Deuteronomy 29
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1These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab: beside that covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
2And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: You have seen all the things that the Lord did before you in the land of Egypt to Pharao, and to all his servants, and to his whole land.
3The great temptations, which thy eyes have seen, those mighty signs and wonders,
4And the Lord hath not given you a heart to understand, and eyes to see, and ears that may hear, unto this present day.
5He hath brought you forty years through the desert. Your garments are not worn out, neither are the shoes of your feet consumed with age.
6You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the Lord your God.
7And you came to this place. And Sehon king of Hesebon, and Og king of Basan, came out against us to fight. And we slew them.
8And took their land, and delivered it for a possession to Ruben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses.
9Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and fulfil them: that you may understand all that you do.
10You all stand this day before the Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and doctors, all the people of Israel:
11Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp: besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water:
12That thou mayst pass in the covenant of the Lord thy God, and in the oath which this day the Lord thy God maketh with thee.
13That he may raise thee up a people to himself, and he may be thy God: as he hath spoken to thee, and as he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
14Neither with you only do I make this covenant, and confirm these oaths:
15But with all that are present and that are absent.
16For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt: and how we have passed through the midst of nations. And passing through them,
17You have seen their abominations and filth: that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which they worshipped.
18Lest perhaps there should be among you a man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose heart is turned away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations: and there should be among you a root bringing forth gall and bitterness.
19And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart, saying: I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart; and the drunken may consume the thirsty.
20And the Lord should not forgive him: but his wrath and jealousy against that man should be exceedingly enkindled at that time. And all the curses that are written in this volume should light upon him: and the Lord should blot out his name from under heaven,
21And utterly destroy him out of all the tribes of Israel, according to the curses that are contained in the book of this law and covenant.
22And the following generation shall say, and the children that shall be born hereafter, and the strangers that shall come from afar: seeing the plagues of that land and the evils wherewith the Lord hath afflicted it,
23Burning it with brimstone, and the heat of salt, so that it cannot be sown any more, nor any green thing grow therein, after the example of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord destroyed in his wrath and indignation:
24And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? What meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath?
25And they shall answer: Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, which he made with their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
26And they have served strange gods, and adored them, whom they knew not, and for whom they had not been assigned.
27Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this volume:
28And he hath cast them out of their land, in anger and in wrath, and in very great indignation: and hath thrown them into a strange land, as it is seen this day.
29Secret things to the Lord our God: things that are manifest, to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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Deuteronomy 29
29
The LORD's Covenant with Israel in the Land of Moab
1These are the terms of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab; all this was in addition to the covenant which the LORD had made with them at Mount Sinai.
2Moses called together all the people of Israel and said to them, “You saw for yourselves what the LORD did to the king of Egypt, to his officials, and to his entire country. 3You saw the terrible plagues, the miracles, and the great wonders that the LORD performed. 4But to this very day he has not let you understand what you have experienced. 5For forty years the LORD led you through the desert, and your clothes and sandals never wore out. 6You did not have bread to eat or wine or beer to drink, but the LORD provided for your needs in order to teach you that he is your God. 7#Num 21.21–35And when we came to this place, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to fight against us. But we defeated them, 8#Num 32.33took their land, and divided it among the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh. 9Obey faithfully all the terms of this covenant, so that you will be successful in everything you do.
10“Today you are standing in the presence of the LORD your God, all of you — your leaders and officials, your men, 11women, and children, and the foreigners who live among you and cut wood and carry water for you. 12You are here today to enter into this covenant that the LORD your God is making with you and to accept its obligations, 13so that the LORD may now confirm you as his people and be your God, as he promised you and your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 14You are not the only ones with whom the LORD is making this covenant with its obligations. 15He is making it with all of us who stand here in his presence today and also with our descendants who are not yet born.
16“You remember what life was like in Egypt and what it was like to travel through the territory of other nations. 17You saw their disgusting idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold. 18#Heb 12.15Make sure that no man, woman, family, or tribe standing here today turns from the LORD our God to worship the gods of other nations. This would be like a root that grows to be a bitter and poisonous plant. 19Make sure that there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him, even if he stubbornly goes his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike. 20The LORD will not forgive such a man. Instead, the LORD's burning anger will flame up against him, and all the disasters written in this book will fall on him until the LORD has destroyed him completely. 21The LORD will make an example of him before all the tribes of Israel and will bring disaster on him in accordance with all the curses listed in the covenant that is written in this book of the LORD's teachings.
22“In future generations your descendants and foreigners from distant lands will see the disasters and sufferings that the LORD has brought on your land. 23#Gen 19.24–25The fields will be a barren waste, covered with sulphur and salt; nothing will be planted, and not even weeds will grow there. Your land will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, of Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed when he was furiously angry. 24Then the whole world will ask, ‘Why did the LORD do this to their land? What was the reason for his fierce anger?’ 25And the answer will be, ‘It is because the LORD's people broke the covenant they had made with him, the God of their ancestors, when he brought them out of Egypt. 26They served other gods that they had never worshipped before, gods that the LORD had forbidden them to worship. 27And so the LORD became angry with his people and brought on their land all the disasters written in this book. 28The LORD became furiously angry, and in his great anger he uprooted them from their land and threw them into a foreign land, and there they are today.’
29“There are some things that the LORD our God has kept secret; but he has revealed his Law, and we and our descendants are to obey it for ever.
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