37. Because he loved your ancestors, he chose you, and by his great power he himself brought you out of Egypt.
38. As you advanced, he drove out nations greater and more powerful than you, so that he might bring you in and give you their land, the land which still belongs to you.
39. So remember today and never forget: the Lord is God in heaven and on earth. There is no other god.
40. Obey all his laws that I have given you today, and all will go well with you and your descendants. You will continue to live in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to be yours for ever.”
41. Then Moses set aside three cities east of the River Jordan