📖 Deuteronomy — Chapter 29 (KJV)
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Scripture source: Project Gutenberg KJV, ebook 10.
Deuteronomy 29:1 These are Rthe words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
Deuteronomy 29:2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, RYe have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
Deuteronomy 29:3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Deuteronomy 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Deuteronomy 29:5 And RI have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
Deuteronomy 29:6 Ye have not Reaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 29:7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
Deuteronomy 29:8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Deuteronomy 29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
Deuteronomy 29:10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
Deuteronomy 29:11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy Rstranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
Deuteronomy 29:12 That Rthou shouldest Tenter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
Deuteronomy 29:13 That he may Restablish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Deuteronomy 29:14 RNeither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
Deuteronomy 29:15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and Ralso with him that is not here with us this day:
Deuteronomy 29:16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came Rthrough the nations which ye passed by;
Deuteronomy 29:17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their Tidols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
Deuteronomy 29:18 Lest there should be Ramong you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth Tgall and wormwood;
Deuteronomy 29:19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of Rthis curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the Timagination of mine heart, to add Tdrunkenness to thirst:
Deuteronomy 29:20 The LORD Rwill not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
Deuteronomy 29:21 And the LORD shall Rseparate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that Tare written in this book of the law:
Deuteronomy 29:22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses Twhich the LORD hath laid upon it;
Deuteronomy 29:23 And that the whole land thereof is Rbrimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Deuteronomy 29:24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Deuteronomy 29:25 Then men shall say, RBecause they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
Deuteronomy 29:26 For Rthey went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and Twhom he had not Tgiven unto them:
Deuteronomy 29:27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it Rall the curses that are written in this book:
Deuteronomy 29:28 And the LORD Rrooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy 29:29 The Rsecret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 29:1–9 — Remembering the LORD's care
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Moses introduces the covenant words in Moab and recalls Egypt, the wilderness, and victories east of Jordan. Israel must now keep the covenant words.
Key Truth: Past provision should support present faithfulness.
Check What You Remember
1. In what land were these covenant words given? (Deuteronomy 29:1)
Find it in Deuteronomy 29:1 (KJV).
2. How many years had the LORD led Israel in the wilderness? (Deuteronomy 29:5)
Find it in Deuteronomy 29:5 (KJV).
3. Which two kings had Israel defeated? (Deuteronomy 29:7)
Find it in Deuteronomy 29:7 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 29:10–21 — The whole community and the danger of presumption
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Leaders, families, and strangers stand before the LORD. Moses warns against secretly turning to idols while assuming that blessing will continue.
Key Truth: Private rebellion is not made safe by a public covenant declaration.
Check What You Remember
1. Were children included among those standing before the LORD? (Deuteronomy 29:11)
Find it in Deuteronomy 29:11 (KJV).
2. What does Moses warn against worshiping? (Deuteronomy 29:18)
Find it in Deuteronomy 29:18 (KJV).
3. What does the presumptuous person claim to have despite walking in imagination? (Deuteronomy 29:19)
Find it in Deuteronomy 29:19 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 29:22–29 — The meaning of a devastated land
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Future observers ask why the land has suffered, and the answer identifies abandoned covenant loyalty. Moses ends by distinguishing God's secret things from the revealed instruction entrusted to his people.
Key Truth: The revealed word gives Israel a responsibility to obey.
Check What You Remember
1. Which two destroyed cities are named with Admah and Zeboim? (Deuteronomy 29:23)
Find it in Deuteronomy 29:23 (KJV).
2. What had Israel forsaken? (Deuteronomy 29:25)
Find it in Deuteronomy 29:25 (KJV).
3. To whom do the secret things belong? (Deuteronomy 29:29)
Find it in Deuteronomy 29:29 (KJV).
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How is the covenant in Moab distinguished at the beginning?
2. How broad is the assembly entering the covenant?
3. Does Moses limit the covenant to those physically present?
4. What false assurance is condemned after hearing the curse?
5. What purpose is assigned to the revealed things?
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