Deuteronomy 28:58

observe to do See on Deuteronomy 28:1.

all the words of this law Heb. of this Tôrah, see on Deuteronomy 1:5; Deuteronomy 31:9. In Deuteronomy 17:19; Deuteronomy 29:29 (28), Deuteronomy 31:12; Deuteronomy 32:46, with the same, or a similar, formula preceding; also in Deuteronomy 27:3; Deuteronomy 27:8; Deuteronomy 27:26.

that are written in this book Cp. Deuteronomy 28:61; Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 29:20 f., Deuteronomy 29:27 (Deuteronomy 29:19 f., Deuteronomy 29:26), Deuteronomy 30:10. The Law, therefore, was already written down. As pointed out in the note on Deuteronomy 17:18, such a statement may well have belonged to the original D, discovered in the Temple in 621; but it is not compatible with the other representation, hitherto prevalent, that the exhortations and laws were spoken by Moses, nor with the statement in Deuteronomy 31:9, that he wrotethe law when this discourse was finished. As Driver says, this v. -betrays the fact that Deuteronomy was from the first a writtenbook."

fear this glorious and fearful name Cp. Nehemiah 9:5; Psalms 72:19; 1 Chronicles 29:13; Isaiah 63:12. In J, Exodus 33:18 God's glory is parallel to His Name. For fear this namesee Micah 6:9 (on one reading), Malachi 4:2; Isaiah 59:19; Psalms 61:5 (6). Cp. Leviticus 24:11. This list (containing as it does Micah 6:9) is not sufficient to prove, as Berth, suggests, a late date for our passage.