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## Deuteronomy 29 Translation Questions ##
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Q? With whom did Yahweh make a covenant?
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A. Yahweh made a covenant with Israel in the land of Moab. [29:1]
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Q? What previous covenant had Yahweh made with the people of Israel?
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A. Yahweh previously made a covenant with Israel at Horeb. [29:1]
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Q? Of what did Moses remind all the people of Israel?
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A. Moses reminded all the people of Israel of everything that Yahweh had done before their eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to all his land. [29:2]
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Q? Why did Moses say that the people of Israel needed to be reminded of the great sufferings that their eyes had seen, the signs and those great wonders?
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A. Moses said that until today Yahweh had not given then a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear about those things. [29:4]
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Q? Why did Yahweh lead Israel for forty years in the wilderness where their clothes and sandals did wear out and they did not eat any bread or drink any wine or alcoholic drinks?
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A. He did those things so that they might know that he is Yahweh their God. [29:5-6]
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Q? Why did Israel need to do in order to prosper in everything?
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A. They needed to keep the words of this covenant and do them and so that they might prosper in everything that they did. [29:9]
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Q? Before whom were all of the Israelites standing?
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A. All of the Israelites were standing before Yahweh their God. [29:10-11]
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Q? Why were the Israelites standing before Yahweh their God?
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A. They were standing before Yahweh in order to enter into the covenant of Yahweh and into the oath that Yahweh was making with them on that day. [29:12]
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Q? What did Yahweh want to do for the people of Israel through this covenant?
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A. He wanted to make the people of Israel into a people for himself. [29:13]
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Q? What people were included in the covenant and oath that Yahweh was making with Israel that day in Moab?
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A. Everyone standing that day in Moab and also those who were not there with them were included in the covenant and oath that Yahweh was making with Israel. [29:14-15]
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Q? About what were the people of Israel being reminded again?
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A. They were being reminded how they had lived in the land of Egypt and how they had come through the midst of the nations through which they had passed. [29:16]
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Q? Why were the people being reminded of the disgusting things they had seen when they left Egypt?
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A. They were being reminded of the disgusting things they had seen so that there would not be any among them whose heart would turn away from Yahweh, worship the gods of those nations and so that there would not be any root producing gall and wormwood among them. [29:17-18]
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Q? What should the person who hears the words of the curse not say in his heart?
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A. The person who hears the words of the curse should not say that he will have peace though he walks in the stubbornness of his heart. [29:19]
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Q? What would happen to the man who says that he will have peace though he walks in the stubbornness of his heart?
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A. Yahweh will not pardon him, Yahweh's anger and jealousy will smolder against him, all the curses written in the book will come on him and Yahweh will blot out his name from under heaven. [29:20]
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Q? What will the generation to come ask when they see the plagues on this land and the diseases with which Yahweh has made it sick?
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A. They will ask why Yahweh did this to this land and what does the heat of this great anger mean. [29:22,24]
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Q? How will people reply when the generation to come ask why Yahweh did this to the land?
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A. The people will say that it is because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh and because they went and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods that they had not known and that he had not given to them. [29:25-26]
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Q? What will the people say was kindled against this land?
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A. The people will say that the anger of Yahweh was kindled against this land. [29:27]
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Q? What will the people say that Yahweh will do with those who he has uprooted from their land in anger?
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A. The people will say that Yahweh, in anger, wrath and great fury has thrown them into another land. [29:28]
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Q? To whom do the secret matters belong?
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A. The secret matters belong to Yahweh alone. [29:29]
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Q? To whom do things that are revealed belong?
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A. the things that are revealed belong forever to the people of Israel and to their descendants so that they may do all the words of the law. [29:29]
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