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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 7:12-15

Ver. 12-15. Wherefore—if ye hearken to these judgments, &c.— See the notes on chap. 28: Respecting the diseases of Egypt, Mr. Locke observes, that they were noisome ulcers, which were called Egyptia, and with which the priests of Isis used to threaten the contemners of her worship.

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See also Deuteronomy 7:12-15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 7:12. _THE LORD - SHALL KEEP UNTO THEE THE COVENANT_] So we find their continuance in the state of favour was to depend on their _faithfulness_ to the grace of God. If they should r...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THE POSSESSION OF THE LAND AND THEIR SEPARATION CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The command to destroy the Canaanites (Deuteronomy 7:1)_ 2. The command to destroy their idolatry (Deuteronomy 7:5) 3. The promise...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DEUTERONOMY 7:6 gives reasons why Israel ought to serve Yahweh. Deuteronomy 7:9. Render, know therefore that Yahweh thy God is the (_i.e._ the true, see Deuteronomy 4:35) God, the faithful God, one w

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And it shall come to pass_ Cp. Deuteronomy 6:10. _because_ better than A.V. _if_; Heb. means _in consequence of_, or _as a reward for_. _ye hearken … and do them_ Another Pl. clause and superfluous...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    LESSON SEVEN DEUTERONOMY 7:1-26 6. DEFENDING THE FAITH: NECESSITY OF THE HOLY WAR (Deuteronomy 7:1-26) a. THE REASONS FOR THE HOLY WAR (Deuteronomy 7:1-15) When Jehovah thy God s

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THOU SHALT THEREFORE KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS, AND THE STATUTES, AND THE JUDGMENTS, WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, TO DO THEM._ Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments ... In the covenant into which...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONTINUED) In this chapter the people are warned against temptations to idolatry and enjoined to avoid contact with their idolatrous neighbours: see on Exodus 23:32; Numbers 2...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 7 V1 ‘The *LORD your God will bring you into the country that you will possess. He will force o...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    At this point begins the third of the Hebrew divisions of the book. IF YE HEARKEN. — Literally, _as a return for your hearkening._ (See Note on Deuteronomy 8:19.)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֣ה ׀ עֵ֣קֶב תִּשְׁמְע֗וּן אֵ֤ת הַ מִּש

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE BAN Deuteronomy 7:1 As in the previous chapter we have had the Mosaic and Deuteronomic statement of the internal and spiritual means of defending the Israelite character and faith from the tempta...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    WHAT THE LORD DOES FOR HIS PEOPLE Deuteronomy 7:12 The promises to obedience are enlarged upon with touching copiousness. Love, blessing, keeping, peace, multiplication, fruit and health lie along th...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Continuing to deal with the responsibilities of the people as they entered the land, Moses insisted upon the absolute necessity for the maintenance of the attitude of separation to God. Stringent inst...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the (f) mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: (f...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _If. The promises of God to the Hebrews were conditional. (Worthington)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    All these are so many beautiful recapitulations of the same important precepts and promises blended. Upon so grand and infinitely momentous a concern, we need line upon line, and precept upon precept....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    12._Wherefore it shall come to pass_. God appears so to act according to agreement, as to leave (His people) no hope of His favor, unless they perform their part of it; and undoubtedly this is the usu...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5, 6, AND 7. In chapter 5 Moses reminds them of the ten commandments given in Horeb; and it is to be remarked, that the deliverance out of Egypt (not the rest...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHEREFORE IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IF YE HEARKEN TO THESE JUDGMENTS, AND KEEP AND DO THEM,.... Attentively listen to the declaration made of them, and be careful to observe them: THAT THE LORD THY GOD...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The covenant and the mercy_ That is, the covenant of mercy, which he, out of his own mere grace, made with them. _He will love thee_ He will continue to love thee, and to manifest his love to thee....

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 All communion with the Nations is forbidden, 4 for feare of Idolatrie, 6 for the holinesse of the people, 9 for the nature of God in his Mercie and Iustice, 17 for the assurednesse of victorie w...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE EXTERMINATION OF THE HEATHEN NATIONS ENJOINED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord, thy God, shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which Ha sware unto thy fathers. He wou...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    ISRAEL SEPARATED TO GOD (vs.1-11) Again the Lord emphasizes the importance of Israel's sanctification from the nations. When they entered the land, God would give them victory over the inhabitants, a...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    IF: _ Heb._ because...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-26 We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those who do such works. Whatever brings us into a snare, brings us under a curse. Let us...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    i.e. The covenant of mercy or grace, which he out of his own mere grace made with them. A figure called _hendiaduo_....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee,... seven nations greater and mightier than thou. And when the Lord th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 7:12 pass H6118 listen H8085 (H8799) judgments H4941 keep H8104 (H8804) do H6213 (H8804) LORD...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THEIR REWARD FOR FAITHFULNESS AND OBEDIENCE TO HIS COVENANT WILL BE MULTIPLIED BLESSING (DEUTERONOMY 7:12). a It shall come about that because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, tha...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Command to be separate people and to destroy opposing nations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Those who are taken into communion with God must have no communication with the unfruitfu...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 7:3. _Neither make marriages with them._ See note on Ezra 10:2. Deuteronomy 7:5. _And cut down their groves._ The patriarchal devotion being performed at first on hills, and in places dest...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 7:12 Obedience to the COVENANT leads to blessings for Israel (see Deuteronomy 28:1). Evil dis

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.—Israel is forwarded against the idolatry of the people whose country they were about to enter (_cf_. Deuteronomy 6:14). The nations were more powerful than Israel, but God would delive...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ENTIRE SEPARATION FROM IDOLATROUS NATIONS ENJOINED. DEUTERONOMY 7:1 The Israelites were about to enter on a country occupied by idolaters, and they are commanded not to spare them or to a...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter seven, When God brings you into the land and cast out these enemies that are bigger and stronger than you are; And he delivers them from before you; and smites them, and destroys them;...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 7:9; Leviticus 26:3; Luke 1:55; Luke 1:72

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The covenant and the mercy — That is, the covenant of mercy, which he out of his own mere grace made with them....

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