Deuteronomy 29:1

_THESE ARE THE WORDS OF THE COVENANT, WHICH THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES TO MAKE WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN THE LAND OF MOAB, BESIDE THE COVENANT WHICH HE MADE WITH THEM IN HOREB._ These are the words of the covenant. Whether this verse is considered to be a conclusion to what is contained in the preceding chapters, or a preface to what is to follow, is of no importance to determine; the discourse of Moses is continued, and the subject of that discourse was Israel's covenant with God-the privileges it conferred, and the obligations it imposed. BESIDES THE COVENANT WHICH HE MADE WITH THEM IN HOREB. It was substantially the same; but it was renewed now in different circumstances. They had violated its conditions. Moses rehearses them; and, as he was about to die, gives them a clear and full explanation of it, that they might have a better knowledge of its conditions, and be more disposed...

1-9 Both former mercies, and fresh mercies, should be thought on by us as motives to obedience. The hearing ear, and seeing eye, and the understanding heart, are the gift of God. All that have them, have them from him. God gives not only food and raiment, but wealth and large possessions, to many to whom he does not give grace. Many enjoy the gifts, who have not hearts to perceive the Giver, nor the true design and use of the gifts. We are bound, in gratitude and interest, as well as in duty and faithfulness, to keep the words of the covenant....

CHAPTER XXIX _A recapitulation of God's gracious dealings with Israel_, 1-8. _An exhortation to obedience, and to enter into covenant with_ _their God, that they and their posterity may be established_ _in the good land_, 9-15. _They are to remember the abominations of Egypt, and to avoid_ _them_, 16, 17. _He who hardens his heart, when he hears these curses, shall be_ _utterly consumed_, 18-21. _Their posterity shall be astonished at the desolations that_ _shall fall upon them_, 22, 23;...

This and the following chapter contain the address of Moses to the people on the solemn renewal of the covenant. Consult the marginal references for proof of historical statements or explanation of obscure words....

EXPOSITION RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT IN THE PLAINS OF MOAB. (Deuteronomy 29-30.) The first verse of this chapter is placed in the Hebrew text at the end of Deuteronomy 28:1; but in the LXX. and Vulgate the arrangement is as in the Authorized Version, where it appears as the title of the section that follows. In that section is contained an address to the people by Moses, in which he appeals to them to enter anew into the covenant with the Lord, which had been before concluded at Horeb; denounces apostasy as what would lead certainly to their being rejected of God; assures them at the same time of God's readiness to restore them should they sincerely repent and return to him; and once more sets bef

THESE [ARE] THE WORDS OF THE COVENANT,.... Not what go before, but follow after, in the next Chapter s, to the end of the book; in which are various promises of grace, and promises of good things, both with respect to Jews and Gentiles, intermixed with other things: WHICH THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES TO MAKE WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN THE LAND OF MOAB; or to declare unto them, and acquaint them with, they being now in the plains of Moab, ready to enter into the land of, Canaan: BESIDES THE COVENANT WHICH HE MADE WITH THEM AT HOREB: or Sinai; which Jarchi interprets, besides the curses in Leviticus, delivered on Sinai; he seems to have respect to Leviticus 26:14. This covenant was different from that at Sinai, spoken of Exodus 24:8; being made not only at a different

25. THE REPETITION OF THE COVENANT AND THE REPETITION OF THE CURSE CHAPTER 29 _ 1. The repetition of the covenant (Deuteronomy 29:1)_ 2. The repetition of the curse (Deuteronomy 29:16) The words of the covenant are once more brought to their remembrance. Once more all the goodness of the Lord towards them is unfolded by Moses, how the Lord had dealt with Egypt and how their eyes had seen the signs and great miracles. (Verses 5 and 6 are the direct words of Jehovah, ending with the declaration, “I am the LORD, your God.”) Again the forty years are mentioned, during which their clothes and their shoes did not get old. God took care of them and provided for their needs in the wilderness. Bread from heaven was their portion and therefore they had no need of sti

DEUTERONOMY 29:1 belongs, as in the Heb. Bible, to the preceding chapter. It is the formal ending of the great discourse (Deuteronomy 4:44, Deuteronomy 12-26, Deuteronomy 28). Deuteronomy 29 (except Deuteronomy 29:1) and Deuteronomy 30 form ostensibly Moses-' third address, in the course of which Israel is urged to obey Yahweh and to enter into covenant relations with Him (Deuteronomy 29:2), words of warning (Deuteronomy 29:16) being followed by words of promise ...

COVENANT. See 2 Kings 23:2. CHILDREN. sons....

Deuteronomy 29:1 is thus an editorial addition, probably inserted to close what precedes, when 29 f. was added to D. On _covenants_, and those of Ḥoreb and Moab respectively, see on Deuteronomy 4:13....