Deuteronomy 29:9

The Present Covenant Setting

29:9 “Therefore, keep the terms ¹  of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 29:1

Narrative Interlude

29:1 (28:69) ²  These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb. ³ 

Deuteronomy 2:3

2:3 “You have circled around this mountain long enough; now turn north.

Deuteronomy 2:1

The Journey from Kadesh Barnea to Moab

2:1 Then we turned and set out toward the desert land on the way to the Red Sea ⁴  just as the Lord told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time.

Deuteronomy 22:13

Purity in the Marriage Relationship

22:13 Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, ⁵  and then rejects ⁶  her,

[29:9]  ¹ tn Heb “words.”

[29:1]  ² sn Beginning with 29:1, the verse numbers through 29:29 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 29:1 ET = 28:69 HT, 29:2 ET = 29:1 HT, 29:3 ET = 29:2 HT, etc., through 29:29 ET = 29:28 HT. With 30:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[29:1]  ³ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (which some English versions substitute here for clarity, cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

[2:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “Reed Sea.” See note on the term “Red Sea” in Deut 1:40.

[22:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “goes to her,” a Hebrew euphemistic idiom for sexual relations.

[22:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “hate.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15. Cf. NAB “comes to dislike”; NASB “turns against”; TEV “decides he doesn’t want.”