Deuteronomy 29:9-15

Expanded Bible

⁹ You must carefully obey everything in this ·agreement [covenant; treaty] so that you will ·succeed [prosper] in everything you do. ¹⁰ Today you are all standing here before the Lord your God—your leaders and important men, your elders, ·officers [scribes], and all the other men of Israel, ¹¹ your wives and children and the ·foreigners [resident aliens] who ·live among you [^Lare in the midst of your camp], who chop your wood and carry your water. ¹² You are all here to enter into an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] ·and a promise with the Lord your God [sworn by an oath], an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] the Lord your God is ·making [^Lcutting] with you today. ¹³ This will make you today his own people. He will be your God, as he told you and as he ·promised [swore to] your ·ancestors [fathers] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [Gen. 12:1–3; 15:17–20]. ¹⁴ But I am not just making this ·agreement [covenant; treaty] ·and its promises [sworn by an oath] with you ¹⁵ who are standing here before the Lord your God today, but also with those who are not here today.