and you shall be carefulto doallthe statutesand the judgmentswhichI am settingbeforeyou today.
ThenI shall not be ashamedWhen I lookupon allYour commandments.
teachingthem to observeallthat I commandedyou; and lo,I amwith you always,evento the endof the age."
They were bothrighteousin the sightof God,walkingblamelesslyin allthe commandmentsand requirementsof the Lord.
"You are My friendsifyou dowhatI commandyou.
"For you are about to crossthe Jordanto goin to possessthe landwhichthe LORDyour Godis givingyou, and you shall possessit and livein it,
"Theseare the statutesand the judgmentswhichyou shall carefullyobservein the landwhichthe LORD,the Godof your fathers,has givenyou to possessas longas you liveon the earth.
"WhateverI commandyou, you shall be carefulto do;you shall not addto nortakeawayfrom it.
"Ifyour brother,your mother'sson,oryour sonordaughter,orthe wifeyou cherish,oryour friendwhois as your own soul,enticeyou secretly,saying,Let us goand serveothergods(whomneitheryou noryour fathershave known,
"Now,O Israel,listento the statutesand the judgmentswhichI am teachingyou to perform,sothat you may liveand goin and takepossessionof the landwhichthe LORD,the Godof your fathers,is givingyou.
"See,I have taughtyou statutesand judgmentsjustas the LORDmy Godcommandedme, that you should dothusin the landwhereyou are enteringto possessit.
"Bewarethat you do not forgetthe LORDyour Godby not keepingHis commandmentsand His ordinancesand His statuteswhichI am commandingyou today;
