick to destroy you.

Then the Lord said to me, ‘Get up. Hurry and go down from here. For your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become very sinful. They have been quick to turn away from what I told them. They have made a false god for themselves.'

And the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen these people. See, they are strong-willed.

Let Me alone, so I may destroy them and destroy their name from under heaven. I will make you into a nation that will be greater and stronger than they.'

Yet they are Your people, Your chosen nation, whom You have brought out by Your great power and Your long arm.'

Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the stone pieces in the box I had made. There they are, as the Lord told me."

From there they traveled to Gudgodah. And from Gudgodah they went to Jotbathah, a land of rivers of water.

Then the Lord said to me, ‘Get up. Travel in front of the people, so they may go in and take the land which I promised to give their fathers.'

I am not speaking to your children. They have not seen how the Lord worked and how great He is.

They have not seen the special things you have seen, what He did in Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land.

They have not seen what He did to Egypt's army, the horses and war-wagons. He made the water of the Red Sea flow over them while they were coming after you. He destroyed every one of them.

They do not know what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, son of Reuben. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, those of their house, their tents, and every living thing that followed them among Israel.

Do not act this way toward the Lord your God. For they have done for their gods every sinful act which the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire for their gods.

"Your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your friend who is as your own soul, might tempt you in secret. They might say, ‘Let us go and worship other gods' (whom you and your fathers have not known.