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href="../deuteronomy/30.htm" title="Deuteronomy 30">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The Agreement in Moab</h3><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_1"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.1" class="v5_29_1">1</span>So Moses finished telling the Israelites what they had to do in order to keep the agreement the <span class="nd">Lord</span> was making with them in Moab, which was in addition to the one the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had made with them at Mount Sinai.<a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.29.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h3 class="ms2">The Third Speech: Israel Must Keep Its Agreement with the Lord</h3><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Is Your God</h3><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_2"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.2-Deut.29.3" class="v5_29_2">2-3</span>Moses called the nation of Israel together and told them:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_2">When you were in Egypt, you saw the <span class="nd">Lord</span> perform great miracles that caused trouble for the king, his officials, and everyone else in the country. </span><span class="v5_29_4"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.4-Deut.29.6" class="v5_29_4">4-6</span>He has even told you, “For 40 years I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, led you through the desert, but your clothes and your sandals didn't wear out, and I gave you special food.<a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.29.4-Deut.29.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> I did these things so you would realize that I am your God.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_4">But the <span class="nd">Lord</span> must give you a change of heart before you truly understand what you have seen and heard.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_7"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.7" class="v5_29_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.29.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When we first camped here, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan attacked, but we defeated them. </span><span class="v5_29_8"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.8" class="v5_29_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.29.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then we captured their land and divided it among the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Keep the Agreement</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_9"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.9" class="v5_29_9">9</span>Israel, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has made an agreement with you, and if you keep your part, you will be successful in everything you do. </span><span class="v5_29_10"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.10-Deut.29.12" class="v5_29_10">10-12</span>Today everyone in our nation is standing here in the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s presence, including leaders and officials, parents and children, and even those foreigners who cut wood and carry water for us. We are at this place of worship to promise that we will keep our part of the agreement with the <span class="nd">Lord</span> our God.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_13"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.13-Deut.29.15" class="v5_29_13">13-15</span>In this agreement, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> promised that you would be his people and that he would be your God. He first made this promise to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and today the <span class="nd">Lord</span> is making this same promise to you. But it isn't just for you; it is also for your descendants.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_16"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.16-Deut.29.17" class="v5_29_16">16-17</span>When we lived in Egypt, you saw the Egyptians worship disgusting idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold. Then as we traveled through other nations, you saw those people worship other disgusting idols. </span><span class="v5_29_18"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.18" class="v5_29_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.29.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> So make sure that everyone in your tribe remains faithful to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> and never starts worshiping gods of other nations.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_18">If even one of you worships idols, you will be like the root of a plant that produces bitter, poisonous fruit. </span><span class="v5_29_19"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.19" class="v5_29_19">19</span>You may be an Israelite and know all about the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s agreement with us, but he won't bless you if you rebel against him. You may think you can get away with it, but you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.<a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.29.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v5_29_20"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.20-Deut.29.21" class="v5_29_20">20-21</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> will be furious, and instead of forgiving you, he will separate you from the other tribes. Then he will destroy you, by piling on you all the curses in <span class="bk">The Book of God's Law</span>, and you will be forgotten forever.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_22"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.22" class="v5_29_22">22</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> will strike your country with diseases and disasters. Your descendants and foreigners from distant countries will see that your land </span><span class="v5_29_23"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.23" class="v5_29_23">23</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.29.23!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> has become a scorching desert of salt and sulfur, where nothing is planted, nothing sprouts, and nothing grows. It will be as lifeless as the land around the cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, after the <span class="nd">Lord</span> became angry and destroyed them.<a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.29.23!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_24"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.24" class="v5_29_24">24</span>People from other nations will ask, “Why did the <span class="nd">Lord</span> destroy this country? Why was he so furious?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_25"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.25" class="v5_29_25">25</span>And they will be given this answer:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v5_29_25">Our ancestors worshiped the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, but after he brought them out of Egypt and made an agreement with them, they rejected the agreement </span><span class="v5_29_26"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.26" class="v5_29_26">26</span>and decided to worship gods that had never helped them. The <span class="nd">Lord</span> had forbidden Israel to worship these gods, </span><span class="v5_29_27"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.27-Deut.29.28" class="v5_29_27">27-28</span>and so he became furious and punished the land with all the curses in <span class="bk">The Book of God's Law</span>. Then he pulled up Israel by the roots and tossed them into a foreign country, where they still are today.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_29_29"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.29.29" class="v5_29_29">29</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> our God hasn't explained the present or the future, but he has commanded us to obey the laws he gave to us and our descendants.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">29.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Mount Sinai: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 1.1-5.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">29.4-6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I gave … food: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew “you didn't eat bread or drink any wine or beer.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">29.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew “The mud will be swept away as well as the dust.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">29.23 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Sodom … destroyed them: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See Genesis 18.16-28.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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