Deuteronomy 29:12 “so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He…”

Deuteronomy 29:12

so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

World English Bible

that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, and into his oath, which the LORD your God makes with you today,

American Standard Version

that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

Geneva Bible 1599

That thou shouldest passe into the couenant of the Lord thy God, and into his othe which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day,

Darby Translation

that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

Young's Literal Translation

for thy passing over into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into His oath which Jehovah thy God is making with thee to-day;

Bible in Basic English

With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

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Cross references

“thou shouldest”

2 Chronicles 15:12–15 Joshua 24:25 2 Kings 11:17 Deuteronomy 5:2 Deuteronomy 5:3 Exodus 19:5

2 Chronicles 15:12–15 · BSB

Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

Joshua 24:25 · BSB

On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

2 Kings 11:17 · BSB

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

Deuteronomy 5:2 · BSB

The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

Deuteronomy 5:3 · BSB

He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.

Exodus 19:5 · BSB

Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

“into his oath”

Deuteronomy 29:14 Nehemiah 10:28 Nehemiah 10:29

Deuteronomy 29:14 · BSB

I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,

Nehemiah 10:28 · BSB

“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and d…

Nehemiah 10:29 · BSB

hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—

13and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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