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Deuteronomy 29

These are the words of the covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, besides the covenant he made with them in Horeb. Moses called all Israel together and said, "You have seen everything the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, all his servants and all his land — The great tem

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A heart to know

These are the words of the covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, besides the covenant he made with them in Horeb. Moses called all Israel together and said, "You have seen everything the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, all his servants and all his land — The great temptations your eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders. Yet the Lord has not given you a heart to understand, eyes to see or ears to hear, to this day. I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your shoe has not worn out on your foot. You haven't eaten bread or drunk wine or strong drink — so you'd know that I'm the Lord your God. When you came to this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we struck them down. We took their land and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to the half tribe of Manasseh. So keep the words of this covenant and do them, so you do well in everything you do. All of you stand this day before the Lord your God — your captains, tribes, elders, officers, and all the men of Israel, Your little ones, your wives and the stranger in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water — so you may enter into covenant with the Lord your God and into his oath, which the Lord your God makes with you this day, so he may establish you today as a people for himself and be your God, as he told you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I do not make this covenant and oath with you alone, but with those who stand here with us today before the Lord our God, and also with those who are not here with us today.

These are the words of the covenant the Lord ordered Moses to cut with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, on top of the covenant he cut with them at Horeb. And Moses called all Israel and said to them: You've seen everything the Lord did in front of your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to his whole land — the great testings your eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders. But right up to today the Lord hasn't given you a heart to know or eyes to see or ears to hear. And I've led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes haven't worn out on you, and your sandal hasn't worn out on your foot. You haven't eaten bread or drunk wine or strong drink — so you'd know that I'm the Lord your God. And when you came to this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we struck them down. And we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to the half tribe of Manasseh. So keep the words of this covenant and do them, so you do well in everything you do. Today you're all standing in front of the Lord your God — the heads of your tribes, your elders and your officers, all the men of Israel, your little ones, your wives and the stranger in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water — so you go into the covenant of the Lord your God and into his oath that the Lord your God is cutting with you today, so he sets you up today as a people for himself and is your God, the way he's said to you and the way he swore to your fathers, to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. And I'm not cutting this covenant and this oath with you only, but with the one standing here with us today in front of the Lord our God, and with the one who isn't here with us today.

These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God. And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them: And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day: That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:

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These are the words of the covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, besides the covenant he made with them in Horeb.

Plain English

These are the words of the covenant the Lord ordered Moses to cut with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, on top of the covenant he cut with them at Horeb.

King James Version, 1611

These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

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Moses called all Israel together and said, "You have seen everything the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, all his servants and all his land —

Plain English

And Moses called all Israel and said to them: You've seen everything the Lord did in front of your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to his whole land —

King James Version, 1611

And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

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The great temptations your eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders.

Plain English

the great testings your eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders.

King James Version, 1611

The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:

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Yet the Lord has not given you a heart to understand, eyes to see or ears to hear, to this day.

Plain English

But right up to today the Lord hasn't given you a heart to know or eyes to see or ears to hear.

King James Version, 1611

Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

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I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your shoe has not worn out on your foot.

Plain English

And I've led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes haven't worn out on you, and your sandal hasn't worn out on your foot.

King James Version, 1611

And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

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You haven't eaten bread or drunk wine or strong drink — so you'd know that I'm the Lord your God.

King James Version, 1611

Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.

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When you came to this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we struck them down.

Plain English

And when you came to this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we struck them down.

King James Version, 1611

And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:

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We took their land and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

Plain English

And we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

King James Version, 1611

And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

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So keep the words of this covenant and do them, so you do well in everything you do.

King James Version, 1611

Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

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All of you stand this day before the Lord your God — your captains, tribes, elders, officers, and all the men of Israel,

Plain English

Today you're all standing in front of the Lord your God — the heads of your tribes, your elders and your officers, all the men of Israel,

King James Version, 1611

Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,

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Your little ones, your wives and the stranger in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water —

Plain English

your little ones, your wives and the stranger in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water —

King James Version, 1611

Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

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so you may enter into covenant with the Lord your God and into his oath, which the Lord your God makes with you this day,

Plain English

so you go into the covenant of the Lord your God and into his oath that the Lord your God is cutting with you today,

King James Version, 1611

That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

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so he may establish you today as a people for himself and be your God, as he told you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Plain English

so he sets you up today as a people for himself and is your God, the way he's said to you and the way he swore to your fathers, to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

King James Version, 1611

That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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I do not make this covenant and oath with you alone,

Plain English

And I'm not cutting this covenant and this oath with you only,

King James Version, 1611

Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;

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but with those who stand here with us today before the Lord our God, and also with those who are not here with us today.

Plain English

but with the one standing here with us today in front of the Lord our God, and with the one who isn't here with us today.

