Then he took the book of the covenant, in which the LORD's commands were written, and read it aloud to the people. They said, "We will obey the LORD and do everything that he has commanded."

Then Moses took the blood in the bowls and threw it on the people. He said, "This is the blood that seals the covenant which the LORD made with you when he gave all these commands."

He told you what you must do to keep the covenant he made with you---you must obey the Ten Commandments, which he wrote on two stone tablets.

At Mount Sinai the LORD our God made a covenant,

not only with our fathers, but with all of us who are living today.

You are here today to enter into this covenant that the LORD your God is making with you and to accept its obligations,

You are not the only ones with whom the LORD is making this covenant with its obligations.

"Search the past, the time before you were born, all the way back to the time when God created human beings on the earth. Search the entire earth. Has anything as great as this ever happened before? Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?

Has any god ever dared to go and take a people from another nation and make them his own, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt? Before your very eyes he used his great power and strength; he brought plagues and war, worked miracles and wonders, and caused terrifying things to happen.

He let you hear his voice from heaven so that he could instruct you; and here on earth he let you see his holy fire, and he spoke to you from it.

Why were a thousand defeated by one, and ten thousand by only two? The LORD, their God, had abandoned them; their mighty God had given them up.

So the priests blew the trumpets. As soon as the people heard it, they gave a loud shout, and the walls collapsed. Then all the army went straight up the hill into the city and captured it.

On the day that the LORD gave the men of Israel victory over the Amorites, Joshua spoke to the LORD. In the presence of the Israelites he said, "Sun, stand still over Gibeon; Moon, stop over Aijalon Valley."

The sun stood still and the moon did not move until the nation had conquered its enemies. This is written in The Book of Jashar. The sun stood still in the middle of the sky and did not go down for a whole day.

There is no other nation on earth like Israel, whom you rescued from slavery to make them your own people. The great and wonderful things you did for them have spread your fame throughout the world. You drove out other nations and their gods as your people advanced, the people whom you set free from Egypt to be your own.

You are the God who works miracles; you showed your might among the nations.

While their ancestors watched, God performed miracles in the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.

He has not done this for other nations; they do not know his laws. Praise the LORD!

Praise him---he is your God, and you have seen with your own eyes the great and astounding things that he has done for you.

You answer us by giving us victory, and you do wonderful things to save us. People all over the world and across the distant seas trust in you.

Say to God, "How wonderful are the things you do! Your power is so great that your enemies bow down in fear before you.

Come and see what God has done, his wonderful acts among people.

How awesome is God as he comes from his sanctuary--- the God of Israel! He gives strength and power to his people. Praise God!

he humbles proud princes and terrifies great kings.

What wonderful things he did there! What amazing things at the Red Sea!

People will speak of your mighty deeds, and I will proclaim your greatness.

There was a time when you came and did terrifying things that we did not expect; the mountains saw you and shook with fear.

By means of miracles and wonders that terrified our enemies, you used your power and might to bring your people Israel out of Egypt.