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you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.
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It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees
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I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him.
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I myself will call to account anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.
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Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
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And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up.”
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“Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
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If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name—the Lord your God—
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When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, “I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way,” they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
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The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
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Joshua to Succeed Moses
Then Moses went out and spoke these words to all Israel:
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Assemble the people—men, women and children, and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn to fear the Lord your God and follow carefully all the words of this law.
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After Moses finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,
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Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to testify against them.
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The Song of Moses
And Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel:
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Listen, you heavens, and I will speak; hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.
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Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
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Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
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When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel,
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he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law.
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They are not just idle words for you—they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
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Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.
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Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—just as it is written in the Book of the Law.
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“See!” he said to all the people. “This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God.”
