1. You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.
2. Bear in mind today that I am not speaking to your children who have not personally experienced the judgments of the Lord your God, which revealed his greatness, strength, and power.
3. They did not see the awesome deeds he performed in the midst of Egypt against Pharaoh king of Egypt and his whole land,
4. or what he did to the army of Egypt, including their horses and chariots, when he made the waters of the Red Sea overwhelm them while they were pursuing you and he annihilated them.
5. They did not see what he did to you in the desert before you reached this place,
6. or what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth in the middle of the Israelite camp and swallowed them, their families, their tents, and all the property they brought with them.
7. I am speaking to you because you are the ones who saw all the great deeds of the Lord!
8. Now pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed,