Deuteronomy 29:15
in Deuteronomy 29but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today.
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ASV
but with him that standeth here with us this day before Jehovah our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day
KJV
But with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 29
Commentary
6 notes on this verseBut with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God,.... Who are before specified according to their dignity, age, sex, and station of life; or rather, "but as with him that standeth", &c. and so with him that is not here with us this day; detained at home by illness and indisposition of body, or by one providence or another; so that they could not come out of their tents, and make their appearance before the tabernacle; though Jarchi interprets this of the people of future generations.
This site's exposition
Neither with you only do I make
on Deuteronomy 29:14-15
The covenant is made with him that standeth here with us this day and with him that is not here with us this day, and readers have taken the absent man two ways. John Gill allows that some were kept in their tents by sickness, while the medieval Jewish commentators Rashi and Ibn Ezra, and Albert Barnes after them, read the phrase of the generations not yet born and bound by what their fathers swore. The second reading is the one Jewish tradition carried, and Acts 2:39 uses the same reach when Peter says the promise is to you and to your children.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And so, taking this covenant as a typical dispensation of the covenant of grace, it is a noble testimony to the Mediator of that covenant, who is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. The summary of this covenant. All the precepts and all the promises of the covenant are included in the covenant-relation between God and them,
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
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.
Him that standeth here - The present generation. Him that is not here - all future generations of this people.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
With him that is not here with us - i. e. as the Jews explain, posterity; which throughout all generations was to be taken as bound by the act and deed of those present and living.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
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
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּי֩ | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | [the one] who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יֶשְׁנ֜וֹ | yeshno | there he | H3426 → | 140 times |
| פֹּ֗ה | poh | here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| עִמָּ֙נוּ֙ | ʾimanu | with us | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| עֹמֵ֣ד | ʾomed | [is] standing | H5975 → | 521 times |
| הַיּ֔וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לִפְנֵ֖י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְאֵ֨ת | veet | and with | H854 → | 929 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | [the one] who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֵינֶ֛נּוּ | ʾeinenu | there not he | H369 → | 789 times |
| פֹּ֖ה | poh | here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| עִמָּ֥נוּ | ʾimanu | [is] with us | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| הַיּֽוֹם׃ | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
כִּי֩for
kiH3588 →4482 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
אֲשֶׁ֨ר[the one] who
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יֶשְׁנ֜וֹthere he
yeshnoH3426 →140 times
פֹּ֗הhere
pohH6311 →82 times
עִמָּ֙נוּ֙with us
ʾimanuH5973 →1050 times
עֹמֵ֣ד[is] standing
ʾomedH5975 →521 times
הַיּ֔וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
לִפְנֵ֖י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
וְאֵ֨תand with
veetH854 →929 times
אֲשֶׁ֥ר[the one] who
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אֵינֶ֛נּוּthere not he
ʾeinenuH369 →789 times
פֹּ֖הhere
pohH6311 →82 times
עִמָּ֥נוּ[is] with us
ʾimanuH5973 →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
Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 11:19–20
And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
- Acts 4:32
The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
- Ezekiel 11:19–20
Through
Acts 2:39This 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.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Romans 8:30
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
- Genesis 17:7–8
I 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.
- Joel 2:32
And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by…
- Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
- Isaiah 44:3
Through
1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
it leads to
- Malachi 2:15–16
Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the…
- Malachi 2:15–16
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.