Deuteronomy 11:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. STATUTES, AND... JUDGMENTS. See note on Deuteronomy 4:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. STATUTES, AND... JUDGMENTS. See note on Deuteronomy 4:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS DAY. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26. HIS. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and His". AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in verses: Deuteronomy 11:2; Deuteronomy 11:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS. Compare Psalms 103:7, as distinguished from His "ways" shown only to Moses.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER YOU. One important codex, quoting others, reads "after them". DESTROYED. caused to perish. Compare Exodus 14:28,... [ Continue Reading ]
WILDERNESS. Compare Exodus 15.Numbers 32.... [ Continue Reading ]
DATHAN AND ABIRAM. Compare Numbers 16. SUBSTANCE. living things.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDMENTS. See note on Deuteronomy 6:1; Deuteronomy 6:25; Deuteronomy 7:11. GO. are going over.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE LAND. on the ground.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS NOT. "it [is] not". AS THE LAND OF EGYPT. Rain very rare in Egypt. Compare Zechariah 14:18. WATEREDST... FOOT. Referring to the system of irrigation, by which the water was turned into different channels by the foot.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO. are going. DRINKETH. drinketh continually.... [ Continue Reading ]
EYES. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
One of the _Phylacteries._ See note on Deuteronomy 6:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRST RAIN. "early rain". Falling middle of October to January, preparing ground for seeds. First occurrence of these rains. LATTER RAIN. Falling in March and April, bringing on the harvest. Compare Leviticus 26:3; Leviticus 26:4.Joel 2:23.Jeremiah 5:24.Zechariah 10:1.James 5:7. WINE. Hebrew. _tir... [ Continue Reading ]
SHUT UP. The power of the Creator thus manifested. Compare 1 Kings 8:35.James 5:17. LAND. ground. Hebrew. _adamah_.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. for.... [ Continue Reading ]
WRITE. See note on Exodus 17:14, and App-47.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMAND. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "command this day". Compare the idiom of Luke 23:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY PLACE. Compare Joshua 1:3; Joshua 23:5.Exodus 23:31. FROM. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and from". RIVER. Hebrew. _nahar_,. flood, not _nahal_,. Wady. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "great river". COAST. border.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. See App-14. AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
A BLESSING. the blessing.... [ Continue Reading ]
A CURSE. the curse.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE THEY NOT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. OTHER SIDE. These particulars connect this place with the rehearsing of the law to Abraham. Compare Genesis 12:6. CHAMPAIGN. plain. Heb _'arabah._ Compare Deuteronomy 1:1. GILGAL. enclosure. Not the Gilgal near Jericho. BESIDE. near. Hence thir... [ Continue Reading ]