1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

<>the words, <>the LORD commanded, <>Moses, <>children, <>Israel

2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

<>Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes, <>his servants

3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:

4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

<>v. 4, <>the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, <>an heart to perceive, <>eyes to see, <>ears to hear

5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

<>you … your … you … thy … thy, <>wilderness, <>your clothes are not waxen old upon you, <>waxen … waxen

6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.

<>Ye have not eaten bread … that ye might know that I am the LORD your God., <>bread, <>neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God, <>I am the LORD

7 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:

8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

<>inheritance, <>Manasseh

9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

<>v. 9, <>Keep, <>and do them, <>that ye may prosper in all that ye do, <>prosper

10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,

<>vv. 10-13, <>Ye stand … before the LORD your God, <>captains, <>officers

11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

<>vv. 10-13, <>Your little ones, <>little ones, <>your wives, <>wives, <>stranger, <>hewer

12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

<>vv. 10-13

13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

<>vv. 10-13, <>to day, <>as he hath said … as he hath sworn, <>Abraham, <>Isaac, <>Jacob

14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;

<>vv. 14-15

15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:

<>vv. 14-15

16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;

17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)

<>ye have seen … their idols, <>stone, <>silver and gold

18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

<>Lest there should be among you man, or woman … whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, <>woman, <>family, <>to go and serve the gods of these nations, <>lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood, <>a root that beareth gall and wormwood, <>gall, <>wormwood

19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

<>vv. 19-20, <>peace, <>the imagination of mine heart, <>drunkenness, <>thirst

20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

<>vv. 19-20, <>the anger of the LORD … shall smoke against that man, <>his jealousy, <>are written, <>the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven

21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

<>the LORD shall separate him unto evil

22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;

<>the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it, <>which the LORD hath laid upon it

23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

<>the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, <>the whole land thereof is … salt … it is not sown, <>Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim … the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath

24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

<>vv. 24-25

25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:

<>vv. 24-25

26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:

<>they went and served … and worshipped … gods whom they knew not, <>served other gods, and worshipped them, <>gods … whom he had not given unto them

27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:

<>the anger of the LORD was kindled

28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

<>great indignation

29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

<>The secret things belong unto the LORD our God, <>those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law, <>that we may do all the words of this law

1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,

<>the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee

2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;

<>return unto the LORD thy God, <>return unto the LORD thy God, and … obey his voice … with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, <>obey his voice according to all that I command thee, <>I command thee, <>this day, <>and thy children, <>children

3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

<>thy captivity

4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:

<>v. 4

5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

<>the LORD thy God … will do thee good, <>thou shalt possess it

6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

<>the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, <>circumcise, <>love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul

7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

<>persecuted

8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

<>this day

9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

<>the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, <>the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous … in the fruit of thy body, <>work of thine hand, <>cattle, <>for good … for good

10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

<>keep, <>his commandments and his statutes … are written, <>written in this book

11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.

<>vv. 11-14, <>this commandment … is not hidden from thee, <>neither is it far off

12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

<>vv. 11-14, <>that we may hear it, and do it

13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

<>vv. 11-14

14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

<>vv. 11-14, <>the word is very nigh unto thee, <>the word is … in thy mouth, and in thy heart, <>the word is … in thy heart, that thou mayest do it

15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

<>I have set before thee … good … and evil, <>I have set before thee this day life … and death, <>death

16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

<>this day, <>love the LORD thy God … and … keep his commandments, <>the LORD thy God … keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live, <>his ways, <>his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, <>and multiply

17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

<>vv. 17-18, <>if thine heart turn away, <>if … thou wilt not hear, <>shalt be drawn away, <>and worship other gods, and serve them

18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

<>vv. 17-18, <>ye shall surely perish, <>prolong your days

19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

<>I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, <>I call heaven and earth to record, <>I call … earth to record, <>I call heaven … to record, <>I have set before you … blessing and cursing, <>I have set before you life and death … therefore choose life

20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

<>love the LORD thy God, <>the LORD thy God … he is … the length of thy days, <>the LORD thy God … is thy life, <>cleave unto him, <>cleave, <>the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, <>Abraham, <>Isaac, <>Jacob

1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.

<>Moses, <>spake these words unto all Israel, <>Israel

2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

<>I am an hundred and twenty years old

3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.

<>The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, <>he will destroy these nations from before thee, <>as the LORD hath said

4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.

<>as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed

5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.

<>do … according unto all the commandments

6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

<>Be strong, <>Be … of a good courage, <>fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee, <>fear not, nor be afraid of them, <>the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee

7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

<>the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them, <>to inherit

8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

<>fear not, neither be dismayed

9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.

<>Moses wrote this law, <>the priests, <>the priests the sons of Levi … bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, <>sons, <>Levi, <>the ark of the covenant of the LORD

10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

<>At the end of every seven years … the year of release, <>the solemnity … in the feast of tabernacles, <>release, <>the feast of tabernacles, <>tabernacles

11 When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

<>When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, <>the place which he shall choose, <>thou shalt read this law before all Israel, <>thou shalt read this law, <>read this law … in their hearing

12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

<>Gather the people together, <>women, <>children, <>stranger, <>gates, <>that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, <>observe to do all the words of this law, <>observe to do, <>the words

13 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

<>hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, <>to possess it

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

<>vv. 14-15, <>thy days approach that thou must die, <>thou must die, <>congregation … congregation, <>that I may give him a charge

15 And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

<>vv. 14-15, <>the LORD appeared, <>the LORD appeared … in a pillar of a cloud, <>a pillar … pillar, <>the door of the tabernacle

16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

<>thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, <>go a whoring after the gods of the strangers, <>go a whoring

17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

<>my anger shall be kindled, <>I will hide my face from them, <>they shall be devoured

18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

<>I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought

19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

<>write ye this song … and … put it in their mouths, <>write ye this song … that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel, <>ye, <>you, <>teach, <>children … children

20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

<>when … they shall have eaten and filled themselves … then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant, <>the land which I sware unto their fathers, <>milk and honey, <>honey, <>waxen, <>and provoke me

21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

<>when many evils and troubles are befallen them, <>this song shall testify against them as a witness, <>I know their imagination, <>imagination, <>the land which I sware

22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

<>taught

23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.

<>charge, <>the land which I sware unto them

24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

<>Moses … made an end of writing the words of this law … until they were finished, <>Moses … writing the words of this law in a book, <>made an end of writing the words of this law, <>made an end … finished

25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,

26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

<>this book of the law … a witness against thee

27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

<>rebellion … ye have been rebellious against the LORD, <>stiff neck, <>yet alive, <>ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?, <>against the LORD

28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

<>officers, <>that I may speak these words in their ears, <>in their ears, <>call heaven and earth to record against them, <>call heaven and earth to record, <>call … earth to record, <>call heaven … to record

29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

<>turn aside, <>the way which I have commanded you, <>evil will befall you … because ye will do evil, <>in the latter days, <>will do evil in the sight of the LORD, <>evil … work

30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.

<>Moses spake … the words of this song, until they were ended