Deuteronomy 29:9-15

New International Version

⁹Carefully follow^(A) the terms of this covenant,^(B) so that you may prosper in everything you do.^(C) ¹⁰All 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, ¹¹together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water.^(D) ¹²You 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, ¹³to 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. ¹⁴I am making this covenant,^(G) with its oath, not only with you ¹⁵who 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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Deuteronomy 29:9-15

International Standard Version

⁹Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant, carrying them out so that you’ll be wise in everything you do.”

Entering into a Covenant Relationship

¹⁰“All of you are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God—the heads of your tribes, your elders, your magistrates, all the men of Israel, ¹¹along with your children, your wives, even the foreigner in your camp, including the woodchopper and the water drawer— ¹²to enter into a covenant with the Lord your God and into the oath that he^[a] is about to make with you today, ¹³so that he will elevate you to be a people for him. And he will be God to you, just as he promised you and swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. ¹⁴Now, I’m not making this covenant and oath with you alone, ¹⁵but with whoever is here with us standing in the presence of the Lord our God today, as well as with those who aren’t here with us today.”