Bible Commentary

And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. Which you have no acquaintance with, nor experience of their power or wisdom or goodness, as you … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:28”

A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God,…. That is, a blessing should come upon them, even all temporal blessings they stood in need of; they should be blessed in body and estate, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:27”

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 26 28. The summing up and clinching of the whole discourse, Deu 11:5-11: a blessing to Israel if they obey the commandments of God, a curse if they do not obey but turn after other gods. Cp. Deu 30:1, as here, blessing and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:26”

There shall no man be able to stand before you: [for] the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. 18-25. lay up these my words in yourheart and in your soul, and bind … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:25”

Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. Verse 24. From the river] Euphrates, which was on the east, to the uttermost sea – the Mediterranean, which lay westward of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:24”

Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. Then will the Lord drive out all those nations from before you,…. By little and little, even all the seven nations which then inhabited the land of Canaan; and this he would do … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:23”

For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you to do them,…. Observe and take notice of them, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:22”

That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. The sense is: Keep the covenant faithfully, and so shall your own and your childrens days be multiplied as long as the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:21”

And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: [See comments on De 11:18]. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible write. See note on Exo 17:14, and App-47. Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics Deu 6:9 Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Deu 11:19-21 Teach them your children. Religious education I. This is the simplest notion of education, for undoubtedly he is perfectly educated who … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:19”