36 He let you hear his voice from heaven to instruct you.y He showed you his great fire on earth, and you heard his words from the fire.z 37 Because he lovedaa your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by his presence and great power, 38 to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you in and give you their land as an inheritance,ab as is now taking place.