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1. The Lord commanded Moses to make an agreement with the Israelites in Moab in addition to the agreement he had made with them at Mount Sinai. These are the words of that agreement.
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1. These H428 are the words H1697 of the covenant H1285 , which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 H853 Moses H4872 to make H3772 with H854 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 in the land H776 of Moab H4124 , beside H4480 H905 the covenant H1285 which H834 he made H3772 with H854 them in Horeb H2722 .
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2. Moses called all the Israelites together and said to them: You have seen everything the Lord did before your own eyes to the king of Egypt and to the king's leaders and to the whole country.
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2. And Moses H4872 called H7121 unto H413 all H3605 Israel H3478 , and said H559 unto H413 them, Ye H859 have seen H7200 H853 all H3605 that H834 the LORD H3068 did H6213 before your eyes H5869 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 unto Pharaoh H6547 , and unto all H3605 his servants H5650 , and unto all H3605 his land H776 ;
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3. With your own eyes you saw the great troubles, signs, and miracles.
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3. The great H1419 temptations H4531 which H834 thine eyes H5869 have seen H7200 , the signs H226 , and those H1992 great H1419 miracles H4159 :
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4. But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands; you don't really understand what you see with your eyes or hear with your ears.
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4. Yet the LORD H3068 hath not H3808 given H5414 you a heart H3820 to perceive H3045 , and eyes H5869 to see H7200 , and ears H241 to hear H8085 , unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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5. I led you through the desert for forty years, and during that time neither your clothes nor sandals wore out.
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5. And I have led H1980 you forty H705 years H8141 in the wilderness H4057 : your clothes H8008 are not H3808 waxen old H1086 upon H4480 H5921 you , and thy shoe H5275 is not H3808 waxen old H1086 upon H4480 H5921 thy foot H7272 .
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6. You ate no bread and drank no wine or beer. This was so you would understand that I am the Lord your God.
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6. Ye have not H3808 eaten H398 bread H3899 , neither H3808 have ye drunk H8354 wine H3196 or strong drink H7941 : that H4616 ye might know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God H430 .
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7. When you came to this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out to fight us, but we defeated them.
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7. And when ye came H935 unto H413 this H2088 place H4725 , Sihon H5511 the king H4428 of Heshbon H2809 , and Og H5747 the king H4428 of Bashan H1316 , came out H3318 against H7125 us unto battle H4421 , and we smote H5221 them:
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8. We captured their land and gave it to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh to be their own.
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8. And we took H3947 H853 their land H776 , and gave H5414 it for an inheritance H5159 unto the Reubenites H7206 , and to the Gadites H1425 , and to the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh H4520 .
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9. You must carefully obey everything in this agreement so that you will succeed in everything you do.
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9. Keep H8104 therefore H853 the words H1697 of this H2063 covenant H1285 , and do H6213 them, that H4616 ye may prosper H7919 H853 in all H3605 that H834 ye do H6213 .
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10. Today you are all standing here before the Lord your God -- your leaders and important men, your older leaders, officers, and all the other men of Israel,
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10. Ye H859 stand H5324 this day H3117 all H3605 of you before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God H430 ; your captains H7218 of your tribes H7626 , your elders H2205 , and your officers H7860 , with all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 ,
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11. your wives and children and the foreigners who live among you, who chop your wood and carry your water.
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11. Your little ones H2945 , your wives H802 , and thy stranger H1616 that H834 is in H7130 thy camp H4264 , from the hewer H4480 H2404 of thy wood H6086 unto H5704 the drawer H7579 of thy water H4325 :
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12. You are all here to enter into an agreement and a promise with the Lord your God, an agreement the Lord your God is making with you today.
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12. That thou shouldest enter H5674 into covenant H1285 with the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , and into his oath H423 , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 maketh H3772 with H5973 thee this day H3117 :
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13. This will make you today his own people. He will be your God, as he told you and as he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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13. That H4616 he may establish H6965 thee today H3117 for a people H5971 unto himself , and that he H1931 may be H1961 unto thee a God H430 , as H834 he hath said H1696 unto thee , and as H834 he hath sworn H7650 unto thy fathers H1 , to Abraham H85 , to Isaac H3327 , and to Jacob H3290 .
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14. But I am not just making this agreement and its promises with you
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14. Neither H3808 with H854 you only H905 do I H595 make H3772 H853 this H2063 covenant H1285 and this H2063 oath H423 ;
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15. who are standing here before the Lord your God today, but also with those who are not here today.
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15. But H3588 with H854 him that H834 standeth H5975 here H6311 with H5973 us this day H3117 before H6440 the LORD H3068 our God H430 , and also with H854 him that H834 is not H369 here H6311 with H5973 us this day H3117 :
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16. You know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries when we came here.
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16. ( For H3588 ye H859 know H3045 H853 how H834 we have dwelt H3427 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 ; and how H834 we came H5674 through H7130 the nations H1471 which H834 ye passed by H5674 ;
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17. You saw their hateful idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold.
