1 “And now, Israel, listen carefully to these decrees and regulations that I am about to teach you. Obey them so that you may live, so you may enter and occupy the land that the lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
2 Do not add to or subtract from these commands I am giving you. Just obey the commands of the lord your God that I am giving you.
3 “You saw for yourself what the lord did to you at Baal-peor. There the lord your God destroyed everyone who had worshiped Baal, the god of Peor.
4 But all of you who were faithful to the lord your God are still alive today—every one of you.