⁴⁵ When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, ⁴⁶ he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day,^(A) so that you may command^(B) your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. ⁴⁷ They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.^(C) By them you will live long^(D) in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”