15 for the lord your God, who lives among you, is a jealous God. His anger will flare up against you, and he will wipe you from the face of the earth.
16 You must not test the lord your God as you did when you complained at Massah.
17 You must diligently obey the commands of the lord your God—all the laws and decrees he has given you.
18 Do what is right and good in the lord’s sight, so all will go well with you. Then you will enter and occupy the good land that the lord swore to give your ancestors.
19 You will drive out all the enemies living in the land, just as the lord said you would.
20 “In the future your children will ask you, ‘What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the lord our God has commanded us to obey?’
21 “Then you must tell them, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the lord brought us out of Egypt with his strong hand.