Commission<n id="1" /> Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.&#8221;

You, however, the <sc>Lordsc> has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace,<n id="1" /> to be his special people<n id="2" /> as you are today.

to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.<n id="1" />

The <sc>Lordsc> commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him<n id="1" /> so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day.

Moreover, he said to me, &#8220;I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn<n id="1" /> lot!

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.

However, only to your ancestors did he<n id="1" /> show his loving favor,<n id="2" /> and he chose you, their descendants,<n id="3" /> from all peoples &#8211; as is apparent today.

Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.<n id="1" />p>

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the <sc>Lordsc> your God redeemed you; therefore, I am commanding you to do this thing today.

This shall be the priests&#8217; fair allotment<n id="1" /> from the people who offer sacrifices, whether bull or sheep &#8211; they must give to the priest the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

They must declare to the elders<n id="1" /> of his city, &#8220;Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say &#8211; he is a glutton and drunkard.&#8221;

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the <sc>Lordsc> your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do all this.

Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.p>

Then he brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Today the <sc>Lordsc> your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: &#8220;Be quiet and pay attention, Israel. Today you have become the people of the <sc>Lordsc> your God.

But to this very day the <sc>Lordsc> has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!<n id="1" />

When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them.

The <sc>Lordsc> will single him out<n id="1" /> for judgment<n id="2" /> from all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant written in this scroll of the law.

Then all the nations will ask, &#8220;Why has the <sc>Lordsc> done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger<n id="1" /> all about?&#8221;