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,
17. you saw their abominations and filth, that is, their idols of wood and of stone, of silver and of gold, which they worshipped,
18. so that there would not be among you man or woman, family or tribe, whose heart has been turned away this day from the Lord our God, so as to go and serve the gods of those nations. For then there would be among you a root springing forth gall and bitterness.
19. And if he were to hear the words of this oath, he would bless himself in his own heart saying: 'There will be peace for me, and I will walk in the depravity of my heart.' And so, the one who is inebriated would consume the one who is thirsty.
20. But the Lord would not ignore him. Instead, at that time, his fury and zealousness would be very greatly enflamed against that man, and all the curses which have been written in this volume would settle upon him. And the Lord would abolish his name from under heaven,