8. So obey all the commands I am giving you today. Then you will be strong. Then you can go in and take the land you are going to own.
9. Then you will live a long time in that land. The Lord promised to give it to your ancestors and their descendants. It is a land where much food grows.
10. The land you are going to take is not like Egypt, where you were. There you had to plant your seed. Then you had to water it, like a vegetable garden, by using your feet.
11. But you will soon cross the Jordan River and take the land. It is a land of hills and valleys. It drinks rain from heaven.
12. It is a land the Lord your God loves. His eyes are on it continually. He watches it from the beginning of the year to the end.
13. Carefully obey the commands I am giving you today. Love the Lord your God. Serve him with your whole being.
14. Then he will send rain on your land at the right time, in the fall and spring. You will be able to gather your grain, new wine and oil.
15. He will put grass in the fields for your cattle. You will have plenty to eat.
16. Be careful. Don’t be fooled. Don’t turn away and serve other gods. Don’t worship them.
17. If you do, the Lord will become angry with you. He will shut the heavens so it will not rain. Then the land will not grow crops. And you will soon die in the good land the Lord is giving you.
18. Remember my words in your hearts and souls. Write them down and tie them to your hands as a sign. Tie them on your foreheads to remind you.
19. Teach them well to your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and walk along the road. Talk about them when you lie down and when you get up.
20. Write them on your doors and gates.
21. Then both you and your children will live a long time in the land. This is the land the Lord promised your ancestors. You will live there for as long as the skies are above the earth.
22. Be careful to obey every command I am giving you to follow. Love the Lord your God. Do what he has told you to do. And be loyal to him.
23. Then the Lord will force all those nations out of the land ahead of you. And you will take the land from nations that are bigger and stronger than you.
24. Everywhere you step will be yours. Your land will go from the desert to Lebanon. And it will go from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.