Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 29:1
These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the assembled Israelites in the land of Moab, delivering a covenant directive that the LORD commanded him to establish.
The words — The phrase דִבְרֵ֨י (div.Rei) = words of הַ/בְּרִ֜ית (ha./be.Rit) = the covenant defines the legal document being formally presented.
The thread — This Moab covenant builds on the Horeb agreement recorded in Deuteronomy 5:2, while the pattern of a covenant proclamation before the people recurs in 2 Kings 23:3.
Why it lands — The text states that Moses must enact a new covenant arrangement in Moab alongside the prior Horeb agreement, requiring the reader to track how divine obligations are formally renewed and expanded across generations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
- Exodus 24:2 Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”
- 2 Kings 23:3 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
- Jeremiah 31:32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
- Hebrews 8:9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
- Exodus 19:3 Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:
- Leviticus 26:44 Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
- Deuteronomy 4:10 The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
- Deuteronomy 4:23 Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
- Deuteronomy 29:12 so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,