Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 27:9
Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses and the Levitical priests address all Israel at the moment the covenant community is formally constituted before entering the land. They issue the command immediately after the directive to inscribe the law on stones.
The words — וַ/יְדַבֵּ֤ר (va/y.da.Ber) translates literally as "and he spoke," while לֵ/אמֹ֑ר (le./Mor) means "to saying," structuring the direct address that follows.
The thread — The declaration that Israel has become God's people runs parallel to Deuteronomy 26:16, where Yahweh commands the people to follow His statutes, and is later applied to the church in 1 Peter 2:10.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate silence and attention to receive the new identity it announces, requiring the reader to obey the commandments and statutes just given.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 26:16 The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.
- 1 Peter 2:10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
- Romans 6:22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.