(A)Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper[a] in all that you do.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 29:9 Or deal wisely
  2. Deuteronomy 29:10 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew your heads, your tribes

Carefully follow(A) the terms of this covenant,(B) so that you may prosper in everything you do.(C) 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.(D) 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,(E) that he may be your God(F) as he promised you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 14 I am making this covenant,(G) with its oath, not only with you 15 who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God but also with those who are not here today.(H)

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