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Het verbond met God wordt vernieuwd

29 Dit is het verbond dat Mozes van de Heer moest sluiten met de Israëlieten in het land Moab. Dit verbond was een extra verbond bij het verbond dat Hij bij Horeb (= Sinaï) met hen had gesloten.[a]

Mozes liet heel Israël bij zich komen. Hij zei tegen hen: "Jullie hebben met eigen ogen alles gezien wat de Heer in Egypte heeft gedaan met de farao en met al zijn dienaren en zijn hele land. Jullie hebben zelf de grote rampen en wonderen gezien. Maar jullie hebben het niet wérkelijk begrepen, jullie hebben het niet wérkelijk gezien en jullie hebben het niet wérkelijk gehoord. Tot de dag van vandaag is het niet wérkelijk tot jullie doorgedrongen.

De Heer zegt: 'Ik heb jullie 40 jaar door de woestijn laten trekken. Ik heb jullie aldoor geleid. De kleren die jullie droegen zijn niet versleten, en de schoenen aan jullie voeten zijn niet kapot gegaan. Jullie hebben geen brood gegeten of wijn gedronken. Zo zouden jullie toegeven dat Ik jullie Heer God ben.'

Toen we hier waren aangekomen, werden we aangevallen door koning Sihon van Hesbon en koning Og van Bazan. Maar we versloegen hen. We veroverden hun land en gaven dat aan de stammen van Ruben en Gad en de halve stam van Manasse.

Houd je daarom altijd heel precies aan dit hele verbond. Dan zal het altijd goed met jullie gaan bij alles wat jullie doen.

10 Vandaag staan jullie allemaal, het hele volk van Israël, voor de Heer God: alle leiders, stamhoofden, mannen, 11 kinderen, vrouwen en de vreemdelingen die bij jullie wonen. Zelfs alle vreemdelingen die voor jullie werken als houthakkers en waterdragers. 12 Zo sluit jullie Heer God vandaag een verbond met jullie. Bij dat verbond hoort een vervloeking voor de mensen die zich er niet aan houden. 13 Met dit verbond maakt Hij jullie vandaag tot zijn eigen volk en Zichzelf tot jullie God. Want dat had Hij beloofd aan jullie en aan jullie voorvaders Abraham, Izaäk en Jakob. 14 Dit verbond, met de vervloeking die erbij hoort, sluit de Heer niet alleen met júllie die hier vandaag voor de Heer staan. 15 Dit verbond geldt ook voor alle mensen die hier niet vandaag met ons voor de Heer staan: jullie familie ná jullie.

Laatste waarschuwing

16 Jullie weten hoe we in Egypte hebben gewoond en hoe we dwars door de landen van andere volken zijn getrokken. 17 Jullie hebben gezien wat voor goden zij hebben: allerlei houten, stenen, zilveren en gouden beelden. 18 Denk erom dat niemand van jullie, geen enkele man of vrouw, geen enkele familie of stam, de Heer verlaat en de goden van deze volken gaat aanbidden en dienen. Want dat zou het begin van grote ellende zijn. Net zoals er uit een kleine wortel een grote giftige plant kan groeien. 19 Maar als iemand deze vervloeking heeft gehoord, en toch denkt: 'Mij zal heus niets gebeuren als ik God niet gehoorzaam,' dan zal hij zwaar bedrogen uitkomen. 20 De Heer zal hem niet ongestraft laten, want Hij zal woedend op hem zijn. Hij zal hem straffen met de hele vervloeking die in dit boek staat opgeschreven. De Heer zal de naam van die man van de aarde wegvegen. 21 Hij zal zijn naam uitwissen uit de stammen van Israël. Alle vervloekingen die bij dit verbond horen en die in dit boek staan opgeschreven, zullen over hem komen.

22 Later zullen alle mensen, Israëlieten en buitenlanders, zien hoe zwaar de Heer dit land heeft gestraft. 23 Ze zullen zien hoe de hele bodem vol zwavel en zout is en helemaal verschroeid is. Er zal niets gezaaid worden, omdat er niets wil groeien. Het land zal er uitzien als Sodom, Gomorra, Adama en Zeboïm, toen die door de Heer ondersteboven werden gekeerd omdat Hij woedend op hen was. 24 Dan zullen de volken zich afvragen: 'Waarom heeft de Heer dit met het land gedaan? Waarmee hebben de bewoners Hem zo kwaad gemaakt?' 25 Het antwoord zal zijn: 'Hij heeft dit gedaan omdat ze zich niet hebben gehouden aan het verbond van de Heer, de God van hun voorvaders Abraham, Izaäk en Jakob. Ze hebben zich niet gehouden aan het verbond dat Hij met hen heeft gesloten toen Hij hen uit Egypte bevrijdde. 26 Ze zijn andere goden gaan aanbidden en dienen. Nieuwe goden, die hun niets gegeven hadden en niet tot hen gesproken hadden. 27 Dáárom heeft de Heer dit land gestraft. De hele vervloeking die in dit boek staat opgeschreven, is over hen gekomen. 28 De Heer was zó verschrikkelijk boos, dat Hij hen uit hun land heeft weggerukt en heeft weggeslingerd naar een ander land.'

