23. Then, when you go into the land, the Lord will force all those other nations out. You will take the land from nations that are larger and more powerful than you.
24. All the land you walk on will be yours. Your land will go from the desert in the south all the way to Lebanon in the north. It will go from the Euphrates River in the east all the way to the Mediterranean Sea.
25. No one will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God will make the people fear you wherever you go in that land. That is what he promised you before.
26. “Today I am giving you a choice. You may choose the blessing or the curse.
27. You will get the blessing if you listen and obey the commands of the Lord your God that I have told you today.
28. But you will get the curse if you refuse to listen and obey the commands of the Lord your God. So don’t stop living the way I command you today, and don’t follow other gods that you don’t know.
29. “The Lord your God will lead you to your land. You will soon go in and take that land. At that time you must go to the top of Mount Gerizim and read the blessings to the people from there. And then you must go to the top of Mount Ebal and read the curses to the people from there.
30. These mountains are on the other side of the Jordan River in the land of the Canaanites living in the Jordan Valley. These mountains are toward the west, not far from the oak trees of Moreh near the town of Gilgal.
31. You will go across the Jordan River. You will take the land that the Lord your God is giving you. This land will belong to you. When you are living in this land,
32. you must carefully obey all the laws and rules I give you today.