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Deuteronomy 29:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" that he may establish you today as his people, and that he may be your God, as he spoke to you and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. "
Deuteronomy 29:13
Verse in Context
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11 your little ones, your wives, and the foreigners who are in the middle of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water,
12 that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, and into his oath, which the LORD your God makes with you today,
13 that he may establish you today as his people, and that he may be your God, as he spoke to you and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
14 Neither do I make this covenant and this oath with you only,
15 but with those who stand here with us today before the LORD our God, and also with those who are not here with us today
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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, in addition to the covenant which he made with them in Horeb."
Deuteronomy 29:2
"Moses called to all Israel, and said to them: Your eyes have seen all that the LORD did in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;"
Deuteronomy 29:3
"the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders."
Deuteronomy 29:4
"But the LORD has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day."
Deuteronomy 29:5
"I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not grown old on you, and your sandals have not grown old on your feet."
Deuteronomy 29:6
"You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am the LORD your God."
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