_AND MOSES WENT AND SPAKE THESE WORDS UNTO ALL ISRAEL._
And Moses went and spake, х_ WAYEELEK_ (H3212) _ MOSHEH_ (H4872) _
WAYªDABEER_ (H1696)]. 'And Moses continued to address these words.'
This seems rather to be the import of the phraseology, than that,
after a cessation of some interval, Moses... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, I AM AN HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS OLD THIS DAY;
I CAN NO MORE GO OUT AND COME IN: ALSO THE LORD HATH SAID UNTO ME,
THOU SHALT NOT GO OVER THIS JORDAN._
I can no more go out and come in - The idea of physical infirmities,
or inability to perform the duties of a leader, through... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD THY GOD, HE WILL GO OVER BEFORE THEE, AND HE WILL DESTROY
THESE NATIONS FROM BEFORE THEE, AND THOU SHALT POSSESS THEM: AND
JOSHUA, HE SHALL GO OVER BEFORE THEE, AS THE LORD HATH SAID._
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_AND MOSES WROTE THIS LAW, AND DELIVERED IT UNTO THE PRIESTS THE SONS
OF LEVI, WHICH BARE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD, AND UNTO ALL
THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL._
Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests. The law thus
committed to writing was either the book of Deuteronomy only, as K... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES COMMANDED THEM, SAYING, AT THE END OF EVERY SEVEN YEARS, IN
THE SOLEMNITY OF THE YEAR OF RELEASE, IN THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES,_
At the end of every seven years ... thou shalt read this law. At the
return of the Sabbatic year, and during the feast of tabernacles, the
law was to be publicl... [ Continue Reading ]
_GATHER THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, MEN, AND WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, AND THY
STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES, THAT THEY MAY HEAR, AND THAT THEY
MAY LEARN, AND FEAR THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND OBSERVE TO DO ALL THE WORDS
OF THIS LAW:_
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_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, BEHOLD, THY DAYS APPROACH THAT THOU
MUST DIE: CALL JOSHUA, AND PRESENT YOURSELVES IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE
CONGREGATION, THAT I MAY GIVE HIM A CHARGE. AND MOSES AND JOSHUA WENT,
AND PRESENTED THEMSELVES IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION._
The Lord said unto Moses... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, BEHOLD, THOU SHALT SLEEP WITH THY
FATHERS; AND THIS PEOPLE WILL RISE UP, AND GO A WHORING AFTER THE GODS
OF THE STRANGERS OF THE LAND, WHITHER THEY GO TO BE AMONG THEM, AND
WILL FORSAKE ME, AND BREAK MY COVENANT WHICH I HAVE MADE WITH THEM._
No JFB commentary on these... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THEREFORE WRITE YE THIS SONG FOR YOU, AND TEACH IT THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL: PUT IT IN THEIR MOUTHS, THAT THIS SONG MAY BE A WITNESS FOR
ME AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._
Now therefore write ye this song. National songs take deep hold of the
memories, and have a powerful influence in stirring... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR WHEN I SHALL HAVE BROUGHT THEM INTO THE LAND WHICH I SWARE UNTO
THEIR FATHERS, THAT FLOWETH WITH MILK AND HONEY; AND THEY SHALL HAVE
EATEN AND FILLED THEMSELVES, AND WAXEN FAT; THEN WILL THEY TURN UNTO
OTHER GODS, AND SERVE THEM, AND PROVOKE ME, AND BREAK MY COVENANT._
No JFB commentary on the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN MOSES HAD MADE AN END OF WRITING THE WORDS
OF THIS LAW IN A BOOK, UNTIL THEY WERE FINISHED,_
When Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a
book, until they were finished. That Moses, at an early period in the
course of his divine legislation, was comman... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT MOSES COMMANDED THE LEVITES, WHICH BARE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
OF THE LORD, SAYING,_
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_TAKE THIS BOOK OF THE LAW, AND PUT IT IN THE SIDE OF THE ARK OF THE
COVENANT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, THAT IT MAY BE THERE FOR A WITNESS
AGAINST THEE._
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark. The
second copy of the law (see the note at Deuteronomy 31:9) was
deposited, for greate... [ Continue Reading ]