Deuteronomy 29:12 (KJV)
That thou shouldest enterinto covenantwith the LORDthy Godand into his oathwhich the LORDthy God makethwith thee this day
Cross-references
thou shouldest. De 5:2 De 5:3 Ex 19:5 Ex 19:6 Jos 24:25 2Ki 11:17 2Ch 15:12-15
into his oath. De 29:14 2Ch 15:12-15 Ne 10:28 Ne 10:29
enter. Heb. pass.This is an allusion to the solemn ceremony used by several ancient nations, when they entered into a covenant with each other. The victims, slain as a sacrifice on this occasion, were divided, and and parts laid asunder: the contracting parties then passed between them, imprecating, as a curse on those who violated the sacred compact, that they might in like manner be cut asunder. (Ge 15:10.) St. Cyril, in his work against Julian, shows that passing between the divided parts of a victim was used also among the Chaldeans and other people.
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