_ALL THE COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY SHALL YE OBSERVE
TO DO, THAT YE MAY LIVE, AND MULTIPLY, AND GO IN AND POSSESS THE LAND
WHICH THE LORD SWARE UNTO YOUR FATHERS._
All the commandments ... shall ye observe ... that ye may live. Duty
has been made in all the wise arrangements of our... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT REMEMBER ALL THE WAY WHICH THE LORD THY GOD LED THEE
THESE FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, TO HUMBLE THEE, AND TO PROVE
THEE, TO KNOW WHAT WAS IN THINE HEART, WHETHER THOU WOULDEST KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS, OR NO._
Thou shalt remember all the way which ... God led thee these forty
years... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE HUMBLED THEE, AND SUFFERED THEE TO HUNGER, AND FED THEE WITH
MANNA, WHICH THOU KNEWEST NOT,_ _ NEITHER DID THY FATHERS KNOW; THAT
HE MIGHT MAKE THEE KNOW THAT MAN DOTH NOT LIVE BY BREAD ONLY, BUT BY
EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE LORD DOTH MAN
LIVE._
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_THY RAIMENT WAXED NOT OLD UPON THEE, NEITHER DID THY FOOT SWELL,
THESE FORTY YEARS._
Thy raiment waxed not old ... neither did thy foot swell. What a
striking miracle was this! No doubt the Israelites might have brought
from Egypt more clothes than they wore at their outset; they might
also have o... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT ALSO CONSIDER IN THINE HEART, THAT, AS A MAN CHASTENETH
HIS SON, SO THE LORD THY GOD CHASTENETH THEE._
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_FOR THE LORD THY GOD BRINGETH THEE INTO A GOOD LAND, A LAND OF BROOKS
OF WATER, OF FOUNTAINS AND DEPTHS_ _ THAT SPRING OUT OF VALLEYS AND
HILLS;_
For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land. All accounts,
ancient and modern, concur in bearing testimony to the natural beauty
and fertility o... [ Continue Reading ]
_A LAND OF WHEAT, AND BARLEY, AND VINES, AND FIG TREES, AND
POMEGRANATES; A LAND OF OIL OLIVE, AND HONEY;_
A land of wheat, and barley. These cereal fruits were specially
promised to the Israelites in the event of their faithful allegiance
to the covenant of God (Psalms 81:16). The wheat and barley... [ Continue Reading ]
_A LAND WHEREIN THOU SHALT EAT BREAD WITHOUT SCARCENESS, THOU SHALT
NOT LACK ANY THING IN IT; A LAND WHOSE STONES ARE IRON, AND OUT OF
WHOSE HILLS THOU MAYEST DIG BRASS._
A land whose stones are iron. The abundance of this metal in
Palestine, especially among the mountains of Lebanon, those of
Kesr... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN THOU HAST EATEN AND ART FULL, THEN THOU SHALT BLESS THE LORD THY
GOD FOR THE GOOD LAND WHICH HE HATH GIVEN THEE._
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_BEWARE THAT THOU FORGET NOT THE LORD THY GOD, IN NOT KEEPING HIS
COMMANDMENTS, AND HIS JUDGMENTS, AND HIS STATUTES, WHICH I COMMAND
THEE THIS DAY:_
Beware that thou forget not the Lord. After mentioning those instances
of the divine goodness, Moses founded on them an argument for their
future obed... [ Continue Reading ]