A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy.

These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people

of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb.

And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them,

You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt,

to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land,

the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders.

But to this day, the Lord has not given you a heart to understand, or eyes to see, or ears

to hear.

I have led you forty years in the wilderness.

Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet.

You have not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know

that I am the Lord your God.

And when you came to this place, Sihon, the King of Hesbun, and Og the King of Bashan,

came out against us to battle, but we defeated them.

We took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Rubinites, the Gadites,

and the half-tribe of the Manassites. Therefore, keep the words of this covenant and do them,

that you may prosper in all that you do. You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God, the heads of

your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel, your little ones, your wives,

and the sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws

your water,

so that you may enter into the sworn covenant of the Lord your God,

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