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Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and listen, Israel: this day you are become the people of Yahweh your God.
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A Daily Commitment
Commentators explain that the phrase "this day you are become the people of the Lord" doesn't mean this was the first time. Israel was already God's people. Instead, this was a moment of solemn renewal and deeper commitment as they entered the Promised Land. One scholar suggests this teaches that every day should be viewed as a new day of entering into covenant with God.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
Moses and the priests. —As in Deuteronomy 27:1, Moses and the elders.
Take heed.
16th Century
Protestant
The ground of his exhortation is again taken from the special favor of adoption, with which the God of Abraham had honored them. For there was noth…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel , &c.] The priests who were Levites, as all the priests th…
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Presbyterian
As soon as they had come into Canaan, they were to set up a monument, on which they were to write the words of this law. They were to set up an alt…
