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and Yahweh has declared you this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;
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A Mutual Declaration
Commentators explain that the word "avouched" simply means "to declare" or "to say." Following Israel's declaration to God in the previous verse, God now formally declares them to be His people. This highlights the reciprocal, covenantal nature of the relationship—a mutual, public commitment between God and His people.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A brief and earnest exhortation by way of conclusion to the second and longest discourse of the book.
Deuteronomy 26:17: Y…
19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 26:16–19. CLOSE OF THE EXHORTATION.
This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. These w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people Affirmed and decla…
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