14. Then the Lord commanded me to teach you the laws and rules that you must obey in the land you will take when you cross the Jordan River.
15. Since the Lord spoke to you from the fire at Mount Sinai, but you did not see him, watch yourselves carefully!
16. Don’t sin by making idols of any kind, and don’t make statues—of men or women,
17. of animals on earth or birds that fly in the air,
18. of anything that crawls on the ground, or of fish in the water below.
19. When you look up at the sky, you see the sun, moon, and stars, and everything in the sky. But don’t bow down and worship them, because the Lord your God has made these things for all people everywhere.
20. But the Lord brought you out of Egypt, which tested you like a furnace for melting iron, and he made you his very own people, as you are now.
21. The Lord was angry with me because of you, and he swore that I would not cross the Jordan River to go into the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your own.
22. I will die here in this land and not cross the Jordan, but you will soon go across and take that good land.
23. Be careful. Don’t forget the Agreement of the Lord your God that he made with you, and don’t make any idols for yourselves, as the Lord your God has commanded you not to do.
24. The Lord your God is a jealous God, like a fire that burns things up.