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Deuteronomy 29:11

Deuteronomy 29:11
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:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Your little ones, your wives,.... Who are scarce ever mentioned in any special law or solemn transaction:

and thy stranger that is in thy camp; not only the proselyte of righteousness, who embraced…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The 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 Deu 29:15 by…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 29:10-29

It appears by the length of the sentences here, and by the copiousness and pungency of the expressions, that Moses, now that he was drawing near to the close of his discourse, was very warm and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Deuteronomy 29:10-11

Ye stand The Heb. is stronger, and probably reflexive: ye have taken your stationor position.

all of you This comprehensiveness, and the exhaustive definition by which it is followed are striking. Not…