Deuteronomy 29:2

2 Moses summoned all Israel, saying to them: You've seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt, to Pharaoh, his servants, and all his land—

Deuteronomy 29:2 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:2

Moses called unto all Israel
He had been speaking before to the heads of them, and delivered at different times what is before recorded; but now he summoned the whole body of the people together, a solemn covenant being to be made between God and them; or such things being to be made known unto them as were of universal concernment:

and said unto them;
what is in this chapter; which is only a preparation or introduction to what he had to declare unto them in the following:

ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of
Egypt;
the Targum of Jonathan is,

``what the Word of the Lord did;''

for all the wonderful things there done in Egypt were done by the essential Word of God, Christ, the Son of God; who appeared to Moses in the bush, and sent him to Egypt, and by him and Aaron wrought the miracles there; which many now present had seen, and were then old enough to take notice of, and could remember, though their fathers then in being were now dead:

unto Pharaoh and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
the plagues he inflicted on the person of Pharaoh, and on all his courtiers, and on all the people in Egypt, for they reached the whole land.

Deuteronomy 29:2 In-Context

1 These are the words of the covenant 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.
2 Moses summoned all Israel, saying to them: You've seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt, to Pharaoh, his servants, and all his land—
3 the great trials your eyes witnessed, those awesome signs and wonders!
4 But until this very moment, the LORD hasn't given you insight to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
5 I've led you in the wilderness forty years now; neither the clothes on your back nor the sandals on your feet have worn out.

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