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¶The .xxix. Chapter.
2 The people are exhorted to obserue the commaundementes. 10 The whole peo∣ple from the hyest to the lowest are comprehended vnder Gods couenaunt. 19 The punishment of hym that flattereth hym selfe in his wickednesse. 24 The cause of Gods wrath agaynst his people.
[unspec A] 1 THese are the wordes of the “ couenaunt which the Lorde commaun∣ded Moyses to make with the children of Israel in the lande of Moab, besyde the ap∣poyntment which he made with them in “ Horeb.
2 And Moyses called all Israel, & sayde vnto them: Ye haue seene all that the Lorde did before your eyes in the lande of Egypt, vnto Pharao and vnto all his seruauntes, and vnto all his lande,
3 The great “ temptations which thine eyes haue seene, those great miracles and wonders:
4 And yet (a) the Lorde hath not geuen you an heart to perceaue, and eyes to see, and cares to heare, vnto this day.
5 And I haue led you fourtie yeres in the wildernesse: and your clothes are not waxed olde vpon you, and thy shoe is not waxed olde vpon thy foote.
6 Ye haue eaten no (b) bread, nor drunke wine or strong drynke: that ye myght knowe howe that I am the Lorde your God.
7 And ye came vnto this place, and [unspec B] Sehon the kyng of Hesbon, and Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst vs vnto battayle, and we smote them,
8 And toke their lande, and gaue it for an inheritaunce vnto the Rubenites and Gadites, and to the halfe tribe of Manasse.
9 Kepe therfore the wordes of this co∣uenaunt, and do them, that ye mayc vnderstande all that ye ought to do.
10 Ye stande this day euery one of you be∣fore the (d) Lorde your God: your cap∣taynes, your tribes, your elders, your officers, and all the men of Israel:
11 Your childrē also, your wiues, and the straunger that is in thine hoast, from the (e) hewer of thy wood, vnto the drawer of thy water:
12 That thou shouldest go into the (f) co∣uenaunt of the Lorde thy God, and into his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with thee this day:
13 For to make thee a people vnto hym selfe, and that he may be vnto thee a God, as he hath sayde vnto thee, and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers, Abra∣ham, Isahac, and Iacob.
14 I make not this bonde and this othe [unspec C] with you only:
15 But both with hym that standeth here with vs this day before the Lorde our God, and also with hym that is(g) not here with vs this day.
16 For ye knowe howe we haue dwelt in the lande of Egypt, and howe we came through the myddes of the nations which ye passed by:
17 And ye haue seene their abhomina∣tions, and their idols, wood and stone, siluer and golde, which were among them.
18 Lest there be among you man or wo∣man, kinrede or tribe, whose heart tur∣neth away this day from the Lorde our God, to go and serue the gods of these nations: and lest there be among you some (h) roote that beareth gall and wormewood.
19 So that when he heareth the wordes of this othe, he “ blesse hym selfe in his heart, saying: (i) I shall haue peace, I wyll walke in the meanyng of myne owne heart: to put the drunken to the thirstie. (k)
20 And so the Lorde wyll not consent to be mercifull vnto hym, but then the wrath of the Lorde and his gelousie shall smoke agaynst that man: and all the curses that are written in this booke shall lyght vpon hym, and the Lorde shal do out his name from vnder heauē.
21 And the Lorde shall seperate hym vn∣to euyll, out of all the tribes of Israel, accordyng vnto all the curses of the co∣uenaunt that are written in the booke of this lawe.
22 So that the generatiō to come of your children that shall ryse vp after you, and the straunger that shall come from a farre lande, shall say, when they see the plagues of that lande, and the dis∣eases wherwith the Lorde hath smit∣ten it: