Bible Commentary

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. 20. See on Deu 6:13, which this repeats (with LXX, Sam., read, as there, and him) but adds another clause, and to him shalt thou cleave ] This verb daba is used in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:20”

Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 19. Love ye the stranger ] This carries the principle further than it is expressed in Exo 22:21, and even almost as far as Christ carried it. Cp. P, Lev 19:33. for ye were strangers ] So Exo 22:21 (editorial) and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:19”

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. 18. fatherless, widow, and stranger ] i.e. the foreigner sojourning in Israel. See on Deu 24:17. The three are combined there and in Deu 24:19-21, also in Exo 22:21-22. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:18”

For the LORD your God [is] God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: 17. God of gods, and Lord of lords ] Heb. idiom for the highest God and Lord (cp. Deu 10:14, heaven of heavens). the great God, the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:17”

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. 16. Circumcise the foreskin of your heart ] The same metaphor in Jer 4:4 (cp. Deu 9:25); whether it is original to the prophet or to D is impossible to determine. In view of the style of Jeremiah’s earlier discourses, in which abrupt … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:16”

Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, [even] you above all people, as [it is] this day. 15. Only ] Heb. ra. The use of this restrictive adverb with disjunctive force a sharp word with the sound of a wrench in it is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:15”

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens [is] the LORD’s thy God, the earth [also], with all that therein [is]. 14. This and the next v. state motives for the fear and love just enjoined: for fear, because He is the greatest God, to whom all things belong; for love because, though He is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:14”

To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes,…. Both the ten commands and all others: which I command thee this day for thy good; promises of temporal good things, introduction into the land of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:13”

And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 12. And now ] in conclusion; in the same way … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:12”

And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take [thy] journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore unto their fathers to give unto them. That they may go in: this shows that God was appeased and reconciled to the people, whom therefore he led forwards towards Canaan. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:11”