Deuteronomy29:1–29

The watered and the thirsty — Deuteronomy 29:19 and the prophets' 'stubbornness of heart' verbal / quotation — confirmed

The self-blessing idolater walks bišrirûṯ libbî, "in the stubbornness of my heart" — a rare lexeme (H8307, šᵉrîrûwth, in only ten verses). The Verifier finds this exact phrase, fused with lêḇ (heart) and hālaḵ (walk), recurring in Jeremiah 23:17, where false prophets tell those who walk "in the stubbornness of their heart" that they shall have peace (šālôm) — the very word the Deuteronomy sinner uses. The phrase is a fixed idiom of self-willed rebellion: Jeremiah turns it against his own generation, and the same diagnostic word stands in Psalm 81:12, where the LORD gives the people up to it. The scarcity of šᵉrîrûwth (ten verses, every one of a hardened, walk-after-my-own-heart defiance) makes the shared usage a recorded verbal link, not coincidence — though which text draws on which the Verifier cannot settle, so the direction is left open. The same verse threatens that such presumption will "sweep away the watered (rāwāh) with the dry" — and that adjective is itself a rare word (H7302 rāveh, only three verses). The Verifier confirms it ties Deuteronomy 29:19 verbally to Isaiah 58:11 and Jeremiah 31:12, where the same scarce term names the restored, "well-watered garden" of the redeemed. The curse borrows the vocabulary of blessing: what self-willed defiance forfeits, grace later restores under the very word.

Deuteronomy 29:19 · Jeremiah 23:17 · Psalm 81:12 · Isaiah 58:11 · Jeremiah 31:12

basis: Two Verifier-confirmed rare-lexeme links: (1) H8307 šᵉrîrûwth ("stubbornness," in only 10 verses), fused with H7965 šālôwm (peace), H3820 lêb (heart), H1980 hālak (walk), binds Deut 29:19 to Jeremiah 23:17 (and Ps 81:12); (2) H7302 rāveh ("well-watered," in only 3 verses) binds Deut 29:19's 'the watered' to Isaiah 58:11 and Jeremiah 31:12's restoration-garden. Both are scarce shared terms, recorded verbal links, not coincidence.

Brimstone, salt, and the overthrow of the cities of the plain (29:23) verbal / quotation — confirmed

The curse pictures Israel's land made "brimstone and salt... like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim." The Verifier confirms shared Hebrew lexemes with Genesis 19:24 (the destruction account): H1614 gophrîyth ("brimstone," rare — seven verses), with H5467 Çᵉdôm and H6017 ʻĂmôrâh. The rare co-naming of Admah and Zeboiim (H126 and H6636, each in only five verses) is the verbal hinge to Hosea 11:8, where God's own heart recoils — "How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim?" Deuteronomy threatens it; Hosea hears God refusing it. Both K&D and Cambridge route the description through the Dead Sea / vale of Siddim (Genesis 14:2).

Deuteronomy 29:23 · Genesis 19:24 · Hosea 11:8 · Genesis 14:2

basis: Verifier-computed: Deut 29:23 ↔ Genesis 19:24 share H1614 gophrîyth (brimstone, in 7 vv), H6017 ʻĂmôrâh, H5467 Çᵉdôm; Deut 29:23 ↔ Hosea 11:8 share the rare H126 ʼAdmâh and H6636 Tsᵉbôʼîym (each in only 5 vv) with H2015 hâphak (overthrow). Rare shared place-names = verbal link.

Trials, signs, and wonders — Deuteronomy's self-echo (29:3) verbal / quotation — confirmed

The triad "the great trials (maççōṯ), the signs and the wonders" is Deuteronomy quoting itself. The Verifier confirms Deut 29:3 shares with Deut 7:19 (and 4:34) the rare H4531 maççāh ("trial/testing," in only four verses) together with H226 ’ôwth (sign), H4159 môwphêth (wonder), and H1419 gāḏôwl (great). The commentators independently flag the cross-references; the shared rare lexeme makes the dependence a recorded verbal link, not a guess.

Deuteronomy 29:3 · Deuteronomy 7:19 · Deuteronomy 4:34

basis: Verifier-computed shared lexemes anchored by the rare H4531 maççāh (trial, in only 4 vv), with H4159 môwphêth, H226 ʼôwth, H1419 gâdôwl — Deut 29:3 reuses the fixed formula of Deut 4:34 / 7:19.

