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of thy foot. For the Lord will give thee a fearful of Hesebon, and Og king of Basan, came out
heart, and languishing eyes, and a soul consumed against us to fight. And we slew them.
with pensiveness: 8 And took their land, and delivered it for a
66 And thy life shall be as it were hanging be- possession to Ruben and Gad, and the half tribe
fore thee. Thou shalt fear night and day, neither of Manasses.
shalt thou trust thy life. 9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant,
67 In the morning thou shalt say: Who will and fulfil them: that you may understand all
grant me evening? and at evening: Who will that you do.
grant me morning? for the fearfulness of thy 10 You all stand this day before the Lord your
heart, wherewith thou shalt be terrified, and for God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and
those things which thou shalt see with thy eyes. doctors, all the people of Israel,
68 The Lord shall bring thee again with ships 11 Your children and your wives, and the
into Egypt, by the way whereof he said to thee stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, be-
that thou shouldst see it no more. There shalt sides the hewers of wood, and them that bring
thou be set to sale to thy enemies for bondmen water:
and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. 12 That thou mayst pass in the covenant of
the Lord thy God, and in the oath which this
day the Lord thy God maketh with thee.
Chapter 29 13 That he may raise thee up a people to him-

self, and he may be thy God as he hath spoken
These are the words of the covenant which the to thee, and as he swore to thy fathers Abraham,
Lord commanded Moses to make with the chil- Isaac, and Jacob.
dren of Israel in the land of Moab: beside that 14 Neither with you only do I make this
covenant which he made with them in Horeb. covenant, and confirm these oaths,
2 And Moses called all Israel, and said to 15 But with all that are present and that are
them: You have seen all the things that the Lord absent.
did before you in the land of Egypt to Pharao, 16 For you know how we dwelt in the land
and to all his servants, and to his whole land. of Egypt, and how we have passed through the
3 The great temptations, which thy eyes have midst of nations, and passing through them,
seen, those mighty signs and wonders, 17 You have seen their abominations and filth,
4 And the Lord hath not given you a heart to that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver
understand, and eyes to see, and ears that may and gold, which they worshipped.
hear, unto this present day. 18 Lest perhaps there should be among you
5 He hath brought you forty years through the a man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose
desert: your garments are not worn out, neither heart is turned away this day from the Lord our
are the shoes of your feet consumed with age. God, to go and serve the gods of those nations:
6 You have not eaten bread, nor have you and there should be among you a root bringing
drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know forth gall and bitterness.
that I am the Lord your God. 19 And when he shall hear the words of this
7 And you came to this place: and Sehon king oath, he should bless himself in his heart say-