9. “You are standing today, all of you, before Adonai your God—the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officials, all the men of Israel,
10. your children, your wives, and the outsider within your camp (from your woodchopper to your water carrier).
11. Each of you is to cross over into the covenant of Adonai your God that He is cutting with you today, and into His oath.
12. “This is in order to confirm you today as His people. So He will be your God, just as He promised you and just as He swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.
13. Not with you alone am I cutting this covenant and this oath,
14. but with whomever is standing here with us today before Adonai our God and with whomever is not here with us today.
15. “Indeed you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations that we passed through.
16. You saw their detestable things and their idols —wood and stone, silver and gold—that were with them.