"And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:"
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A comparison of this chapter with Exodus 23:20 and Leviticus 26 will
show how Moses here resumes and amplifies the promises and threats
already set forth in the earlier records of the Law. The languag...
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24. THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE
CHAPTER 28
_ 1. The blessing promised (Deuteronomy 28:1)_
2. The curse announced (Deuteronomy 28:15)
This is one of the most solemn Chapter s in the Pentateuch. Ortho...
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DEUTERONOMY 28. BLESSINGS AND CURSES. This chapter is held by Kuenen,
Dillmann, Driver, Addis, etc. to belong in the main to D (Deuteronomy
28:12 or Deuteronomy 28:5?). In favour of this conclusion no...
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THE HEAD, AND NOT THE TAIL. Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6) for
great emphasis.
ABOVE... AND NOT BENEATH. Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ See note above....
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The Blessings
Parallels in Deuteronomy 7:12-24; Deuteronomy 11:13-15; Deuteronomy
11:22-25. On the assurance of material blessings as the consequence of
obedience to the commandments of God see the w...
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_VER._ 13. _THE LORD SHALL MAKE THEE THE HEAD, AND NOT THE TAIL,_— A
proverbial method of speaking, which the following words explain: "You
shall rule over other nations, but other nations shall not r...
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C. BLESSINGS TO BE REPEATED FROM MOUNT GERIZIM (Deuteronomy 28:1-14)
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the
voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandment...
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_AND THE LORD SHALL MAKE THEE THE HEAD, AND NOT THE TAIL; AND THOU
SHALT BE ABOVE ONLY, AND THOU SHALT NOT BE BENEATH; IF THAT THOU
HEARKEN UNTO THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH I COMMAND
T...
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THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE
This chapter properly follows Deuteronomy 26:19, and concludes the
second discourse. It enforces the injunctions given, by exhibiting the
blessings associated with the keep...
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DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE
LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD
DEUTERONOMY
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 28
V1 ‘Listen carefully to the *LORD your God. *Keep and obey all his
*commandments. I am orderi...
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וּ נְתָֽנְךָ֙ יְהוָ֤ה לְ רֹאשׁ֙ וְ
לֹ֣א לְ זָנָ֔ב וְ הָיִ֨יתָ֙ רַ֣ק לְ
מַ֔עְלָה...
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MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES
Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;
Deuteronomy 30:1.
WITH the twenty-sixth chapter the entirely homogeneous central portion
of the Book of...
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BLESSINGS UPON THE OBEDIENT
Deuteronomy 28:1
A remarkable chapter! The epitome of what Israel might have been,
contrasted with what she became! It is on account of the
transgressions that the centur...
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We now come to the commencement of the third discourse of Moses. It
was pre\-eminently the uttering of solemn warnings in which he laid
before the people the results of disobedience and rebellion. He...
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_Tail, as he had promised, ver. 1. (Menochius) --- You shall have
dominion over others. (Calmet) --- So Isaias (ix. 14,) says, the Lord
shall destroy the head, (the magistrate) and the tail, or (ver....
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Though I propose to make but a short observation on the whole of these
blessings, for the sake of being brief, and that I may not increase
the bulk of the present Commentary too much; yet I do beg the...
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It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this
book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22.
What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 28 AND 29.
In CHAPTER 28 we have the principles of God's government in the midst
of that people, and the immediate consequences of obedience or
disobedience-...
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AND THE LORD SHALL MAKE THEE THE HEAD, AND NOT THE TAIL,.... Give them
dominion over others, and not make them subject to them; the head
signifies rulers and governors, and the tail the common people...
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And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou
shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou
hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command
th...
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_The head_ The chief of all people in power, or at least in dignity
and privileges; so that even they that are not under thy authority
shall reverence thy greatness and excellence. So it was in David'...
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1 The blessings for Obedience.
15 The curses for disobedience.
1 AND it shall come to passe, [NOTE: Leviticus 26:3.] if thou shalt
hearken diligently vnto the voyce of the LORD thy God, to obserue a...
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THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE...
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FROM MOUNT GERIZIM -- BLESSINGS
(vs.1-14)
Though Chapter 28 does not say that these blessings were pronounced
from Mount Gerizim, yet Chapter 27:12 indicates this. But the
blessings were prefaced; b...
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1-14 This chapter is a very large exposition of two words, the
blessing and the curse. They are real things and have real effects.
The blessings are here put before the curses. God is slow to anger,
b...
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THE HEAD; the chief of all people in power, or at least in dignity and
privileges; so that even they that are not under thine authority shall
reverence thy greatness and excellency. So it was in David...
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In approaching the study of this remarkable section of our book, the
reader must bear in mind that it is by no means, to be confounded with
chapter 27. Some expositors, in seeking to account for the a...
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Deuteronomy 28:13 LORD H3068 make H5414 (H8804) head H7218 tail H2180
only H4605 beneath H4295 heed H8085 (H8799) commandments H4687 LORD
H3068 God H430 command H6680 (H8764) today H3117 careful H8104...
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VIII. BLESSINGS AND CURSINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE COVENANT (DEUTERONOMY
28:1 TO DEUTERONOMY 29:1).
CHAPTER 28 COVENANT BLESSINGS AND CURSINGS.
It should be noted that verse 1 is not an invitation to e...
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CONTENTS: Conditions of blessing in the land and causes of
chastisement.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: If we do not delight in God's will, we not only come short
of the blessing promised but l...
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Deuteronomy 28:5. _Blessed shall be thy basket._ The LXX read, thy
barns and thy store.
Deuteronomy 28:24. _The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder
and dust._ Our oriental travellers say in su...
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_The head, and not the tail._
THE SAINTS LEADING THE WAY
If we obey the Lord He will compel our adversaries to see that His
blessing rests upon us. Though this be a promise of the law, yet it
stands...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 28:1 The focus shifts from specific
sins that warrant curses to the content of the curses (vv. Deuteronomy
28:15), preceded by a shorter list of blessings (vv. Deuteron...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses now enlarges and gives the blessings and
curses in detail (_cf_. Exodus 23:20 and Leviticus 26.) The blessings
are declared in fourteen verses; the curses require nearly four tim...
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EXPOSITION
THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE. Having enjoined the proclamations of the
blessing and the curse on their entering into possession of Canaan,
Moses, for the sake of impressing on the minds of t...
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Now as we come into chapter twenty-eight,
It shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently [You see the
condition. If you hearken diligently] unto the voice of the LORD thy
God, to observe and...
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Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 4:6; Isaiah 9:14; Isaiah 9:15; Numbers
24:18; Numbers 24:19; Philippians 1:27...
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The head — The chief of all people in power, or at least in dignity
and privileges; so that even they that are not under thine authority
shall reverence thy greatness and excellency. So it was in Davi...