7. When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
8. We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
9. Therefore, observe the words of this covenant and follow them, so that you will succeed in everything you do.
10. “All of you are standing today before the Lord your God — your leaders, tribes, elders, officials, all the men of Israel,
11. your children, your wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water —
12. so that you may enter into the covenant of the Lord your God, which He is making with you today, so that you may enter into His oath
13. and so that He may establish you today as His people and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
14. I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,
15. but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God and with those who are not here today.
16. “Indeed, you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and passed through the nations where you traveled.
17. You saw their detestable images and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which were among them.
18. Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.
19. When someone hears the words of this oath, he may consider himself exempt, thinking, ‘I will have peace even though I follow my own stubborn heart.’ This will lead to the destruction of the well-watered land as well as the dry land.
20. The Lord will not be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that person, and every curse written in this scroll will descend on him. The Lord will blot out his name under heaven,
21. and single him out for harm from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.
22. “Future generations of your children who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant country will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the Lord has inflicted on it.