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Go to the religious leader who is working at that time, and say to him, ‘I make known this day to the Lord my God that I have come into the land which the Lord promised to our fathers to give us.'

Then the religious leader will take the basket from your hand and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.

And you will say before the Lord your God, ‘My father was a traveling Aramean. He went to Egypt, few in number, and stayed there. But there he became a nation, great, powerful, and with many people.

Then we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers. The Lord heard our voice and saw our troubles, our work, and how hard our lives were.

Now see, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground that You have given me, O Lord.' Then you will set it down before the Lord your God, and worship Him.

You and the Levite and the stranger who is among you will be full of joy because of all the good the Lord your God has given you and those of your house.

Then say before the Lord your God, ‘I have taken the share for holy use from my house. I have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the child whose parents have died, and the woman whose husband has died. I have done this because of all Your Laws which You have told me to do. I have not sinned or forgotten any of Your Laws.

I have not eaten of it while in sorrow, or taken any of it while I was unclean, or given any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done all You have told me to do.

"This day the Lord your God tells you to obey these Laws. Be careful to obey them with all your heart and with all your soul.

Today you have said that the Lord is your God, and that you will walk in His ways, keep all His Laws, and listen to His voice.

He has told you that He will set you high above all the nations He has made. You will be praised, remembered, and honored. You will be a holy nation to the Lord your God, as He has said."

On the day you cross the Jordan to the land the Lord your God gives you, set up large stones and cover them with plaster.

Write on them all the words of this Law when you cross the river and go into the land the Lord your God gives you. It is a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, promised you.

Build an altar of stones there to the Lord your God. Do not work on them with an iron tool.

And build the altar of the Lord your God with stones that are not cut. Then give a burnt gift on it to the Lord your God.

Give peace gifts and eat there. And be full of joy before the Lord your God.

Then Moses and the Levite religious leaders said to all Israel, "Be quiet and listen, O Israel! This day you have become the people of the Lord your God.

So obey the Lord your God. Keep all of His Laws which I tell you today."

‘Cursed is every man who makes a god or something to look like a god, the work of the hands of the able workman, and sets it up in secret. It is hated by the Lord.' Then all the people will answer, ‘Let it be so.'

"Be faithful in obeying the Lord your God. Be careful to keep all His Laws which I tell you today. And the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.