Deuteronomy 29:1
These are the words of the covenant which LORD commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
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Exodus 19:3And Moses went up to God. And LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, Thus thou shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the sons of Israel:
Exodus 24:2And Moses alone shall come near to LORD, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him.
Deuteronomy 1:1These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
Deuteronomy 4:13And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments. And he wrote them upon two tablets of stone.
Deuteronomy 5:2LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
Deuteronomy 29:21And LORD will set him apart to evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 29:1
The first words of this chapter are the contents of it, "These are the words of the covenant" ( ver. 1 ), that is, these that follow. Here is, I. A recital of God's dealings with them, in order to the bringing of them into this covenant, ver. 2-8 . II. A solemn charge to them to keep the covenant, ver. 9 . III. An abstract of the covenant itself, ver. 12, 13 . IV. A specification of the persons taken into the covenant, ver. 10, 11 , 14 , 15 . V. An intimation of the great design of this covenant against idolatry,… Read the whole commentary →