1. THESE ARE the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which He made with them in Horeb.
2. Moses called to all Israel and said to them, You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to all his land;
3. The great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders.
4. Yet the Lord has not given you a [mind and] heart to understand and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this day.
5. I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out upon you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet.
6. You have not eaten [grain] bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, that you might recognize and know [your dependence on Him Who is saying], I am the Lord your God.
7. And when you came to this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us to battle, but we defeated them.
8. We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites.
9. Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may deal wisely and prosper in all that you do.
10. All of you stand today before the Lord your God–your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,
11. Your little ones, your wives, and the stranger and sojourner in your camp, from the hewer of your wood to the drawer of your water–
12. That you may enter into the covenant of the Lord your God, and into His oath which He makes with you today,
13. That He may establish you this day as a people for Himself, and that He may be to you a God as He said to you and as He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.