Deuteronomy 29

1 These are the words of the agreement which Moses was ordered by the Lord to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the agreement 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: beside that covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

2 And Moses said in the hearing of all Israel, You have seen all the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and all his land;

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.

3 The great tests which your eyes saw, and the signs and wonders:

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

4 But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.

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

5 For forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet.

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.

6 You have had no bread, or wine, or strong drink: so that you might see that I am the Lord your God.

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

7 When you came to this place, Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, came out to make war against us and we overcame them:

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.

8 And we took their land and gave it to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for their heritage.

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

9 So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.

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

10 You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,

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

11 And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you:

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:

12 With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

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.

13 And so that he may make you his people today, and be your God, as he has said to you, and as he made an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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.

14 And not with you only do I make this agreement and this oath;

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

15 But with everyone who is here with us today before the Lord our God, as well as with those who are not here:

But with all that are present and that are absent.

16 (For you have in mind how we were living in the land of Egypt; and how we came through all the nations which were on your way;

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,

17 And you have seen their disgusting doings, and the images of wood and stone and silver and gold which were among them: )

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

18 So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;

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.

19 If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:

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,

20 The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth.

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,

21 He will be marked out by the Lord, from all the tribes of Israel, for an evil fate, in keeping with all the curses of the agreement recorded in this book of the law.

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:

22 And future generations, your children coming after you, and travellers from far countries, will say, when they see the punishments of that land and the diseases which the Lord has sent on it;

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,

23 And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath:

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:

24 Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?

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

25 Then men will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he took them out of the land of Egypt:

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:

26 And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them:

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

27 And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against this land, to send on it all the curse recorded in this book:

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

28 Rooting them out of their land, in the heat of his wrath and passion, and driving them out into another land, as at this day.

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.

29 The secret things are the Lord our God's: but the things which have been made clear are ours and our children's for ever, so that we may do all the words of this law.

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.