Dual Panel1These <0428> are the words <01697> of the covenant <01285> that <0834> the Lord <03068> commanded <06680> Moses <04872> to make <03772> with <0854> the people <01121> of Israel <03478> in the land <0776> of Moab <04124>, in addition <0905> to the covenant <01285> he had made <03772> with <0854> them at Horeb <02722>.
2Moses <04872> proclaimed <07121> to <0413> all <03605> Israel <03478> as follows: “You <0859> have seen <07200> all <03605> that <0834> the Lord <03068> did <06213> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> to Pharaoh <06547>, all <03605> his servants <05650>, and his land <0776>.
3Your eyes <05869> have seen <07200> the great <01419> judgments <04531>, those <01992> signs <0226> and mighty <01419> wonders <04159>.
4But to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117> the Lord <03068> has not <03808> given <05414> you an understanding <03045> mind <03820>, perceptive <07200> eyes <05869>, or discerning <08085> ears <0241>!
5I have led <01980> you through the desert <04057> for forty <0705> years <08141>. Your clothing <08008> has not <03808> worn out <01086> nor <03808> have your sandals <05275> deteriorated <01086>.
6You have eaten <0398> no <03808> bread <03899> and drunk <08354> no <03808> wine <03196> or beer <07941>– all so that <04616> you might know <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am the Lord <03068> your God <0430>!
7When you came <0935> to <0413> this <02088> place <04725> King <04428> Sihon <05511> of Heshbon <02809> and King <04428> Og <05747> of Bashan <01316> came out to make war <04421> and we defeated <05221> them.
8Then we took <03947> their land <0776> and gave <05414> it as an inheritance <05159> to Reuben <07206>, Gad <01425>, and half <02677> the tribe <07626> of Manasseh <04520>.
9“Therefore, keep <08104> the terms <01697> of this <02063> covenant <01285> and obey <06213> them so that <04616> you may be successful <07919> in everything <03605> you do <06213>.
10You <0859> are standing <05324> today <03117>, all <03605> of you, before <06440> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>– the heads <07218> of your tribes <07626>, your elders <02205>, your officials <07860>, every <03605> Israelite <03478> man <0376>,
11your infants <02945>, your wives <0802>, and the foreigners <01616> living in <07130> your encampment <04264>, those who chop <02404> wood <06086> and those who carry <07579> water <04325>–
12so that you may enter <05674> by oath <0423> into the covenant <01285> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> is making <03772> with <05973> you today <03117>.
13Today <03117> he will affirm <06965> that <04616> you are his people <05971> and that <01931> he is <01961> your God <0430>, just as <0834> he promised <01696> you and as <0834> he swore <07650> by oath to your ancestors <01> Abraham <085>, Isaac <03327>, and Jacob <03290>.
14It is not <03808> with <0854> you alone <0905> that I <0595> am making <03772> this <02063> covenant <01285> by oath <0423>,
15but <03588> with <0854> whoever <0834> stands <05975> with <05973> us here <06311> today <03117> before <06440> the Lord <03068> our God <0430> as well as <0854> those not <0369> with <05973> us here <06311> today <03117>.
16“(For <03588> you <0859> know <03045> how <0834> we lived <03427> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> and how <0834> we crossed <05674> through <07130> the nations <01471> as <0834> we traveled <05674>.
17You have seen <07200> their detestable things <08251> and idols <01544> of wood <06086>, stone <068>, silver <03701>, and gold <05973> <0834> <02091>.)
18Beware that <06435> the heart <03824> of no man <0376>, woman <0802>, clan <04940>, or <0176> <0176> <0176> tribe <07626> among you turns away <06437> from the Lord <03068> our God <0430> today <03117> to <05973> pursue <01980> and serve <05647> the gods <0430> of those <01992> nations <01471>; beware <06435> that there is <03426> among you no root <08328> producing <06509> poisonous <07219> and bitter fruit <03939>.
19When such a person hears <08085> the words <01697> of this <02063> oath <0423> he secretly <03824> blesses <01288> himself and says <0559>, “I will <01961> have peace <07965> though <03588> I continue to walk <01980> with a stubborn <08307> spirit <03820>.” This <04616> will destroy <05595> the watered <07302> ground with the parched <06771>.
20The Lord <03068> will <014> be unwilling <014> unwilling <03808> to forgive <05545> him, and his <03068> intense <06225> anger <0639> will rage <07068> against that <01931> <03588> man <0376>; all <03605> the curses <0423> written <03789> in this <02088> scroll <05612> will fall <07257> upon him and the Lord <03068> will obliterate <04229> his name <08034> from <08478> memory <08064>.
21The Lord <03068> will single <0914> him out for judgment <07451> from all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> according to all <03605> the curses <0423> of the covenant <01285> written <03789> in this <02088> scroll <05612> of the law <08451>.
22The generation <01755> to come <0314>– your descendants <01121> who <0834> will rise up <06965> after <0310> you, as well as the foreigner <05237> who <0834> will come <0935> from distant <07350> places <0776>– will see <07200> the afflictions <04347> of that land <0776> and the illnesses <08463> that <0834> the Lord <03068> has brought <02470> on it.
23The whole <03605> land <0776> will be covered with brimstone <01614>, salt <04417>, and burning <08316> debris; it will not <03808> be planted <02232> nor <03808> will it sprout <06779> or <03808> produce <05927> grass <06212>. It will resemble the destruction <04114> of Sodom <05467> and Gomorrah <06017>, Admah <0126> and Zeboiim <06636>, which <0834> the Lord <03068> destroyed <02015> in his intense <0639> anger <02534>.
24Then all <03605> the nations <01471> will ask <0559>, “Why <04100> has the Lord <03068> done <06213> all this <03602> to this <02063> land <0776>? What <04100> is this <02088> fierce <02750>, heated <01419> display of anger <0639> all about?”
25Then people will say <0559>, “Because <0834> they abandoned <05800> the covenant <01285> of the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> of their ancestors <01>, which <0834> he made <03772> with <05973> them when he brought <03318> them out <03318> of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
26They went <01980> and served <05647> other <0312> gods <0430> and worshiped <07812> them, gods <0430> they did not <03808> know <03045> and that he did not <03808> permit <02505> them to worship.
27That <01931> is why the Lord’s <03068> anger <0639> erupted <02734> against this land <0776>, bringing <0935> on <05921> it all <03605> the curses <07045> written <03789> in this <02088> scroll <05612>.
28So the Lord <03068> has uprooted <05428> them from <05921> their land <0127> in anger <0639>, wrath <02534>, and great <01419> rage <07110> and has deported <07993> them to <0413> another <0312> land <0776>, as is clear today <03117>.”
29Secret things <05641> belong to the Lord <03068> our God <0430>, but those that are revealed <01540> belong to us and our descendants <01121> forever <05769> <05704>, so that we might obey <06213> all <03605> the words <01697> of this <02063> law <08451>.