Deuteronomy 29:2
in Deuteronomy 29Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.
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ASV
And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
KJV
And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
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This verse in Deuteronomy 29
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the words of the covenant
on Deuteronomy 29:1-3
Hebrew Bibles number verse 1 as the last verse of chapter 28, where it closes the curses. The covenant made in Moab stands “in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb”, a fresh ratification of the same agreement. Verses 2 and 3 appeal to what the hearers saw in Egypt, though Numbers 14:29-30 has that generation dead, since the book addresses the nation as one body.
This site's exposition
You have seen with your
Henry reads the chapter as a covenant deed, which opens the way the indentures of his day did, with a recital of what one party had already done for the other. He adds that their own eyes made the facts beyond dispute.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
): You have seen all that the Lord did. Their own senses were incontestable evidence of the matter of fact, that God had done great things for them; and then their own reason was a no less competent judge of the equity of his inference from it: Keep therefore the words of this covenant,
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Moses called unto all Israel,....
The amazing signs and miracles by which Pharaoh was plagued and compelled to dismiss them, and Israel was tried (for they are called temptations ) whether they would trust God to secure them from, and save them by, those plagues.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Their experience of this extraordinary goodness and care, together with their remembrance of the brilliant successes by which, with little exertion or loss on their part, God enabled them to acquire the valuable territory on which they stood, is mentioned again to enforce a faithful adherence to the covenant, as the direct and sure means of obtaining its promised blessings.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
The purport thereof is that after he finished telling them the words of the covenant he called them again, saying, “Hear, O Israel, Ye have seen etc.,” for they had not left him, since these sections are all connected.
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
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְרָ֥א | vaiyikra' | and he summoned | H7121 → | 733 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֛ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | <to> | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲלֵהֶ֑ם | ʾalehem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַתֶּ֣ם | ʾatem | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| רְאִיתֶ֗ם | reitem | you have seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֵ֣ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֨ה | ʾasah | he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ | leeineikhem | to eyes your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| לְפַרְעֹ֥ה | lefaroh | to Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| וּלְכָל־ | ulekhol- | and to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲבָדָ֖יו | ʾavadav | servants his | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וּלְכָל־ | ulekhol- | and to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אַרְצֽוֹ׃ | ʾartzo | land his | H776 → | 2504 times |
וַיִּקְרָ֥אand he summoned
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
מֹשֶׁ֛הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶל־<to>
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֲלֵהֶ֑םto them
ʾalehemH413 →5510 times
אַתֶּ֣םyou
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
רְאִיתֶ֗םyou have seen
reitemH7200 →1300 times
אֵ֣ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר֩that
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֨הhe did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙to eyes your
leeineikhemH5869 →887 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
לְפַרְעֹ֥הto Pharaoh
lefarohH6547 →274 times
וּלְכָל־and to all
ulekhol-H3605 →5413 times
עֲבָדָ֖יוservants his
ʾavadavH5650 →799 times
וּלְכָל־and to all
ulekhol-H3605 →5413 times
אַרְצֽוֹ׃land his
ʾartzoH776 →2504 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
Exodus 19:4‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:11–12
As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.
- Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days…
- Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Revelation 12:14
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times,…
- Deuteronomy 4:33–36
Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
- Deuteronomy 32:11–12
Through
Exodus 8:12After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.
it leads to
- James 5:16–18
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
- Exodus 9:33
Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
- Exodus 32:11
But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and…
- James 5:16–18
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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.