Deuteronomy 29-30

New American Standard Bible

The Covenant in Moab

29 ^[a]^(A)These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the ^(B)covenant which He had made with them at Horeb.

²^[b]And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and all his servants, and to all his land; ³^(C)the great trials which your eyes have seen, those great signs and wonders. ⁴Yet to this day ^(D)the Lord has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear. ⁵And I have led you in the wilderness for forty years; ^(E)your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot. ⁶^(F)You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or other strong drink, in order that you might know that I am the Lord your God. ⁷^(G)When you ^[c]reached this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out to meet us for battle, but we ^[d]defeated them; ⁸and we took their land and ^(H)gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites. ⁹^(I)So you will keep the words of this covenant and do them, ^(J)in order that you may be successful in everything that you do.

¹⁰“You stand today, all of you, before the Lord your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders and your officers, that is, all the men of Israel, ¹¹your little ones, your wives, and the stranger who is within your camps, from ^(K)the one who gathers your firewood to the one who draws your water, ¹²so that you may enter into the covenant with the Lord your God, and into His oath which the Lord your God is making with you today, ¹³in order that He may establish you today as His people, and that ^(L)He may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

¹⁴“Now it is not with you alone that I am ^(M)making this covenant and this oath, ¹⁵^(N)but both with those who stand here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God, and with those who are not with us here today ¹⁶(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the midst of the nations through which you passed; ¹⁷moreover, you have seen their abominations and their idols made of ^(O)wood and stone, silver and gold, which they had with them); ¹⁸^(P)so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; that there will not be among you ^(Q)a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood. ¹⁹And it shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will consider himself fortunate in his heart, saying, ‘I will do well though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order ^[e]to destroy the watered land along with the dry.’ ²⁰The Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and ^(R)His wrath will ^[f]^(S)burn against that person, and every curse that is written in this book will lie upon him, and the Lord will ^(T)wipe out his name from under heaven. ²¹Then the Lord will single him out for disaster from all the tribes of Israel, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant ^(U)which is written in this Book of the Law.

²²“Now the future generation, your sons who rise up after you and ^(V)the foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of that land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it, will say, ²³‘All its land is ^(W)brimstone and salt, ^(X)burned debris, ^[g]unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows on it, like the overthrow of ^(Y)Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’ ²⁴All the nations will say, ‘^(Z)Why has the Lord done all this to this land? Why this great ^[h]outburst of anger?’ ²⁵Then people will say, ‘It is ^(AA)because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. ²⁶And they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they have not known and whom He had not ^[i]assigned to them. ²⁷Therefore, the anger of the Lord burned against that land, ^(AB)to bring upon it every curse which is written in this book; ²⁸and ^(AC)the Lord uprooted them from their land in anger, fury, and in great wrath, and hurled them into another land, as it is this day.’

²⁹“^(AD)The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but ^(AE)the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, so that we may ^[j]follow all the words of this Law.

Restoration Promised

30 “So it will be when all of these things have come upon you, ^(AF)the blessing and the curse which I have placed before you, and you ^[k]call them to mind ^(AG)in all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you, ²and you ^(AH)return to the Lord your God and ^[l]obey Him ^(AI)with all your heart and soul in accordance with everything that I am commanding you today, you and your sons, ³then the Lord your God will ^(AJ)restore ^[m]you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and ^(AK)will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has ^(AL)scattered you. ⁴If any of your scattered countrymen are at the ^[n]ends of the earth, ^(AM)from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will ^[o]bring you back. ⁵^(AN)The Lord your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will be good to you and ^(AO)make you more numerous than your fathers.

⁶“Moreover, ^(AP)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your ^[p]descendants, ^(AQ)to love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, so that you may live. ⁷^(AR)And the Lord your God will ^[q]inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. ⁸And you will again ^[r]obey the Lord, and ^[s]follow all His commandments which I am commanding you today. ⁹^(AS)Then the Lord your God will prosper you ^[t]abundantly in every work of your hand, in the ^[u]children of your womb, the ^[v]offspring of your cattle, and in the ^[w]produce of your ground, for ^(AT)the Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; ¹⁰^[x]if you ^[y]obey the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which ^(AU)are written in this Book of the Law, ^[z]if you turn to the Lord your God ^(AV)with all your heart and soul.

