13. Today he wants to show you that you are his people and that he is your God. That's what he promised with an oath to your fathers. He promised it to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
14. I'm making this covenant. I'm sealing it with an oath. I'm not making it only with you
15. who are standing here with us today in the sight of the Lord our God. I'm also making it with those who aren't here today.
16. You yourselves know how we lived in Egypt. You also know how we passed through other countries on the way here.
17. You saw the statues of their gods that were made out of wood, stone, silver and gold. The Lord hates those statues.
18. Make sure there isn't a man or woman among your families or tribes who turns away from the Lord our God. No one must worship the gods of those nations. Make sure that kind of worship doesn't spread like bitter poison through your whole community.