CHAPTER XXIX _A recapitulation of God's gracious dealings with Israel_, 1-8. _An exhortation to obedience, and to enter into covenant with_ _their God, that they and their posterity may be established_ _in the good land_, 9-15. _They are to remember the abominations of Egypt, and to avoid_ _th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 29:4. _THE LORD HATH NOT GIVEN YOU A HEART, C._] Some critics read this verse interrogatively: _And hath not God given_ _you a heart, c._? because they suppose that God could not reprehend them for the non-performance of a duty, when he had neither given them a mind to perceive th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 29:5. _YOUR CLOTHES ARE NOT WAXEN OLD_] Deuteronomy 8:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 29:6. _YE HAVE NOT EATEN BREAD, C._] That is, ye have not been supported in an ordinary providential way I have been continually working _miracles_ for you, _that ye might know that I am_ _the Lord_. Thus we find that God had furnished them with all the means of this knowledge, and... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 29:10. _YE STAND - ALL OF YOU BEFORE THE LORD_] They were about to enter into a covenant with God; and as a covenant implies _two_ _parties contracting_, God is represented as being present, and they and all their families, old and young, come before him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 29:12. _THAT THOU SHOULDEST ENTER_] לעבר _leaber, to pass_ _through_, that is, between the separated parts of the covenant sacrifice. Genesis 15:18, Genesis 15:18. _AND INTO HIS OATH_] Thus we find that in a covenant were these _seven_ particulars: 1. The parties about to contrac... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 29:15. HIM _THAT STANDETH HERE_] The present generation. Him _that is not here _- all future generations of this people.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 29:18. _A ROOT THAT BEARETH GALL AND WORMWOOD_] That is, as the apostle expresses it, Hebrews 3:12, _An evil heart of unbelief departing from the living God_; for to this place he evidently refers. It may also signify _false_ _doctrines_, or _idolatrous persons_ among themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 29:19. _TO ADD DRUNKENNESS TO THIRST_] A proverbial expression denoting the utmost indulgence in all sensual gratifications.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 29:26. _GODS _- WHOM _HE HAD NOT GIVEN UNTO THEM_] This is an unhappy translation. _Houbigant_ renders the original words ולו חלק להם _velo chalak lahem, et quibuscum nulla eis societas_, "And with whom they had no society;" and falls unmercifully on _Le Clerc_ because he had tran... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 29:29. _THE SECRET_ THINGS BELONG _UNTO THE LORD, C._] This verse has been variously translated. Houbigant renders it thus: _Quae apud Dominum nostrum abscondita sunt, nobis ea filiisque_ _nostris palam facta sunt ad multas aetates_, "The things which were hidden with the Lord our... [ Continue Reading ]