Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:15
And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all [them] that hate thee.
15. take away all sickness ] Exo 23:25 (edit.).
evil diseases of Egypt ] In Exo 15:26 (edit.) the sicknesses (another word) refers to the special plagues brought on the Egyptians by Jehovah for Israel’s sake. Here the reference is rather to the natural ailments of men of which in antiquity Egypt was notoriously the source: elephantiasis, ‘Aegypti peculiare malum’ (Pliny, H.N. xxvi. 1, 5), ophthalmia, dysentery, but especially the bubonic plague (Hecataeus of Abdera in Diod. Sic. xl. 3). See the present writer’s Hist. Geog. of the Holy Land, 157 f., 670; and cp. below note on Deu 28:27.
which thou knowest ] hast had experience of, see on Deu 7:9.
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There seems to be here not so much as a reference to the plagues inflicted miraculously by God on Egypt (compare Exo 15:26), as to the terrible diseases with which, above other countries, Egypt was infested. Compare Deu 28:27, Deu 28:35. It is not without significance that Egypt, which represents in Scripture the world as contrasted with the Church, should thus above other lands lie under the power of disease and death.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
The evil diseases of Egypt; such as the Egyptians were infested with, either commonly, as that botch, Deu 28:27; or miraculously and extraordinarily, from the hand of the Lord, as Exo 9:10,15. Compare Exo 23:25; Psa 105:37.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
15. the evil diseases of Egypt(SeeEx 15:26). Besides those withwhich Pharaoh and his subjects were visited, Egypt has always beendreadfully scourged with diseases. The testimony of Moses isconfirmed by the reports of many modern writers, who tell us that,notwithstanding its equal temperature and sereneness, that countryhas some indigenous maladies which are very malignant, such asophthalmia, dysentery, smallpox, and the plague.
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And will take away from thee all sickness,…. Bodily sickness and diseases, prevent the coming of them, or remove them when come:
and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt which thou knowest upon thee; meaning either the plagues that were inflicted upon them to oblige them to let the Israelites go, of which they had perfect knowledge; or else some noxious and nauseous diseases, which were common among, and peculiar to, the Egyptians, particularly what is called the botch of Egypt; see Ex 15:26, likewise the leprosy;
[See comments on Le 13:2],
[See comments on De 28:27].
but will lay them upon all them that hate thee; with which God sometimes punishes his and his people’s enemies; see Jud 5:9.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(15) Evil diseases.The word for diseases here used is found only in Deuteronomy (see Deu. 28:60). It must not be forgotten that the law of Moses was in many of its details a sanitary quite as much as a moral code. Some of the associations of this word and the root from which it is derived would seem to point to those languors and infirmities which arise from neglect and violation of the laws of God, both moral and physical.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Deu 7:15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all [them] that hate thee.
Ver. 15. And the Lord. ] Health is a sweet mercy; Non est vivere, sed valere vita, a A sickly life is a lifeless life. A healthy body is the reward of piety. Pro 3:8
a Martial.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
diseases. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Sept and Vulgate, read “disease”. Compare Ex. Deu 23:22, Deu 23:25.
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will put none: The Israelites, if obedient, would have been subject to no maladies but those common to fallen man, and generally very healthy and long lived; being exempted from pestilential diseases, which have often most tremendously scourged guilty nations; and from such maladies in particular, as they had witnessed in Egypt, by which God afflicted their cruel oppressors – Exo 15:26. This must be referred to the national covenant; for though godliness often secures the most solid temporal advantages, yet temporal blessings were not, even among them, uniformly dispensed to individuals according to their obedience; but they were to the nation, with an exactness which is not observed towards any other people. Lev 26:3, Lev 26:4
will put none: Deu 28:27, Deu 28:60, Exo 9:11, Exo 15:26, Psa 105:36, Psa 105:37
Reciprocal: Exo 23:25 – I will take Lev 14:34 – I put the plague of leprosy Psa 91:10 – neither Isa 33:24 – the inhabitant Amo 4:10 – pestilence Rev 16:2 – a noisome
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Deu 7:15. The diseases of Egypt Such as the Egyptians were infected with, either commonly, or miraculously. It seems to refer not only to the plagues of Egypt, but to some other epidemic diseases, which they remembered to have prevailed among the Egyptians, and by which God had chastised them for their national sins. The leprosy, and other cutaneous distempers, were frequent in Egypt. The Scriptures also mention the botch of Egypt, as a disease common in that country, Deu 28:27. Diseases are Gods servants, which go where he sends them, and do what he bids them.