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Deuteronomy 29

1These are thewordsדִבְרֵ֨יdiv.ReiH1697of thecovenantהַבְּרִ֜יתha.be.RitH1285, which theLORDH3068commandedצִוָּ֧הtzi.VahH6680MosesH4872tomakeלִכְרֹ֛תlikh.RotH3772with thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelH3478in thelandH776ofMoabמוֹאָ֑בmo.'AvH4124, besides thecovenantהַבְּרִ֔יתha.be.RitH1285which hemadeכָּרַ֥תka.RatH3772with them inHorebבְּחֹרֵֽב׃ פbe.cho.RevH2722.

2AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehH4872calledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121to allIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, Ye haveseenH7200all that theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068didעָשָׂ֨ה'a.SahH6213before youreyesH5869in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714toPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֥הle.far.'OhH6547, and to all hisservantsעֲבָדָ֖יו'a.va.DavH5650, and to all hislandאַרְצֽוֹ׃'ar.TzoH776;

3Thegreatהַגְּדֹלֹ֔תha.ge.do.LotH1419temptationsהַמַּסּוֹת֙ha.ma.sOtH4531which thyeyesH5869haveseenH7200, thesignsהָאֹתֹ֧תha.'o.TotH226, and thosegreatהַגְּדֹלִ֖יםha.ge.do.LimH1419miraclesוְהַמֹּפְתִ֛יםve.ha.mo.fe.TimH4159:

4Yet theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068hath notgivenנָתַן֩na.TanH5414you anheartלֵב֙levH3820toperceiveלָדַ֔עַתla.Da.'atH3045, andeyesוְעֵינַ֥יִםve.'ei.Na.yimH5869toseeלִרְא֖וֹתlir.'otH7200, andearsוְאָזְנַ֣יִםve.'a.ze.Na.yimH241tohearלִשְׁמֹ֑עַlish.Mo.a'H8085, to thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

5And I haveledH3212youfortyאַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057: yourclothesשַׂלְמֹֽתֵיכֶם֙sal.mo.tei.KhemH8008did not wearoutבָל֤וּva.LuH1086upon you, and thyshoeוְנַֽעַלְךָ֥ve.na.'al.KhaH5275did not wearoutבָלְתָ֖הval.TahH1086upon thyfootרַגְלֶֽךָ׃rag.Le.khaH7272.

6Ye have noteatenאֲכַלְתֶּ֔ם'a.khal.TemH398breadלֶ֚חֶםLe.chemH3899, neither have yedrunkשְׁתִיתֶ֑םshe.ti.TemH8354wineוְיַ֥יִןve.Ya.yinH3196or strongdrinkוְשֵׁכָ֖רve.she.KharH7941: that ye mightknowתֵּֽדְע֔וּte.de.'UH3045that I am theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

7And when yecameוַתָּבֹ֖אוּva.ta.Vo.'uH935to thisplaceהַמָּק֣וֹםha.ma.KomH4725,Sihonסִיחֹ֣ןsi.ChonH5511thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofHeshbonחֶ֠שְׁבּוֹןChesh.bonH2809, andOgוְע֨וֹגve.'ogH5747thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBashanהַבָּשָׁ֧ןha.ba.ShanH1316, cameoutוַיֵּצֵ֣אvai.ye.Tze'H3318againstH7125us tobattleלַמִּלְחָמָ֖הla.mil.cha.MahH4421, and wesmoteוַנַּכֵּֽם׃va.na.KemH5221them:

8And wetookוַנִּקַּח֙va.ni.KachH3947theirlandאַרְצָ֔ם'ar.TzamH776, andgaveוַנִּתְּנָ֣הּva.ni.te.NahH5414it for aninheritanceלְנַחֲלָ֔הle.na.cha.LahH5159to theReubenitesלָרֽאוּבֵנִ֖יlo.r.'u.ve.NiH7206, and to theGaditesוְלַגָּדִ֑יve.la.ga.DiH1425, and to thehalfוְלַחֲצִ֖יve.la.cha.TziH2677tribeשֵׁ֥בֶטShe.vetH7626ofManassehהַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי׃Ham.na.ShiH4520.

9Keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֗םu.she.mar.TemH8104therefore thewordsדִּבְרֵי֙div.ReiH1697of thiscovenantהַבְּרִ֣יתha.be.RitH1285, anddoוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םva.'a.si.TemH6213them, that ye mayprosperתַּשְׂכִּ֔ילוּtas.Ki.luH7919in all that yedoתַּעֲשֽׂוּן׃ פta.'a.SunH6213.

10Yestandנִצָּבִ֤יםni.tza.VimH5324thisdayהַיּוֹם֙hai.yOmH3117all of youbeforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430; yourcaptainsרָאשֵׁיכֶ֣םra.shei.KhemH7218of yourtribesשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֗םshiv.tei.KhemH7626, youreldersזִקְנֵיכֶם֙zik.nei.KhemH2205, and yourofficersוְשֹׁ֣טְרֵיכֶ֔םve.Sho.te.rei.KhemH7860, with all themenאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478,

11Your littleonesטַפְּכֶ֣םta.pe.KhemH2945, yourwivesנְשֵׁיכֶ֔םne.shei.KhemH802, and thystrangerוְגֵ֣רְךָ֔ve.Ge.re.khaH1616that isinבְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130thycampמַחֲנֶ֑יךָma.cha.Nei.khaH4264, from thehewerמֵחֹטֵ֣בme.cho.TevH2404of thywoodעֵצֶ֔יךָ'e.Tzei.khaH6086to thedrawerשֹׁאֵ֥בsho.'EvH7579of thywaterמֵימֶֽיךָ׃mei.Mei.khaH4325:

12That thou shouldestenterלְעָבְרְךָ֗le.'a.ve.re.KhaH5674intocovenantבִּבְרִ֛יתbiv.RitH1285with theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodH430, and into hisoathוּבְאָלָת֑וֹu.ve.'a.la.ToH423, which theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodH430makethכֹּרֵ֥תko.RetH3772with thee thisdayH3117:

13That he mayestablishהָקִֽים־ha.kim-H6965thee todayהַיּ֨וֹם׀hai.YomH3117for apeopleלְעָ֗םle.'AmH5971to himself, and that he may be to thee aGodלֵֽאלֹהִ֔יםle.lo.HimH430, as he hathsaidדִּבֶּר־di.ber-H1696to thee, and as he hathswornנִשְׁבַּע֙nish.Ba'H7650to thyfathersלַאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָla.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1, toAbrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֥םle.'av.ra.HamH85, toIsaacלְיִצְחָ֖קle.yitz.ChakH3327, and toJacobוּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃u.le.ya.'a.koH3290.

14Neither with you only do Imakeכֹּרֵת֙ko.RetH3772thiscovenantהַבְּרִ֣יתha.be.RitH1285and thisoathהָאָלָ֖הha.'a.LahH423;

15But with him thatstandethעֹמֵ֣ד'o.MedH5975here with usthisיֶשְׁנ֜וֹyesh.NoH3426dayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117beforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430, and also with him that is not here with us thisdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117:

16(For yeknowיְדַעְתֶּ֔םye.da'.TemH3045how we havedweltיָשַׁ֖בְנוּya.Shav.nuH3427in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714; and how wecameעָבַ֛רְנוּ'a.Var.nuH5674throughבְּקֶ֥רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471which ye passedbyעֲבַרְתֶּֽם׃'a.var.TemH5674;

17And ye haveseenוַתִּרְאוּ֙va.tir.'UH7200theirabominationsשִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔םshi.Ku.tzei.HemH8251, and theiridolsגִּלֻּלֵיהֶ֑םgi.lu.lei.HemH1544,woodעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086andstoneוָאֶ֔בֶןva.'E.venH68,silverכֶּ֥סֶףKe.sefH3701andgoldוְזָהָ֖בve.za.HavH2091, which were among them:)

18Lest there shouldbeיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426among youmanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376, orwomanאִשָּׁ֞ה'i.ShahH802, orfamilyמִשְׁפָּחָ֣הmish.pa.ChahH4940, ortribeשֵׁ֗בֶטShe.vetH7626, whoseheartH3824turnethawayפֹנֶ֤הfo.NehH6437thisdayהַיּוֹם֙hai.yOmH3117from theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430, togoH3212andserveלַעֲבֹ֔דla.'a.VodH5647thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֖י'e.lo.HeiH430of thesenationsהַגּוֹיִ֣םha.go.YimH1471; lest there shouldbeיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426among you arootשֹׁ֛רֶשׁSho.reshH8328thatbearethפֹּרֶ֥הpo.RehH6509gallרֹ֖אשׁroshH7219andwormwoodוְלַעֲנָֽה׃ve.la.'a.NahH3939;

19And it should come to pass, when hehearethבְּשָׁמְעוֹ֩be.sha.me.'OH8085thewordsדִּבְרֵ֨יdiv.ReiH1697of thiscurseH423, that he shouldblessוְהִתְבָּרֵ֨ךְve.hit.ba.RekhH1288himself in hisheartבִּלְבָב֤וֹbil.va.VoH3824,sayingלֵאמֹר֙le.MorH559, I shall havepeaceשָׁל֣וֹםsha.LomH7965,thoughH3588IwalkH3212in theimaginationבִּשְׁרִר֥וּתbish.ri.RutH8307of myheartלִבִּ֖יli.BiH3820, toaddסְפ֥וֹתse.FotH5595drunkennessהָרָוָ֖הha.ra.VahH7302tothirstהַצְּמֵאָֽה׃ha.tze.me.'AhH6771:

20TheLORDH3068willיֹאבֶ֣הyo.VehH14notspareסְלֹ֣חַֽse.Lo.achH5545him, but then theangerאַף־'af-H639of theLORDH3068and hisjealousyוְקִנְאָתוֹ֙ve.kin.'a.ToH7068shallsmokeיֶעְשַׁ֨ןye'.ShanH6225against thatmanבָּאִ֣ישׁba.'IshH376, and all thecursesH423that arewrittenH3789in thisbookH5612shalllieוְרָ֤בְצָהve.Ra.ve.tzahH7257upon him, and theLORDH3068shall blotoutוּמָחָ֤הu.ma.ChahH4229hisnameשְׁמ֔וֹshe.MoH8034from underheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

21And theLORDH3068shall single himoutוְהִבְדִּיל֤וֹve.hiv.di.LoH914forevilלְרָעָ֔הle.ra.'AhH7451from all thetribesשִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.TeiH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, according to all thecursesאָל֣וֹת'a.LotH423of thecovenantהַבְּרִ֔יתha.be.RitH1285that arewrittenהַכְּתוּבָ֕הha.ke.tu.VahH3789in thisbookבְּסֵ֥פֶרbe.Se.ferH5612of thelawהַתּוֹרָ֖הha.to.RahH8451:

22So that thegenerationהַדּ֣וֹרha.DorH1755tocomeהָֽאַחֲר֗וֹןha.'a.cha.RonH314of yourchildrenבְּנֵיכֶם֙be.nei.KhemH1121that shallariseיָק֙וּמוּ֙ya.Ku.muH6965afterמֵאַ֣חֲרֵיכֶ֔םme.'A.cha.rei.KhemH310you, and thestrangerוְהַ֨נָּכְרִ֔יve.Ha.na.khe.RiH5237that shallcomeיָבֹ֖אya.Vo'H935from adistantרְחוֹקָ֑הre.cho.KahH7350landH776, shallsayוְאָמַ֞רve.'a.MarH559, when theyseeוְ֠רָאוּVe.ra.'uH7200theplaguesמַכּ֞וֹתma.KotH4347of thatlandH776, and thesicknessesתַּ֣חֲלֻאֶ֔יהָta.cha.lu.'Ei.haH8463which theLORDH3068hathlaidחִלָּ֥הchi.LahH2470upon it;

