Deuteronomy 29:15

15 But with all that are present and that are absent.

Deuteronomy 29:15 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:15

But with [him] that standeth here with us this day before the
Lord our God
Who are before specified according to their dignity, age, sex, and station of life; or rather, "but [as] with him that standeth"

and so with [him] that [is] not here with us this day;
detained at home by illness and indisposition of body, or by one providence or another; so that they could not come out of their tents, and make their appearance before the tabernacle; though Jarchi interprets this of the people of future generations.

Deuteronomy 29:15 In-Context

13 That he may raise thee up a people to himself, and he may be thy God as he hath spoken to thee, and as he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant, and confirm these oaths,

15 But with all that are present and that are absent.

16 For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we have passed through the midst of nations, and passing through them,

17 You have seen their abominations and filth, that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which they worshipped.