THIS DAY: i.e. it is declared this day that, &c. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, where the action is put for the declaration concerning it. Punctuate thus: "Hear,. Israel this day", &c. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26. NATIONS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, f... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. ANAKIMS. The descendants of Anak; the progeny of the second irruption of fallen angels (see Genesis 6:4 and App-25, and compare Joshua 11:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD THY GOD. Jehovah thy 'Elohim. App-4. CONSUMING FIRE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. SHALL DESTROY. Hebrew. _shamad,_ exterminate. AND DESTROY. Hebrew. _'abad,_ cause to perish. QUICKLY. See note on Deuteronomy 7:22. AS. according as. See Exodus 23:29; Exodus 23:30. Moab subd... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _rash'a_. App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. Compare Titus 3:5. Rom 11:6. 2 Timothy 1:9. THY FATHERS. All three named in connection with the oath.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE CAME. So some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac; but Hebrew text reads "thou camest".... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTROYED. Hebrew. _shamad,_ exterminate, or cut off.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORTY DAYS. Exodus 24:18; Exodus 34:28. See App-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
WRITTEN. See note on Exodus 17:14 and App-47.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAID. See note on Deuteronomy 2:9, and compare Exodus 32:7; Exodus 32:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE. See note on Deuteronomy 2:1. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET ME ALONE. Compare Psalms 46:10, where it is rendered "Be still".... [ Continue Reading ]
I TURNED. Compare Exodus 32:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. SINNED. Hebrew. _chat'a_. See App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
I TOOK. Compare "Exodus 32:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKEDLY. Hebrew. _ra'a_, the wicked thing: i.e. idolatry. See App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFRAID. alarmed.... [ Continue Reading ]
BURNT IT. burnt it up. Hebrew. _saraph._ App-43. DESCENDED. Compare Exodus 32:20, which is here explained.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND, &C. Note the Parenthesis of verses: Deuteronomy 9:22. TABERAH. Compare Numbers 11:1. MASSAH. Compare Exodus 17:7. KIBROTH-HATTAAVAH. Compare Numbers 11:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDMENT. Hebrew mouth. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for what is spoken by it. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
I PRAYED. Compare Exodus 32:11. LORD GOD. Adonai Jehovah. God's ownership emphasized by this title. See App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
STUBBORNNESS. obduracy, or obstinacy.... [ Continue Reading ]