Bible Commentary

And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them: 7 . came unto this place ] Deu 1:31, Deu 9:7. Sihon and Og ] Deu 2:32 ff., Deu 3:1 ff. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 29:7”

Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I [am] the LORD your God. 6. The v. is parallel to Deu 8:3. The last clause is not found in D, but occurs ( minus the deut. addition your God) in J, Exo 7:17; Exo 8:22; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 29:6”

And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. 5. I have led you, etc.] So Amo 2:10; cp. above Deu 2:7, Deu 8:2. I, here the speaker’s personality, is merged in that of the Deity; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 29:5”

Yet the LORD hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 4. an heart to know ] The heart the seat of the practical understanding; ‘not the seat of the affections, but the mind itself, the intellectual faculty of the soul’ (Calvin), yet always … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 29:4”

The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: 3. tests signs portents ] See on Deu 4:34, Deu 7:19. Which thine eyes saw, Deu 4:9, Deu 7:19, Deu 10:21; the Sg. betrays the composite nature of the passage. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The great temptations … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 29:3”

And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; 2. And Moses called unto them ] Son 5:1. For the rest cp. Deu 11:2. Ye is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 29:2”

These [are] the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. Deu 29:1 is thus an editorial addition, probably inserted to close what precedes, when 29 f. was added to D. On … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 29:1”

And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spoke unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy [you]. 68. into Egypt ] A startling climax but one very … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 28:68”

In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 67. Cp. Job 7:4 and above Deu 28:34. There were two sides … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 28:67”

And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 66. and thy life shall be hanging before thee ] Shall be in suspense, as on a thread. As indicated later in the v., thou shalt have no assurance of thy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 28:66”