John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 29:11

John Gill Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:11

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:11

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;" — Deuteronomy 29:11 (ASV)

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

and your stranger that [is] in your camp ;
not only the proselyte of righteousness, who embraced the Jewish religion entirely, but the proselyte of the gate, who was admitted to dwell among them, having renounced idolatry. These standing with the Israelites, when this covenant was made, has respect to the Gentiles, who as well as the Jews have an interest in the covenant of grace made with Christ; in whom there is, neither Jew nor Gentile, any difference between them:

from the hewer of your wood to the drawer of your water ;
that hewed wood for firing and other uses, and drew water for the camp; who were generally mean persons, and perhaps some that came out of Egypt with them are here intended; however, mean and abject persons are meant, meaning that none should be excluded from this solemn affair because of their low status.