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Deuteronomy 30:11

This commandment Miṣwah, see on Deuteronomy 5:31; Deuteronomy 8:1. Here probably both the substance of the Law the enforcement of a loyal, loving obedience to Jehovah and its various statutes and judgements.

which I command thee this day Deuteronomy 8:1; Deuteronomy 27:1, etc.

too hard So in Deuteronomy 17:8; beyond one's power to do, 2 Samuel 13:2, or to understand, Psalms 131:1 (2); more frequently used of wonderfulthings, or extraordinary; Psalms 119:129: Thy testimonies are wonderful, therefore doth my soul keep theman interesting contrast to this clause.

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See also Deuteronomy 30:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 30:11. _THIS COMMANDMENT _- IS _NOT HIDDEN_] Not too _wonderful_ or difficult for thee to comprehend or perform, as the word _niphleth_ implies. _Neither is it far off _- the word o...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded Deuteronomy 30:10; hence, Deuteronomy 30:15 life and death, good and evil, are solemnly set before the people for their own choice; and an ea...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    26. THE DISPERSION, THE RETURN AND THE FINAL APPEAL CHAPTER 30 _ 1. The message of hope (Deuteronomy 30:1)_ 2. The final appeal (Deuteronomy 30:11) These things, which Moses spoke into the ears of...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DEUTERONOMY 30:11 was probably intended to close Dt. Deuteronomy 30:11 is applied and adapted by Paul in Romans 6-8. Prefix to Deuteronomy 30:16 the following words found in the LXX and

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT HIDDEN. not too wonderful. Compare Romans 10:6, &c....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 225 THE WAY OF SALVATION PLAIN AND EASY Deuteronomy 30:11. This commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 11-14. _THIS COMMANDMENT—IS NOT HIDDEN FROM THEE,_ &C.— i.e. Is not abstruse and hard to be understood, but easy to be known and comprehended: _neither is it far off;_ so that they needed not t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. OBEDIENCE NOT IMPOSSIBLE (Deuteronomy 30:11-14) 11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldes...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _FOR THIS COMMANDMENT WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, IT IS NOT HIDDEN FROM THEE, NEITHER IS IT FAR OFF._ For this commandment ... is not hidden ... neither ... far off. That law of loving and obeying...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PROMISES AND APPEALS A promise of restoration, even after abandonment and rejection, is held out, on condition of repentance; and an appeal is made to the people to choos the way of obedience and lif...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HIDDEN] RV 'hard,' lit. 'wonderful.' God's law is not unintelligible or impracticable. It is a revealed thing (see Deuteronomy 29:29). All that is essential in revelation is plain; it is within the co...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 30 V1 ‘All these *blessings and *curses, that I have told you about, will happen to you. You wi...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    Deuteronomy 30:11. THE LAW OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF FAITH. (11) FOR THIS COMMANDMENT. — Heb., _Mitzvah._ This duty, this form of obedience to the law. IS NOT HIDDEN FROM THEE — _i.e.,_ not to...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֚י הַ מִּצְוָ֣ה הַ זֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE SUPREME CHOICE Deuteronomy 30:11 The immediate purpose of this passage is to encourage the people by reminding them that all things needful for a holy life are within their reach. Paul refers to...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Continuing his discourse, Moses uttered words thrilling at first with tenderness and urgent appeal. In the first ten verses of the chapter we have the long look ahead of love. He seems to have seen t...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For this commandment which I command thee this day, it [is] (h) not hidden from thee, neither [is] it far off. (h) The law is so evident that no one can pretend ignorance....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Above. Hebrew, "separated, unknown," &c. Septuagint, "too heavy." St. Paul (Romans x. 6,) adapts this to the Christian law, which is the perfection of that given by Moses. The precepts of Jesus Christ...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    If we read those words with an eye to that blessed dispensation, to which the law ministered, for the law is our school-master unto CHRIST, we shall find that there is much gospel in them. It is indee...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11._For this commandment, which I command thee. _This declaration is like the preceding, and tends to the same end; for Moses commends in it the Law, on account of its easiness; because God does not p...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We must now dwell a little on this last point. Chapter 30 furnishes us with an important principle. It supposes that the people have already incurred the consequences of disobedience, and they are see...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THIS COMMANDMENT WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY,.... Which the Jews understand of the law, but the Apostle Paul has taught us to interpret it of the word of faith, the Gospel preached by him and ot...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For this commandment which I command thee this day, it [is] not hidden from thee, neither [is] it far off. Ver. 11. _For this commandment._] This word of faith, Rom 10:8 that teacheth the righteousne...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _This commandment_ The great command of loving and obeying God, which is the sum of the law, of which yet he doth not here speak as it is in itself, but as it is mollified and accompanied with the gra...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Great mercies promised vnto the repentant. 11 The Commaundement is manifest. 15 Death and life are set before them. 1 AND it shall come to passe when all these things are come vpon thee, the bles...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off, it could not be said to be unusually difficult, either with regard to its knowledge or its fulfil...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DEATH AND LIFE SET BEFORE ISRAEL...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S GRACE TO THOSE WHO RETURN (vs.1-10) There are some (even Christians) who insist that Israel has departed so far from God that they can never be restored. But they must ignore chapter 30:1-10, a...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-14 The law is not too high for thee. It is not only known afar off; it is not confined to men of learning. It is written in thy books, made plain, so that he who runs may read it. It is in thy mou...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    He seems to speak of the law, or of that great command of loving and obeying God, mentioned here DEUTERONOMY 30:2,6,10,16, which is the sum of the law, of which yet he doth not here speak simply, or a...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    This chapter is one of very deep interest and importance. It is prophetic, and presents to us some of "the secret things" referred to at the close of the Preceding chapter. It unfolds some of those mo...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 30:11 commandment H4687 command H6680 (H8764) today H3117 mysterious H6381 (H8737) off H7350 it is not hidden -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HIS COMMANDMENT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED (DEUTERONOMY 30:11). Moses again stressed that what he was calling on them to do was not difficult to achieve. It did not demand great expenditure of...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The Palestinian covenant declared. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Those shall have life who choose it. Those who come short of life and happiness must thank themselves. They would hav...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 30:5. _The Lord thy God will bring thee into the land,_ when thou art penitent, by the marvellous munificence of Darius, and of Cyrus his nephew. What a luminous vision of future things! T...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _This commandment, is not hidden._ THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF SALVATION I. Clearness. “With the heart man believeth unto righteousness.” “Ah,” you say, “there it comes in again. Whenever we go elsewher...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 30:11 NOT TOO HARD. When the heart is circumcised (see note on v. 6), keeping the law is possible. THE WORD... IS...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.—Israel were rejected and exiled on account of apostacy, but not absolutely east off for ever. If they would return to the Lord he would turn his favour towards them again, and gather t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 30:1 Though rejected and exiled because of rebellion and apostasy, Israel should not be absolutely or forever cast off. When dispersed among the nations, if the people should r...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 30. It shall come to pass when all these things are come upon thee the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and you call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Colossians 1:26; Colossians 1:27; Isaiah 45:19; Psalms 147:19;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    This commandment — The great command of loving and obeying God, which is the sum of the law, of which yet he doth not here speak, as it is in itself, but as it is molified and accompanied with the gra...

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