Bible Commentary

And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, [and] the LORD would not destroy thee. 10, 11. These vv. present no little difficulty alike by their position, their language and their substance. They are separated from the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:10”

Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD [is] his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him. 9. Wherefore ] i.e. because of God’s separation of the tribe to Himself. Levi hath no portion nor inheritance ] Deu 12:12, Deu 14:27; Deu 14:29, Deu 18:1 f. In P of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:9”

At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. 8. At that time ] Cp. Deu 9:20, Deu 10:1. If, as we have seen to be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:8”

From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. 7. From thence they journeyed ] E’s formula, Num 21:12-13. Gudgodah to Jotbathah ] P, Num 33:32 f.; Hor-haggidgad and Yobathah unknown. Both names are possibly derived from the character of the landscape. Ar. ‘gadgad’ is hard, level … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:7”

And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead. 6. children of Israel ] Non-deuteronomic; see on Deu 4:44. Beeroth Bene-jaakan] Wells of the tribe so-called; in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:6”

And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me. 5. And I turned and came down from the mount ] So Deu 9:15 and Exo 32:15, E, but of Moses’ first descent with the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:5”

And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. 4. And he wrote on the tables the ten words ] Exo … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:4”

And I made an ark [of] shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. 3. So I made an ark of acacia wood ] Not now in JE, see above. P, Exo 25:10; Exo 37:1, B e al’el … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:3”

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 2. And I will write which thou brakest ] So exactly Exo 34:1 b, E; cp. above Deu 5:22, and tables of the covenant, Deu 9:9; Deu 9:11. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:2”

At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. 1. Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first ] So Exo 34:1 a, JE. and come up unto me … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:1”