⁴⁵ When Moses finished speaking these words to all Israel, ⁴⁶ he said to them: “·Pay careful attention to [^LSet your heart on] all the words I ·have said [testify; give witness] to you today, and command your children to obey carefully everything in these ·teachings [laws; instructions]. ⁴⁷ These should not be unimportant words for you, but rather they mean life for you! By these words you will live a long time in the land you are crossing the Jordan River to take as your ·own [possession].”