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Verse Deuteronomy 11:29. _THOU SHALT PUT THE BLESSING UPON MOUNT
GERIZIM, AND_ _THE CURSE UPON MOUNT EBAL._] The etymology of these
names may be supposed to cast some light on this institution.
גרזים...
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THOU SHALT PUT THE BLESSING UPON MOUNT GERIZIM - literally, thou shalt
give, i. e., “give” utterance to it. On the ceremony see
Deuteronomy 27:14 ff.
Mount Gerizim, barren like Ebal, was probably sele...
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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...
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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...
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GERIZIM. North of Shechem. Compare Joshua 8:33; Joshua 8:34, and see
Deuteronomy 27:12.
EBAL. South of Shechem. Both mounts here named for first time. Not
mentioned after Judges....
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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...
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A return to the Sg. form of address, with phrases peculiar to that
form (see Deuteronomy 6:10; Deuteronomy 7:1). Whether it is original
here, or dependent on Deuteronomy 27:12 f. (cp....
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8. THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE (Deuteronomy 11:26-32)
26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: 27 the
blessing, if ye shall hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your
God, which...
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_AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THE LORD THY GOD HATH BROUGHT THEE IN
UNTO THE LAND WHITHER THOU GOEST TO POSSESS IT, THAT THOU SHALT PUT
THE BLESSING UPON MOUNT GERIZIM, AND THE CURSE UPON MOUNT EBA...
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PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONCLUDED)
Some injunctions to obedience, with the blessing it entails, and the
curse that follows disobedience....
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PUT THE BLESSING, etc.] This refers either to the erection of the
stones inscribed with the blessings and the curses, or to the placing
of the two companies mentioned in Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy...
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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...
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THE BLESSING... AND THE CURSE... — The Targum of Onkelos says,
“Those that bless,” and “those that curse.” (See Deuteronomy
27:12, and Note.[1])
[1] The other Targums say, “When they bless they shall...
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וְ הָיָ֗ה כִּ֤י יְבִֽיאֲךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ...
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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
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THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE
Deuteronomy 11:18
Never in this world do we reach a position from which it is impossible
to fall away. The dew and the rain of God's blessing are contingent on
obedience; a...
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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....
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Put the blessing, &c. See Deuteronomy xxvii. 12, &c., and Josue viii.
33, &c. (Challoner) --- Six tribes were to be stationed on each of
these mountains, chap. xxviii. --- Garizim. Eusebius says that...
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It is truly refreshing to attend to the practical exhortation which
Moses makes, from what he had before said on this interesting subject,
if interpreted upon gospel principles. There is indeed a bles...
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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...
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29._And it shall come to pass, when the Lord_. I have lately expounded
a similar passage, which, although it is subsequent in the order
observed by Moses, yet, inasmuch as it sets out the matter more...
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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...
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AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THE LORD THY GOD HATH BOUGHT THEE INTO
THE LAND WHITHER THOU GOEST TO POSSESS IT,.... Which is often
observed, as being near at hand; and when and where many things wer...
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And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in
unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put
the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal...
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_Put_ Hebrew, _Thou shalt give;_ that is, speak, or pronounce, or
cause to be pronounced. This is more particularly expressed
Deuteronomy 27:12. _Over against_ Looking toward Gilgal, though at
some co...
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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...
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THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE...
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And it shall come to pass, when the Lord, thy God, hath brought thee
in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put
the blessing upon Mount Gerizim and the curse upon Mount Eba...
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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...
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26-32 Moses sums up all the arguments for obedience in two words, the
blessing and the curse. He charged the people to choose which they
would have. Moses then appointed a public and solemn proclamat...
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THOU SHALT PUT THE BLESSING, Heb. _thou shalt give_, i.e. speak or
pronounce, or cause to be pronounced. So the word _to give_ is used,
DEUTERONOMY 13:1,2 JOB 36:3 PROVERBS 9:9. This is more particula...
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"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...
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BLESSING AND CURSING (DEUTERONOMY 11:26).
Most suzerainty treaties and some law codes had cursings against those
who disobeyed their requirements, and many had both blessings and
cursings. This was es...
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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...
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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...
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_A blessing and a curse._
TWO MOUNTAINS
Mount Ebal, we are told, “is a barren, stony, and arid crag”; so
would God “smite the apostates with barrenness, hunger, and
misery.” Gerizim was “covered with...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 11:29 See Deuteronomy 27:1 for
details on this ceremony and the two mountains....
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 11:1; 2 Chronicles 3:1; 2 Kings 23:13; 2 Samuel 1:21; 2 S
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Put — Heb. Thou shalt give, that is, speak or pronounce, or cause to
be pronounced. So the word to give is used, Deuteronomy 13:1; Job
36:3; Proverbs 9:9. This is, more particularly expressed,...