15. But with all that are present and that are absent.
16. For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we have passed through the midst of nations, and passing through them,
17. You have seen their abominations and filth, that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which they worshipped.
18. Lest perhaps there should be among you a man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose heart is turned away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations: and there should be among you a root bringing forth gall and bitterness.
19. And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart saying: I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart: and the drunken may consume the thirsty,