4. But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands. You don’t really understand what you see with your eyes or hear with your ears.
5. The Lord led you through the desert for 40 years. During that time neither your clothes nor sandals wore out.
6. You ate no bread. You drank no wine or beer. This was so you would understand that he is the Lord your God.
7. You came to this place. Then Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out to fight us. But we defeated them.
8. We captured their land. And we gave it to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the eastern half-tribe of Manasseh to own.
9. You must carefully obey everything in this agreement. Then you will succeed in everything you do.
10. Today you are all standing here before the Lord your God. Here are your leaders and important men. Your elders, officers and all the other men of Israel are here.
11. Here are your wives and children and the foreigners who live among you. They chop your wood and carry your water.
12. You are all here to enter into an agreement and a promise with the Lord your God. The Lord is making this agreement with you today.