Deuteronomy 29:1-31:13
Legacy Standard Bible
The Covenant in Moab
29 [a](A)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 (B)covenant which He had cut with them at Horeb.
2 [b]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 (C)the great trials which your eyes have seen, those great signs and wonders. 4 Yet to this day (D)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; (E)your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot. 6 (F)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 (G)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 (H)gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites. 9 (I)So you shall keep the words of this covenant to do them, (J)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 (K)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 (L)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.
14 “Now not with you alone am I (M)cutting this covenant and this oath, 15 (N)but both with those who stand here with us today in the presence of Yahweh our God and with those who are not with us here today— 16 for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed; 17 moreover, you have seen their detestable things and their idols of (O)wood, stone, silver, and gold, which they had with them— 18 (P)lest there be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there be among you (Q)a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood. 19 And it will be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will [c]bless himself in his heart, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order [d]to sweep away the watered land with the dry.’ 20 Yahweh shall not be willing to pardon him, but rather the anger of Yahweh and (R)His jealousy will [e](S)burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will [f]rest on him, and Yahweh will (T)blot out his name from under heaven. 21 Then Yahweh will separate him out for [g]adversity from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant (U)which are written in this book of the law.
22 “And the generation to come, your sons who rise up after you and (V)the foreigner who comes from a distant land, shall see the plagues of the land and the diseases with which Yahweh has [h]afflicted it, and they will say, 23 ‘All its land is (W)brimstone and salt, (X)a burning waste, [i]unsown and nothing sprouting, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of (Y)Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’ 24 And all the nations will say, ‘(Z)Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? Why this great burning anger?’ 25 Then men will say, ‘(AA)Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, which He cut with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. 26 And they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not apportioned to them. 27 Therefore, the anger of Yahweh was kindled against that land, (AB)to bring upon it every curse which is written in this book; 28 and (AC)Yahweh uprooted them from their land in anger and in fury and in great wrath, and He cast them into another land, as it is this day.’
29 “(AD)The secret things belong to Yahweh our God, but (AE)the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Yahweh Will Take You Back
30 “So it will be, when all of these things have come upon you, (AF)the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you cause these things to return to your heart (AG)in all the nations where Yahweh your God has banished you, 2 and you (AH)return to Yahweh your God and listen to His voice (AI)with all your heart and soul according to all that I am commanding you today, you and your sons, 3 then Yahweh your God will [j](AJ)return [k]you from captivity and return His compassion on you, and He (AK)will gather you again from all the peoples where Yahweh your God has (AL)scattered you. 4 If those of you who are banished are at the ends of the sky, (AM)from there Yahweh your God will gather you, and from there He will take you back. 5 (AN)And Yahweh your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and (AO)multiply you more than your fathers.
6 “Moreover (AP)Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your seed, (AQ)to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. 7 (AR)And Yahweh your God will [l]inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. 8 And you shall return and listen to the voice of Yahweh, and you shall do all His commandments which I am commanding you today. 9 (AS)Then Yahweh your God will [m]prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the [n]offspring of your [o]body and in the [p]offspring of your cattle and in the [q]produce of your ground, for (AT)Yahweh will return to rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers, 10 [r]when you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which (AU)are written in this book of the law, [s]when you return to Yahweh your God (AV)with all your heart and soul.
11 “For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far from you. 12 It is not in heaven, [t]that you should say, ‘(AW)Who will go up to heaven for us and get it for us and make us hear it, that we may do it?’ 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, [u]that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us and get it for us and make us hear it, that we may do it?’ 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
Choose Life
15 “See, (AX)I have set before you today life and [v]prosperity, and death and [w]calamity; 16 in that I am commanding you today (AY)to love Yahweh your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you (AZ)may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it. 17 But if your heart turns away and you will not listen, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, 18 I declare to you today that (BA)you shall surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter [x]and possess it. 19 (BB)I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, (BC)the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your seed, 20 (BD)by loving Yahweh your God, by listening to His voice, and (BE)by holding fast to Him; (BF)for [y]this is your life and the length of your days, [z]that you may live in (BG)the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”
Be Strong and Courageous
31 So Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. 2 And he said to them, “I am (BH)120 years old today; (BI)I am no longer able to come and go, and Yahweh has said to me, ‘(BJ)You shall not cross this Jordan.’ 3 (BK)It is Yahweh your God who will cross ahead of you; He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. (BL)Joshua is the one who will cross ahead of you, just as Yahweh has spoken. 4 And Yahweh will do to them just as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when He destroyed them. 5 (BM)And Yahweh will give them over before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you. 6 (BN)Be strong and courageous. (BO)Do not be afraid or be in dread of them, for (BP)Yahweh your God is the one who goes with you. (BQ)He will not fail you or forsake you.”
7 Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “(BR)Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance. 8 (BS)And Yahweh is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. (BT)He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
9 So Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi (BU)who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the elders of Israel. 10 Then Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, at the time of (BV)the year of the remission of debts, at the (BW)Feast of Booths, 11 when all Israel comes (BX)to appear before Yahweh your God at (BY)the place which He will choose, (BZ)you shall read this law in front of all Israel in their hearing. 12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and little ones and [aa]the sojourner who is within your gates, so that they may hear and so that they may (CA)learn and fear Yahweh your God and be careful to do all the words of this law. 13 And their children, who have not known, will hear and learn to fear Yahweh your God, all the days you live on the land [ab]which you are about to cross the Jordan to [ac]possess.”
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 29:1 Ch 28:69 in Heb
- Deuteronomy 29:2 Ch 29:1 in Heb
- Deuteronomy 29:19 Or consider himself blessed
- Deuteronomy 29:19 To destroy everything
- Deuteronomy 29:20 Lit smoke
- Deuteronomy 29:20 Lit lie down
- Deuteronomy 29:21 Lit evil
- Deuteronomy 29:22 Lit made it sick
- Deuteronomy 29:23 Lit it is not sown and does not cause to sprout
- Deuteronomy 30:3 Or restore
- Deuteronomy 30:3 Lit your captivity
- Deuteronomy 30:7 Lit put
- Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit make you have excess for good
- Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit fruit
- Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit womb
- Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit fruit
- Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit fruit
- Deuteronomy 30:10 Or for you will
- Deuteronomy 30:10 Or for you will
- Deuteronomy 30:12 Lit to say
- Deuteronomy 30:13 Lit to say
- Deuteronomy 30:15 Lit good
- Deuteronomy 30:15 Lit evil
- Deuteronomy 30:18 Lit to
- Deuteronomy 30:20 Lit that
- Deuteronomy 30:20 Lit to dwell
- Deuteronomy 31:12 Lit your sojourner
- Deuteronomy 31:13 Lit where
- Deuteronomy 31:13 Lit possess it
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