Deuteronomy 29:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Establish

Deuteronomy 7:6

Deuteronomy 26:18

Deuteronomy 28:9

He may be

Hebrews 11:16

General references

Deuteronomy 5:3

Bible References

Establish

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.

He may be

I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

and the Lord stood at its top. He said, "I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians.

"Indeed, a time is coming," says the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.

They will be my people, and I will be their God.

But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

General references

He did not make this covenant with our ancestors but with us, we who are here today, all of us living now.