Bible Commentary

Yet they [are] thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. Deu 9:26; Deu 9:29 I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not Thy people. A covenant people This prayer brings out in its greatest strength a contrast which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:29”

Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say,…. The land of Egypt, the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:28”

Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: Verse 27. Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob] As if he had said: “These are their descendants, and the covenant was made with those patriarchs in behalf of these.” God bestows … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:27”

I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 26 29. And I prayed, etc.] details his intercession. Cp. Exo 32:11-13, JE, but probably editorial. Here the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:26”

Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down [at the first]; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. 25. So I fell down, etc.] Having recounted in Deu 9:22-24 the accumulated burdens of the people’s sins (there is therefore no need to doubt the originality … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:25”

Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. 24 . Ye have been rebellious ] As in Deu 9:7. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Deu 9:24 Ye have been rebellious. Rebellion I. The source of rebellion. This is to be found in selfishness, in the preference … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:24”

Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadeshbarnea,…. From whence the spies were sent … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:23”

And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath. 22, 23. Other instances of Israel’s rebelliousness: Tab‘erah, ‘Burning-place,’ because fire broke out on them there, Num 11:1-3, E; Massah, ‘Proof,’ for there they put God to the proof, Exo 17:7, J; ibroth-hat-ta’ a vah, ‘Graves of Lust,’ Num 11:31-34, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:22”

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, [and] ground [it] very small, [even] until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. 21. Characteristically expanded, with variations, from Exo 32:20: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:21”

And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. 20. To this there is no reference in Exodus. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Israel could not even boast that its heads and representatives continued, faithful. Aaron had been already designated … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:20”