Israel, having been delivered by God from their slavery in Egypt, having been led and preserved through forty years of wandering in the wilderness, is now just on the verge of entering into the Promised Land and taking possession of it. And in Deuteronomy 26, God gives instructions to His people on how to live as His people in this new land, in this new situation– how to remain His faithful people once they are settled into this land overflowing with milk and honey and all manner of good things.