36. From heaven he made you hear his voice. He wanted to teach you. On earth he showed you his great fire. You heard his words coming out of the fire.
37. He loved your people long ago. He chose their children after them. So he brought you out of Egypt. He used his great strength to do it.
38. He drove out nations to make room for you. They were greater and stronger than you are. He will bring you into their land. He wants to give it to you as your very own. The whole land is as good as yours right now.
39. The Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. Today you must agree with that and take it to heart. There is no other God.
40. I'm giving you his rules and commands today. Obey them. Then things will go well with you and your children after you. You will live a long time in the land. The Lord your God is giving you the land for all time to come.
41. I set apart three cities east of the Jordan River.
42. Anyone who killed a person he didn't hate and without meaning to do it could run to one of those cities. He could go there and stay alive.