⁵ “Look, I now teach you these decrees and regulations just as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.

Live to Please God

4 Finally, dear brothers and sisters,^[a] we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more. ² For you remember what we taught you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

⁵ Moses was certainly faithful in God’s house as a servant. His work was an illustration of the truths God would reveal later.

²⁰ Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

²⁷ for I didn’t shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know.

³ I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.

²⁸ That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup.

Moses Urges Israel to Obey

4 “And now, Israel, listen carefully to these decrees and regulations that I am about to teach you. Obey them so that you may live, so you may enter and occupy the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.