Then Moses said to the people, "Obey all the laws that I am teaching you, and you will live and occupy the land which the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

Do not add anything to what I command you, and do not take anything away. Obey the commands of the LORD your God that I have given you.

"I have taught you all the laws, as the LORD my God told me to do. Obey them in the land that you are about to invade and occupy.

It was after they had come out of Egypt and were in the valley east of the Jordan River, opposite the town of Bethpeor, that he gave them these laws. This was in the territory that had belonged to King Sihon of the Amorites, who had ruled in the town of Heshbon. Moses and the people of Israel defeated him when they came out of Egypt.

"These are all the laws that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you. Obey them in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.

As long as you live, you and your descendants are to honor the LORD your God and obey all his laws that I am giving you, so that you may live in that land a long time.

Be sure, also, not to neglect the Levites, as long as you live in your land.

Do not be tempted to worship and serve what you see in the sky---the sun, the moon, and the stars. The LORD your God has given these to all other peoples for them to worship.

so that your people may obey you all the time they live in the land which you gave to our ancestors.

Human life is like forced army service, like a life of hard manual labor,

I will sing to the LORD all my life; as long as I live I will sing praises to my God.

I will praise him as long as I live; I will sing to my God all my life.