These are the words of the covenant, which the LORDcommandedMoses to makewith the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenantwhich he madewiththem in Horeb.
And Mosescalledunto all Israel, and saiduntothem, Ye haveseen all that the LORD did beforeyoureyes in the land of EgyptuntoPharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
That he may establishthee to day for a peopleuntohimself, and that he may be untothee a God, as he hathsaiduntothee, and as he hathswornunto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Lestthereshould be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whoseheartturnethawaythis day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of thesenations; lestthereshould be among you a rootthatbearethgall and wormwood;
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of thiscurse, that he blesshimself in his heart, saying, I shallhavepeace, though I walk in the imagination of mineheart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
The LORDwill not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousyshallsmokeagainstthat man, and all the cursesthat are written in thisbookshall lie upon him, and the LORDshallblot out his namefromunderheaven.
And the LORDshallseparate him untoevil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenantthat are written in thisbook of the law:
So that the generation to come of yourchildrenthatshallrise up after you, and the strangerthatshallcomefrom a far land, shall say, whenthey see the plagues of thatland, and the sicknesseswhich the LORDhathlaidupon it;
And that the wholelandthereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grassgroweththerein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORDoverthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Then men shall say, Becausetheyhaveforsaken the covenant of the LORD God of theirfathers, which he madewiththemwhen he broughtthemforth out of the land of Egypt:
The secretthingsbelongunto the LORD our God: but thosethingswhich are revealedbelongunto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.