_THEREFORE THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD, AND KEEP HIS CHARGE, AND HIS STATUTES, AND HIS JUDGMENTS, AND HIS COMMANDMENTS, ALWAY._ Therefore thou shalt love the Lord ... and keep his charge. The reason of the frequent repetition of the same or similar counsels is to be traced to the infantine cha... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KNOW YE THIS DAY: FOR I SPEAK NOT WITH YOUR CHILDREN WHICH HAVE NOT KNOWN, AND WHICH HAVE NOT SEEN THE CHASTISEMENT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, HIS GREATNESS, HIS MIGHTY HAND, AND HIS STRETCHED OUT ARM,_ I speak not with your children which have not known ... but your eyes have seen. Moses is here g... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE LAND, WHITHER THOU GOEST IN TO POSSESS IT, IS NOT AS THE LAND OF EGYPT, FROM WHENCE YE CAME OUT, WHERE THOU SOWEDST THY SEED, AND WATEREDST IT WITH THY FOOT, AS A GARDEN OF HERBS:_ For the land, whither thou goest ... is not as the land of Egypt. The physical features of Palestine present... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE LAND, WHITHER YE GO TO POSSESS IT, IS A LAND OF HILLS AND VALLEYS, AND DRINKETH WATER OF THE RAIN OF HEAVEN:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_A LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD CARETH FOR: THE EYES OF THE LORD THY GOD ARE ALWAYS UPON IT, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE YEAR._ A land which the Lord thy God careth for - i:e., 'watering it as it were with his own hands, without human aid or mechanical means.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IF YE SHALL HEARKEN DILIGENTLY UNTO MY COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY, TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND TO SERVE HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT I WILL GIVE YOU THE RAIN OF YOUR LAND IN HIS DUE SEASON, THE FIRST RAIN AND THE LATTER RAIN, THAT THOU MAYEST GATHER IN THY CORN, AND THY WINE, AND THINE OIL._ The first rain, and the latter rain. The early rain commenced in autumn - i:e., chiefly during the months of September and October; w... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I WILL SEND GRASS IN THY FIELDS FOR THY CATTLE, THAT THOU MAYEST EAT AND BE FULL._ I will send grass. Undoubtedly the special blessing of the former and the latter rain was one principal cause of the extraordinary fertility of Canaan in ancient times. That blessing was promised to the Israelit... [ Continue Reading ]
_TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES, THAT YOUR HEART BE NOT DECEIVED, AND YE TURN ASIDE, AND SERVE OTHER GODS, AND WORSHIP THEM;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE SHALL YE LAY UP THESE MY WORDS IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR SOUL, AND BIND THEM FOR A SIGN UPON YOUR HAND, THAT THEY MAY BE AS FRONTLETS BETWEEN YOUR EYES._ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words ... bind them - (see the note at Deuteronomy 6:8.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL TEACH THEM YOUR CHILDREN, SPEAKING OF THEM WHEN THOU SITTEST IN THINE HOUSE, AND WHEN THOU WALKEST BY THE WAY, WHEN THOU LIEST DOWN, AND WHEN THOU RISEST UP._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN WILL THE LORD DRIVE OUT ALL THESE NATIONS FROM BEFORE YOU, AND YE SHALL POSSESS GREATER NATIONS AND MIGHTIER THAN YOURSELVES._ Greater nations and mightier than yourselves - (see the notes at Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 9:1; Septuagint.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_EVERY PLACE WHEREON THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET SHALL TREAD SHALL BE YOURS: FROM THE WILDERNESS AND LEBANON, FROM THE RIVER, THE RIVER EUPHRATES, EVEN UNTO THE UTTERMOST SEA SHALL YOUR COAST BE._ Every place ... shall be yours - not as if the Jews should be lords of the world, but of every place within... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE SHALL NO MAN BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE YOU: FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD SHALL LAY THE FEAR OF YOU AND THE DREAD OF YOU UPON ALL THE LAND THAT YE SHALL TREAD UPON, AS HE HATH SAID UNTO YOU._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BEHOLD, I SET BEFORE YOU THIS DAY A BLESSING AND A CURSE;_ Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse - (see the note at Deuteronomy 27:11.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_A BLESSING, IF YE OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THE LORD THY GOD HATH BROUGHT THEE IN UNTO THE LAND WHITHER THOU GOEST TO POSSESS IT, THAT THOU SHALT PUT THE BLESSING UPON MOUNT GERIZIM, AND THE CURSE UPON MOUNT EBAL._ Thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal х_ HAR_ (H2022) _... [ Continue Reading ]