At that time I commanded you about all the things you were to do.

“But you were not willing to go up, rebelling against the command of the Lord your God.

who went before you on the journey to seek out a place for you to camp. He went in the fire by night and in the cloud by day to guide you on the road you were to travel.

They were also regarded as Rephaim, like the Anakim, though the Moabites called them Emim.

All these were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a large number of rural villages.

You were shown these things so that you would know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides Him.

They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings who were across the Jordan to the east,

At that time I was standing between the Lord and you to report the word of the Lord to you, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. And He said:

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

tell him, ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.

“The Lord was devoted to you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

On the day of the assembly the Lord gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by God’s finger. The exact words were on them, which the Lord spoke to you from the fire on the mountain.

“So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you are to place them in the ark.’

You also must love the foreigner, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

Eat it within your gates; both the unclean person and the clean may eat it, as though it were a gazelle or deer.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt; carefully follow these statutes.

Do not despise an Edomite, because he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you were a foreign resident in his land.

Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

They met you along the way and attacked all your stragglers from behind when you were tired and weary. They did not fear God.

Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the Lord your God.

In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread you will have in your heart and because of what you will see.

You saw their detestable images and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which were among them.

If only they were wise, they would figure it out;
they would understand their fate.

Moses was 120 years old when he died; his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not left him.