And I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.

Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren,

When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice

houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—when you have eaten and are full—

He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.

You shall not worship the Lord your God with such things.

Only the holy things which you have, and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the Lord chooses.

So none of the accursed things shall remain in your hand, that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of His anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you and multiply you, just as He swore to your fathers,

For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you.

For all who do such things, all who behave unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God.

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

The Blessing of Returning to God

“Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God drives you,

Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; Their foot shall slip in due time; For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things to come hasten upon them.’

And of Joseph he said: “Blessed of the Lord is his land, With the precious things of heaven, with the dew, And the deep lying beneath,

With the best things of the ancient mountains, With the precious things of the everlasting hills,

With the precious things of the earth and its fullness, And the favor of Him who dwelt in the bush. Let the blessing come ‘on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.’