These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 1. Covenant renewed, and confirmed with an oath, verse 12. Menochius.—Horeb. Thus the speech of Moses is concluded, ( Calmet.) and consequently this verse should be at the end of the last chapter, as it is placed in the celebrated editions of Michaelis and Houbigant. The latter observes that, beside that covenant, and so forth shews, that the curses here recorded, are not by way of explication of those mentioned in the preceding 27th chapter, “but of a quite different kind. The former are denounced against those who violate the law of the decalogue, which was given at Horeb; neither do they threaten that the chastisements shall be inflicted in this life: the latter maledictions threaten present punishments, and those of a public nature.” See Calmet. 27:26. Bible.—Josue put in execution in a more solemn manner, what Moses here describes, (Joshua 8:30,) to intimate that Jesus would give the last finishing to the outlines of the old covenant.