Deuteronomy 29:9-15
Lexham English Bible
9 And you must diligently observe the words of this covenant,[a] so that you may succeed in all that you do.
10 “You are standing today,[b] all of you, before[c] Yahweh your God, your leaders, your tribes, your elders, and your officials, all the men of Israel, 11 your little children, your women and your aliens[d] who are in the midst of your camp, from the choppers[e] of your wood to the drawers[f] of your water, 12 in order for you to enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God,[g] and into[h] his oath that Yahweh your God is making with you[i] today,[j] 13 in order to establish you today[k] to himself[l] as a people and so that he may be for you as God, just as he promised[m] to you and just as[n] he swore to your ancestors,[o] to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
14 “Now I am not making this covenant[p] and this oath with you alone.[q] 15 But with whoever is standing here[r] with us today[s] before[t] Yahweh our God, and with whoever is not standing here[u] with us today.[v]
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- Deuteronomy 29:9 Literally “you must keep the words of the covenant the this and you must do them”
- Deuteronomy 29:10 Literally “the day”
- Deuteronomy 29:10 Literally “to the face of”
- Deuteronomy 29:11 Hebrew “alien”
- Deuteronomy 29:11 Hebrew “chopper”
- Deuteronomy 29:11 Hebrew “drawer”
- Deuteronomy 29:12 Literally “for you to go over into the covenant of Yahweh your God”
- Deuteronomy 29:12 Or “with”
- Deuteronomy 29:12 Literally “cutting with you”
- Deuteronomy 29:12 Literally “the day”
- Deuteronomy 29:13 Literally “the day”
- Deuteronomy 29:13 Literally “for him”
- Deuteronomy 29:13 Literally “spoke”
- Deuteronomy 29:13 Literally “according to that which”
- Deuteronomy 29:13 Or “your fathers”
- Deuteronomy 29:14 Literally “cutting this covenant”
- Deuteronomy 29:14 Literally “with you to alone you”
- Deuteronomy 29:15 Literally “with who he is here with us standing”
- Deuteronomy 29:15 Literally “the day”
- Deuteronomy 29:15 Literally “to the face of”
- Deuteronomy 29:15 Literally “with who he is not standing here with us”
- Deuteronomy 29:15 Literally “the day”
Deuteronomy 29:9-15
New English Translation
The Present Covenant Setting
9 “Therefore, keep the terms[a] of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do. 10 You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God—the heads of your tribes,[b] your elders, your officials, every Israelite man, 11 your infants, your wives, and the[c] resident foreigners[d] living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water— 12 so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today.[e] 13 Today he will affirm that you are his people and that he is your God,[f] just as he promised you and as he swore by oath to your ancestors[g] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 14 It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath, 15 but with whoever stands with us here today before the Lord our God as well as those not with us here today.[h]
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- Deuteronomy 29:9 tn Heb “words.”
- Deuteronomy 29:10 tc Heb “your heads, your tribes.” The Syriac presupposes either “heads of your tribes” or “your heads, your judges,” etc. (reading שֹׁפְטֵכֶם [shofetekhem] for שִׁבְטֵיכֶם [shivtekhem]). Its comparative difficulty favors the originality of the MT reading. Cf. KJV “your captains of your tribes”; NRSV “the leaders of your tribes”; NLT “your tribal leaders.”
- Deuteronomy 29:11 tn Heb “your.”
- Deuteronomy 29:11 sn The ger (גֵּר) “foreign resident” here enters into the covenant with the community if Israel. Elsewhere in Mosaic Law the ger make sacrifices to the Lord (Lev 17:8; 22:18; Num 15:14) and participate in Israel’s religious festivals: Passover Exod 12:48; Day of Atonement Lev 16:29; Feast of Weeks Deut 16:10-14; Feast of Tabernacles/Temporary Shelters Deut 31:12. Several passages emphasize equal standing under Mosaic Law (Exod 12:49; Lev 24:22; Num 9:14; 15:15, 16, 26, 29; 19:10; 35:15; Deut 1:16 or similar obligations Exod 20:10; 23:12; Lev 16:29; 17:10, 12, 13; 18:26; 24:16; Num 15:14. In many respects these ger (גֵּר) appear to be naturalized citizens who could not own land (land was allotted by tribe).
- Deuteronomy 29:12 tn Heb “for you to pass on into the covenant of the Lord your God and into his oath, which the Lord your God is cutting with you today.”
- Deuteronomy 29:13 tn Heb “in order to establish you today to him for a people and he will be to you for God.” Verses 10-13 are one long sentence in Hebrew. The translation divides this into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
- Deuteronomy 29:13 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 25).
- Deuteronomy 29:15 tn This is interpreted by some English versions as a reference to generations not yet born (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT).
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