16. Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.
17. Today you have declared the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commandments, and ordinances, and obey him.
18. And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.
19. Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has said.