Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Deuteronomy 9:3
Quickly; without great difficulty or long wars.
Quickly; without great difficulty or long wars.
SO SHALT THOU DRIVE THEM OUT, AND DESTROY THEM QUICKLY - This is not inconsistent with Deuteronomy 7:22, in which instant annihilation is not to be expected for the reasons assigned. Here Moses urges...
5. WARNING AGAINST SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THEIR PREVIOUS FAILURES Chapter S 9:1-10:11 _ 1. The warning (Deuteronomy 9:1)_ 2. The failures of the past (Deuteronomy 9:7) 3. The intercession of Moses...
DEUTERONOMY 9:1_ a_. Israel's victory over the Canaanites due to the wickedness of their foes and Yahweh's promise. Deuteronomy 9:6. stiffnecked: lit. hard, _i.e._ obstinate, of neck (Exodus 32:9). Th...
THE LORD THY GOD. Jehovah thy 'Elohim. App-4. CONSUMING FIRE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. SHALL DESTROY. Hebrew. _shamad,_ exterminate. AND DESTROY. Hebrew. _'abad,_ cause to perish....
_Know therefore_ See on Deuteronomy 7:9. _he which goeth over before thee_ Deuteronomy 31:3 (cp. Joshua 3:11). _a devouring fire_ Only here and...
_VER._ 3. _SO SHALT THOU DRIVE THEM OUT—QUICKLY_— Not the whole seven nations, whom, he had said before, God would drive _out by little and little,_ chap. Deuteronomy 7:22 but so many as to make a set...
b. HOW TO PREVENT THE THREAT (Deuteronomy 9:1 to Deuteronomy 11:21) (1) BY A REALISTIC SELF-EVALUATION (Deuteronomy 9:1 to Deut
_UNDERSTAND THEREFORE THIS DAY, THAT THE LORD THY GOD IS HE WHICH GOETH OVER BEFORE THEE; AS A CONSUMING FIRE HE SHALL DESTROY THEM, AND HE SHALL BRING THEM DOWN BEFORE THY FACE: SO SHALT THOU DRIVE T...
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONTINUED) The rebellions and provocations of the wilderness are recalled, to show the people that it is not of their own merit that they are to inherit the promises, nor by t...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 V1 ‘Listen to this, *Israelites. Now you will go across the River Jordan. You will go into th...
UNDERSTAND THEREFORE. — Literally, the connection seems to be this: “The children of Anakim thou knowest — _thou knowest also_ (the same word) to-day, that it is Jehovah thy God Himself that passeth o...
וְ יָדַעְתָּ֣ הַ יֹּ֗ום כִּי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜
ISRAEL'S ELECTION, AND MOTIVES FOR FAITHFULNESS Deuteronomy 9:1; Deuteronomy 10:1; Deuteronomy 11:1 THE remaining Chapter s of this special introduction to the statement of the actual laws beginni
OFFENDING THE RIGHTEOUS GOD Deuteronomy 9:1 Who can read this chapter without emotion and admiration for its sublime eloquence! It is one of the most striking and moving Chapter s in this book! Mose...
It is interesting to note that as the final announcement of their approaching entrance to the land was made the difficulties which the people had faced at Kadesh\-barnea were recognized as still confr...
Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God [is] he which (c) goeth over before thee; [as] a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou...
_Fire. See chap. iv. 24. The conducting angel would fight for the Hebrews. (Haydock)_...
Sweet thought! Reader, if you are truly spiritual do not lose sight of it. He that is a consuming fire to thine enemies to destroy them, is a wall of fire to thy soul to preserve thee. And observe, th...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
3._Understand therefore this day. _He concludes from what has preceded that the Israelites would be too perverse, unless they acknowledge that their enemies were overcome by the hand of God; and, stil...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 8, 9, 10, AND 11. In chapter 8, in the most instructive and touching language as to the care God had taken of them, while keeping them in dependence, and His...
UNDERSTAND THEREFORE THIS DAY,.... Or be it known to you for your encouragement, and believe it: THAT THE LORD THY GOD [IS] HE WHICH GOETH OVER BEFORE THEE AS A CONSUMING FIRE: did not only go before...
Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God [is] he which goeth over before thee; [as] a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou driv...
_As a consuming fire_ Before whom thine enemies shall be as easily consumed as stubble before the flames. _So shalt thou drive them out quickly_ Not the whole seven nations, whom he said (Deuteronomy...
1 Moses disswadeth them from the opinion of their owne righteousnesse, by rehearsing their seuerall rebellions. 1 HEARE, O Israel, thou art to passe ouer Iordan this day, to goe in, to possesse natio...
Understand, therefore, this day (or: Thou understandest) THAT THE LORD, THY GOD, IS HE WHICH GOETH OVER BEFORE THEE, as the Leader and Champion of the people; AS A CONSUMING FIRE HE SHALL DESTROY THEM...
Self-Righteousness Denounced....
WARNINGS BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS REBELLIONS (vs.1-29) In spite of Israel's many failures in the wilderness. God would keep His Word to bring them to the land of promise. Israel is told to go in and dispo...
1-6 Moses represents the strength of the enemies they were now to encounter. This was to drive them to God, and engage their hope in him. He assures them of victory, by the presence of God with them....
"Hear, O Israel; thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven; a people great and tall, the children of th...
Deuteronomy 9:3 understand H3045 (H8804) today H3117 LORD H3068 God H430 over H5674 (H8802) before H6440 consumin
CHAPTER 9 LET THEM NOT BECOME SELF-RIGHTEOUS, FOR THEY ARE A VERY STUBBORN PEOPLE. The thought of their forgetting Yahweh and taking the credit for themselves about their possession of the land and it...
CONTENTS: Israel reminded of their unworthiness to possess the land in themselves. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. CONCLUSION: Our gaining of the heavenly Canaan must be attribu...
Deuteronomy 9:1. _This day;_ at this time, or in the course of a month. Day is often used in scripture for the whole of a man's life, for a season, and for a short time. Deuteronomy 9:19. _I was afrai...
_Hear, O Israel._ THE CALL TO ATTENTION I. He represents to them the formidable strength of the enemies which they were now to encounter (Deuteronomy 9:1). This representation is much the same with t...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:1__ Continuing the theme of Israel’s “heart” problem, this section gives examples of Israel’s stubbornness. ⇐...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:3 QUICKLY contrasts with “little by little” in Deuteronomy 7:22. Compared with their long settlement in the land, the Canaanites
CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses dissuadeth them from self-righteousness by recital of past sins and rebellion. DEUTERONOMY 9:1. This day, this time. Once before they had been at the borders of Canaan; but did n...
EXPOSITION DISSUASIVES FROM SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. DEUTERONOMY 9:1 Israel might acknowledge that it was of God's free gift that they possessed the land of Canaan, and yet might flatter themselves by th...
As we have told you the word Deuteronomy means the second law. It is really a rehearsal, sort of a capsulation by Moses of the law that was given. Deuteronomy itself, though it covers the forty years...
2 Thessalonians 1:8; Deuteronomy 1:30; Deuteronomy 20:4; Deuteronomy 31:3;...
Were the Canaanites destroyed quickly or slowly? PROBLEM: This verse claims the Canaanites were destroyed “quickly” (maher), but an earlier passages (Deuteronomy 7:22) said it would not be quickly, b...