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And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders: but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, 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 waxed old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxed old upon thy foot. Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah 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 the Manassites. Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may [a]prosper in all that ye do.

10 Ye stand this day all of you before Jehovah your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water; 12 that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day; 13 that he may establish thee this day unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he spake unto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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  1. Deuteronomy 29:9 Or, deal wisely

Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them:

Your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials and to all his land.(A) With your own eyes you saw those great trials, those signs and great wonders.(B) But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear.(C) Yet the Lord says, “During the forty years that I led(D) you through the wilderness, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet.(E) You ate no bread and drank no wine or other fermented drink.(F) I did this so that you might know that I am the Lord your God.”(G)

When you reached this place, Sihon(H) king of Heshbon(I) and Og king of Bashan came out to fight against us, but we defeated them.(J) We took their land and gave it as an inheritance(K) to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.(L)

Carefully follow(M) the terms of this covenant,(N) so that you may prosper in everything you do.(O) 10 All of you are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God—your leaders and chief men, your elders and officials, and all the other men of Israel, 11 together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water.(P) 12 You are standing here in order to enter into a covenant with the Lord your God, a covenant the Lord is making with you this day and sealing with an oath, 13 to confirm you this day as his people,(Q) that he may be your God(R) as he promised you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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