22. Love the Lord your God and obey all the laws and teachings that I'm giving you today. If you live the way the Lord wants,
23. he will help you take the land. And even though the nations there are more powerful than you, the Lord will force them to leave when you attack.
24. You will capture the land everywhere you go, from the Southern Desert to the Lebanon Mountains, and from the River Euphrates west to the Mediterranean Sea.
25. No one will be able to stand up to you. The Lord will make everyone terrified of you, just as he promised.
26. You have a choice—do you want the Lord to bless you, or do you want him to put a curse on you?
27. Today I am giving you his laws, and if you obey him, he will bless you.
28. But if you disobey him and worship those gods that have never done anything for you, the Lord will put a curse on you.
29. After the Lord your God helps you take the land, you must have a ceremony where you announce his blessings from Mount Gerizim and his curses from Mount Ebal.
30. You know that these two mountains are west of the River Jordan in land now controlled by the Canaanites living in the Jordan valley. The mountains are west of the road near the sacred trees of Moreh on the other side of Gilgal.