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12 in order for you to enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God,[a] and into[b] his oath that Yahweh your God is making with you[c] today,[d] 13 in order to establish you today[e] to himself[f] as a people and so that he may be for you as God, just as he promised[g] to you and just as[h] he swore to your ancestors,[i] to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

14 “Now I am not making this covenant[j] and this oath with you alone.[k]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 29:12 Literally “for you to go over into the covenant of Yahweh your God”
  2. Deuteronomy 29:12 Or “with”
  3. Deuteronomy 29:12 Literally “cutting with you”
  4. Deuteronomy 29:12 Literally “the day”
  5. Deuteronomy 29:13 Literally “the day”
  6. Deuteronomy 29:13 Literally “for him”
  7. Deuteronomy 29:13 Literally “spoke”
  8. Deuteronomy 29:13 Literally “according to that which”
  9. Deuteronomy 29:13 Or “your fathers”
  10. Deuteronomy 29:14 Literally “cutting this covenant”
  11. Deuteronomy 29:14 Literally “with you to alone you”

12 You are standing here in order to enter into a covenant with the Lord your God, a covenant the Lord is making with you this day and sealing with an oath, 13 to confirm you this day as his people,(A) that he may be your God(B) as he promised you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 14 I am making this covenant,(C) with its oath, not only with you

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