Bible Commentary

Blessed [shall be] thy basket and thy store. 5. basket ] See on Deu 26:2. kneading – bowl ] See Dri. on Exo 8:3. Cp. mill, Deu 24:6. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Deu 28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. A blessing on basket and store Obedience brings a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 28:5”

Blessed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 4. Cp. Deu 7:13, and notes there on increase and young. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 4. Fruit of thy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 28:4”

Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field. 3 6. Six forms of blessing, each introd. by the pass. part, of the vb. to bless. They cover Israel’s life: in town and field, in their offspring, crops and cattle, annual harvests and daily bread, all their movement out … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 28:3”

And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 2. overtake ] This vb. is used of the avenger, Deu 19:6. A man’s goodness as well as his sin is sure to find him out, even when he does not expect … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 28:2”

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 1. For the connection see on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 28:1”

Cursed [be] he that confirmeth not [all] the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. 26. confirmeth ] Lit. establisheth, 2Ki 23:3; 2Ki 23:24 of Josiah and the Book of the Law, Heb. Trah, as in Deu 1:5, Deu 31:9, which see. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 27:26”

Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. 25. Cp. Deu 16:19, and E, Exo 23:8, both against all bribes; Eze 22:1-2, bribes to shed blood. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person,…. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 27:25”

Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. 24. Cp. Deu 5:17; E, Exo 20:13; Exo 21:12; H, Lev 24:17. The addition, in secret ( Deu 27:15, Deu 13:6 (7), Deu 28:57), is nowhere else attached to murder. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Smiteth, i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 27:24”

Cursed [be] he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen. 23. Cp. H, Lev 18:17; Lev 20:14. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Cursed [be] he that lieth with his mother in law,…. See Le 18:7. All these incestuous or brutal copulations may well be supposed to be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 27:23”

Cursed [be] he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 22. Cp. H, Lev 18:9; Lev 20:17. In earlier times marriage with a half-sister was apparently allowed, Gen 20:12, 2Sa 13:13 b; but is condemned in Eze 22:11. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 27:22”