Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 11:6
See the margin. literally, “every living thing at their feet.” The expression does not mean their goods, which would be included in their “households and tents,” but their followers Numbers 16:32.
See the margin. literally, “every living thing at their feet.” The expression does not mean their goods, which would be included in their “households and tents,” but their followers Numbers 16:32.
Verse Deuteronomy 11:6. _WHAT HE DID UNTO DATHAN, C._] See the notes on Numbers 16:24-4....
ISRAEL'S RESPONSIBILITY, THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God (Deuteronomy 11:1)_ 2. If ye hearken unto my commandments (Deuteronomy 11:10) 3. The b...
DEUTERONOMY 11. Continues the exhortation to love and obey Yahweh, giving motives and promises and pointing out the consequence of disobedience. Deuteronomy 11:2. Read (adding one Heb. consonant), for...
DATHAN AND ABIRAM. Compare Numbers 16. SUBSTANCE. living things....
_what he did unto Dathan and Abiram_ The severity of God's discipline was not only shown to Israel's enemies, but _in the midst of all Israel_to rebellious Israelites. Without such a recollection, the...
Deuteronomy 10:12 to Deuteronomy 11:32. Final Exhortations, Introductory to the Laws Enforced by the preceding Retrospect, the discourse continues to urge its practical conclusions of full fear and l...
A Pl. section recalling God's discipline of the very generation which is being addressed. The change from Sg. to Pl. has been explained on the logical ground that the speaker is no longer regarding th...
(3) BY A CONSTANT REFRESHING OF MEMORY (Deuteronomy 11:2-25) 2 And know ye this day: for I _speak_ not with your children that have not known, and that have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your G...
_AND KNOW YE THIS DAY: FOR I SPEAK NOT WITH YOUR CHILDREN WHICH HAVE NOT KNOWN, AND WHICH HAVE NOT SEEN THE CHASTISEMENT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, HIS GREATNESS, HIS MIGHTY HAND, AND HIS STRETCHED OUT ARM...
11:6 them, (c-42) Lit. 'was at their feet.' Exodus 11:8 ....
There is no mention here of Korah: see on Numbers 16. 10, 11. The fields in Egypt require to be watered artificially. The water is raised from the lakes or from the Nile by means of pumps worked by th...
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONCLUDED) Some injunctions to obedience, with the blessing it entails, and the curse that follows disobedience....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 11 V1 ‘Therefore, love the *LORD your God. Always *keep his instructions, his rules and his *co...
WHAT HE DID UNTO DATHAN AND ABIRAM.... — See Numbers 16. It is impossible to separate the rebellion of _Korah_ from that of _Dathan and Abiram,_ and seeing that the whole point of Korah’s rebellion wa...
וַ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֜ה לְ דָתָ֣ן וְ לַ
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
THE REWARDS OF OBEDIENCE Deuteronomy 11:1 In this chapter the introductory portion of this book closes, and two final arguments are brought to bear on the chosen people, to induce them to love God an...
As Moses concluded his great call to the people to the pathway of obedience, he reminded them what varied experiences they had had from which they knew the nature of the government and power of God....
This is a charming line of distinction which the man of GOD hath drawn between the ignorance and unconsciousness of children, and the experience of men. In recapitulating those mighty acts of GOD, he...
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...
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...
AND WHAT HE DID UNTO DATHAN AND ABIRAM, THE SONS OF ELIAB, THE SON OF REUBEN,.... When they with Korah and his company quarrelled with Moses and Aaron about the priesthood, Numbers 16:1, how the earth...
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that ...
1 An exhortation to obedience, 2 by their owne experience of Gods great works, 8 by promise of Gods great blessings, 16 and by threatnings. 18 A carefull study is required in Gods words. 26 The b...
and what He did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, in the rebellion of Korah, Numbers 16; HOW THE EARTH OPENED HER MOUTH AND SWALLOWED THEM UP, AND THEIR HOUSEHOLDS, AND THE...
AN INDUCEMENT TO KEEP HIS LAWS...
SOWING AND REAPING (vs.1-32) This chapter emphasizes the results of obedience in contrast to the consequences of disobedience. It begins with the commandment to love the Lord their God, which of cour...
SUBSTANCE: Or, living substance which followed them WAS IN THEIR POSSESSION: _ Heb._ was at their feet...
1-7 Observe the connexion of these two; Thou shalt love the Lord, and keep his charge. Love will work in obedience, and that only is acceptable obedience which flows from a principle of love, 1 John 5...
IN THEIR POSSESSION, Heb. _at their feet_, i.e. under their power, PSALMS 8:6, which followed them, or belonged to them....
"Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgements, and his commandments, alway. And know ye this day; for I speak not with your children which have...
Deuteronomy 11:6 did H6213 (H8804) Dathan H1885 Abiram H48 sons H1121 Eliab H446 son H1121 Reuben...
CHAPTER 11 THEY FACE THE FINAL CHOICE. This chapter continues the themes of the previous Chapter s and brings this section to a close. In it Moses summarises what has gone before and lays emphasis on...
CONTENTS: Warnings and exhortations to obedience. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The closer dependence we have had on God, the more cheerful should be our obedience to Him. In absolute obedienc...
Deuteronomy 11:10. _Water it with thy foot._ Egypt was watered periodically by the overflowing of the Nile; and the husbandman, following the retiring waters, sowed his seed. When the droughty season...
_And what He did unto Dathan and Abiram._ THE SPIRIT OF REVOLUTION Moses recalls the revolt against his authority in the wilderness. It took place in conjunction with the revolt of Korah (Numbers 17:...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 11:6 DATHAN AND ABIRAM, along with Korah, rebelled against Moses’ leadership in the wilderness (Numbers 16:1)....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Deuteronomy 11:1 develops more fully the other features of Divine Requirements, Deuteronomy 10:12. Love must be seen in perpetual observance of commands. _Keep_, Leviticus 8:35;...
EXPOSITION Moses here renews his exhortation to obedience, enforced by regard to their experience of God's dealings with them in Egypt and in the wilderness, and by consideration of God's promises an...
In chapter eleven he continues his warnings to them, as they are about to come into the land. And he reminds them again of the miracles that God did for them in bringing them out of Egypt. How He spoi...
Numbers 16:1; Numbers 16:31; Numbers 26:10; Numbers 26:9; Numbers 27:3