"All the commandments
that I am commanding
you today
you shall be careful
to do
, that you amay live
and multiply
, and go
in and possess
the land
which
the LORD
swore
to give to your forefathers
.
" aYou shall remember all
the way
which
the LORD
your God
has bled
you in the wilderness
these
forty
years
, that He might humble
you, ctesting
you, to know
what
was in your heart
, whether you would keep
His commandments
or
not.
"He humbled you and let you be hungry
, and fed
you with manna
which
you did not know
, nor
did your fathers
know
, that He might make you 1understand
that aman
does not live
by bread
alone
, but man
lives
by everything
that proceeds
out of the mouth
of the LORD
.
" aYour clothing did not wear
out on you, nor
did your foot
swell
these
forty
years
.
" aThus you are to know in your heart
that the LORD
your God
was disciplining
you just
as a man
disciplines
his son
.
"Therefore, you shall keep the commandments
of the LORD
your God
, to walk
in His ways
and to 1fear
Him.
"For athe LORD your God
is bringing
you into a good
land
, a land
of brooks
of water
, of fountains
and springs
, flowing
forth
in valleys
and hills
;
a land of wheat
and barley
, of vines
and fig
trees
and pomegranates
, a land
of olive
oil
and honey
;
a land where
you will eat
food
without
scarcity
, in which you will not lack
anything
; a land
whose
stones
are iron
, and out of whose hills
you can dig
copper
.
"When ayou have eaten and are satisfied
, you shall bless
the LORD
your God
for the good
land
which
He has given
you.
" 1Beware that you do not aforget
the LORD
your God
by not keeping
His commandments
and His ordinances
and His statutes
which
I am commanding
you today
;
otherwise, awhen you have eaten
and are satisfied
, and have built
good
houses
and lived
in them,
and when your herds and your flocks
multiply
, and your silver
and gold
multiply
, and all
that you have multiplies
,
then your heart will become
1proud
and you will aforget
the LORD
your God
who brought
you out from the land
of Egypt
, out of the house
of 2slavery
.
"He led you through athe great
and terrible
wilderness
, with its bfiery
serpents
and scorpions
and thirsty
ground
where
there
was no
water
; He cbrought
water
for you out of the rock
of flint
.
"In the wilderness He fed
you manna
awhich
your fathers
did not know
, that He might humble
you and that He might btest
you, to do
good
for you 1in the end
.
"Otherwise, ayou may say in your heart
, `My power
and the strength
of my hand
made
me this
wealth
.'
"But you shall remember the LORD
your God
, for ait is He who is giving
you power
to make
wealth
, that He may confirm
His covenant
which
He swore
to your fathers
, as it is this
day
.
"It shall come about if
you ever
forget
the LORD
your God
and go
after
other
gods
and serve
them and worship
them, aI testify
against you today
that you will surely
perish
.
"Like the nations that the LORD
makes
to perish
before
you, so
ayou shall perish
; because
you would not listen
to the voice
of the LORD
your God
.