Deuteronomy 29:11
New International Version
together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water.

New Living Translation
Your little ones and your wives are with you, as well as the foreigners living among you who chop your wood and carry your water.

English Standard Version
your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,

Berean Standard Bible
your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—

King James Bible
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:

New King James Version
your little ones and your wives—also the stranger who is in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water—

New American Standard Bible
your little ones, your wives, and the stranger who is within your camps, from the one who gathers your firewood to the one who draws your water,

NASB 1995
your little ones, your wives, and the alien who is within your camps, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,

NASB 1977
your little ones, your wives, and the alien who is within your camps, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,

Legacy Standard Bible
your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is within your camps, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,

Amplified Bible
your little ones, your wives, and the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) who is in your camps, from the one who chops and gathers your firewood to the one who draws your water—

Christian Standard Bible
your dependents, your wives, and the resident aliens in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—

Holman Christian Standard Bible
your children, your wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—

American Standard Version
your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

English Revised Version
your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your children, your wives, and the foreigners who cut wood and carry water in your camp are also here.

Good News Translation
women, and children, and the foreigners who live among you and cut wood and carry water for you.

International Standard Version
along with your children, your wives, even the foreigner in your camp, including the woodchopper and the water drawer—

Majority Standard Bible
your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water?

NET Bible
your infants, your wives, and the foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water--

New Heart English Bible
your little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who is in the midst of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water;

Webster's Bible Translation
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood to the drawer of thy water:

World English Bible
your little ones, your wives, and the foreigners who are in the middle of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
your infants, your wives, and your sojourner who [is] in the midst of your camps, from the hewer of your wood to the drawer of your water,

Young's Literal Translation
your infants, your wives, and thy sojourner who is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water --

Smith's Literal Translation
Your little ones, your wives and thy stranger which is in the midst of thy camp, from him cutting thy woods to him drawing thy waters:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
11Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water:

Catholic Public Domain Version
your children and wives, and the new arrival who dwells with you in the camp, aside from those who cut wood, and those who bring water,

New American Bible
your children, your wives, and the resident alien who lives in your camp, from those who cut wood to those who draw water for you—

New Revised Standard Version
your children, your women, and the aliens who are in your camp, both those who cut your wood and those who draw your water—
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Your little ones, your wives, and the stranger who is in your camp, from the gatherer of your wood to the drawer of your water;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And your little ones and your wives and the settlers who are within your camp, the one who gathers your wood and unto the one drawing your water:
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
your wives, and your children, and the stranger who is in the midst of your camp, from your hewer of wood even to your drawer of water,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Covenant in Moab
10All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel, 11your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water— 12so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,…

Cross References
Exodus 19:5-6
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. / And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

Joshua 9:21-27
They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise. / Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us? / Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.” ...

Nehemiah 10:28-29
“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand, / hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

Jeremiah 31:31-34
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. / “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ...

2 Kings 23:2-3
And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

Isaiah 56:6-7
And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant— / I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

Ezekiel 36:25-28
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. ...

Genesis 17:9-14
God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you. / This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised. / You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. ...

Leviticus 26:12-13
I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people. / I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.

1 Samuel 12:14-15
If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well. / But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.

Romans 9:4
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

Galatians 3:28-29
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. / And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

Hebrews 8:8-12
But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord. / For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ...

1 Peter 2:9-10
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. / Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Acts 2:39
This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”


Treasury of Scripture

Your little ones, your wives, and your stranger that is in your camp, from the hewer of your wood to the drawer of your water:

stranger

Deuteronomy 5:14
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

Exodus 12:38,48,49
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle…

Numbers 11:4
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

the hewer

Joshua 9:21-27
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them…

Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:11
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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Deuteronomy 29
1. Moses exhorts them to obedience, reminding of the works they had seen
10. All are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant
18. The great wrath on him who flatters himself in his wickedness
29. Secret things belong unto God














your children and wives
This phrase emphasizes the inclusion of family units in the covenant community. In the Hebrew context, the family was the foundational social unit, and its mention here underscores the importance of generational continuity in faith and obedience to God. The Hebrew word for "children" (בָּנִים, banim) often implies not just immediate offspring but descendants, highlighting the covenant's reach into future generations. "Wives" (נָשִׁים, nashim) signifies the integral role of women in the spiritual and communal life of Israel, affirming their participation in the covenant blessings and responsibilities.

and the foreigners in your camps
This phrase reflects the inclusive nature of God's covenant with Israel. The Hebrew term for "foreigners" (גֵּרִים, gerim) refers to non-Israelites who lived among the Israelites and chose to follow their laws and customs. This inclusion demonstrates God's universal concern and the openness of His covenant to all who seek Him, foreshadowing the New Testament's message of salvation available to all nations.

who cut your wood and draw your water
These tasks were typically assigned to servants or those of lower social status, yet their mention here signifies that even those in humble positions are valued members of the covenant community. The Hebrew verbs "cut" (חָטַב, chatav) and "draw" (שָׁאַב, sha'av) indicate essential, everyday activities necessary for the community's survival. This inclusion highlights the dignity and worth of all labor and the comprehensive nature of God's covenant, which encompasses every aspect of life and every member of society, regardless of their role or status.

(11) Your little ones.--Compare St. Peter's words on the day of Pentecost: "The promise is unto you and to your children" (Acts 2:39). The covenant with Abraham was that the Almighty would be a God to him and to his seed (Genesis 17:7), including the child of eight days old (Deuteronomy 29:12), and the slave (Deuteronomy 29:13), who were to receive the sign of His covenant in their flesh for an everlasting covenant.

From the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water.--From this Rashi infers that "there were Canaanites who became proselytes in the time of Moses, in the same way as the Gibeonites in the days of Joshua." It may have been so. And we know that there were many female captives of the Midianites who became slaves. (See Numbers 31)

Verses 11-14. - The covenant was a national engagement, and as such included not only the adults and existing generation, but the little ones, the strangers resident in Israel, the lowest menial servants, that is, all the elements of which the nation was composed, as well as their posterity in coming, generations. That thou shouldest enter into covenant. The expression in the Hebrew is a strong one, indicating not a mere formal engagement, but a going thoroughly into the covenant; the phrase is used of the sword going through the land (Leviticus 26:6), and of one going into the pit (Job 33:28). Into his oath. Covenants were confirmed by oath (Genesis 26:28; Hebrews 6:17); hence in Scripture the covenant of God is sometimes called his oath (ver. 14; 1 Chronicles 16:16; Hebrews 7:28). (On ver. 13, cf. Deuteronomy 28:9; Deuteronomy 27:9; Exodus 19:5, 6.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
you children,
טַפְּכֶ֣ם (ṭap·pə·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 2945: A family

wives,
נְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם (nə·šê·ḵem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

and the foreigners
וְגֵ֣רְךָ֔ (wə·ḡê·rə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner

in
בְּקֶ֣רֶב (bə·qe·reḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center

your camps
מַחֲנֶ֑יךָ (ma·ḥă·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4264: An encampment, an army

who cut
מֵחֹטֵ֣ב (mê·ḥō·ṭêḇ)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2404: To cut or gather wood

your wood
עֵצֶ֔יךָ (‘ê·ṣe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

and draw
שֹׁאֵ֥ב (šō·’êḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7579: To bale up water

your water—
מֵימֶֽיךָ׃ (mê·me·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen


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