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17. And ye have seen H7200 H853 their abominations H8251 , and their idols H1544 , wood H6086 and stone H68 , silver H3701 and gold H2091 , which H834 were among H5973 them:)
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18. Make sure no man, woman, family group, or tribe among you leaves the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. They would be to you like a plant that grows bitter, poisonous fruit.
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18. Lest H6435 there should be H3426 among you man H376 , or H176 woman H802 , or H176 family H4940 , or H176 tribe H7626 , whose H834 heart H3824 turneth away H6437 this day H3117 from H4480 H5973 the LORD H3068 our God H430 , to go H1980 and serve H5647 H853 the gods H430 of these H1992 nations H1471 ; lest H6435 there should be H3426 among you a root H8328 that beareth H6509 gall H7219 and wormwood H3939 ;
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19. These are the kind of people who hear these curses but bless themselves, thinking, "We will be safe even though we continue doing what we want to do." Those people may destroy all of your land, both wet and dry.
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19. And it come to pass H1961 , when he heareth H8085 H853 the words H1697 of this H2063 curse H423 , that he bless himself H1288 in his heart H3824 , saying H559 , I shall have H1961 peace H7965 , though H3588 I walk H1980 in the imagination H8307 of mine heart H3820 , to H4616 add H5595 drunkenness H7302 to H854 thirst H6771 :
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20. The Lord will not forgive them. His anger will be like a burning fire against those people, and all the curses written in this book will come on them. The Lord will destroy any memory of them on the earth.
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20. The LORD H3068 will H14 not H3808 spare H5545 him, but H3588 then H227 the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 and his jealousy H7068 shall smoke H6225 against that H1931 man H376 , and all H3605 the curses H423 that are written H3789 in this H2088 book H5612 shall lie H7257 upon him , and the LORD H3068 shall blot out H4229 H853 his name H8034 from under H4480 H8478 heaven H8064 .
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21. He will separate them from all the tribes of Israel for punishment. All the curses of the Agreement that are written in this Book of the Teachings will happen to them.
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21. And the LORD H3068 shall separate H914 him unto evil H7451 out of all H4480 H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , according to all H3605 the curses H423 of the covenant H1285 that are written H3789 in this H2088 book H5612 of the law H8451 :
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22. Your children who will come after you, as well as foreigners from faraway lands, will see the disasters that come to this land and the diseases the Lord will send on it. They will say,
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22. So that the generation H1755 to come H314 of your children H1121 that H834 shall rise up H6965 after H4480 H310 you , and the stranger H5237 that H834 shall come H935 from a far H7350 land H4480 H776 , shall say H559 , when they see H7200 H853 the plagues H4347 of that H1931 land H776 , and the sicknesses H8463 which H834 the LORD H3068 hath laid H2470 upon it;
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23. "The land is nothing but burning cinders and salt. Nothing is planted, nothing grows, and nothing blooms. It is like Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed because he was very angry."
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23. And that the whole H3605 land H776 thereof is brimstone H1614 , and salt H4417 , and burning H8316 , that it is not H3808 sown H2232 , nor H3808 beareth H6779 , nor H3808 any H3605 grass H6212 groweth H5927 therein , like the overthrow H4114 of Sodom H5467 , and Gomorrah H6017 , Admah H126 , and Zeboim H6636 , which H834 the LORD H3068 overthrew H2015 in his anger H639 , and in his wrath H2534 :
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24. All the other nations will ask, "Why has the Lord done this to the land? Why is he so angry?"
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24. Even all H3605 nations H1471 shall say H559 , Wherefore H5921 H4100 hath the LORD H3068 done H6213 thus H3602 unto this H2063 land H776 ? what H4100 meaneth the heat H2750 of this H2088 great H1419 anger H639 ?
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25. And the answer will be, "It is because the people broke the Agreement of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, which he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt.
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25. Then men shall say H559 , Because H5921 H834 they have forsaken H5800 H853 the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers H1 , which H834 he made H3772 with H5973 them when he brought them forth H3318 H853 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 :
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26. They went and served other gods and bowed down to gods they did not even know. The Lord did not allow that,
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26. For they went H1980 and served H5647 other H312 gods H430 , and worshiped H7812 them, gods H430 whom H834 they knew H3045 not H3808 , and whom he had not H3808 given H2505 unto them:
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27. so he became very angry at the land and brought all the curses on it that are written in this book.
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27. And the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 was kindled H2734 against this H1931 land H776 , to bring H935 upon H5921 it H853 all H3605 the curses H7045 that are written H3789 in this H2088 book H5612 :
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28. Since the Lord became angry and furious with them, he took them out of their land and put them in another land where they are today."
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28. And the LORD H3068 rooted them out H5428 of H4480 H5921 their land H127 in anger H639 , and in wrath H2534 , and in great H1419 indignation H7110 , and cast H7993 them into H413 another H312 land H776 , as it is this H2088 day H3117 .
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29. There are some things the Lord our God has kept secret, but there are some things he has let us know. These things belong to us and our children forever so that we will do everything in these teachings.
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29. The secret H5641 things belong unto the LORD H3068 our God H430 : but those things which are revealed H1540 belong unto us and to our children H1121 forever H5704 H5769 , that we may do H6213 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of this H2063 law H8451 .
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