29 Onze Heer God heeft ons niet alles verteld. Sommige dingen houdt Hij verborgen. Maar wát Hij ons heeft laten weten, moeten we goed onthouden. Wij en onze kinderen moeten ons voor altijd aan deze wet houden.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomium 29:1 Dat verbond was 40 jaar eerder gesloten, toen het volk Israël net uit Egypte vertrokken was. Lees Exodus 19 en 20.

The Covenant Renewed in Moab

29 These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the (A)covenant which He made with them in Horeb.

Now Moses called all Israel and said to them: (B)“You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land— (C)the great trials which your eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders. Yet (D)the Lord has not given you a heart to [a]perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this very day. (E)And I have led you forty years in the wilderness. (F)Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet. (G)You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or similar drink, that you may know that I am the Lord your God. And when you came to this place, (H)Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we conquered them. We took their land and (I)gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh. Therefore (J)keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may (K)prosper in all that you do.

10 “All of you stand today before the Lord your God: your leaders and your tribes and your elders and your officers, all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones and your wives—also the stranger who is in your camp, from (L)the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water— 12 that you may enter into covenant with the Lord your God, and (M)into His oath, which the Lord your God makes with you today, 13 that He may (N)establish you today as a people for Himself, and that He may be God to you, (O)just as He has spoken to you, and (P)just as He has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

14 “I make this covenant and this oath, (Q)not with you alone, 15 but with him who stands here with us today before the Lord our God, (R)as well as with him who is not here with us today 16 (for you know that we dwelt in the land of Egypt and that we came through the nations which you passed by, 17 and you saw their [b]abominations and their idols which were among them—wood and stone and silver and gold); 18 so that there may not be among you man or woman or family or tribe, (S)whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, (T)and that there may not be among you a root bearing (U)bitterness or wormwood; 19 and so it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall have peace, even though I [c]follow the (V)dictates of my heart’—(W)as though the drunkard could be included with the sober.

20 (X)“The Lord would not spare him; for then (Y)the anger of the Lord and (Z)His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book would settle on him, and the Lord (AA)would blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord (AB)would separate him from all the tribes of Israel for adversity, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this Book of the (AC)Law, 22 so that the coming generation of your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, would say, when they (AD)see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses which the Lord has laid on it:

23 ‘The whole land is brimstone, (AE)salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, (AF)like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and His wrath.’ 24 All nations would say, (AG)‘Why has the Lord done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?’ 25 Then people would say: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt; 26 for they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they did not know and that He had not given to them. 27 Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against this land, (AH)to bring on it every curse that is written in this book. 28 And the Lord (AI)uprooted them from their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.’

29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 29:4 understand or know
  2. Deuteronomy 29:17 detestable things
  3. Deuteronomy 29:19 walk in the stubbornness or imagination

The Covenant Renewed in Moab

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

[b] And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: (C)“You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, the great (D)trials that your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders. But to this day (E)the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear. (F)I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet. (G)You have not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am the Lord your God. And when you came to this place, (H)Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, but we defeated them. We took their land and (I)gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites. (J)Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper[c] in all that you do.

10 “You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God: the heads of your tribes,[d] your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones, your wives, and the (K)sojourner who is in your camp, from (L)the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water, 12 so that you may enter into the (M)sworn covenant of the Lord your God, which the Lord your God is making with you today, 13 that he may (N)establish you today as his people, and that (O)he may be your God, as he promised you, and (P)as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 It is not with you alone (Q)that I am making this sworn covenant, 15 but with whoever is standing here with us today before the Lord our God, (R)and with whoever is not here with us today.

16 “You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed. 17 And you have seen their detestable things, their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them. 18 Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you (S)a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, 19 one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike. 20 The Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but rather (T)the anger of the Lord and (U)his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the Lord (V)will blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for calamity, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law. 22 And the next generation, your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, (W)will say, when they see the afflictions of that land and the sicknesses with which the Lord has made it sick— 23 the whole land burned out with brimstone and (X)salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, (Y)an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, (Z)Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath— 24 all the nations (AA)will say, (AB)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’ 25 Then people will say, ‘It is 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, 26 and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them. 27 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, (AC)bringing upon it all the curses written in this book, 28 and the Lord (AD)uprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and (AE)cast them into another land, as they are this day.’

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

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 29:1 Ch 28:69 in Hebrew
  2. Deuteronomy 29:2 Ch 29:1 in Hebrew
  3. Deuteronomy 29:9 Or deal wisely
  4. Deuteronomy 29:10 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew your heads, your tribes