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"Know this day that I am not speaking with your sonswho have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the LORD your God -His greatness, His mightyhand and His outstretchedarm,
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and what He did to Egypt'sarmy, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the Red*Sea to engulf them while they were pursuing you, and the LORDcompletely**destroyed them;
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and what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, when the earthopened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and everylivingthing that followed them, amongallIsrael -
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"You shall therefore keepeverycommandmentwhich I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and possess the land into which you are about to cross to possess it;
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so that you may prolong your days on the landwhich the LORDswore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a landflowing with milk and honey.
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"For the land, into which you are entering to possess it, is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you used to sow your seed and water it with your foot like a vegetablegarden.
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"It shall come about, if you listenobediently to my commandmentswhich I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul,
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"Or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be norain and the ground will not yield its fruit; and you will perishquickly from the goodlandwhich the LORD is giving you.
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"You shall therefore impressthesewords of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead*.
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"You shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you liedown and when you rise up.
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"You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
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so that your days and the days of your sons may be multiplied on the landwhich the LORDswore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens remain above the earth.
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"For if you are careful to keepallthiscommandmentwhich I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and holdfast to Him,
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"Everyplace on which the sole of your foottreads shall be yours; your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the riverEuphrates, as far as the westernsea.
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"Noman will be able to standbefore you; the LORD your God will lay the dread of you and the fear of you on all the land on which you setfoot, as He has spoken to you.
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and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turnaside from the waywhich I am commanding you today, by following*othergodswhich you have not known.
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"It shall come about, when the LORD your Godbrings you into the landwhere* you are entering to possess it, that you shall place the blessing on MountGerizim and the curse on MountEbal.
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"Are they not across the Jordan, west of the way toward the sunset*, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, oppositeGilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?