Deuteronomy 29:1
These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.
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Exodus 19:3Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:
Exodus 24:2Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”
Deuteronomy 1:1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Deuteronomy 4:13He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.
Deuteronomy 5:2The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
Deuteronomy 29:21and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant 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 →