Bible Commentary

When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: 9. Based on Exo 24:13; Exo 24:15 a, Exo 24:18 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:9”

Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you. 8 . Even (or particularly) in Horeb ] The most notorious rebellion of all. Here begins the recital of the sin of the golden calf as in Exodus 32-34, JE. provoked, etc.] Deu 9:7. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:8”

Remember, [and] forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD. 7. Remember, forget thou not ] More musical without the intervening and which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:7”

Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou [art] a stiffnecked people. 6. Know therefore ] See on Deu 7:9: the verse begins by giving the conclusion of the previous proof, but adds also another for thou art a stiffnecked people ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:6”

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 5. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:5”

Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. 4. Speak in thine heart ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:4”

Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God [is] he which goeth over before thee; [as] a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. 3. Know therefore ] See … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:3”

A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and [of whom] thou hast heard [say], Who can stand before the children of Anak! 2. great and tall Anakim ] See on Deu 1:28. whom thou knowest, etc.] Deu 7:15; and hast heard say, Deu 1:28; Num 13:28. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:2”

Hear, O Israel: Thou [art] to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, 1. Hear, O Israel ] Deu 6:4. thou art to pass over Jordan this day ] Similarly Deu 30:18 (and cp. Deu 2:18), Sg.; Deu 4:14; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 9:1”

As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God. 20. maketh to perish ] is about to, etc. Here the writer is true to the standpoint of the speaker. because ye would not hearken, etc.] The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 8:20”