World English Bible
Deuteronomy 29:16
“(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 29
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Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
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but with him who stands here with us this day before Yahweh our God, and also with him who is not here with us this day
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(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
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and you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);
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lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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