9. Obey faithfully all the terms of this covenant, so that you will be successful in everything you do.
10. “Today you are standing in the presence of the Lord your God, all of you — your leaders and officials, your men,
11. women, and children, and the foreigners who live among you and cut wood and carry water for you.
12. You are here today to enter into this covenant that the Lord your God is making with you and to accept its obligations,
13. so that the Lord may now confirm you as his people and be your God, as he promised you and your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
14. You are not the only ones with whom the Lord is making this covenant with its obligations.
15. He is making it with all of us who stand here in his presence today and also with our descendants who are not yet born.
16. “You remember what life was like in Egypt and what it was like to travel through the territory of other nations.
17. You saw their disgusting idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold.
18. Make sure that no man, woman, family, or tribe standing here today turns from the Lord our God to worship the gods of other nations. This would be like a root that grows to be a bitter and poisonous plant.