DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 8 Israel is exhorted to obedience, DEUTERONOMY
8:1, and to remember God's judgments and mercies, DEUTERONOMY 8:2. The
excellency of the land they were going into, DEUTERONOMY 8:7. Not to
forget the Lord in their fulness and prosperity, DEUTERONOMY 8:10; nor
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ALL THE WAY, i.e. all the events which befell thee in the way, the
miraculous protections, deliverances, provisions, instructions which
God gave thee; and withal the frequent and severe punishments of thy
disobedience. TO KNOW WHAT WAS IN THINE HEART, i.e. that thou mightest
discover to thyself and... [ Continue Reading ]
i.e. By every or any thing which God appoints for this end, how
unlikely soever it may seem to be for nourishment, as appears in the
manna; seeing it is not the creature, but only God's command and
blessing upon it, that makes it sufficient for the support of life.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY RAIMENT did not wear away through age, which they must needs have
done without a miracle; NEITHER DID THY FOOT SWELL, notwithstanding
thy long and hard travels, which also was miraculous.... [ Continue Reading ]
i.e. Unwillingly, being constrained by thy necessity; moderately, in
judgment remembering mercy; and for thy reformation, not for thy
destruction. Compare PROVERBS 3:11,12 HEB 12:5, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
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DEPTHS, i.e. deep wells, or springs, or lakes, which were divers and
large.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF OLIVE OIL, Heb. _of the olive tree of oil_, i.e. not of wild and
barren, but of fruitful olive trees, which yield plenty of oil.... [ Continue Reading ]
Where are mines of iron in a manner as plentiful as stones, and upon
which travellers must tread, as in other parts they do upon stones;
AND OUT OF WHOSE HILLS THOU MAYEST DIG BRASS, to wit, in great plenty.
These are mentioned, because they had none such in Egypt whence they
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i.e. Solemnly praise him for thy food; which is a debt both of
gratitude and justice, because it is from his providence and favour
that thou receivest both thy food and refreshment and strength by it.
The more unworthy and absurd is that too common profaneness of them,
who, professing to believe a G... [ Continue Reading ]
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THINE HEART BE LIFTED UP; as if thou didst receive and enjoy these
things either by thy own wisdom, and valour, and industry, DEUTERONOMY
8:17, or for thy own merit, DEUTERONOMY 9:4. See HOSEA 13:6 1
CORINTHIANS 4:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
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THAT HE NIGHT HUMBLE THEE, by keeping thee in a constant dependence
upon him for every day's food, and convincing thee what an impotent,
helpless, and beggarly creature thou art in thyself, having nothing
whereon to subsist, but from hand to mouth, and being supported wholly
by the alms of Divine go... [ Continue Reading ]
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TO GET WEALTH; so this word is used, NUMBERS 24:18 JOB 20:18 PROVERBS
31:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
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