Deuteronomy 29:11

Deuteronomy 29:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
• New International Version (NIV)together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,
• New King James Version (NKJV)your little ones and your wives—also the stranger who is in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water—

Context of Deuteronomy 29:11

9“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do. 10You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God – the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officials, every Israelite man, your infants, your wives, and the foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water – 12so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today. 13Today he will affirm that you are his people and that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore by oath to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 29:11 word by word

טַפְּכֶ֣ם נְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם וְגֵ֣רְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּקֶ֣רֶב מַחֲנֶ֑יךָ מֵחֹטֵ֣ב עֵצֶ֔יךָ עַ֖ד שֹׁאֵ֥ב מֵימֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Your little onesטַףţaph · childH2945
• your wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• and thy strangerגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• inקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• thy campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• from the hewerחָטַבchâţab · to chopH2404
• of thy woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• unto the drawerשָׁאַבshâ'ab · to drawH7579
• of thy waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 29:11

• Deuteronomy 5:14but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.
• Exodus 12:38A mixed multitude also went up with them, and flocks and herds – a very large number of cattle.
• Numbers 11:4Now the mixed multitude who were among them craved more desirable foods, and so the Israelites wept again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!
• Joshua 9:21The leaders then added, “Let them live.” So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided.
• Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female – for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
• Colossians 3:11Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 29:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11The covenant was national, and therefore embraced all the elements which make up the nation. The “little ones” would of course be represented by their parents or guardians; the absent Deuteronomy 29:15 by those present; nor were the servants and proselytes to be excluded (compare Acts 2:39). The text is fairly alleged in justification of the Church‘s practice of admitting little ones into covenant with God by Baptism, and accepting promises made on their…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-21Verses 10-21 The national covenant made with Israel, not only typified the covenant of grace made with true believers, but also represented the outward dispensation of the gospel. Those who have been enabled to consent to the Lord's new covenant of mercy and grace in Jesus Christ, and to give up themselves to be his people, should embrace every opportunity of renewing their open profession of relation to him, and their obligation to him, as the God of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11foreigners (literally sojourner): This word refers to people who lived among Israel but were not native Israelites. See study note on 10:18. The phrase cut your wood and draw your water was a common saying for low-level or servant work (see Joshua 9:22–27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-2910-29. Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God--The whole congregation of Israel, of all ages and conditions, all--young as well as old; menials as well as masters; native Israelites as well as naturalized strangers--all were assembled before the tabernacle to renew the Sinaitic covenant. None of them were allowed to consider themselves as exempt from the terms of that national compact, lest any lapsing into idolatry might prove a root of…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 29:11

• Covenant
• Government
• Servant

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• Baptism, Christian
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• Deuteronomy
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings