"When you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain a mountain that was blazing with fire at its core while the sky was covered with thick, dark clouds

When you heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was blazing, all the leaders and elders of your tribes came to me and said:

Teach them repeatedly to your children. Talk about them while sitting in your house or walking on the road, and as you lie down or get up.

"So I turned and went down from the mountain while the mountain was on fire. The two Tablets of the Covenant were in both of my hands.

Teach them to your children, talking about them while sitting in your house, walking on the road, or when you are about to lie down or get up.

Be careful not to forget the descendant of Levi while you live in the land.

You must offer your burnt offerings, both the meat and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God. You must offer the blood by pouring it on the altar of the LORD your God while you consume the meat.

they are to bring her to the door of her father's house. Then the men of the city are to stone her with boulders until she dies for doing a detestable thing in Israel acting like a prostitute while in her father's house. By doing this, you will remove this evil from among you.

"Don't muzzle an ox while it is threshing grain."

"Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the road while you were coming out of Egypt,

"I've removed the holy offering from my house and given it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, to the orphans, and to the widows just as you have commanded me. I haven't violated or forgotten your commands. I haven't eaten any part of it while mourning, nor removed any part of it while unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I've obeyed the voice of the LORD my God and did all that he commanded me.

The sky above your head will become bronze while the ground beneath you will become iron.

Your ox will be slaughtered in front of you, and you won't be able to eat it. Your donkey will be stolen from you while you watch and won't be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be handed to your enemies, and there will be no deliverer.

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you watch. You won't be able to approach them at all, and you'll be powerless to help.

The foreigner in your midst will be elevated higher and higher over you, while you are brought low little by little.

because after I've brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey that I promised to their ancestors by an oath, they'll eat, grow fat, and then they'll turn to other gods and serve them, while despising me and breaking my covenant.

because indeed I know your rebellion and stubbornness. Note that even while I'm still alive, you've been rebelling against the LORD how much more so after my death!

So Moses and Nun's son Joshua came and recited all the words of this song while the people were assembled.