17. You must be sure to obey the commands of the Lord your God. You must follow all the teachings and laws he has given you.
18. You must do what is right and good—what pleases the Lord. Then everything will go well for you, and you can go in and take the good land that the Lord promised your ancestors.
19. And you will force out all your enemies, just as the Lord said.
20. “In the future, your children might ask you, ‘The Lord our God gave you teachings, laws, and rules. What do they mean?’
21. Then you will say to them, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his great power.
22. The Lord did great and amazing things. We saw him do these things to the Egyptian people, to Pharaoh, and to the people in Pharaoh’s house.
23. He brought us out of Egypt so that he could give us the land that he promised our ancestors.
24. The Lord commanded us to follow all these teachings. We must respect the Lord our God. Then he will always keep us alive and doing well, as we are today.