At that time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to follow in the land you are about to cross into and possess.
‘These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
You must not add anything to what I command you or take anything away from it, so that you may keep the commands of the Lord your God I am giving you.
He declared his covenant to you. He commanded you to follow the Ten Commandments, which he wrote on two stone tablets.
‘Diligently watch yourselves #– #because you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb #– #
‘Keep every command I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to cross into and possess the land you are to inherit,