John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:13
That be may establish thee this day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God ,.... Which contains the sum and substance of the covenant; see Jeremiah 32:38 , as he hath said unto thee, and as he had sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob ; Deuteronomy 26:17 . read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:10-29
It appears by the length of the sentences here, and by the copiousness and pungency of the expressions, that Moses, now that he was drawing near to the close of his discourse, was very warm and zealous, and very desirous to impress what he said upon the minds of this unthinking people. To bind them the faster to God and duty, he here, with great solemnity of expression (to make up the want of the external ceremony that was used (Exod. 24:4-8), concludes a bargain (as it were) between them and... read more