^{1 Ref} And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

^{2 Ref} Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.

^{3 Ref} Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for destruction came from the Lord on all those among you who went after Baal-peor.

^{4 Ref} But you who kept faith with the Lord are living, every one of you, today.

^{5 Ref} I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.

^{6 Ref} So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.