4. what he did to the Egyptian army and to their horses and chariots, engulfing them in the waters of the Red Sea as they pursued you, so that the Lord destroyed them even to this day;
5. what he did for you in the wilderness until you came to this place;
6. and what he did to the Reubenites Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up out of the midst of Israel, with their families and tents and every living thing that belonged to them—
7. but it was you who saw with your own eyes all these great deeds that the Lord has done.
8. So keep all the commandments I give you today, that you may be strong enough to enter in and take possession of the land that you are crossing over to possess,
9. and that you may have long life on the land which the Lord swore to your ancestors he would give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
10. The land you are to enter and possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you would sow your seed and then water it by hand, as in a vegetable garden.
11. No, the land into which you are crossing to take possession is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in rain from the heavens,
12. a land which the Lord, your God, looks after; the eyes of the Lord, your God, are upon it continually through the year, from beginning to end.
13. If, then, you truly listen to my commandments which I give you today, loving and serving the Lord, your God, with your whole heart and your whole being,
14. I will give the seasonal rain to your land, the early rain and the late rain, that you may have your grain, wine and oil to gather in;
15. and I will bring forth grass in your fields for your animals. Thus you may eat and be satisfied.
16. But be careful lest your heart be so lured away that you serve other gods and bow down to them.
17. For then the anger of the Lord will flare up against you and he will close up the heavens, so that no rain will fall, and the soil will not yield its crops, and you will soon perish from the good land the Lord is giving you.
18. Therefore, take these words of mine into your heart and soul. Bind them on your arm as a sign, and let them be as a pendant on your forehead.
19. Teach them to your children, speaking of them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up,
20. and write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,