Devarim 29: Covenants of Future Past

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · May 11, 2026 · 2m

Moshe’s final farewell address commences in chapter 29. He begins by reaffirming the covenant of the Torah itself:

“I make this covenant, with its sanctions—not with you alone, but both with those who are standing here with us this day before our God and with those who are not with us here this day” (verse 13).

לֹא אִתְּכֶם לְבַדְּכֶם אָנֹכִי כֹּרֵת אֶת־הַבְּרִית הַזֹּאת וְאֶת־הָאָלָה הַזֹּאת׃

כִּי אֶת־אֲשֶׁר יֶשְׁנוֹ פֹה עִמָּנוּ עֹמֵד הַיּוֹם לִפְנֵי ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ פֹה עִמָּנוּ הַיּוֹם

(Deuteronomy 29:13–14)

The Talmud explains that “those not present” refers to…