35-36. The Lord wants you to know he is the only true God, and he wants you to obey him. That's why he let you see his mighty miracles and his fierce fire on earth, and why you heard his voice from that fire and from the sky.
37. The Lord loved your ancestors and decided that you would be his people. So the Lord used his great power to bring you out of Egypt.
38. Now you face other nations more powerful than you are, but the Lord has already started forcing them out of their land and giving it to you.
39. So remember that the Lord is the only true God, whether in the sky above or on the earth below.
40. Today I am explaining his laws and teachings. And if you always obey them, you and your descendants will live long and be successful in the land the Lord is giving you.