Bible Commentary

Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; 8. On such recognition ( Deu 11:2 But know ye) of the awful discipline of God the discourse now bases another of its many … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:8”

But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did. 7. But your eyes are those that have seen ] Cp. Deu 10:21 Sg. all the great work ] LXX works; cp. the deuteronomic passage, Jdg 2:7. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges All of them had seen … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:7”

And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that [was] in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: 6. what he did unto Dathan and Abiram … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:6”

And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; 5. unto this place ] Deu 1:31. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came unto this place. Meaning not so much the good things he did for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:5”

And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and [how] the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day; 4. the Red Sea ] On the Heb. name, probably Sea of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:4”

And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; 3. and his signs, and his works ] See on Deu 4:34; cp. Deu 6:22, Deu 7:19. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And his miracles, and his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:3”

And know ye this day: for [I speak] not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, 2. And know ye ] For this deuteronomic form see on Deu 7:9. Know what? The defective … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:2”

Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always. Deu 11:1. Therefore ] The conclusion of the preceding verses. thou shalt love ] See on Deu 6:5. keep his charge ] ‘Only here in Dt.; often in P (esp. Numbers), but usually … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:1”

Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. 22. Thy fathers went down, etc.] A.V. and R.V. miss both the emphatic order of the original and an idiom in it. Translate, Seventy persons did thy fathers … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:22”

He [is] thy praise, and he [is] thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. 21. He ] in an emphatic position. thy praise ] Either the object of thy praise (cp. Psa 109:1, God of my praise), or cause of thy fame, thy renown, viz. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:21”