Deuteronomy 29:12
in Deuteronomy 29so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,
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ASV
that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;
KJV
That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 29
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThat thou shouldest enter - לעבר leaber, to pass through, that is, between the separated parts of the covenant sacrifice. See Gen 15:18 (note). And into his oath - Thus we find that in a covenant were these seven particulars: 1. The parties about to contract were considered as being hitherto separated. 2. They now agree to enter into a state of close and permanent amity. 3. They meet together in a solemn manner for this purpose. 4. A sacrifice is offered to God on the occasion, for the whole is a religious act.
This site's exposition
thou shouldest enter into covenant
on Deuteronomy 29:12-13
Two words carry the one act, covenant and oath, and Adam Clarke observes that the verb rendered enter into is the verb for passing through, as the divided pieces at Genesis 15:17 were passed between. Verse 13 states what the covenant is for as a relation rather than a code, that he may establish thee for a people unto himself and be unto thee a God. The ground offered is the oath sworn to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, so the covenant made in Moab rests on a promise older than any of its terms.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Into covenant and into his oath - Into covenant, confirmed by a solemn oath.
That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God,....
"It is his oath; he has drawn up the covenant and settled it; he requires your consent to it; he has sworn to you and to him you must be sworn." This requires us to be sincere and serious, humble and reverent, in our covenant-transactions with God, remembering how great a God he is with whom we are covenanting, who has a perfect knowledge of us and an absolute dominion over us.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It was of the greatest consequence to impress all with the strong and abiding conviction, that while the covenant of grace had special blessings belonging to it, it at the same time had curses in reserve for transgressors, the infliction of which would be as certain, as lasting and severe. This was the advantage contemplated in the law being rehearsed a second time.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
But with you and with those who come after you, namely, your sons and your sons’ sons.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְעָבְרְךָ֗ | leaverekha | to pass on you | H5674 → | 556 times |
| בִּבְרִ֛ית | bivrit | in [the] covenant of | H1285 → | 284 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וּבְאָלָת֑וֹ | uvealato | and in oath his | H423 → | 35 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| כֹּרֵ֥ת | koret | [is] making | H3772 → | 288 times |
| עִמְּךָ֖ | ʾimekha | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| הַיּֽוֹם׃ | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
לְעָבְרְךָ֗to pass on you
leaverekhaH5674 →556 times
בִּבְרִ֛יתin [the] covenant of
bivritH1285 →284 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
וּבְאָלָת֑וֹand in oath his
uvealatoH423 →35 times
אֲשֶׁר֙which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
כֹּרֵ֥ת[is] making
koretH3772 →288 times
עִמְּךָ֖with you
ʾimekhaH5973 →1050 times
הַיּֽוֹם׃this day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 11:17Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 15:12–14
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
- Joshua 24:25
On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
- 2 Chronicles 34:31
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul,…
- Ezra 10:3
So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the…
- 2 Samuel 5:3
Through
Joshua 24:25On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 9:38
In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
- Exodus 15:25
And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and…
- 2 Chronicles 23:16
Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.
- Nehemiah 9:38
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.