Bible Commentary

Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 18 25. The Pl. address is continued in a series of formulas, repeated with some variations from previous passages. The secondary nature … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:18”

And [then] the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and [lest] ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. Heaven is compared sometimes to a bottle, Job 38:37, which may be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:17”

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; 16, 17. The enjoyment of so much blessing in the land suggests, as usual (cp. Deu 6:14 f., Deu 8:19 f.), a warning against being deceived into attributing it to other gods, i.e. the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:16”

And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. 15. And I will give ] with Sam. and LXX B read he will give. grass ] rather, herbage ( ‘esb), including grass ( dsh’); for cattle as here, Jer 14:6, Psa 106:20; but of human food, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:15”

That I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 14. that I will give the rain of your land ] The Heb. text is evidently due to the same hand … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:14”

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 13. The verse is not only in the Pl. and a repetition of certain formulas, but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:13”

A land which the LORD thy God careth for the eyes of the LORD thy God [are] always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. 12. a land which the Lord thy God careth for ] lit. seeketh after. The verb is used both in the sense … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:12”

But the land, whither ye go to possess it, [is] a land of hills and valleys, [and] drinketh water of the rain of heaven: 11. whither ye go over to possess it ] This Pl. interruption is redundant even for the deuteronomic style (cp. 8 and 10) and unnecessary for the contrast which the writer … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:11”

For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst [it] with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 10. whither thou goest in to possess it ] The Sg. equivalent for the Pl. whither ye … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:10”

And that ye may prolong [your] days in the land, which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 9. prolong your days ] See on Deu 4:26. which the Lord sware ] See on Deu 1:8. flowing with milk and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:9”