Deuteronomy 29

1 These 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.

These [are] the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Choreb.

2 And 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.

And Moses called all the sons of Israel and said to them, Ye have seen all things that the Lord did in the land of Egypt before you to Pharao and his servants, and all his land;

3 The great temptations, which thy eyes have seen, those mighty signs and wonders,

the great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders.

4 And the Lord hath not given you a heart to understand, and eyes to see, and ears that may hear, unto this present day.

Yet the Lord God has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.

5 He hath brought you forty years through the desert: your garments are not worn out, neither are the shoes of your feet consumed with age.

And he led you forty years in the wilderness; your garments did not grow old, and your sandals were not worn away off your feet.

6 You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the Lord your God.

Ye did not eat bread, ye did not drink wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I [am] the Lord your God.

7 And you came to this place: sand Sehon king of Hesebon, and Og king of Basan, came out against us to fight. And we slew them.

And ye came as far as this place; and there came forth Seon king of Esebon, and Og king of Basan, to meet us in war.

8 And took their land, and delivered it for a possession to Ruben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses.

And we smote them and took their land, and I gave it for an inheritance to Ruben and Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasse.

9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and fulfill them: that you may understand all that you do.

And ye shall take heed to do all the words of this covenant, that ye may understand all things that ye shall do.

10 You all stand this day before the Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and doctors, all the people of Israel,

Ye all stand to-day before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, every man of Israel,

11 Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water:

your wives, and your children, and the stranger who is in the midst of your camp, from your hewer of wood even to your drawer of water,

12 That 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.

that thou shouldest enter into the covenant of the Lord thy God and into his oaths, as many as the Lord thy God appoints thee this day;

13 That 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.

that he may appoint thee to himself for a people, and he shall be thy God, as he said to thee, and as he sware to thy fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob.

14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant, and confirm these oaths,

And I do not appoint to you alone this covenant and this oath;

15 But with all that are present and that are absent.

but to those also who are here with you to-day before the Lord your God, and to those who are not here with you to-day.

16 For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we have passed through the midst of nations, and passing through them,

For ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, how we came through the midst of the nations through whom ye came.

17 You have seen their abominations and filth, that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which they worshipped.

And ye beheld their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which are among them.

18 Lest 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.

Lest there be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart has turned aside from the Lord your God, having gone to serve the gods of these nations; lest there be in you a root springing up with gall and bitterness.

19 And 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,

And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with [him]:

20 And 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,

God shall by no means be willing to pardon him, but then the wrath of the Lord and his jealousy shall flame out against that man; and all the curses of this covenant shall attach themselves to him, which are written in this book, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

21 And 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:

And the Lord shall separate that man for evil of all the children of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in the book of this law.

22 And 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,

And another generation shall say—even your sons who shall rise up after you, and the stranger who shall come from a land afar off, and shall see the plagues of that land and their diseases, which the Lord has sent upon it,

23 Burning 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:

brimstone and burning salt, (the whole land shall not be sown, neither shall any green thing spring, nor rise upon it, as Sodom and Gomorrha were overthrown, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord overthrew in his wrath and anger: )—

24 And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath?

and all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? what [is] this great fierceness of anger?

25 And 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:

And [men] shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, the things which he appointed to their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt:

26 And they have served strange gods, and adored them, whom they knew not, and for whom they had not been assigned:

and they went and served other gods, which they knew not, neither did he assign [them] to them.

27 Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this volume:

And the Lord was exceedingly angry with that land to bring upon it according to all the curses which are written in the book of this law.

28 And 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.

And the Lord removed them from their land in anger, and wrath, and very great indignation, and cast them out into another land as at present.

29 Secret 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.

The secret things [belong] to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed [belong] to us and to our children for ever, to do all the words of this law.