Deuteronomy 29:15

“But with [him] that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, etc.] Who are before specified according to their dignity, age, sex, and station of life; or rather, “but [as] with him that standeth”, etc. and so with [him] that [is] not here with us this day; detained at home by illness and indisposition of body, or by one providence or another; so that they could not come out of their tents, and make their appearance before the tabernacle; though Jarchi interprets this of the people of future generations.”

“With him that is not here with us - i. e. as the Jews explain, posterity; which throughout all generations was to be taken as bound by the act and deed of those present and living. return to 'Top of Page'”

“So also - With your posterity. For so the covenant was made at first with Abraham and his seed, by which as God engaged himself to continue the blessing of Abraham upon his posterity, so he also engaged them to the same duties which were required of Abraham. So it is even among men, where a king confers an estate upon a subject and his heirs for ever, upon some certain conditions, all his heirs who enjoy that benefit, are obliged to the same conditions. It may likewise include those who were then constrained to be absent, by sickness, or any necessary occasion. Nay one of the Chaldee pharaphrasts reads it, all the generations that have been from the first days of the world, and all that…”

“29:15 future generations: The covenant made with Moses’ generation was also for generations yet to be born. Abraham’s descendants of the future would have the privileges of the covenant, but they would also need to obey it personally to enjoy its blessings (see 4:9).”

“also with him: Deu 5:3; Jer 32:39, Jer 50:5; Act 2:39; Co1 7:14 Deuteronomy 29:16”