'Lest any root of bitterness' — Hebrews 12:15 and the Septuagint of 29:18 flagged — verify source

Hebrews 12:15 warns "lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled" — language that Ellicott traces directly to the Greek (Septuagint) of this verse: "lest there is among you any root that springeth up in gall and bitterness." Keil and Benson both cite Hebrews 12:15 on this verse. But this is a cross-Testament link (Greek New Testament ↔ Hebrew Old Testament): the Verifier finds no shared original-language lexeme in the index, because the Hebrew rōš wəla‘ănāh ("gall and wormwood") and the Greek of Hebrews cannot share a Strong's number. The connection runs through the LXX's rendering, not the Masoretic Hebrew, and is therefore flagged for source-verification rather than asserted as a Hebrew verbal link.

Deuteronomy 29:18 · Hebrews 12:15

basis: Cross-Testament (Greek↔Hebrew): Verifier reports no shared original-language lexeme — the link rests on the Septuagint rendering of rōš (gall) as 'bitterness,' which the author of Hebrews follows. A real but LXX-mediated dependence, argued (per Ellicott/Keil) not asserted; provenance must be checked against the Greek text, not the Hebrew index.

Eyes that do not see — Deuteronomy 29:4 cited by Paul in Romans 11:8 typological

"The LORD has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear" is taken up by Paul in Romans 11:8 ("God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this very day"), woven with Isaiah 29:10. The thematic identity is unmistakable and ancient. Yet because this is Greek-quoting-Hebrew, the Verifier finds no shared Strong's lexeme; the link is structural/typological, resting on the sense and the LXX, and is recorded as such — not as a Hebrew-to-Hebrew verbal match.

Deuteronomy 29:4 · Romans 11:8 · Isaiah 29:10

basis: Cross-Testament (Greek↔Hebrew), so no shared Strong's number is possible, and the Verifier accordingly returns 'flagged — verify source' (no shared lexeme). The link is real and ancient — Paul in Romans 11:8 conflates the LXX of Deut 29:4 ('to this very day') with Isaiah 29:10 ('a spirit of stupor') — but because it is a quotation-claim mediated by the Greek and not a Hebrew verbal match, it is tiered structural/typological and the provenance must be checked against the LXX text, not asserted from the Masoretic index.

Sihon and Og — the Transjordan conquest recalled (29:7) structural / thematic — confirmed

"Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us... and we struck them" recalls the battle narratives of Numbers 21 and Deuteronomy 2–3. The Verifier confirms Deut 29:7 shares with Numbers 21:23 the proper name H5511 Çîychôwn (Sihon, in 34 vv) plus H7122 qārāʼ (meet/encounter) and H3318 yātsāʼ (come out). A shared narrative and a shared (moderately common) proper name make this a structural/thematic link, not a rare-lexeme quotation.

Deuteronomy 29:7 · Numbers 21:23 · Deuteronomy 2:32

basis: Verifier-computed shared lexemes H5511 Çîychôwn (Sihon, 34 vv), H7122 qârâʼ, H3318 yâtsâʼ — a shared narrative episode with a moderately-frequent proper name; pattern/event match, no quotation claim, so structural rather than verbal.

Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh — the Transjordan allotment formula (29:8) verbal / quotation — confirmed

The land taken from Sihon and Og is "given for an inheritance (naḥălāh) to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh" — a fixed three-tribe formula. The Verifier confirms Deuteronomy 29:8 shares with Deuteronomy 4:43 the rare proper noun H4520 Mᵉnashshîy (the gentilic "Manassite," in only four verses), with H1425 Gâdîy (Gadite, 16 vv) and H7206 Rᵉʼûwbênî (Reubenite, 17 vv); the identical cluster recurs in 1 Chronicles 26:32, where the half-tribe's eastern settlement is administered centuries later. The scarcity of Mᵉnashshîy makes the recurring triad a recorded verbal link, marking the Transjordan grant as a standing Deuteronomic refrain (Numbers 32; Deut 3:12–13; Joshua 13) rather than an isolated note.

Deuteronomy 29:8 · Deuteronomy 4:43 · 1 Chronicles 26:32

basis: Verifier-computed: shared rare lexeme H4520 Mᵉnashshîy (the gentilic, in only 4 vv), with H1425 Gâdîy (16 vv) and H7206 Rᵉʼûwbênî (17 vv) — the fixed Reuben/Gad/half-Manasseh allotment formula recurring verbatim across Deut 29:8, Deut 4:43, and 1 Chron 26:32. Scarce shared gentilic = verbal link.

