Deuteronomy 29:14
in Deuteronomy 29I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
KJV
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
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This verse in Deuteronomy 29
Commentary
3 notes on this verseNeither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath. That is, Moses; for he was ordered to make this covenant with them in the name of the Lord; what promises of good things, or declarations of his mind and will, God would make, Moses was to deliver to them; and what was required of them he would inform them of. Aben Ezra interprets it, not only you, but those that will come after you, your sons and your sons' sons.
This site's exposition
I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you
on Deuteronomy 29:14-15
The covenant includes “those who are not here today”, and readers take the absent two ways. Gill allows some kept in their tents by sickness, while Rashi, Ibn Ezra and Barnes read the generations not yet born.
The record, by era
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
AND ALSO WITH HIM THAT IS NOT WITH US THIS DAY — “that is, also with the future generations.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אִתְּכֶ֖ם | ʾitekhem | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| לְבַדְּכֶ֑ם | levadekhem | to alone you | H905 → | 200 times |
| אָנֹכִ֗י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| כֹּרֵת֙ | koret | [am] making | H3772 → | 288 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבְּרִ֣ית | haberit | the covenant | H1285 → | 284 times |
| הַזֹּ֔את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָלָ֖ה | haalah | the oath | H423 → | 35 times |
| הַזֹּֽאת׃ | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
אִתְּכֶ֖םwith you
ʾitekhemH854 →929 times
לְבַדְּכֶ֑םto alone you
levadekhemH905 →200 times
אָנֹכִ֗יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
כֹּרֵת֙[am] making
koretH3772 →288 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבְּרִ֣יתthe covenant
haberitH1285 →284 times
הַזֹּ֔את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָאָלָ֖הthe oath
haalahH423 →35 times
הַזֹּֽאת׃<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.