THE LORD THY GOD. _Jehovah_ thy _Elohim._ NATIONS. Ten altogether are mentioned by name, here seven only. Other lists name six. Girgashites generally omitted. In the days of Ezra (Deuteronomy 9:1) five were still in the land. In the Tel-el-Amarna Tablets eight are named.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTROY THEM. devote them to destruction. Hebrew. _haram._ Compare Exodus 23:24; Exodus 34:12, and see note on Deuteronomy 7:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
ME. The very words of Jehovah introduced. THEY. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "he". DESTROY. cut off. Hebrew. _shamad._... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. But rather, or, Verily. DESTROY. break down. Hebrew. _nathaz._ BREAK DOWN. break into fragments. Hebrew. _shabab._ BURN. burn up. GRAVEN IMAGES. sculptures.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. CHOSEN. This is the word emphasized by the Hebrew accent (_pas_. _h)_, "thee hath Jehovah chosen". This is the basis of all else that is here stated. SPECIAL. peculiar. See note on Exodus 19:6, or "His people as. treasure". Compare Deuteronomy 26:18; 1 Peter 2:9. PEO... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVE. affection. Hebrew. _hashak,_. love which joins one to what is loved. to set one's love upon.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVED. Hebrew. _'ahab,_ love in its highest sense, love that delights in its object. BONDMEN. Compare Deuteronomy 5:6, and Exodus 20:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. ' _El_, the great and mighty God. See App-4. MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. COMMANDMENTS. Hebrew text written singular, but read plural.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTROY. cause them to perish. Hebrew. _'abad._ HE. Some codices with one early printed edition, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "and He",... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6). STATUTES, AND THE JUDGMENTS. See note on Deuteronomy 4:1. THIS DAY. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh._ See App-27. INCREASE. Hebrew. _sheger,_ only here, Deuteronomy 28:4; Deuteronomy 28:18; Deuteronomy 28:51, and Exodus 13:12 ("cometh of ") in the sense of multiplying by generation. FLOCKS. Only here, and Deuteronomy 28:4; Deuteronomy 28:18; Deuteronomy 28:51. These three wo... [ Continue Reading ]
BARREN. Compare Exodus 23:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISEASES. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Sept and Vulgate, read "disease". Compare Ex. Deuteronomy 23:22; Deuteronomy 23:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALT CONSUME. This command never fully obeyed. Compare Ezra 9:1, and see Exodus 23:24; Exodus 23:32; Exodus 34:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
TEMPTATIONS. trials, as manifested in Jehovah's wonderful works.... [ Continue Reading ]
HORNET. a fierce kind of wasp. May be taken literally or by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the terror caused by it. Compare Exodus 23:27, and Deuteronomy 2:25. Or, by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for Egypt; the hornet being the royal symbol. Occurs three times. Exodus 23:28... [ Continue Reading ]
MIGHTY. great. TERRIBLE. to be feared.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE THEE. Hebrew "before thy face". LITTLE BY LITTLE: referring to all the nations of Canaan. (Exodus 23:29; Exodus 23:30). Compare Deuteronomy 9:3, "quickly", which refers to Israel and the "sons of Anak" (Deuteronomy 9:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTROY. discomfit. Hebrew. _hum,_ to put in consternation. DESTRUCTION. discomfiture. DESTROYED. exterminated. Hebrew. _shamad._ Compare Deuteronomy 7:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ See App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
BURN. burn up. See App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
A CURSED THING. Hebrew. thing devoted to destruction; Compare Deuteronomy 13:17; Joshua 6:18; Isaiah 34:5; Isaiah 43:28 Malachi 4:6. Hebrew. _herem,_ Compare other words in verses: Deuteronomy 7:23; Deuteronomy 7:24.... [ Continue Reading ]