Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 29:11
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:
The covenant was national, and therefore embraced all the elements which make up the nation. The little ones would of course be represented by their parents or guardians; the absent Deu 29:15 by those present; nor were the servants and proselytes to be excluded (compare Act 2:39). The text is fairly alleged in justification of the Churchs practice of admitting little ones into covenant with God by Baptism, and accepting promises made on their behalf by sponsors.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Thy stranger; such strangers as had embraced their religion.
From the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water; all sorts of persons, yea, even the meanest of them, such as these were, Jos 9:27, all sorts and ranks of servants.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Your little ones, your wives,…. Who are scarce ever mentioned in any special law or solemn transaction:
and thy stranger that [is] in thy camp; not only the proselyte of righteousness, who embraced the Jewish religion entirely, but the proselyte of the gate, who was admitted to dwell among them, having renounced idolatry. These standing with the Israelites, when this covenant was made, has respect to the Gentiles, who as well as the Jews have an interest in the covenant of grace made with Christ; in whom there is, neither Jew nor Gentile, any difference between them:
from the hewer of thy wood to the drawer of thy water; that hewed wood for firing and other uses, and drew water for the camp; who were generally mean persons, and perhaps some that came out of Egypt with them are here intended; however, mean and abject persons are meant, and signifies that none should be excluded from a concern in this solemn affair on account of their meanness.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(11) Your little ones.Compare St. Peters words on the day of Pentecost: The promise is unto you and to your children (Act. 2:39). The covenant with Abraham was that the Almighty would be a God to him and to his seed (Gen. 17:7), including the child of eight days old (Deu. 29:12), and the slave (Deu. 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)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
11. Little ones, wives As the covenant was with the nation in its organic unity it included all the members the men, the women, the children, the Egyptians who left Egypt with them, (see Exo 12:38,) and the Midianites who united with Israel. See Num 10:29-31.
Thy stranger The proselyte. Comp. Exo 12:38-48.
The hewer of thy wood Comp. Jos 9:21.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Ver. 11. Thy strangerfrom the hewer of thy wood, unto the drawer of thy water That is, not excepting those who are employed in the very meanest offices: See Jos 21:27. These words comprehend only the slaves and foreign mercenaries who attended the camp, and were quartered by themselves; the hewers of wood in one place, and the drawers of water in another. These last seem to have occupied the extremity of the whole camp, and to have been reckoned in the lowest rank of slaves.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Deu 29:11 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:
Ver. 11. From the hewer of thy wood. ] The meanest amongst you, such as afterwards were the Gibeonites, who also by faith became covenanters, and are called Nethinims in Ezra and Nehemiah. They were made drawers of water to the temple, as a kind of punishment: God made it a mercy; for the nearer they were to the Church, the nearer they came to God.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
stranger: Deu 5:14, Exo 12:38, Exo 12:48, Exo 12:49, Num 11:4
the hewer: Jos 9:21-27, Gal 3:28, Col 3:11
Reciprocal: Num 9:14 – General Jos 8:33 – all Israel Jos 8:35 – women 2Ki 6:4 – they cut down wood Eze 16:20 – thy sons Joe 1:14 – the elders Joe 2:16 – assemble Mar 10:14 – Suffer Luk 18:16 – Suffer Act 5:14 – multitudes Act 21:5 – with