Key Verse Spotlight
Deuteronomy 29:13 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and {that} he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
Deuteronomy 29:13
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that {is} in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day: {enter: Heb. pass}
That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and {that} he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
But with {him} that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with {him} that {is} not here with us this day:
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