5. “I have taught you all the laws, as the Lord my God told me to do. Obey them in the land that you are about to invade and occupy.
6. Obey them faithfully, and this will show the people of other nations how wise you are. When they hear of all these laws, they will say, ‘What wisdom and understanding this great nation has!’
7. “No other nation, no matter how great, has a god who is so near when they need him as the Lord our God is to us. He answers us whenever we call for help.
8. No other nation, no matter how great, has laws so just as those that I have taught you today.
9. Be on your guard! Make certain that you do not forget, as long as you live, what you have seen with your own eyes. Tell your children and your grandchildren
45-46. It was after they had come out of Egypt and were in the valley east of the River Jordan, opposite the town of Bethpeor, that he gave them these laws. This was in the territory that had belonged to King Sihon of the Amorites, who had ruled in the town of Heshbon. Moses and the people of Israel defeated him when they came out of Egypt.
47. They occupied his land and the land of King Og of Bashan, the other Amorite king who lived east of the Jordan.
48. This land extended from the town of Aroer, on the edge of the River Arnon, all the way north to Mount Sirion, that is, Mount Hermon.
49. It also included all the region east of the River Jordan as far south as the Dead Sea and east to the foot of Mount Pisgah.