35. Yahweh had made a covenant with them and commanded them, “You shall not fear other gods, nor shall you bow down to them, nor shall you serve them, nor shall you sacrifice to them.
36. Rather, Yahweh, who brought you out from the land of Egypt with great strength and with an outstretched arm—him you shall fear, and to him you shall bow down, and to him you shall sacrifice.
37. The statutes, the decisions, the law, and the commands that he wrote to you, you shall observe to do always, and you shall not fear other gods.
38. The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, and you shall not fear other gods.
39. But Yahweh your God you shall fear, and he will deliver you from the hand of all of your enemies.”
40. They did not listen but kept on doing according to their former customs.
41. So these nations were fearing Yahweh, but they were serving their idols, as were their children and their children’s children; as their ancestors did, they are doing until this day.