Deuteronomy 29:13
in Deuteronomy 29and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
that he may establish thee this day unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he spake unto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
KJV
That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe principal design of the renewing of this covenant at this time was to fortify them against temptations to idolatry. Though other sins will be the sinner's ruin, yet this was the sin that was likely to be their ruin.
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 Awakening2 voices
That he may establish thee - Here is the summary of that covenant whereof Moses was the mediator, and in the covenant relation between God and them, all the precepts and promises of the covenant are included.
That be may establish thee this day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God,.... Which contains the sum and substance of the covenant; see Jer 32:38, as he hath said unto thee, and as he had sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; Deu 26:17.
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
But with you and with those who come after you, namely, your sons and your sons’ sons.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
AND ALSO WITH HIM THAT IS NOT WITH US THIS DAY — “that is, also with the future generations.
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
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְמַ֣עַן | lemaan | so as | H4616 → | 272 times |
| הָקִֽים־ | hakim- | to establish | H6965 → | 628 times |
| אֹתְךָ֩ | ʾotekha | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיּ֨וֹם׀ | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| ל֜וֹ | lo | of him | ||
| לְעָ֗ם | leam | to a people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְה֤וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יִֽהְיֶה־ | yihyeh- | he will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְּךָ֙ | lekha | for <the> you | ||
| לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים | lelohim | <into> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּר־ | diber- | he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| לָ֑ךְ | lakh | to <the> you | ||
| וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤ר | vekhaasher | and just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִשְׁבַּע֙ | nishba' | he swore | H7650 → | 186 times |
| לַאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ | laavoteikha | to ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם | leavraham | to Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| לְיִצְחָ֖ק | leyitzchak | to Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| וּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃ | uleyaako | and to Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
לְמַ֣עַןso as
lemaanH4616 →272 times
הָקִֽים־to establish
hakim-H6965 →628 times
אֹתְךָ֩<obj.> you
ʾotekhaH853 →10935 times
הַיּ֨וֹם׀this day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
ל֜וֹof him
lo
לְעָ֗םto a people
leamH5971 →1873 times
וְה֤וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
יִֽהְיֶה־he will become
yihyeh-H1961 →3559 times
לְּךָ֙for <the> you
lekha
לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים<into> God
lelohimH430 →2601 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּר־he spoke
diber-H1696 →1141 times
לָ֑ךְto <the> you
lakh
וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤רand just as
vekhaasherH834 →5497 times
נִשְׁבַּע֙he swore
nishba'H7650 →186 times
לַאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָto ancestors your
laavoteikhaH1 →1212 times
לְאַבְרָהָ֥םto Abraham
leavrahamH85 →175 times
לְיִצְחָ֖קto Isaac
leyitzchakH3327 →108 times
וּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃and to Jacob
uleyaakoH3290 →350 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
Deuteronomy 28:9The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 19:5–6
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 26:18–19
And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
- Deuteronomy 7:6
Through
Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
it leads to
- Romans 9:7–9
Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
- Acts 2:39
This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
- Genesis 26:24
and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your…
- Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Genesis 28:13
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the…
- Romans 9:7–9
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsAbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all nations are bles…
- PersonPatriarchsIsaacThe son of promise and of laughter — bound on Moriah, the quiet inheritor of the covenant.
- PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
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.