Deuteronomy 11:1
THEREFORE] There should be no break here: see on Deuteronomy 10:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE] There should be no break here: see on Deuteronomy 10:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONCLUDED) Some injunctions to obedience, with the blessing it entails, and the curse that follows disobedience.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEN THE CHASTISEMENT] i.e. experienced for yourselves the discipline or instruction of the Lord. The word refers not only to the punishment of the Egyptians but' also to the experiences of the Israelites.... [ Continue Reading ]
There is no mention here of Korah: see on Numbers 16. 10, 11. The fields in Egypt require to be watered artificially. The water is raised from the lakes or from the Nile by means of pumps worked by the foot. But the expression WATEREDST _it_ WITH THY FOOT may refer to the practice of diverting the... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRST RAIN] see on Leviticus 26:4. 18-21. See on Deuteronomy 6:8; Deuteronomy 6:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAVEN UPON THE EARTH] RV 'the heavens above the earth.'... [ Continue Reading ]
Cp. Joshua 1:8; Joshua 1:4. The wilderness is the WILDERNESS of Judah in the S.; LEBANON is the northern boundary; the EUPHRATES is in the E.; and the uttermost sea (ht. 'the hinder sea') is the Mediterranean in the W. In describing the cardinal points the Hebrew stood with his face to the E. or sun... [ Continue Reading ]
OTHER GODS, WHICH YE HAVE NOT KNOWN] i.e. who have not revealed themselves in deeds of deliverance and kindness, as Jehovah has done, and who have no claim upon your reverence and obedience. The argument is always the same, though repeated in various forms. Israel's past experience of God's free gra... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT THE BLESSING, etc.] This refers either to the erection of the stones inscribed with the blessings and the curses, or to the placing of the two companies mentioned in Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy 27:13. is, one to bless and the other to curse. EBAL and GERIZIM are the most conspicuous of the hi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHAMPAIGN] i.e. the plain, RV 'Arabah': see on Deuteronomy 1:1. PLAINS OF MOREH] RV 'oaks of Moreh': see Genesis 12:6. The Samaritans claim that Moreh and Moriah (Genesis 22:2) are the same, and that the sacrifice of Isaac therefore took place on Mt. Gerizim. They also assert that Mt. Gerizim wa... [ Continue Reading ]