4. During these 40 years, your clothes did not wear out. And your feet did not swell.
5. Know in your heart that the Lord your God corrects you. He corrects you as a father does his son.
6. Obey the commands of the Lord your God. Live as he has commanded you and respect him.
7. The Lord your God is bringing you into a good land. The land has rivers and pools of water. Springs flow in the valleys and hills.
8. The land has wheat and barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey.
9. It is a land where you will have plenty of food. You will have everything you need there. The rocks are iron. You can dig copper out of the hills.
10. You will have all you want to eat. Then praise the Lord your God. He has given you a good land.
11. Be careful not to forget the Lord your God. Do not fail to obey his commands, laws and rules. I am giving them to you today.
12. You will eat all you want. You will build nice houses and live in them.
13. Your herds of cattle and flocks of sheep will grow large. Your silver and gold will grow. You will have more of everything.
14. Then your heart will become proud. You will forget the Lord your God. He brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you were slaves.
15. He led you through the large and terrible desert. It was dry and had no water. It had poisonous snakes and stinging insects. He gave you water from a solid rock.
16. He gave you manna to eat in the desert. Manna was something your ancestors had never seen. He did this to take away your pride and to test you. He did it so things would go well for you in the end.