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Verse 1

These are the words{H1697} of the covenant{H1285} which Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} Moses{H4872} to make{H3772} with the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} in the land{H776} of Moab,{H4124} besides the covenant{H1285} which he made{H3772} with them in Horeb.{H2722}

Verse 2

And Moses{H4872} called{H7121} unto all Israel,{H3478} and said{H559} unto them, Ye have seen{H7200} all that Jehovah{H3068} did{H6213} before your eyes{H5869} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} and unto all his servants,{H5650} and unto all his land;{H776}

Verse 3

the great{H1419} trials{H4531} which thine eyes{H5869} saw,{H7200} the signs,{H226} and those great{H1419} wonders:{H4159}

Verse 4

but Jehovah{H3068} hath not given{H5414} you a heart{H3820} to know,{H3045} and eyes{H5869} to see,{H7200} and ears{H241} to hear,{H8085} unto this day.{H3117}

Verse 5

And I have led{H3212} you forty{H705} years{H8141} in the wilderness:{H4057} your clothes{H8008} are not waxed old{H1086} upon you, and thy shoe{H5275} is not waxed old{H1086} upon thy foot.{H7272}

Verse 6

Ye have not eaten{H398} bread,{H3899} neither have ye drunk{H8354} wine{H3196} or strong drink;{H7941} that ye may know{H3045} that I am Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430}

Verse 7

And when ye came{H935} unto this place,{H4725} Sihon{H5511} the king{H4428} of Heshbon,{H2809} and Og{H5747} the king{H4428} of Bashan,{H1316} came out{H3318} against{H7125} us unto battle,{H4421} and we smote{H5221} them:

Verse 8

and we took{H3947} their land,{H776} and gave{H5414} it for an inheritance{H5159} unto the Reubenites,{H7206} and to the Gadites,{H1425} and to the half -{H2677} tribe{H7626} of the Manassites.{H4520}

Verse 9

Keep{H8104} therefore the words{H1697} of this covenant,{H1285} and do{H6213} them, that ye may prosper{H7919} in all that ye do.{H6213}

Verse 10

Ye stand{H5324} this day{H3117} all of you before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} your God;{H430} your heads,{H7218} your tribes,{H7626} your elders,{H2205} and your officers,{H7860} even all the men{H376} of Israel,{H3478}

Verse 11

your little ones,{H2945} your wives,{H802} and thy sojourner{H1616} that is in{H7130} the midst of thy camps,{H4264} from the hewer{H2404} of thy wood{H6086} unto the drawer{H7579} of thy water;{H4325}

Verse 12

that thou mayest enter{H5674} into the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and into his oath,{H423} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} maketh{H3772} with thee this day;{H3117}

Verse 13

that he may establish{H6965} thee this day{H3117} unto himself for a people,{H5971} and that he may be unto thee a God,{H430} as he spake{H1696} unto thee, and as he sware{H7650} unto thy fathers,{H1} to Abraham,{H85} to Isaac,{H3327} and to Jacob.{H3290}

Verse 14

Neither with you only do I make{H3772} this covenant{H1285} and this oath,{H423}

Verse 15

but with him that standeth{H5975} here with us this{H3426} day{H3117} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} and also with him that is not here with us this day{H3117}

Verse 16

(for ye know{H3045} how we dwelt{H3427} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and how we came{H5674} through{H7130} the midst of the nations{H1471} through{H7130} which ye passed;

Verse 17

and ye have seen{H7200} their abominations,{H8251} and their idols,{H1544} wood{H6086} and stone,{H68} silver{H3701} and gold,{H2091} which were among them);

Verse 18

lest there should be{H3426} among you man,{H376} or woman,{H802} or family,{H4940} or tribe,{H7626} whose heart{H3824} turneth away{H6437} this day{H3117} from Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} to go{H3212} to serve{H5647} the gods{H430} of those nations;{H1471} lest there should be{H3426} among you a root{H8328} that beareth{H6509} gall{H7219} and wormwood;{H3939}

Verse 19

and it come to pass, when he heareth{H8085} the words{H1697} of this curse,{H423} that he bless{H1288} himself in his heart,{H3824} saying,{H559} I shall have peace,{H7965} though{H3588} I walk{H3212} in the stubbornness{H8307} of my heart,{H3820} to destroy{H5595} the moist{H7302} with the dry.{H6771}

Verse 20

Jehovah{H3068} will{H14} not pardon{H5545} him, but then the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} and his jealousy{H7068} will smoke{H6225} against that man,{H376} and all the curse{H423} that is written{H3789} in this book{H5612} shall lie{H7257} upon him, and Jehovah{H3068} will blot out{H4229} his name{H8034} from under heaven.{H8064}

Verse 21

And Jehovah{H3068} will set him apart{H914} unto evil{H7451} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel,{H3478} according to all the curses{H423} of the covenant{H1285} that is written{H3789} in this book{H5612} of the law.{H8451}

Verse 22

And the generation{H1755} to come,{H314} your children{H1121} that shall rise up{H6965} after{H310} you, and the foreigner{H5237} that shall come{H935} from a far{H7350} land,{H776} shall say,{H559} when they see{H7200} the plagues{H4347} of that land,{H776} and the sicknesses{H8463} wherewith Jehovah{H3068} hath made{H2470} it sick;

Verse 23

[ and that] the whole land{H776} thereof is brimstone,{H1614} and salt,{H4417} [and] a burning,{H8316} [that] it is not sown,{H2232} nor beareth,{H6779} nor any grass{H6212} groweth{H5927} therein, like the overthrow{H4114} of Sodom{H5467} and Gomorrah,{H6017} Admah{H126} and Zeboiim,{H6636} which Jehovah{H3068} overthrew{H2015} in his anger,{H639} and in his wrath:{H2534}

Verse 24

even all the nations{H1471} shall say,{H559} Wherefore hath Jehovah{H3068} done{H6213} thus unto this land?{H776} what meaneth the heat{H2750} of this great{H1419} anger?{H639}

Verse 25

Then men shall say,{H559} Because they forsook the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of their fathers,{H1} which he made{H3772} with them when he brought them forth{H3318} out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714}

Verse 26

and went{H3212} and served{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} and worshipped{H7812} them, gods{H430} that they knew{H3045} not, and that he had not given{H2505} unto them:

Verse 27

therefore the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} was kindled{H2734} against this land,{H776} to bring{H935} upon it all the curse{H7045} that is written{H3789} in this book;{H5612}

Verse 28

and Jehovah{H3068} rooted{H5428} them out of their land{H127} in anger,{H639} and in wrath,{H2534} and in great{H1419} indignation,{H7110} and cast{H7993} them into another{H312} land,{H776} as at this day.{H3117}

Verse 29

The secret{H5641} things belong unto Jehovah{H3068} our God;{H430} but the things that are revealed{H1540} belong unto us and to our children{H1121} for{H5704} ever,{H5769} that we may do{H6213} all the words{H1697} of this law.{H8451}

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