Deuteronomy 29:1-29.
Deuteronomy 29:1-29 (Good News Translation)
1These 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.
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.
3You saw the terrible plagues, the miracles, and the great
wonders that the
LORD performed.
4But to this very day he has not let you understand what you
have experienced.
5For forty years the
LORD led you through the desert, and your clothes and sandals
never wore out.
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.
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,
8took their land, and divided it among the tribes of Reuben and
Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
9Obey faithfully all the terms of this covenant, so that you
will be successful in everything you do.
10Today you are standing in the presence of the
LORD your God, all of you—your leaders and officials, your
men,
11women, and children, and the foreigners who live among you
and cut wood and carry water for you.
12You are here today to enter into this covenant that the
LORD your God is making with you and to accept its obligations,
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.
14You are not the only ones with whom the
LORD is making this covenant with its obligations.
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.
16You remember what life was like in Egypt and what it was like
to travel through the territory of other nations.
17You saw their disgusting idols made of wood, stone, silver,
and gold.
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.
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.
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.
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.
22In future generations your descendants and foreigners from
distant lands will see the disasters and sufferings that the
LORD has brought on your land.
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.
24Then the whole world will ask,
'Why did the
LORD do this to their land? What was the reason for his fierce
anger?'
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.
26They served other gods that they had never worshiped before,
gods that the
LORD had forbidden them to worship.
27And so the
LORD became angry with his people and brought on their land all
the disasters written in this book.
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.'
29There 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.
God bless you.
1These 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.
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.
3You saw the terrible plagues, the miracles, and the great
wonders that the
LORD performed.
4But to this very day he has not let you understand what you
have experienced.
5For forty years the
LORD led you through the desert, and your clothes and sandals
never wore out.
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.
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,
8took their land, and divided it among the tribes of Reuben and
Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
9Obey faithfully all the terms of this covenant, so that you
will be successful in everything you do.
10Today you are standing in the presence of the
LORD your God, all of you—your leaders and officials, your
men,
11women, and children, and the foreigners who live among you
and cut wood and carry water for you.
12You are here today to enter into this covenant that the
LORD your God is making with you and to accept its obligations,
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.
14You are not the only ones with whom the
LORD is making this covenant with its obligations.
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.
16You remember what life was like in Egypt and what it was like
to travel through the territory of other nations.
17You saw their disgusting idols made of wood, stone, silver,
and gold.
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.
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.
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.
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.
22In future generations your descendants and foreigners from
distant lands will see the disasters and sufferings that the
LORD has brought on your land.
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.
24Then the whole world will ask,
'Why did the
LORD do this to their land? What was the reason for his fierce
anger?'
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.
26They served other gods that they had never worshiped before,
gods that the
LORD had forbidden them to worship.
27And so the
LORD became angry with his people and brought on their land all
the disasters written in this book.
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.'
29There 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.
God bless you.
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