20. But the Lord brought you out of Egypt to make you his own special people. He saved you from Egypt. It was as if he pulled you from a hot furnace. And now you are his people.
21. “The Lord was angry with me because of you. He swore that I could not go across the Jordan River into the good land that the Lord your God is giving you.
22. So I must die here in this land. I cannot go across the Jordan River, but you will soon go across it and take that good land and live there.
23. You must be careful not to forget the agreement that the Lord your God made with you. You must obey the Lord’S command. Don’t make any idols in any form,
24. because the Lord your God hates for his people to worship other gods. And he can be like a fire that destroys!