Deuteronomy 29:1-15 ▼

1 These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.

2 Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.

3 You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.

4 Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

5 For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.

6 You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.

7 When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.

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

9 So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.

10 All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,

11 your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—

12 so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,

13 and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

14 I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,

15 but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today.