Deuteronomy 29:16
in Deuteronomy 29For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed;
KJV
(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
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This verse in Deuteronomy 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt
on Deuteronomy 29:16-17
The King James sets these two verses in parentheses, and they give the reason for the warning that follows. The people know by sight Egypt, the nations on the way, and idols “of wood and stone, of silver and gold”. The same materials stand at 4:28, and the Hebrew word for idols here is a term of contempt Ezekiel uses throughout his book.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt,....
The danger they were in if they yielded to the temptation. He gives them fair warning: it was at their peril if they forsook God to serve idols. If they would not be bound and held by the precepts of the covenant, they would find that the curses of the covenant would be strong enough to bind and hold them.
A most solemn and dreadful denunciation of the wrath of God against such persons as promise themselves peace in a sinful way,
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.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אַתֶּ֣ם | ʾatem | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם | yeda'tem | you know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֵ֥ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | this: | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָשַׁ֖בְנוּ | yashavnu | we dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וְאֵ֧ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | this: | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָבַ֛רְנוּ | ʾavarnu | we passed | H5674 → | 556 times |
| בְּקֶ֥רֶב | bekerev | in [the] midst of | H7130 → | 227 times |
| הַגּוֹיִ֖ם | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עֲבַרְתֶּֽם׃ | ʾavartem | you passed through | H5674 → | 556 times |
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אַתֶּ֣םyou
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
יְדַעְתֶּ֔םyou know
yeda'temH3045 →945 times
אֵ֥ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁר־this:
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יָשַׁ֖בְנוּwe dwelt
yashavnuH3427 →1079 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וְאֵ֧תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁר־this:
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָבַ֛רְנוּwe passed
ʾavarnuH5674 →556 times
בְּקֶ֥רֶבin [the] midst of
bekerevH7130 →227 times
הַגּוֹיִ֖םthe nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עֲבַרְתֶּֽם׃you passed through
ʾavartemH5674 →556 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 2:9Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants…
it leads to
- Genesis 19:36–37
Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
- Numbers 21:15
even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
- Genesis 19:36–37
Through
Deuteronomy 2:19But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:9
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants…
- Deuteronomy 2:5
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 11:13–27
The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore,…
- Deuteronomy 2:9
Through
Deuteronomy 2:24“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in…
it leads to
- Daniel 4:17
This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it…
- Jeremiah 27:5
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
- Daniel 4:17
Through
Deuteronomy 2:4and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.
it leads to
- Numbers 20:14–21
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
- Numbers 20:14–21
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on 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); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.