Deuteronomy 9:1

this day: i.e. it is declared this day that, &c. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6 , where the action is put for the declaration concerning it. Punctuate thus: "Hear, O Israel this day", &c. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26 .

nations. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6 , for the countries inhabited by them.