7. It was you who saw all these great things the Lord has done.
8. So obey all the commands I am giving you today so that you will be strong and can go in and take the land you are going to take as your own.
9. Then you will live a long time in the land that the Lord promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a fertile land.
10. The land you are going to take is not like Egypt, where you were. There you had to plant your seed and water it, like a vegetable garden, by using your feet.
11. But the land that you will soon cross the Jordan River to take is a land of hills and valleys, a land that drinks rain from heaven.
12. It is a land the Lord your God cares for. His eyes are on it continually, and he watches it from the beginning of the year to the end.
13. If you carefully obey the commands I am giving you today and love the Lord your God and serve him with your whole being,