1. These are the words of the covenant which the Lord instructed Moses to form with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, beside that covenant which he struck with them at Horeb.
2. And Moses called all of Israel, and he said to them: "You have seen all the things that the Lord has done in your sight in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to his entire land:
3. the great trials, which your eyes have seen, those immense signs and wonders.
4. But the Lord has not given you an understanding heart, and seeing eyes, and ears that are able to hear, even to this present day.
5. He led you for forty years through the desert. Your garments have not been worn out, nor have the shoes on your feet been consumed by age.
6. You did not eat bread, nor did you drink wine or liquor, so that you would know that I am the Lord your God.
7. And you arrived at this place. And Sihon, the king of Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan, went out to meet us in battle. And we struck them down.
8. And we took their land and delivered it as a possession to Ruben and to Gad, and to half of the tribe of Manasseh.
9. Therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and fulfill them, so that you may understand all that you are doing.
10. Today, you all stand in the sight of the Lord your God: your leaders, and tribes, and those greater by birth, and teachers, all the people of Israel,
11. your children and wives, and the new arrival who dwells with you in the camp, aside from those who cut wood, and those who bring water,
12. so that you may cross into the covenant of the Lord your God, and into the oath which the Lord your God strikes with you today.
13. So shall he raise you up as a people to himself, and so shall he be your God, just as he has spoken to you, and just as he swore to your fathers: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
14. And I am not forming this covenant and confirm these oaths with you alone,
15. but with all those who are present as well as those who are absent.
16. For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the midst of nations. And when passing through them,