Deuteronomy 29:1-13 ▼

1 These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to cut with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which He had cut with them at Horeb.

2 And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “You have seen all that Yahweh did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and all his servants and all his land;

3 the great trials which your eyes have seen, those great signs and wonders.

4 Yet to this day Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.

5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot.

6 You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, in order that you might know that I am Yahweh your God.

7 Then you came to this place, and Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out to meet us for battle, but we struck them down;

8 and we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites.

9 So you shall keep the words of this covenant to do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

10 “You stand today, all of you, before Yahweh your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

11 your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is within your camps, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,

12 that you may enter into the covenant with Yahweh your God and into His oath, which Yahweh your God is cutting with you today,

13 in order that He may establish you today as His people and that He may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.