Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou sworest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
15. Look down, etc.] Cp. Isa 63:15; thy holy habitation, Jer 25:30, Zec 2:13.
and bless, etc.] with such care and gifts as are described in Deu 7:13 ff., Deu 11:12; Deu 11:14 ff.
as thou swarest, etc.] See on Deu 1:8, Deu 6:3.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
After that solemn profession of their obedience to Gods commands, they are taught to pray for Gods blessing upon their land, whereby they are instructed how vain and ineffectual the prayers of unrighteous or disobedient persons are.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
12-15. When thou hast made an end oftithing all the tithes of thine increase the third yearAmongthe Hebrews there were two tithings. The first was appropriated tothe Levites (Nu 18:21). Thesecond, being the tenth of what remained, was brought to Jerusalem inkind; or it was converted into money, and the owner, on arriving inthe capital, purchased sheep, bread, and oil (Deu 14:22;Deu 14:23). This was done for twoconsecutive years. But this second tithing was eaten at home, and thethird year distributed among the poor of the place (Deu 14:28;Deu 14:29).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven,…. This is a prayer of the person that makes the above declaration annexed to it, desiring that God would vouchsafe to look with an eye of love, complacency, and delight, upon him and upon all his people, from heaven his holy habitation, though they were on earth, and unholy persons in themselves, and especially if compared with him; see Isa 57:15;
and bless thy people Israel; with blessings temporal and spiritual:
and the land which thou hast given us; with fertility and plenty of all good things, that it might be
as thou swarest to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey;
[See comments on De 26:9].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
15. Look down from thy holy habitation. Whilst they are commanded to offer their prayers and supplications, that God would bless the land, on this condition, that they had not defiled themselves by any sacrilege, at the same time they are reminded, on the other hand, that God’s blessing was not else to be hoped for. Meanwhile the expression is remarkable, “Bless the land which thou hast given us, a land that floweth with milk and honey:” for we infer from hence that the land was not so much fertile by nature, as because God daily watered it by His secret blessing to make it so.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
holy. See note on Exo 3:5.
as = according as.
a land. Heb erez, the land of Canaan
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Look down: Deu 26:7, 1Ki 8:27, 1Ki 8:43, Psa 102:19, Psa 102:20, Isa 57:15, Isa 61:1, Isa 63:15, Isa 66:1, Isa 66:2, Zec 2:13, Mat 6:9, Act 7:49
bless thy: Psa 28:9, Psa 51:18, Psa 90:17, Psa 115:12-15, Psa 137:5, Psa 137:6, Jer 31:23
as thou: Heb 6:13-18
Reciprocal: 2Ch 30:27 – his holy dwelling place Jer 25:30 – his holy Eze 20:6 – flowing
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 26:15. Look down from thy holy habitation Though God was pleased to dwell among them, by a glorious symbol of his presence, yet Moses well knew, and hereby teaches the Israelites to acknowledge, that he dwelt in more transcendent glory in the heavens, which all nations have believed to be the throne and peculiar habitation of the omnipresent God. And bless thy people Thus, after that solemn profession of their obedience to Gods commands, they were taught to pray for Gods blessing; whereby they were instructed how vain and ineffectual the prayers of unrighteous or disobedient persons are.