STATUTES. ordinances: Godward. Exodus 12:24; Exodus 12:43; Exodus 30:21.Hebrews 9:1. JUDGMENTS. duties and punishments, manward. First occurrence in plural in Exodus 21:1. The two often united. See Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 6:1; Deuteronomy 12:1. [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL NOT ADD. Compare Ch. Deuteronomy 12:32.Proverbs 30:5; Proverbs 30:6; Jeremiah 23:28; Jeremiah 26:2.Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 2:7; Revelation 22:18; Revelation 22:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _ish_. See App-14. Baal-peor. See note on Deuteronomy 3:29 and Numbers 25:1; Numbers 25:9; Psalms 106:28; Hosea 9:10; 1 Corinthians 10:8. DESTROYED. exterminated. Hebrew. _shmadh._... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDERSTANDING. discernment. UNDERSTANDING. discerning.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. GOD. a god, or gods. Hebrew 'Elohim. App-4. NIGH. nigh to help. Compare Psalms 32:9; Psalms 34:18; Psalms 119:151; Psalms 145:18; Nehemiah 13:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO RIGHTEOUS. See App-15. Compare 2 Samuel 7:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE HEED. Note the three occurrences in this chapter (verses: Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 4:15; Deuteronomy 4:23). THY SOUL. thyself. Hebrew thy _nephesh_.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPECIALLY. Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6. Might be supplied by the word "Remember". HOREB. Occurs three times before Deut. (viz. Exodus 3:1; Exodus 17:6; Exodus 33:6). Sinai is the general word, but occurs only once in Deut. (Deuteronomy 33:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
THICK DARKNESS. See Exodus 20:21, and compare Hebrew. _araphel_. 2 Samuel 22:10; 1 Kings 8:12.Psalms 97:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE. See note on Deuteronomy 2:1. SAW. Figure of speech _Zeugma._ App-6.: by which one verb 'saw" is used with two objects and suits only the first.. second verb "heard" must be supplied: compare Exodus 3:16. 2Ki 11:12. 1 Timothy 4:3. It is for the purpose of calling attention to the emphasis thu... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN TEN. Hebrew the ten. WROTE. See note on Exodus 17:14. only here and Deuteronomy 10:4 in Deut. See also App-47.... [ Continue Reading ]
ME. Emphasis on "me" to call attention to the mediation of Moses.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOURSELVES. your souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._ See Deuteronomy 4:9 above and App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
GRAVEN IMAGE. Hebrew. _p_ esl. a sculpture (Exodus 20:4). FIGURE. Hebrew semel. only here, 2Ch 33:7, 2 Chronicles 33:15, and Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 8:5. LIKENESS. form. Hebrew. _tablinith =_ model.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOST OF HEAVEN: sun, moon, and stars. This sin foreknown. 2 Kings 17:18; 2 Kings 23:4. Compare Amos 5:26 with Acts 7:42; Acts 7:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
IRON FURNACE. Compare Genesis 15:17. Ex. Deuteronomy 3:2; Deuteronomy 3:3; 1 Kings 8:51.Jeremiah 11:4. TO BE, &C. Compare Exodus 19:5.Exodus 9:29; Exodus 32:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANGRY. Compare Deuteronomy 1:37; Deuteronomy 3:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORBIDDEN THEE. Hebrew. _zivvah,_. Homonym. to command, and to forbid. Here it. forbid, also in Judges 13:14, where it is wrongly rendered "command".... [ Continue Reading ]
A CONSUMING FIRE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. Compare Exodus 24:17; Hebrews 12:29. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
I CALL. Figure of speech _Deasis._ App-6. Compare Deuteronomy 31:28. HEAVEN AND EARTH. the heavens and the earth (always plural and with Hebrew particle. _eth_, except Genesis 2:1. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1). One of the thirteen occurrences of the Hebrew expressions noted in the Massorah. Genesis... [ Continue Reading ]
SCATTER. Hebrew. _puz_. disperse. See Genesis 10:18; Genesis 11:4; Genesis 11:9, not used in Leviticus 26:33, but is used in Jeremiah 30:11, and frequently: also in Ezek. Compare Deuteronomy 28:64, and Ezekiel 20:23. NATIONS. peoples. HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVE GODS. Compare Daniel 5:23.Revelation 9:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT. This agrees with the Samaritan Pentateuch Text, but the printed Hebrew Text has "ye shall". SEEK. Compare Leviticus 26:40; Jeremiah 29:13, &c. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ See App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LATTER DAYS. the end of the days.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WILL NOT FORSAKE. First occurrence of this promise. Repeated in Deuteronomy 31:6 for the journey. Repeated to Joshua for conflict, Joshua 1:5; Joshua 1:6. to Solomon for work, 1 Chronicles 28:20. to us for daily provision and comfort, Hebrews 13:5; Hebrews 13:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAYS. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, put for the events which took place in them. CREATED (singular) These two words occur together three times (Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:3, and here).... [ Continue Reading ]
DID... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. GOD: or,. god. AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. GOD: or,. god. FROM, THE MIDST. Here we have the whole of Exodus, compare Jeremiah 32:21. TEMPTATIONS. trials, or, provings. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), in this verse. WAR. fightings. Exodus 14:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE IS GOD. Compare 1 Kings 18:39; Isaiah 45:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE. Compare Deuteronomy 7:7; Deuteronomy 9:5; Deuteronomy 10:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _ha-elohlm_. the God.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVER. all the days: i.e. for all time.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. Emphatic, marking the end of his first address. MOSES. Change to third person, not because it is now editorial, but because the first direct address is ended. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1. SEVERED. separated. Compare Exodus 21:13.Numbers 35:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATED. he hated.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS: i.e. which hereafter followeth. The commencement of the new section according to the Structure. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
TESTIMONIES. Hebrew. _'ud_, to say again and again, hence, testifyings, affirmations, &c. STATUTES, AND THE JUDGMENTS. See note on Deuteronomy 4:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
SMOTE. Compare Numbers 21:24.Numbers 1:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF OG. Compare Numbers 21:33.Numbers 3:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
SION. Written for Sirion. See Deuteronomy 3:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THIS SIDE. across:. neutral term. Compare Deuteronomy 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]