that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you today,
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that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you today,
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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:
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(29-11) that thou shouldest enter into the covenant of the LORD thy God — and into His oath — which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day;
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Deuteronomy 29:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 15:12-15 They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul; and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets. All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then Yahweh gave them rest all around.
- Exodus 19:5-6 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
- Deuteronomy 5:2-3 Yahweh our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Yahweh didn’t make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today.
- Deuteronomy 29:14 Neither do I make this covenant and this oath with you only,
- Joshua 24:25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
- 2 Kings 11:17 Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh’s people; also between the king and the people.
- Nehemiah 10:28-29 The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters—everyone who had knowledge, and understanding— joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Alluding to them, that when they made a sure…
Alluding to them, that when they made a sure covenant, divided a beast in twain, and passed between the parts divided, Gen. 15:10.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Into covenant, and into his oath, i.e. into covenant…
Into covenant, and into his oath, i.e. into covenant or agreement, confirmed by a solemn oath.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord…
That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God,.... That is, they were all to appear and stand in this order before the Lord, that they might solemnly avouch him to be their God, and hear him declaring them to be his people, and the many promises and prophecies of good things he should deliver to them, as well as threatenings of wrath and vengeance in case of disobedience to him: or "that thou shouldest pass" (e): which some think is an allusion to the manner of making covenants, by slaying a creature, and cutting it in pieces, and passing between them, as in Jer 34:18; so Jarchi and Aben Ezra:
and into his oath; annexed to his covenant and promise, to show the immutability and certain fulfilment of it on his part; and may signify not only the oath he swore that they should be his people, but the oath he gave them, and they took, that he should be their God:
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which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day; which refers both to the covenant and the oath, or the covenant confirmed by an oath, even the covenant now made in the plains of Moab, distinct from that at Horeb or Sinai.
(e) "ut transeas", V. L. Tigurine version, Munster, Vatablus, Pagniuns, Cocceius; "ad transeundum", Montanus.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Into covenant and into his oath - Into covenant,…
Into covenant and into his oath - Into covenant, confirmed by a solemn oath.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. That thou shouldest enter] לעבר leaber, to…
Verse 12. That thou shouldest enter] לעבר leaber, to pass through, that is, between the separated parts of the covenant sacrifice. See Clarke on Ge 15:18.
And into his oath] Thus we find that in a covenant were these seven particulars:
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1. The parties about to contract were considered as being hitherto separated.
2. They now agree to enter into a state of close and permanent amity. 3. They meet together in a solemn manner for this purpose.
4. A sacrifice is offered to God on the occasion, for the whole is a religious act.
5. The victim is separated exactly into two equal parts, the separation being in the direction of the spine; and those parts are laid opposite to each other, sufficient room being allowed for the contracting parties to pass between them.
6. The contracting parties meet in the victim, and the conditions of the covenant by which they are to be mutually bound are recited.
7. An oath is taken by these parties that they shall punctually and faithfully perform their respective conditions, and thus the covenant is made and ratified. See Jer 34:18-19, and Clarke's notes on "Ge 6:18"; "Ge 15:18"; "Ex 29:45"; Le 26:44-45.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Pass; alluding to the custom of people who pass…
Pass; alluding to the custom of people who pass between the victims, when they engage in a solemn covenant, as Abraham did, Genesis xv. 10. --- Oath. Septuagint, "imprecations," specified in the preceding chapters, ver. 14. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. enter into the covenant] Lit. pass over into…
12. enter into the covenant] Lit. pass over into only here. Cp. the passing over into a select and numbered body, Exo_30:13 f. (P); also the prepositions in our terms ‘trans-act,’ ‘carry through.’ On covenant see Deu_4:13.
and into his oath] Cp. Neh_10:29 : enter into an oath. God confirms His covenant by an oath, Deu_4:31, etc. The Heb. ’alah is used three times in this ch., 12, 14, 19 (q.v.), as = oath, and thrice Deu_29:20-21 and Deu_30:7 as imprecation, or curse; but nowhere else in Deut.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) Enter (literally “pass “) into covenant with the…
(12) Enter (literally “pass “) into covenant with the Lord.—Comp. Eze_20:37 : “I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant” Rashi illustrates by Jer_34:18, the passing between the parts of the divided victim, in order to enter into the covenant. (Comp. Gen_15:17-18.) But no such ceremony is mentioned here, and therefore we can only say that possibly the practice may have given occasion for this use of the word “pass.”
His oath.—A word here used for the first time in Deuteronomy. It is rendered “curse” in Deu_29:19-21. It seems to mean an imprecation in the name of God (comp. Lev_5:4; Gen_24:41), which may bring a curse if the thing sworn to is not fulfilled.
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Which the Lord thy God maketh with thee.—Maketh; literally, cutteth. The word refers to the “covenant.”
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words "you" and "your" here are singular. (See: Forms of You)
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to enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God and into the oath that Yahweh your God is making with you today
"to agree to the covenant and to swear that you will obey all that Yahweh your God commands"
a people for himself
"a people group that belongs to him alone"
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covenant
God
oath
people of God
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 29:12 The technical phrase to enter into the covenant…
29:12 The technical phrase to enter into the covenant meant subscribing to the terms of the agreement.
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