¹¹“For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far away. ¹²It is not in heaven, ^[aa]that you could say, ‘^(AW)Who will go up to heaven for us and get it for us, and proclaim it to us, so that we may ^[ab]follow it?’ ¹³Nor is it beyond the sea, ^[ac]that you could say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us and get it for us and proclaim it to us, so that we may ^[ad]follow it?’ ¹⁴On the contrary, the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may ^[ae]follow it.

Choose Life

¹⁵“See, ^(AX)I have placed before you today life and ^[af]happiness, and death and ^[ag]adversity, ¹⁶in that I am commanding you today ^(AY)to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, so that you ^(AZ)may live and become numerous, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to take possession of it. ¹⁷But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but allow yourself to be led astray and you worship other gods and serve them, ¹⁸I declare to you today that ^(BA)you will certainly perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter ^[ah]and take possession of it. ¹⁹^(BB)I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, ^(BC)the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your ^[ai]descendants, ²⁰^(BD)by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and ^(BE)by holding close to Him; ^(BF)for ^[aj]this is your life and the length of your days, ^[ak]so that you may live in ^(BG)the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”

Footnotes

Deuteronomy 29:1 Ch 28:69 in Heb
Deuteronomy 29:2 Ch 29:1 in Heb
Deuteronomy 29:7 Lit came to
Deuteronomy 29:7 Lit struck
Deuteronomy 29:19 I.e., to destroy everything
Deuteronomy 29:20 Lit smoke
Deuteronomy 29:23 Lit it is not sown and does not make plants sprout
Deuteronomy 29:24 Lit heat
Deuteronomy 29:26 Lit apportioned
Deuteronomy 29:29 Lit perform
Deuteronomy 30:1 Lit return them to your heart
Deuteronomy 30:2 Lit listen to His voice
Deuteronomy 30:3 Lit your captivity
Deuteronomy 30:4 Lit end of the sky
Deuteronomy 30:4 Lit take you
Deuteronomy 30:6 Lit seed
Deuteronomy 30:7 Lit give
Deuteronomy 30:8 Lit listen to the voice of
Deuteronomy 30:8 Lit perform
Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit for good
Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit fruit
Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit fruit
Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit fruit
Deuteronomy 30:10 Or for you will
Deuteronomy 30:10 Lit listen to the voice of
Deuteronomy 30:10 Or for you will
Deuteronomy 30:12 Lit to say
Deuteronomy 30:12 Lit perform
Deuteronomy 30:13 Lit to say
Deuteronomy 30:13 Lit perform
Deuteronomy 30:14 Lit perform
Deuteronomy 30:15 Lit good
Deuteronomy 30:15 Lit evil
Deuteronomy 30:18 Lit to
Deuteronomy 30:19 Lit seed
Deuteronomy 30:20 Lit that
Deuteronomy 30:20 Lit to dwell

Acts 2

New American Standard Bible

The Day of Pentecost

2 When ^(A)the day of Pentecost ^[a]had come, they were all together in one place. ²And suddenly a noise like a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled ^(B)the whole house where they were sitting. ³And tongues that looked like fire appeared to them, ^[b]distributing themselves, and a tongue ^[c]rested on each one of them. ⁴And they were all ^(C)filled with the Holy Spirit and began to ^(D)speak with different ^[d]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out.

⁵Now there were Jews residing in Jerusalem, ^(E)devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶And when ^(F)this sound occurred, the crowd came together and they were bewildered, because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own ^[e]language. ⁷^(G)They were amazed and astonished, saying, “^[f]Why, are not all these who are speaking ^(H)Galileans? ⁸And how is it that we each hear them in our own ^[g]language ^[h]to which we were born? ⁹Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, and ^(I)Cappadocia, ^(J)Pontus and ^[i]^(K)Asia, ¹⁰^(L)Phrygia and ^(M)Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya around ^(N)Cyrene, and ^[j]^(O)visitors from Rome, both Jews and ^[k]^(P)proselytes, ¹¹Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own ^[l]tongues of the mighty deeds of God.” ¹²And ^(Q)they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” ¹³But others were jeering and saying, “^(R)They are full of ^[m]sweet wine!”

