Deuteronomy 29:15

but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses declares that God is making a covenant and oath not only with the Israelites present at Moab, but also with future generations who are not yet there. This renewal occurs immediately before the people cross the Jordan to possess the Promised Land.

The words — עֹמֵד ('o.Med) translates literally as "standing," combined with פֹּה (Poh) for "here" and הַיּוֹם (hai./Yom) for "this day." These terms specify the physical and temporal boundary of the initial covenant assembly.

The thread — The text's explicit boundary-setting in Deuteronomy 29:15 is immediately qualified by the same chapter's expansion to future generations, a pattern mirrored in Deuteronomy 5:3 and later applied in Acts 2:39 to include all whom God calls.

Why it lands — The passage states that covenant obligations extend beyond the immediate witnesses to include those not yet born. A reader must acknowledge that divine commitments operate across generations and require faithfulness from descendants who never saw the original event.

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The Hebrew words

כִּי֩kifor אֶת־'et-with אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher[the one] who יֶשְׁנ֜וֹyesh.N/othere/ he פֹּ֗הPohhere עִמָּ֙נוּ֙'i.Ma./nuwith/ us עֹמֵ֣ד'o.Med[is] standing הַיּ֔וֹםhai./Yomthis/ day לִפְנֵ֖יli/f.Nei<to>/ before יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahweh אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei./nuGod/ our וְאֵ֨תve./'Etand/ with אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher[the one] who אֵינֶ֛נּוּ'ei.Ne./nuthere not/ he פֹּ֖הpohhere עִמָּ֥נוּ'i.Ma./nu[is] with/ us הַיּֽוֹם׃hai./Yomthis/ day

King James Version

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:

Cross-references

Acts 2:39 This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
1 Corinthians 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
Deuteronomy 5:3 He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
Jeremiah 32:39 I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
Jeremiah 50:5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.