Deuteronomy 26:17

Ver. 17. Thou hast avouched, &c.— Thou hast said, solemnly professed, or protested; and so in the 18th verse it is said, the Lord hath avouched thee, &c. the close of which sentence should be rendered, if thou shalt keep his commandments. See Houbigant's note on the place. The paraphrase of the Jerusalem Targum upon these words is remarkable: "You have stipulated that the words of the Eternal shall reign over you; and the Word of the Eternal hath stipulated to reign over you, who are a people dedicated to his name; if," &c. By the Word, says Bishop Patrick, we can understand no other than the second person in the Divine Trinity.