Deuteronomy 29:12

enter into the covenant Lit. pass over intoonly here. Cp. the passing overinto a select and numbered body, Exodus 30:13 f. (P); also the prepositions in our terms - trans-act," -carry through." On covenantsee Deuteronomy 4:13.

and into his oath Cp. Nehemiah 10:29: enter into an oath. God confirms His covenant by an oath, Deuteronomy 4:31, etc. The Heb. "alahis used three times in this ch., 12, 14, 19 (q.v.), as = oath, and thrice Deuteronomy 29:20 and Deuteronomy 30:7 as imprecation, or curse; but nowhere else in Deut.