Deuteronomy 29:10-13
Deut 4:10, Deut 31:12-13; 2Chr 23:16, 2Chr 34:29-32; Neh 8:2, Neh 9:1-2, Neh 9:38, Neh 10:28; Joel 2:16-17; Rev 6:15, Rev 20:12 stranger Deut 5:14; Exod 12:38, Exod 12:48-49; Num 11:4 the hewer Josh 9:21-27; Gal 3:28; Col 3:11 thou shouldest Deut 5:2-3; Exod 19:5-6; Josh 24:25; 2Kgs 11:17; 2Chr 15:12-15 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 (Gen 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. into his oath Deut 29:14; 2Chr 15:12-15; Neh 10:28-29 establish Deut 7:6, Deut 26:18-19, Deut 28:9 he may be Gen 17:7, Gen 26:3-4, Gen 28:13-15; Exod 6:7; Jer 31:31-33, Jer 32:38; Heb 11:16
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