⁵ See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. ^6 (A)Keep them and do them, for ^(B)that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ ⁷ For ^(C)what great nation is there that has ^(D)a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? ⁸ And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so ^(E)righteous as all this law that I set before you today?

¹¹ And ^(A)you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while ^(B)the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom. ¹² Then ^(C)the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, ^(D)but saw no form; ^(E)there was only a voice. ^13 (F)And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, ^(G)the Ten Commandments,^{[a] (H)}and he wrote them on two tablets of stone. ¹⁴ And ^(I)the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.