13. Today he wants to show you that you are his people and that he is your God. That's what he promised with an oath to your fathers. He promised it to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
14. I'm making this covenant. I'm sealing it with an oath. I'm not making it only with you
15. who are standing here with us today in the sight of the Lord our God. I'm also making it with those who aren't here today.
16. You yourselves know how we lived in Egypt. You also know how we passed through other countries on the way here.