1 Moses summoned all the people of Israel and said to them: "You have seen all that Yahweh did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, to his servants and to all his land,
2 the great plagues which you yourselves witnessed, the signs and the marvels.
3 But to this very day, Yahweh has not given you a heart to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.
4 Yahweh made you wander in the desert for forty years, but your clothes did not wear out and neither did your sandals from so much journeying.
5 You did not have bread to eat, or wine or fermented liquor to drink, so that you might know that I, Yahweh, am your God.
6 And when we came to this place, Sihon, the king of Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan, set out to fight against us, but we defeated them
7 and seized their lands, which we then gave as an inheritance and a possession to Reuben, Gad and to half of the tribe of Manasseh.
8 So observe the conditions of this Covenant and put them into practice, that you may succeed in whatever you do.
9 You are all here today in the presence of Yahweh, your God: your leaders, your elders, your secretaries, all the men of Israel,
10 with your sons and daughters, and with your wives, together with the foreigner who lives in your field, who cuts the firewood or fetches water for you.
11 You are here in this place to celebrate a Covenant with Yahweh, your God.
12 Through this oath he makes you his people and he becomes your God, as he said to you and promised to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
13 And not only with you do I make this covenant and this oath today,
14 but I make it both with those who are here with you today in the presence of Yahweh and with those who are not here.
15 You know very well how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through other lands.
16 You have seen the abominations and the loathsome idols they kept: of stone, wood, gold and silver.
17 So may there be no man or woman, family or tribe among you whose heart turns away from Yahweh to go and serve the gods of those nations. May no poisonous and bitter plants sprout among you.
18 If anyone does not heed the words of this sworn Covenant, thinking, "I shall have peace though I do as I please, the just and the sinner perish together,"
19 Yahweh shall not pardon him. His rage and jealousy shall burn against that man, and all the curses written in this book await him. Yahweh will wipe out his name from under the heavens,
20 and will separate him from the tribes of Israel to his misfortune, according to all the curses of the Covenant expressed in this book of the Law.
21 The future generations that will come after you and the foreigners who come from distant countries shall see the plagues of this land and the plagues Yahweh inflicted on it, and they shall say,
22 "A land of salt and sulfur is this one, burned and unsown; not even grass can be seen. So it was with Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, when Yahweh destroyed them and laid them waste in his anger and rage."
23 All the nations shall ask: "Why has Yahweh dealt so with this nation? What does such anger mean?"
24 And they shall answer: "This happened because they abandoned the Covenant which Yahweh, the God of their fathers, made with them when he brought them out of Egypt,
25 because they went to serve other gods and worshiped them, gods that were not theirs and to whom Yahweh had not entrusted them.
26 Therefore Yahweh was angry with that land, bringing upon it all the curses written in this book.
27 Yahweh has pulled them out of their land with anger, rage and great indignation, and cast them into another land, as you can see today.
28 The secret things belong to Yahweh, our God, but what he made known to us belongs to us and our children forever. So we have to put into practice all the provisions of this Law!
Versículos relacionados com Deuteronomy, 29:
Deuteronomy 29 deals with the renewal of the covenant between God and the people of Israel after the death of Moses. In this chapter Moses reminds the people all the blessings and curses that God had promised in the covenant, and urges them to remain faithful to it. Below are five verses related to the topics addressed in Deuteronomy 29:
Deuteronomy 30:19-20: "Today I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you, which I put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Now choose life, so that you and your children may Live and love the Lord, your God, listen to your voice and get to Him. For the Lord is His life, and He will give you many years in the earth who swore to give to his ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. " This verse highlights the importance of choosing the covenant with God, the central theme of chapter 29 of Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy 6:5: "Love the Lord, your God, your heart, all your soul and all your strength." This verse reinforces the importance of love and obedience to God, which is the basis of the covenant between Him and the people of Israel.
1 Kings 8:61: "May your heart be entirely dedicated to the Lord, our God, to follow His decrees and obey His commandments, as today." This verse highlights the importance of total dedication to God and obedience to His will, fundamental to the covenant.
Jeremiah 31:31-33: "Days will come, declares the Lord, in which I will make a new covenant with Israel and Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with his ancestors when I took them by the hand to get them out of Egypt, for they broke my covenant, although I am their Lord. This is the covenant I will do with the community of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put my law in their heart and write it in their hearts. God, and they will be my people. " This verse speaks of the promise of a new covenant between God and the people of Israel, which will be written in the hearts of the faithful and not just on stone tablets.
Matthew 26:28: "This is my blood, which ratifies the covenant, shed for many for the forgiveness of sins." This verse refers to the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, which ratified a new covenant between God and humanity through the forgiveness of sins.
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