The sicknesses of the land — a rare curse-lexeme (29:22) verbal / quotation — confirmed

"The sicknesses (taḥălu’ehā) with which the LORD has made it sick" uses H8463 tachălûwʼ, a rare noun found in only five verses. The Verifier links it verbally to 2 Chronicles 21:19 (the diseased death of King Jehoram) and it stands also in Jeremiah 14:18 and 16:4 — the prophetic vocabulary of covenant-judgment disease. The scarcity of the word makes the shared usage a recorded verbal link.

Deuteronomy 29:22 · 2 Chronicles 21:19 · Jeremiah 16:4

basis: Verifier-computed: shared rare lexeme H8463 tachălûwʼ (sicknesses, in only 5 vv). A scarce curse-disease term tying Deut 29:22 to the prophetic-historical judgment vocabulary (2 Chron 21:19; Jer 14:18; 16:4).

The covenant cut with 'him who is not here' — and the great High Priest who passed through ancient/widely-held

Twice the chapter widens its bond past the present assembly: the covenant is cut "not with you alone... but with him who is not here with us today" (vv. 14–15). Keil & Delitzsch read this as a covenant "to embrace not only those who were living then, but their descendants also, to become a covenant of blessing for all nations (cf. Acts 2:39, and the intercession of Christ in John 17:20)." Joseph Benson, taking the chapter "as a typical dispensation of the covenant of grace," calls it "a noble testimony to the Mediator of that covenant, who is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever" (Hebrews 13:8). The verb that governs entrance — ‘āḇar, to pass through the divided victim (v. 12; cf. Genesis 15:17) — is the very figure the New Testament applies to Christ, who "passed through the heavens" (Hebrews 4:14) and entered the sanctuary by His own blood. The reading is widely held among these PD commentators, who explicitly route the Moab covenant through Christ's mediation.

Deuteronomy 29:12 · Deuteronomy 29:15 · Acts 2:39 · John 17:20 · Hebrews 13:8

The New Covenant foreshadowed — 'that He may be your God' (29:13) ancient/widely-held

Verse 13 states the covenant formula God undertakes to fulfill: "that He may establish you... as a people for Himself, and that He may be God to you." Charles Ellicott draws the line plainly: "the covenant of Deuteronomy 29 is brought into the closest similarity with that which is called the New Covenant in Jeremiah 31:31, Hebrews 8:8; the form of which is 'I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.'" Where the Moab covenant exposes a people without a heart to know (v. 4), the New Covenant promises the LORD will Himself "circumcise thy heart" (Deuteronomy 30:6) and write the law within (Jeremiah 31:33) — fulfilled, the New Testament declares, in the blood of Christ (Hebrews 8–10; Luke 22:20). The Verifier confirms Deut 29:13 ↔ Jeremiah 31:33 share only common covenant vocabulary (H5971 ʻam, H3117 yôwm), so the link is structural/thematic, argued by the commentators and the canon's own self-naming of a covenant 'new,' not a rare-word quotation. This is an ancient and widely-held figural reading.

Deuteronomy 29:13 · Deuteronomy 30:6 · Jeremiah 31:31 · Hebrews 8:8 · Luke 22:20

The root that bears gall — and the One given gall to drink novel (christological application); the underlying Deut 29:18 ↔ Psalm 69:21 verbal echo is Verifier-confirmed

The hidden apostate is "a root bearing gall (rōš) and wormwood" (v. 18). Ellicott notes that the same word rōš stands in Psalm 69:21 — "they gave me gall for my food" — and adds, of the bitter cup: "From whatever root it came, there was One to whom it was given to drink." The Hebrew link here is firmer than a mere shared image: rōš (H7219, "gall/venom") is rare — twelve verses — and the Verifier confirms Deuteronomy 29:18 and Psalm 69:21 share that scarce lexeme, a recorded Hebrew-to-Hebrew verbal echo binding the covenant-curse to the Psalmist's cup. The further step is the figural one: the Gospels record that at the cross they offered Jesus "wine mingled with gall" (Matthew 27:34, the LXX of Ps 69:21 in view), the dregs of the covenant-curse drunk by the covenant's Mediator. The Deut↔Psalm echo is verbal and confirmed; the christological application to Matthew 27:34 is the novel, cross-Testament reading — Ellicott's line — offered to be weighed, not pressed.

Deuteronomy 29:18 · Psalm 69:21 · Matthew 27:34