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Deuteronomy 29

1ThesearethewordsofthecovenantthatJehovahcommandedMosesH4872tomakeH6213withthechildrenofIsraelH3478inthelandH776ofMoab,besidesthecovenantthathemadeH6213withtheminHoreb.

2AndMoses calledtoallIsrael,andsaid untothem, YehaveseenH7200allthatJehovahdidbeforeyoureyesH5869inthelandofEgypttoPharaoh,andtoallhisbondmen,andtoallhisland:

3thegreat trialsthatthineeyesH5869haveseenH7200,thosegreat signsandwonders.

4ButJehovah hathnotgivenyouahearttoperceive,andeyestosee,andearstohear,tothis day.

5AndIhaveledyouforty yearsinthewilderness;yourclothesarenotgrown old uponyou,andthy sandalisnotgrown old upon thy foot;

6yehavenoteaten bread, neitherhaveye drunk wineorstrong drink,thatyemightknowthatIam JehovahyourGod.

7Andye cametothisplace;andSihonthekingofHeshbonandOgthekingofBashan cameoutagainstusforbattle,andwesmotethem.

8Andwetooktheirland,andgaveitforaninheritancetotheReubenites,andtotheGadites,andtothehalf tribeoftheManassites.

9Yeshallkeepthenthewordsofthiscovenant,anddothem,thatyemayprosperinallthatyedo.

10Ye standthisdayallofyoubeforeJehovahyourGod:yourchiefs [of]yourtribes,yourelders,andyourofficers,allthemenofIsrael,

11yourlittle ones,yourwives,andthy strangerthatisinthy camp,aswellthehewerofthy woodasthedrawerofthy water;

12thatthou mayest enterintothecovenantofJehovah thyGodH430,andintohisoathH7650,whichJehovah thyGodH430makethwiththeethisdayH3117;

13thathemayestablish theethisdayforapeopleuntohimself,and[that]hemaybetotheeaGod,ashehath said unto thee,andashehath sworn unto thy fathers,toAbraham,toIsaac,andtoJacob.

14NeitherwithyouonlydoImakethiscovenantandthisoath,

15butwithhimthatstandeth herewithusthisdaybeforeJehovahourGod,andwithhimthatisnotherewithusthisday

16(forye knowhowwedweltinthelandofEgypt,andhowwecamethroughthenationswhichye passed;

17andyehaveseentheirabominations,andtheiridols, woodandstone, silverandgold,whichwereamongthem);

18lestthereshouldbeH1961amongyouman,orwoman,orfamily,ortribe, whoseheartלִבִּ֖יli.BiH3820turnethawayסְפ֥וֹתse.FotH5595thisdayfromJehovahourGod,togoandservethegodsofthesenations; lestthereshouldbeH1961amongyouarootthatbeareth gallandwormwood,

19anditcometopass,whenheheareththewordsofthiscurseH423,thatheblesshimselfinhisheart, saying,Ishallhavepeace,thoughIwalkinthestubbornnessofmyheart,tosweepawaythedrunkenwiththethirsty.

20Jehovahwillnotpardonhim,buttheangerofJehovahandhisjealousywillthensmokeagainstthatman,andallthecurseH423shallbeuponhimthatiswrittenH3789inthisbookH5612;andJehovahwillblotouthisnamefromundertheheavens;

21andJehovahwillseparatehimformischiefoutofallthetribesofIsrael,accordingtoallthecursesofthecovenantthatiswritteninthisbookofthelaw.

22AndthegenerationtocomeH5927,yourchildrenwhoshallriseupafteryou,andtheforeignerthatshallcomeH5927fromafarlandH776,shallsay,whenH834theyseetheplaguesofthatlandH776,anditssicknesses wherewithJehovahhath visitedit,

23[that]thewholegroundH776thereofisbrimstoneandsalt, [and] burning,thatitisnotsown, nor beareth,andnograss growethinit,liketheoverthrowofSodomandGomorrah, AdmahandZeboim,whichJehovahoverthrewinhisangerH639andinhisfury:

24evenallnationsshallsayH559,WhyhasJehovahdone thustothislandH776? whencetheheatofthisgreatanger?

25Andmenshallsay,BecausetheyhaveforsakenthecovenantofJehovahtheGodH430oftheirfathers,whichhehadmadeH3045withthemwhenH834hebroughtthemforthoutofthelandofEgypt;

26andtheywentH935andservedothergods,andboweddownH3789tothem, gods whomtheyknewnot,andwhomhehadnotassignedtothem.

27AndtheangerH639ofJehovahwaskindledagainstthislandH776,tobringuponitallthecursethatiswritteninthisbook;

28andJehovahrootedthemoutoftheirlandinanger,andinfury,andingreatindignation,andcastthemintoanother land,as[itappears]thisday.

29The hidden things belong to Jehovah our God; but the revealed ones are ours and our children's for ever, to do all the words of this law.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 29

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