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And you must diligently observe the words of this covenant,[a] so that you may succeed in all that you do.

10 “You are standing today,[b] all of you, before[c] Yahweh your God, your leaders, your tribes, your elders, and your officials, all the men of Israel, 11 your little children, your women and your aliens[d] who are in the midst of your camp, from the choppers[e] of your wood to the drawers[f] of your water, 12 in order for you to enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God,[g] and into[h] his oath that Yahweh your God is making with you[i] today,[j] 13 in order to establish you today[k] to himself[l] as a people and so that he may be for you as God, just as he promised[m] to you and just as[n] he swore to your ancestors,[o] to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

14 “Now I am not making this covenant[p] and this oath with you alone.[q] 15 But with whoever is standing here[r] with us today[s] before[t] Yahweh our God, and with whoever is not standing here[u] with us today.[v]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 29:9 Literally “you must keep the words of the covenant the this and you must do them”
  2. Deuteronomy 29:10 Literally “the day”
  3. Deuteronomy 29:10 Literally “to the face of”
  4. Deuteronomy 29:11 Hebrew “alien”
  5. Deuteronomy 29:11 Hebrew “chopper”
  6. Deuteronomy 29:11 Hebrew “drawer”
  7. Deuteronomy 29:12 Literally “for you to go over into the covenant of Yahweh your God”
  8. Deuteronomy 29:12 Or “with”
  9. Deuteronomy 29:12 Literally “cutting with you”
  10. Deuteronomy 29:12 Literally “the day”
  11. Deuteronomy 29:13 Literally “the day”
  12. Deuteronomy 29:13 Literally “for him”
  13. Deuteronomy 29:13 Literally “spoke”
  14. Deuteronomy 29:13 Literally “according to that which”
  15. Deuteronomy 29:13 Or “your fathers”
  16. Deuteronomy 29:14 Literally “cutting this covenant”
  17. Deuteronomy 29:14 Literally “with you to alone you”
  18. Deuteronomy 29:15 Literally “with who he is here with us standing”
  19. Deuteronomy 29:15 Literally “the day”
  20. Deuteronomy 29:15 Literally “to the face of”
  21. Deuteronomy 29:15 Literally “with who he is not standing here with us”
  22. Deuteronomy 29:15 Literally “the day”

So then keep the words of this covenant and do them so you can succeed in all you do.

10 Right now, all of you are in the presence of the Lord your God—the leaders of your tribes,[a] your elders, and your officials, all the Israelite males, 11 your children, your wives, and the immigrants who live with you in your camp, the ones who chop your wood and those who draw your water— 12 ready to enter into the Lord your God’s covenant and into the agreement that the Lord your God is making with you right now. 13 That means the Lord will make you his own people right now—he will be your God just as he promised you and just as he swore to our ancestors: to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 14 But I’m not making this covenant and this agreement with you alone 15 but also with those standing here with us right now before the Lord our God, and also with those who aren’t here with us right now.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 29:10 LXX, Syr; MT your leaders, your tribes