Deuteronomy 29:1

LESSON TWENTY-TWO Deuteronomy 29:1 to Deuteronomy 30:20

E. REMINDER OF GOD'S BLESSINGS Deuteronomy 29:1-13

1.

THE PRESENT LAW TO BE ENFORCED (Deuteronomy 29:1)

These are the words of the covenant which Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

THOUGHT QUESTIONS 29:1

510.

Why another covenant with Israel? Or is this the thought here?

511.

Consider the circumstances of this text. What particular need was there for a renewal of God's covenant?

AMPLIFIED TRANSLATION 29:1

These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

COMMENT 29:1

Note that the covenant made here on the plains of Moab is distinguished from the covenant previously made at Sinai.[55]

[55] In the Hebrew text this verse is included with ch. 28. But of course Moses made no divisions of Chapter s and verses in his original autograph.

The Pulpit commentary remarks, This was not a new covenant in addition to that made at Sinai, but simply a renewal and reaffirmation of that covenant. At Sinai, the covenant was, properly speaking, made; sacrifices were then offered, and the people were sprinkled with the sacrificial blood, whereby the covenant was ratified (Exodus 24; Cf. Psalms 50:5); but on the occasion here referred to no sacrifices were offered, for this was merely the covenant formerly made as still subsisting. Thus in future writings, the law of Moses includes both those given at Sinai and on these plains of Moab. Compare Deuteronomy 5:2-3, notes.