Deuteronomy 29:10-13 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:10-15

Summons to enter into the covenant of the Lord with fresh ardor and cordiality. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:10-15

National covenanting. This covenant— I. WAS MADE WITH THE NATION AS SUCH . National covenanting finds modern exemplifications in the Scotch covenants, and in the " Solemn League and Covenant " of 1643-44. Irrespective, however, of the particular stipulations of these covenants, the propriety of such engagements must be pronounced doubtful. The case of Israel can scarcely be pleaded as a precedent. Certainly, were God to reveal himself to any nation now as he did to that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:10-21

Apostasy in heart a root of bitterness. In the midst of this paragraph there is an expression of which the writer to the Hebrews makes use as a warning. It is found in the eighteenth verse: "Lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood." In the Epistle to the Hebrews 12:10 , the sacred writer says, "Looking diligently … lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled." The root bearing gall and wormwood which Moses deprecates is,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:10-28

The land of promise becoming accursed. Moses has tried the principle of gratitude with the Israelites, urging obedience from a sense of the great goodness of the Lord. And now he turns to the other principle of fear , which cannot be dispensed with in religion, £ and urges obedience out of respect for the Promised Land, since if they are disobedient it will be turned to a land accursed. The land will in such a ease become a witness to the curse of God, instead of continuing a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:11-14

The covenant was a national engagement, and as such included not only the adults anti existing generation, but the little ones, the strangers resident in Israel, the lowest menial servants, that is, all the elements of which the nation was composed, as well as their posterity in coming, generations. That thou shouldest enter into covenant. The expression in the Hebrew is a strong one, indicating not a mere formal engagement, but a going thoroughly into the covenant; the phrase is used of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 29:11

The covenant was national, and therefore embraced all the elements which make up the nation. The “little ones” would of course be represented by their parents or guardians; the absent Deuteronomy 29:15 by those present; nor were the servants and proselytes to be excluded (compare Acts 2:39). The text is fairly alleged in justification of the Church’s practice of admitting little ones into covenant with God by Baptism, and accepting promises made on their behalf by sponsors. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 29:10-12

Deuteronomy 29:10-12. Ye stand before the Lord your God They were assembled at the tabernacle, from whence he delivered these words to them by the priests and Levites, Deuteronomy 27:9; Deuteronomy 27:14. Thy stranger Such strangers as had embraced their religion: all sorts of persons, yea, even the meanest of them. Into covenant, and into his oath A covenant confirmed by a solemn oath. Hebrew, באלתו , bealatho, his adjuration, execration, or curse; for they entered into this... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 29:13

Deuteronomy 29:13. That he may establish thee Here is the summary of that covenant whereof Moses was the mediator; and in the covenant relation between God and them, all the precepts and promises of the covenant are included. That they should be established for a people to him, to fear, love, obey, and be devoted to him, and that he should be to them a God, to make them holy and happy; and a due sense of the relation we stand in to God as our God, and the obligation we are under to him as... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:1-29

The covenant renewed (29:1-30:20)Israel’s lack of understanding of God and his ways meant that the people needed constant reminders of the covenant’s purpose, meaning and requirements. Moses gave them such a reminder in this his farewell address to the nation, acting as God’s representative in the renewal of the covenant as he had done at the establishment of the covenant at Sinai (Horeb) (29:1-9). The renewed oath of allegiance that the people swore before entering Canaan was binding on future... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 29:12

maketh = confirmeth. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:10-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:10-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:10-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:10-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:11-14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 29:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 29:10-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 29:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:1-29

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 29:12

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