King James Version, 1611

But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:

The root that gives poison

Because you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations you went past. You've seen their rotten things and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, among them. Make sure there is not among you a man, woman, family or tribe whose heart turns away this day from the Lord our God to serve the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces poison and bitterness. When he hears the words of this curse, he blesses himself in his heart and says, 'I will have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart,' adding drunkenness to thirst. The Lord will not spare him. The anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, every curse written in this book will lie on him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven. The Lord will separate him for evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law. The generation of your children who come after you, and the stranger who comes from a far land, will speak when they see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses the Lord has laid on it — the whole land is burning sulphur, salt and burning, not sown and bearing nothing, with no grass growing in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and fury — and all nations will say: Why has the Lord done this to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean? Then people will say: Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went and served other gods and worshipped them, gods they did not know and that he had not given to them. So the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, bringing on it all the curses written in this book. The Lord ripped them out of their land in anger, fury and burning rage, and threw them into another land, where they are today. The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so we may do all the words of this law.

Because you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations you went past. And you've seen their rotten things and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, among them. So watch out, so there isn't a man or a woman or a family or a tribe among you whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations — so there isn't a root among you that gives poison and bitterness. And when he hears the words of this curse, he blesses himself in his heart and says, I'll be all right, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart — sweeping away the watered with the dry. The Lord won't spare him. But then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and every curse written in this book will lie on him. And the Lord will wipe out his name from under the sky. And the Lord will pick him out for trouble out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of teaching. So the next generation of your children who come after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, will say when they see the blows on that land and the sicknesses the Lord has laid on it — the whole land burning with sulphur and salt, not sown and giving nothing, with no grass growing in it, like the overturning of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, which the Lord overturned in his anger and his fury — even all the nations will say: Why has the Lord done this to this land? What's the heat of this great anger? Then people will say: Because they walked out on the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, that he cut with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. Because they went and served other gods and bowed down to them, gods they didn't know and that he hadn't given them. So the anger of the Lord was hot against this land, to bring on it every curse written in this book. And the Lord pulled them up out of their land in anger and in fury and in great heat, and threw them into another land, the way it is today. The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are shown belong to us and to our children forever, so we do all the words of this teaching.

(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:) Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which 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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Because you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations you went past.

King James Version, 1611

(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;

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You've seen their rotten things and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, among them.

Plain English

And you've seen their rotten things and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, among them.

King James Version, 1611

And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)

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Make sure there is not among you a man, woman, family or tribe whose heart turns away this day from the Lord our God to serve the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces poison and bitterness.

Plain English

So watch out, so there isn't a man or a woman or a family or a tribe among you whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations — so there isn't a root among you that gives poison and bitterness.

King James Version, 1611

Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

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When he hears the words of this curse, he blesses himself in his heart and says, 'I will have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart,' adding drunkenness to thirst.

Plain English

And when he hears the words of this curse, he blesses himself in his heart and says, I'll be all right, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart — sweeping away the watered with the dry.

King James Version, 1611

And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

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The Lord will not spare him. The anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, every curse written in this book will lie on him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.

Plain English

The Lord won't spare him. But then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and every curse written in this book will lie on him. And the Lord will wipe out his name from under the sky.

King James Version, 1611

The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

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The Lord will separate him for evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.

Plain English

And the Lord will pick him out for trouble out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of teaching.

King James Version, 1611

And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

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The generation of your children who come after you, and the stranger who comes from a far land, will speak when they see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses the Lord has laid on it —

Plain English

So the next generation of your children who come after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, will say when they see the blows on that land and the sicknesses the Lord has laid on it —

King James Version, 1611

So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;

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the whole land is burning sulphur, salt and burning, not sown and bearing nothing, with no grass growing in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and fury —

Plain English

the whole land burning with sulphur and salt, not sown and giving nothing, with no grass growing in it, like the overturning of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, which the Lord overturned in his anger and his fury —

King James Version, 1611

And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

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and all nations will say: Why has the Lord done this to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?

Plain English

even all the nations will say: Why has the Lord done this to this land? What's the heat of this great anger?

King James Version, 1611

Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

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Then people will say: Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Plain English

Then people will say: Because they walked out on the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, that he cut with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

King James Version, 1611

Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:

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They went and served other gods and worshipped them, gods they did not know and that he had not given to them.

Plain English

Because they went and served other gods and bowed down to them, gods they didn't know and that he hadn't given them.

King James Version, 1611

For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:

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So the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, bringing on it all the curses written in this book.

Plain English

So the anger of the Lord was hot against this land, to bring on it every curse written in this book.

King James Version, 1611

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:

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The Lord ripped them out of their land in anger, fury and burning rage, and threw them into another land, where they are today.

Plain English

And the Lord pulled them up out of their land in anger and in fury and in great heat, and threw them into another land, the way it is today.

King James Version, 1611

And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

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The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so we may do all the words of this law.

Plain English

The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are shown belong to us and to our children forever, so we do all the words of this teaching.

King James Version, 1611

The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.