Deuteronomy 27:9
in Deuteronomy 27Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and hearken, O Israel: This day thou art become the people of Jehovah thy God.
KJV
And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 27
Commentary
3 notes on this verseIt was to be done but once, and at their entrance into the land of promise, in token of their taking possession of it under the several provisos and conditions contained in this law. There was a solemn ratification of the covenant between God and Israel at Mount Sinai, when an altar was erected, with twelve pillars, and the book of the covenant was produced, Exod. xxiv.
This site's exposition
This day you have become the people of the LORD your God
on Deuteronomy 27:9-10
The covenant is put in the present tense to the generation standing there. Israel left Egypt forty years before, yet Moses tells them “This day you have become the people of the LORD your God”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel,.... The priests who were Levites, as all the priests that were lawful ones were; and there were none but such at this time, who were.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים | vehakohanim | and the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| אֶ֥ל | ʾel | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַסְכֵּ֤ת׀ | hasket | keep silent | H5535 → | |
| וּשְׁמַע֙ | ushema' | and listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | O Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| הַיּ֤וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּה֙ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| נִהְיֵ֣יתָֽ | nihyeita | you have become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְעָ֔ם | leam | <into> a people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| לַיהוָ֖ה | layahweh | of Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
וַיְדַבֵּ֤רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
מֹשֶׁה֙Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםand the priests
vehakohanimH3548 →750 times
הַלְוִיִּ֔םthe Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
אֶ֥לto
ʾelH413 →5510 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
הַסְכֵּ֤ת׀keep silent
hasketH5535 →
וּשְׁמַע֙and listen
ushema'H8085 →1159 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לO Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
הַיּ֤וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּה֙<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
נִהְיֵ֣יתָֽyou have become
nihyeitaH1961 →3559 times
לְעָ֔ם<into> a people
leamH5971 →1873 times
לַיהוָ֖הof Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃God your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:16
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
- Romans 6:18
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
- Romans 8:2
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Galatians 5:13
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
- John 8:32
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
- 1 Peter 2:16
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on 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.