D E U T E R O N O M Y
CHAP. XXIX.
The first words of this chapter are the contents of it, "These are the words of the covenant" (Deuteronomy 29:1), that is, these that follow. Here is, I. A recital of God's dealings with them, in order to the bringing of them into this covenant, Deuteronomy 29:2-8. II. A solemn charge to them to keep the covenant, Deuteronomy 29:9. III. An abstract of the covenant itself, Deuteronomy 29:12; Deuteronomy 29:13. IV. A specification of the persons taken into the covenant, Deuteronomy 29:10; Deuteronomy 29:11; Deuteronomy 29:14; Deuteronomy 29:15. V. An intimation of the great design of this covenant against idolatry, in a parenthesis, Deuteronomy 29:16; Deuteronomy 29:17. VI. A most solemn and dreadful denunciation of the wrath of God against such persons as promise themselves peace in a sinful way, Deuteronomy 29:18-28. VII. The conclusion of this treaty, with a distinction between things secret and things revealed, Deuteronomy 29:29.