CHAPTER IX _The people are informed that they shall shortly pass over_ _Jordan, and that God shall go over before them, to expel the_ _ancient inhabitants_, 1-3. _They are cautioned not to suppose that it is on account of their_ _righteousness that God is to give them that land_, 4-6. _They ar... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 9:5. _FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THESE NATIONS_] So then it was not by any _sovereign_ act of God that these people were cast out, but for their _wickedness_; they had transgressed the law of their Creator; they had resisted his Spirit, and could no longer be tolerated. The Israelites... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 9:10. _TABLES OF STONE_] Exodus 31:18, Exodus 31:18, and Exodus 32:15, Exodus 32:15; _"_Exodus 32:16_"_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 9:12. _THY PEOPLE - HAVE CORRUPTED_ THEMSELVES] Debased themselves by making and worshipping an Egyptian idol. Exodus 32:1, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 9:21. _I TOOK YOUR SIN, THE CALF WHICH YE HAD MADE_] _See this fully explained, Clarke "_Exodus 32:20_"_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 9:22. _AT KIBROTH-HATTAAVAH_] Numbers 11:34, Numbers 11:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 9:27. _REMEMBER THY SERVANTS, ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB_] As if he had said: "These are their descendants, and the covenant was made with those patriarchs in behalf of these." God bestows many blessings on comparatively worthless persons, either for the sake of their pious ancestor... [ Continue Reading ]