Deuteronomy 29:11

And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you:

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In The King James Version

Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

In Context

10You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,

12With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

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Cross References

Exodus 12:48And if a man from another country is living with you, and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all the males of his family undergo circumcision, and then let him come near and keep it; for he will then be as one of your people; but no one without circumcision may keep it.

Deuteronomy 5:14But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day do no work, you or your son or your daughter, or your man-servant or your woman-servant, or your ox or your ass or any of your cattle, or the man from a strange country who is living among you; so that your man-servant and your woman-servant may have rest as well as you.

Joshua 9:21Keep them living, and let them be servants, cutting wood and getting water for all the people. And all the people did as the chiefs had said to them.

2 Kings 6:4So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.

2 Chronicles 23:16And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and all the people and the king, that they would be the Lord's people.

Galatians 3:28There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 29:11-29

The Covenant Renewed. ( b. c. 1451.) 10 Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, 11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: 12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day: 13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and… Read the whole commentary →

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