Deuteronomy 29:1-13

1(28:69) These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.

2Moses proclaimed to all Israel as follows: “You have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, all his servants, and his land.

3Your eyes have seen the great judgments, those signs and mighty wonders.

4But to this very day the Lord has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!

5I have led you through the desert for forty years. Your clothing has not worn out nor have your sandals deteriorated.

6You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer – all so that you might know that I am the Lord your God!

7When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them.

8Then we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

9“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.

10You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God – the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officials, every Israelite man,

11your infants, your wives, and the foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water –

12so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today.

13Today he will affirm that you are his people and that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore by oath to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.