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Verse Deuteronomy 11:10. _WATEREDST_ IT _WITH THY FOOT_] Rain
scarcely ever falls in Egypt, and God supplies the lack of it by the
inundations of the Nile. In order to water the grounds where the
inu...
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Another motive for fidelity is added, namely, the entire dependence of
the promised land upon God for its fertility. It was “a land flowing
with milk and honey;” yet this its richness was not, as was...
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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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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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_whither thou goest in to possess it_ The Sg. equivalent for the Pl.
_whither ye are crossing to possess it_(Deuteronomy 11:8). Therefore
the Pl. reading of Sam. and LXX codd. A etc., _ye are going in...
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Another picture of the blessings of the land, cp. Deuteronomy 6:10
ff., Deuteronomy 7:12 ff., Deuteronomy 8:7 ff.; all like this in the
Sg. form of address. But this time we see the land under a new a...
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_VER._ 10. _AND WATEREDST IT WITH THY FOOT_— That is, _with labour;_
for it is not Moses's design to compare the countries with respect to
fertility; but with respect to the labour which it took in on...
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(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...
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_FOR THE LAND, WHITHER THOU GOEST IN TO POSSESS IT, IS NOT AS THE LAND
OF EGYPT, FROM WHENCE YE CAME OUT, WHERE THOU SOWEDST THY SEED, AND
WATEREDST IT WITH THY FOOT, AS A GARDEN OF HERBS:_
For the l...
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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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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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NOT AS THE LAND OF EGYPT. — “But much better. And Egypt was
praised above all lands, as it is said (Genesis 13:10), ‘As the
garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt.’ And the land of Goshen,
where I...
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כִּ֣י הָ אָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתָּ֤ה בָא
־שָׁ֨מָּה
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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 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...
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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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For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the
land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed,
and wateredst [it] with thy (d) foot, as a garden of herbs:
(d)...
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Gardens. Hebrew, "where thou didst sow the seed, and water it with the
foot, as a garden," by means of various machines or wheels, which were
turned by the feet. (Philo) --- Solinus (ii. 22, 36,) take...
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These verses afford a delightful view, even considered as an history
of the promised land. It is beautiful to remark the several characters
here drawn by the pencil of Moses, under the direction of th...
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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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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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FOR THE LAND WHITHER THOU GOEST IN TO POSSESS IT,.... The land of
Canaan they were about to take possession of:
[IS] NOT AS THE LAND OF EGYPT, FROM WHENCE YE CAME OUT; either the
whole land of Egypt,...
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For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the
land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed,
and wateredst [it] with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
Ver. 10...
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_The land is not as the land of Egypt_ The fruitfulness of it depends
more especially on the divine providence, and therefore you should be
careful to serve the Lord, and secure his favour and blessin...
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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 EXCELLENCIES OF THE LAND OF PROMISE...
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For the land whither thou goest in to possess it is not as the land of
Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and
wateredst it with thy foot, where the need of irrigation made co...
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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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8-17 Moses sets before them, for the future, life and death, the
blessing and the curse, according as they did or did not keep God's
commandment. Sin tends to shorten the days of all men, and to shor...
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i.e. With great pains and labour of thy feet, partly by going up and
down to fetch water and disperse it, and partly by digging furrows
with thy foot, and using engines for distributing the water, whi...
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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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Deuteronomy 11:10 land H776 go H935 (H8802) possess H3423 (H8800) land
H776 Egypt H4714 come H3318 ...
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THE LAND TO WHICH THEY ARE GOING IS AN ABUNDANT LAND. IT IS WATERED BY
GOD AND IS DEPENDENT ON HIS CARE, A CARE DEPENDENT ON THEIR OBEDIENCE
TO THE COVENANT REQUIREMENTS (DEUTERONOMY 11:10).
Analysis...
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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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_Not as the land of Egypt._
CANAAN ON EARTH
Egypt is typical of the condition of the children of God while they
are in bondage to the law of sin. There they are made to work
unceasingly, without wage...
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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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Zechariah 14:18...
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With thy foot — That is, with great pains and labour of thy feet,
partly by going up and down to fetch water and disperse it, and partly
by digging furrows with thy foot, and using engines for distrib...