Deuteronomy 29:12

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so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the LORD your God is making with you today.

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  • 2 Chr 15:12-15 : 12 They solemnly agreed to seek the LORD God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being. 13 Anyone who would not seek the LORD God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old, male or female. 14 They swore their allegiance to the LORD, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns. 15 All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the LORD and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side.
  • Neh 10:28-29 : 28 “Now the rest of the people– the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple attendants, and all those who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples because of the law of God, along with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all of whom are able to understand– 29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders and enter into a curse and an oath to adhere to the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, along with his ordinances and his statutes.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine, 6 and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
  • Deut 5:2-3 : 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 He did not make this covenant with our ancestors but with us, we who are here today, all of us living now.
  • Deut 29:14 : 14 It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath,
  • Josh 24:25 : 25 That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem.
  • 2 Kgs 11:17 : 17 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant between the LORD and the king and people, stipulating that they should be loyal to the LORD.

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    13Today he will affirm that you are his people and that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore by oath to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

    14It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath,

    15but with whoever stands with us here today before the LORD our God as well as those not with us here today.

  • Deut 26:16-19
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    16Narrative Interlude Today the LORD your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.

    17Today you have declared the LORD to be your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commandments, and ordinances, and obey him.

    18And today the LORD has declared you to be his special people(as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

    19Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he has said.

  • Deut 29:9-11
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    9The Present Covenant Setting“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.

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    11your infants, your wives, and the resident foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water–

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    9The LORD will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.

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    20I also call on you to love the LORD your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

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    10You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”

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    12Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.

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    20Revere the LORD your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

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    12Promises of Good for Covenant Obedience If you obey these ordinances and are careful to do them, the LORD your God will faithfully keep covenant with you as he promised your ancestors.

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    1Narrative Interlude(28:69) 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.

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    8But you must be loyal to the LORD your God, as you have been to this very day.

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    3You must go to the priest in office at that time and say to him,“I declare today to the LORD your God that I have come into the land that the LORD promised to our ancestors to give us.”

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    2The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

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    16What I am commanding you today is to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to obey his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances. Then you will live and become numerous and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you are about to possess.

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    38You must never forget the covenant I made with you, and you must not worship other gods.

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    32“You must make no covenant with them or with their gods.

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    26Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the LORD will choose.

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    12They solemnly agreed to seek the LORD God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.

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    13You must revere the LORD your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

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  • Deut 30:8
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    8You will return and obey the LORD, keeping all his commandments I am giving you today.

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    11When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

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    18Thus you must obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.

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