29These are the terms of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab; all this was in addition to the covenant which the LORD had made with them at Mount Sinai.H1697H1285H3068H6680H4872H3772H1121H3478H776H4124H1285H3772H2722 2Moses called together all the people of Israel and said to them, "You saw for yourselves what the LORD did to the king of Egypt, to his officials, and to his entire country.H4872H7121H3478H559H7200H3068H6213H5869H776H4714H6547H5650H776 3You saw the terrible plagues, the miracles, and the great wonders that the LORD performed.H1419H4531H5869H7200H226H1419H4159 4But to this very day he has not let you understand what you have experienced.H3068H5414H3820H3045H5869H7200H241H8085H3117 5For forty years the LORD led you through the desert, and your clothes and sandals never wore out.H3212H705H8141H4057H8008H1086H5275H1086H7272 6You did not have bread to eat or wine or beer to drink, but the LORD provided for your needs in order to teach you that he is your God.H398H3899H8354H3196H7941H3045H3068H430 7And when we came to this place, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to fight against us. But we defeated them,H935H4725H5511H4428H2809H5747H4428H1316H3318H7125H4421H5221 8took their land, and divided it among the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.H3947H776H5414H5159H7206H1425H2677H7626H4520 9Obey faithfully all the terms of this covenant, so that you will be successful in everything you do.H8104H1697H1285H6213H7919H6213 10"Today you are standing in the presence of the LORD your God, all of you - your leaders and officials, your men,H5324H3117H6440H3068H430H7218H7626H2205H7860H376H3478 11women, and children, and the foreigners who live among you and cut wood and carry water for you.H2945H802H1616H7130H4264H2404H6086H7579H4325 12You are here today to enter into this covenant that the LORD your God is making with you and to accept its obligations,H5674H1285H3068H430H423H3068H430H3772H3117 13so that the LORD may now confirm you as his people and be your God, as he promised you and your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.H6965H3117H5971H430H1696H7650H1H85H3327H3290 14You are not the only ones with whom the LORD is making this covenant with its obligations.H3772H1285H423 15He is making it with all of us who stand here in his presence today and also with our descendants who are not yet born.H5975H3426H3117H6440H3068H430H3117 16"You remember what life was like in Egypt and what it was like to travel through the territory of other nations.H3045H3427H776H4714H5674H7130H1471H5674 17You saw their disgusting idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold.H7200H8251H1544H6086H68H3701H2091 18Make sure that no man, woman, family, or tribe standing here today turns from the LORD our God to worship the gods of other nations. This would be like a root that grows to be a bitter and poisonous plant.H3426H376H802H4940H7626H3824H6437H3117H3068H430H3212H5647H430H1471H3426H8328H6509H7219H3939 19Make sure that there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him, even if he stubbornly goes his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike.H8085H1697H423H1288H3824H559H7965H3588H3212H8307H3820H5595H7302H6771 20The LORD will not forgive such a man. Instead, the LORD's burning anger will flame up against him, and all the disasters written in this book will fall on him until the LORD has destroyed him completely.H3068H14H5545H639H3068H7068H6225H376H423H3789H5612H7257H3068H4229H8034H8064 21The LORD will make an example of him before all the tribes of Israel and will bring disaster on him in accordance with all the curses listed in the covenant that is written in this book of the LORD's teachings.H3068H914H7451H7626H3478H423H1285H3789H5612H8451 22"In future generations your descendants and foreigners from distant lands will see the disasters and sufferings that the LORD has brought on your land.H1755H314H1121H6965H310H5237H935H7350H776H559H7200H4347H776H8463H3068H2470 23The fields will be a barren waste, covered with sulfur and salt; nothing will be planted, and not even weeds will grow there. Your land will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, of Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed when he was furiously angry.H776H1614H4417H8316H2232H6779H6212H5927H4114H5467H6017H126H6636H3068H2015H639H2534 24Then the whole world will ask, 'Why did the LORD do this to their land? What was the reason for his fierce anger?'H1471H559H3068H6213H776H2750H1419H639 25And the answer will be, 'It is because the LORD's people broke the covenant they had made with him, the God of their ancestors, when he brought them out of Egypt.H559H5800H1285H3068H430H1H3772H3318H776H4714 26They served other gods that they had never worshiped before, gods that the LORD had forbidden them to worship.H3212H5647H312H430H7812H430H3045H2505 27And so the LORD became angry with his people and brought on their land all the disasters written in this book.H639H3068H2734H776H935H7045H3789H5612 28The LORD became furiously angry, and in his great anger he uprooted them from their land and threw them into a foreign land, and there they are today.'H3068H5428H127H639H2534H1419H7110H7993H312H776H3117 29"There are some things that the LORD our God has kept secret; but he has revealed his Law, and we and our descendants are to obey it forever.H5641H3068H430H1540H1121H5704H5769H6213H1697H8451
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