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, obey the terms of this covenant so that you will prosper in everything you do. 10All of you—tribal leaders, elders, officers, all the men of Israel—are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God. Your little ones and your wives are with you, as well as the foreigners living among you who chop your wood and carry your water. 12You are standing here today to enter into the covenant of the Lord your God. The Lord is making this covenant, including the curses. 13By entering into the covenant today, he will establish you as his people and confirm that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore 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 a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your oxen and donkeys and other livestock, and any foreigners living among you. All your male and female servants must rest as you do.
• Exodus 12:38A rabble of non-Israelites went with them, along with great flocks and herds of livestock.
• Numbers 11:4Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt. And the people of Israel also began to complain. “Oh, for some meat!” they exclaimed.
• Joshua 9:21Let them live.” So they made them woodcutters and water carriers for the entire community, as the Israelite leaders directed.
• Galatians 3:28There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
• Colossians 3:11In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

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

In the dictionaries

• 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