23And that its wholelandH776isbrimstoneגָּפְרִ֣יתga.fe.RitH1614, andsaltוָמֶלַח֮va.me.LachH4417, andburningשְׂרֵפָ֣הse.re.FahH8316, that it is notsownתִזָּרַע֙ti.za.Ra'H2232, nor doth itbearתַצְמִ֔חַtatz.Mi.achH6779, nor doth anygrassעֵ֑שֶׂב'E.sevH6212growיַעֲלֶ֥הya.'a.LehH5927in it, like theoverthrowכְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞תke.mah.pe.KhatH4114ofSodomסְדֹ֤םse.DomH5467, andGomorrahוַעֲמֹרָה֙va.'a.mo.RahH6017,Admahאַדְמָ֣ה'ad.MahH126, andZeboimוּצְבוֹיִ֔םu.tze.v.yimH6636, which theLORDH3068overthrewהָפַ֣ךְha.FakhH2015in hisangerH639, and in hiswrathוּבַחֲמָתֽוֹ׃u.va.cha.ma.ToH2534:

24Even all thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471shallsayH559, Why hath theLORDH3068doneעָשָׂ֧ה'a.SahH6213thus to thislandH776? what meaneth theheatחֳרִ֛יcho.RiH2750of thisgreatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419angerהָאַ֥ףha.'AfH639?

25Then men shallsayוְאָ֣מְר֔וּve.'A.me.RuH559, Because they haveforsakenעָֽזְב֔וּ'a.ze.VuH5800thecovenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068GodH430of theirfathersאֲבֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.TamH1, which hemadeכָּרַ֣תka.RatH3772with them when he brought themforthבְּהוֹצִיא֥וֹbe.ho.tzi.'OH3318from thelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714:

26For theywentH3212andservedוַיַּֽעַבְדוּ֙vai.ya.'av.DuH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430, andworshippedוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812them,godsאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430which theyknewיְדָע֔וּםye.da.'UmH3045not, and which he had notgivenחָלַ֖קcha.LakH2505to them:

27And theangerH639of theLORDH3068waskindledוַיִּֽחַר־vai.yi.char-H2734against thislandH776, tobringלְהָבִ֤יאle.ha.Vi'H935upon it all thecursesהַקְּלָלָ֔הha.ke.la.LahH7045that arewrittenהַכְּתוּבָ֖הha.ke.tu.VahH3789in thisbookבַּסֵּ֥פֶרba.Se.ferH5612:

28And theLORDH3068rootedוַיִּתְּשֵׁ֤םvai.yi.te.ShemH5428them out of theirlandאַדְמָתָ֔ם'ad.ma.TamH127inangerבְּאַ֥ףbe.'AfH639, and inwrathוּבְחֵמָ֖הu.ve.che.MahH2534, and ingreatגָּד֑וֹלga.DolH1419indignationוּבְקֶ֣צֶףu.ve.Ke.tzefH7110, andcastוַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֛םvai.yash.li.KhemH7993them intoanotherאַחֶ֖רֶת'a.Che.retH312landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776, as it is thisdayכַּיּ֥וֹםkai.YomH3117.

29Thesecretהַ֨נִּסְתָּרֹ֔תha.nis.ta.RotH5641things belong to theLORDלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430: but those things which arerevealedוְהַנִּגְלֹ֞תve.ha.nig.LotH1540belong to us and to ourchildrenוּׄלְׄבָׄנֵׄ֙יׄנׄוּׄ֙u.le.va.Nei.nuH1121forעַד־'ad-H5704everעוֹלָ֔םo.LamH5769, that we maydoלַעֲשׂ֕וֹתla.'a.SotH6213all thewordsדִּבְרֵ֖יdiv.ReiH1697of thislawהַתּוֹרָ֥הha.to.RahH8451.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 29

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