¹⁷ It was the Lord our God himself who brought us and our parents up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery,^(A) and performed those great signs^(B) before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.

¹⁸ And the Lord drove out^(A) before us all the nations,^(B) including the Amorites, who lived in the land.^(C) We too will serve the Lord, because he is our God.^(D)”