‘When the Lord your God annihilates the nations before you, which you are entering to take possession of, and you drive them out and live in their land,
‘When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give you #– #a land with large and beautiful cities that you did not build,
‘When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, take possession of it, live in it, and say, “I will set a king over me like all the nations around me,”
‘Be careful to follow these statutes and ordinances in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess all the days you live on the earth.
houses full of every good thing that you did not fill them with, cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant #– #and when you eat and are satisfied,
I gave you a land you did not labour for, and cities you did not build, though you live in them; you are eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.”