1TheseH3605are the words of the covenantwhichH834theLORDH3068commandedוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559MosesH4872tomakeH6213with the children ofIsraelH3478in thelandH776of Moab,besideH413the covenantwhichH834hemadeH6213with them in Horeb.
2And Moses called untoallH1419Israel, and said unto them, Ye haveseenH7200allH1419that the LORDdidH834beforeעֵינֶ֑יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869youreyesלְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙le.'ei.nei.KhemH5869in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and untoallH1419his servants, and untoallH1419his land;
3the great temptationswhichעֵינֶ֑יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869thineeyesוְעֵינַ֥יִםve.'ei.Na.yimH5869sawH7200, the signs, andthoseהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088great wonders:
4but the LORD hathnotH3808givenyouH5921an heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
5And I have ledyouH3588forty years in the wilderness: your clothes arenotH3808waxen old uponyouH3588, and thy shoe isnotH3808waxen old upon thy foot.
6Ye havenotהַזֶּ֑הha.ZehH2088eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD yourGodאֶל־'el-H413.
7And when ye came unto thisplaceH5414, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, cameoutאֶת־'et-H853againstusH5414unto battle, andweאַרְצָ֔ם'ar.TzamH776smote them:
8andweאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834tookH853their land, andgaveH6213it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of the Manassites.
9Keep therefore the words of this covenant, anddoכֻּלְּכֶ֔םku.le.KhemH3605them, that ye may prosper inallכָּל־kol-H3605that yedoכֹּ֖לkolH3605.
10Ye stand this dayallH5704ofyouאֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834beforeH5704the LORD your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers,evenH5704allH5704themenמַחֲנֶ֑יךָma.cha.Nei.khaH4264of Israel,
11your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
12that thou shouldest enterintoH1961thecovenantH7650of the LORD thyGodH430, andintoH1961hisoathH7650,whichH834the LORD thyGodH430maketh with thee thisdayH3117:
13that he may establish thee this day untohimselfלְבַדְּכֶ֑םle.va.de.KhemH905for apeopleH3808, and that he may be unto thee aGodH3808, as he spake unto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
14NeitherH369withyouH834onlydoH369Imakeכִּי֩kiH3588this covenant and this oath;
15but with him that standeth here withusH3045this daybeforeH3045the LORD our God, and also with him that isnotH3588here withusH3045this day:
16(for ye knowhowH834weH834dwelt in the land of Egypt; andhowH834weH834camethroughH7200the midst of the nationsthroughH7200whichH834ye passed;
17and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood andstoneאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834, silver and gold,whichאֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherH834were among them:)
18lest there should be amongyouH3588manהַצְּמֵאָֽה׃ha.tze.me.'AhH6771, or woman, or family, or tribe, whoseheartלִבִּ֖יli.BiH3820turnethawayסְפ֥וֹתse.FotH5595this day from the LORD ourGodלֵאמֹר֙le.MorH559, togoוְהָיָ֡הve.ha.YahH1961toserveיִֽהְיֶה־yih.yeh-H1961the gods ofthoseH853nations; lest there should be amongyouH3588a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
19and itcomeוְקִנְאָתוֹ֙ve.kin.'a.ToH7068to pass, when he heareth the words of thiscurseH423, that he blesshimselfהַה֔וּאha.Hu'H1931in his heart, saying, I shall have peace,thoughH3588I walk in the stubbornness ofmineמִתַּ֖חַתmi.Ta.chatH8478heart, todestroyכָּל־kol-H3605the moist with the dry:
20theLORDH3068willnotH2088pardon him, but then the anger of theLORDH3068and his jealousy shall smokeagainstH3605thatmanH3605, andallH3605thecurseH423that iswrittenH3789in thisbookH5612shall lie upon him, and theLORDH3068shall blotoutH3605his name from under heaven.
21And theLORDH3068shall separate him unto eviloutוְ֠רָאוּVe.ra.'uH7200ofallH1755the tribes of Israel,accordingמֵאַ֣חֲרֵיכֶ֔םme.'A.cha.rei.KhemH310toallH1755the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.
22And the generation tocomeH5927, your children that shallriseH5927upH5927afterאַרְצָהּ֒'ar.TzahH776youH834, and the foreigner that shallcomeH5927from afarכָל־khol-H3605landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776, shall say, when theyseeH834the plagues of thatlandהָאָ֤רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and the sicknesses wherewith theLORDH3068hathmadeכָּל־kol-H3605it sick;
23and that thewholeH3605landH776thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it isnotהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088sown, nor beareth, noranyH3605grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim,whichהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471theLORDH3068overthrew in hisangerהָאַ֥ףha.'AfH639, and in hiswrathבְּאַפּ֖וֹbe.'a.PoH639:
24evenH853all thenationsלָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzH776shallsayH559, Wherefore hath theLORDH3068done thus unto thislandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776?whatH834meaneth the heat of thisgreatאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430anger?
25Then men shall say,BecauseH834they forsook the covenant of the LORD, theGodH430of their fathers,whichH834hemadeH3045with them when he brought themforthH3045outH3045of the land of Egypt;
26andwentלְהָבִ֤יאle.ha.Vi'H935and servedotherH2088gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knewnotH2088, and whom he hadnotH2088given unto them:
27therefore theangerH639of theLORDH3068was kindledagainstמֵעַ֣לme.'AlH5921thislandH776, to bringuponעָלֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Lei.haH5921itallכַּיּ֥וֹםkai.YomH3117the curse that is written in this book:
28and theLORDH3068rooted themoutכָּל־kol-H3605of their land in anger, and in wrath, and ingreatאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430indignation, and cast themintoוְהַנִּגְלֹ֞תve.ha.nig.LotH1540another land, as at this day.
29The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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