Peter’s Sermon

¹⁴But Peter, taking his stand with ^(S)the other eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, ^[n]know this, and pay attention to my words. ¹⁵For these people are not drunk, as you assume, ^(T)since it is only the ^[o]third hour of the day; ¹⁶but this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

¹⁷‘^(U)And it shall be in the last days,’ God says,
‘That I will pour out My Spirit on all ^[p]mankind;
And your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
And your young men will see visions,
And your old men will ^[q]have dreams;
¹⁸And even on My male and female ^[r]servants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days,
And they will prophesy.
¹⁹And I will ^[s]display wonders in the sky above
And signs on the earth below,
Blood, fire, and ^[t]vapor of smoke.
²⁰The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood,
Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
²¹And it shall be that ^(V)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

²²“Men of Israel, listen to these words: ^(W)Jesus the Nazarene, ^(X)a Man ^[u]attested to you by God with ^[v]miracles and ^(Y)wonders and ^[w]signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— ²³this Man, delivered over by the ^(Z)predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, ^(AA)you nailed to a cross by the hands of ^[x]godless men and put Him to death. ²⁴^[y]But ^(AB)God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the ^[z]agony of death, since it ^(AC)was impossible for Him to be held ^[aa]in its power. ²⁵For David says of Him,

‘^(AD)I saw the Lord continually before me,
Because He is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken.
²⁶Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue was overjoyed;
Moreover my flesh also will live in hope;
²⁷For You will not abandon my soul to ^(AE)Hades,
^(AF)Nor will You ^[ab]allow Your ^[ac]Holy One to ^[ad]undergo decay.
²⁸You have made known to me the ways of life;
You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’

²⁹“^[ae]Brothers, I may confidently say to you regarding the ^(AG)patriarch David that he both ^(AH)died and ^(AI)was buried, and ^(AJ)his tomb is ^[af]with us to this day. ³⁰So because he was ^(AK)a prophet and knew that ^(AL)God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one ^[ag]of his descendants on his throne, ³¹he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the ^[ah]Christ, that ^(AM)He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh ^[ai]suffer decay. ³²It is this Jesus whom ^(AN)God raised up, ^[aj]a fact to which we are all ^(AO)witnesses. ³³Therefore, ^[ak]since He has been exalted ^[al]^(AP)at the right hand of God, and ^(AQ)has received ^(AR)the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has ^(AS)poured out this which you both see and hear. ³⁴For it was not David who ascended into ^[am]heaven, but he himself says:

‘^(AT)The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
³⁵Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’

³⁶Therefore let all the ^(AU)house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both ^(AV)Lord and ^[an]Christ—this Jesus ^(AW)whom you crucified.”

³⁷Now when they heard this, they were ^[ao]pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “^[ap]Brothers, ^(AX)what are we to do?” ³⁸Peter said to them, “^(AY)Repent, and each of you be ^(AZ)baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹For ^(BA)the promise is for you and your children and for all who are ^(BB)far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” ⁴⁰And with many other words he solemnly ^(BC)testified and kept on urging them, saying, “^[aq]Be saved from this ^(BD)perverse generation!” ⁴¹So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand ^[ar]^(BE)souls. ⁴²They were ^(BF)continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to ^(BG)the breaking of bread and ^(BH)to ^[as]prayer.

⁴³^[at]Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many ^(BI)wonders and ^[au]signs were taking place through the apostles. ⁴⁴And all the believers ^[av]were together and ^(BJ)had all things in common; ⁴⁵and they ^(BK)would sell their property and possessions and share them with all, to the extent that anyone had need. ⁴⁶^(BL)Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and ^(BM)breaking bread ^[aw]from house to house, they were taking their ^[ax]meals together with gladness and ^[ay]sincerity of heart, ⁴⁷praising God and ^(BN)having favor with all the people. And the Lord ^(BO)was adding to ^[az]their number day by day ^(BP)those who were being saved.