3 But the Lord has not given you a heart to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear until this day.
4 I led you for forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes did not fall from you in tatters nor your sandals from your feet;
5 it was not bread that you ate, nor wine or beer that you drank—so that you might know that I, the Lord, am your God.
6 When you came to this place, Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, came out to engage us in battle, but we defeated them
7 and took their land, and gave it as a heritage to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
8 Observe carefully the words of this covenant, therefore, in order that you may succeed in whatever you do.
9 You are standing today, all of you, in the presence of the Lord, your God—your tribal heads, elders, and officials, all of the men of Israel,