Deuteronomy 29:14

14 "Now not with you alone am I 1making this covenant and this oath,

Deuteronomy 29:14 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:14

Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath.
] That is, Moses; for he was ordered to make this covenant with them in the name of the Lord; what promises of good things, or declarations of his mind and will, God would make, Moses was to deliver to them; and what was required of them he would inform them of. Aben Ezra interprets it, not only you, but those that will come after you, your sons and your sons' sons.

Deuteronomy 29:14 In-Context

12 that you may enter into the covenant with the LORD your God, and into His oath which the LORD your God is making with you today,
13 in order that He may establish you today as His people and that He may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
14 "Now not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath,
15 but both with those who stand here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God and with those who are not with us here today
16 (for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;

Cross References 1

  • 1. Jeremiah 31:31; Hebrews 8:7, 8
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