English: “in order to establish you today as His people and He will be your God” — just as He causes you to reign over Him, so you cause Him to reign over you. “Today” — every day His words should be upon you as new.
The purpose clause is read both as mutual coronation and as a daily renewal of the covenantal relationship.
Type of Learning
Custom (phrase-by-phrase or midrashic expansion of the verse).
What Is Learned
The midrash extracts concrete legal, historical or theological referents from the wording of the passuk, giving the brief biblical language a fuller operational meaning.