5 You know what the Lord did for you in the desert before you arrived here.
6 You recall what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab of the tribe of Reuben. In the sight of everyone the earth opened up and swallowed them, along with their families, their tents, and all their servants and animals.
7 Yes, you are the ones who have seen all these great things that the Lord has done.
8 “Obey all the laws that I have given you today. Then you will be able to cross the river and occupy the land that you are about to enter.
9 And you will live a long time in the rich and fertile land that the Lord promised to give your ancestors and their descendants.
10 The land that you are about to occupy is not like the land of Egypt, where you lived before. There, when you sowed seed, you had to work hard to irrigate the fields;
11 but the land that you are about to enter is a land of mountains and valleys, a land watered by rain.