Deuteronomy 29:13

13 in order to establish you {today} {to himself} as a people and [so that] he may be for you [as] God, [just] as he {promised} to you and {just as} he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Deuteronomy 29:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:13

That be may establish thee this day for a people unto
himself, and [that] he may be unto thee a God
Which contains the sum and substance of the covenant; see ( Jeremiah 32:38 ) ;

as he hath said unto thee, and as he had sworn unto thy fathers, to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;
( Deuteronomy 26:17 Deuteronomy 26:18 ) ( 28:9 ) .

Deuteronomy 29:13 In-Context

11 your little children, your women and your aliens who [are] in the midst of your camp, from the choppers of your wood to the drawers of your water,

12 {in order for you to enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God}, and into his oath that Yahweh your God [is] {making with you} {today},

13 in order to establish you {today} {to himself} as a people and [so that] he may be for you [as] God, [just] as he {promised} to you and {just as} he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

14 "Now I am not {making this covenant} and this oath {with you alone}.

15 But with {whoever is standing here} with us {today} {before} Yahweh our God, and with {whoever is not standing here} with us {today}.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "the day"
• [b] Literally "for him"
• [c] Literally "spoke"
• [d] Literally "according to that which"
• [e] Or "your fathers"