³¹ As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected.^(A)

³ You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor.^(A) The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, ⁴ but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.

⁵ See, I have taught^(B) you decrees and laws^(C) as the Lord my God commanded^(D) me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering^(E) to take possession of it. ⁶ Observe^(F) them carefully, for this will show your wisdom^(G) and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”^(H)