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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 29:11 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 29:11 |
King James |
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The covenant was national, and therefore embraced all the elements which make up the nation. The "little ones" would of course be represented by their parents or guardians; the absent Deu 29:15 by those present; nor were the servants and proselytes to be excluded (compare Act 2:39). The text is fairly alleged in justification of the Church's practice of admitting little ones into covenant with God by Baptism, and accepting promises made on their behalf by sponsors. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thy stranger - Such strangers as had embraced their religion: all sorts of persons, yea, even the meanest of them. |
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: