Deuteronomy 29 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
These are the terms of the told Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab — in addition to the he had already made with them at
Moses called all of Israel together and said to them: You saw with your own eyes everything Yahweh did in Egypt—to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to his entire land.
You saw those massive of with your own eyes — those incredible and displays of power.
But to this day, Yahweh hasn't given you a that or eyes that see, or ears that hear.
For forty years I led you through the wilderness. Your clothes didn't wear out on your bodies, and your sandals didn't wear out on your feet.
You didn't eat any bread or drink any wine or alcohol — so you would that I am Yahweh your God.
When you arrived at this place, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to fight against us, and we defeated them.
We took their land and gave it as an to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
So the terms of this agreement and follow them carefully, so that you succeed in everything you do.
Today, all of you are standing in the of Yahweh your God — your leaders, your tribal heads, your elders, your officials, and every man in Israel,
along with your children, your wives, and the you who chop your wood and carry your water —
all of you are here to enter into the agreement with Yahweh your God, with a which Yahweh your God is making with you today.
He's doing this to you today as his people, and he will be your God — just as he told you, and just as he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
And I'm not making this agreement and this solemn oath only with you who are standing here with us today in the presence of Yahweh our God,
but also with everyone who isn't here with us today.
You know what it was like living in Egypt, and how we passed through the territories of various nations along the way.
You saw their and objects made of wood, stone, silver, and gold that they had among them.
Make sure there is no man, woman, family, or tribe among you today whose mind is turning away from Yahweh our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Make sure there's no among you producing and
If someone hears the words of this solemn oath and reassures himself, thinking, "I'll be fine even though I go my own — this will destroy the with the —
Yahweh will not be willing to forgive that person. Instead, Yahweh's anger and will burn against that person, and every curse written in this book will land on them, and Yahweh will their from under heaven.
Yahweh will single out that person from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the agreement written in this of
The next generation—your children who come after you—and foreigners who arrive from distant lands will see the plagues and diseases Yahweh has sent on this land.
The whole land will be burning sulfur, salt, and scorched earth. Nothing planted, nothing sprouting, nothing growing — like the destruction of and and which Yahweh destroyed in his fierce anger.
All the nations will ask, "Why has Yahweh done this to this land? What triggered such an enormous outpouring of anger?"
And the answer will be: "Because they the agreement of Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, which he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt.
They went and served other gods and bowed down to them — gods they had known, gods he had to them.
So Yahweh's anger burned against this land, bringing on it every curse written in this book.
Yahweh them from their land in anger, fury, and great outrage, and threw them into another land — where they are to this day."
The belong to Yahweh our God, but the belong to us and our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this