Bible Commentary

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 5. The change to the Pl., together with the fact that the v. does not direct the destruction of the persons of the heathen (which would … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:5”

For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. 4. turn away thy son from following me ] Expressed differently in Exo 34:16 b but to the same effect, that the influence of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:4”

Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 3. neither make marriages with them ] In the narratives in Genesis and Judges marriages are regarded as best when between members of the same family or tribe (Gen 28:2; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:3”

And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them: 2. deliver them up before ] See on Deu 1:8. thou shall utterly destroy them ] put to the ban, herem. See on Deu … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:2”

When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; 1. shall bring … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:1”

And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. 25. it shall be righteousness unto us ] The thought of the previous verse shows that righteousness here does not mean goodness, uprightness, but rather justification, vindication, the right to live, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:25”

And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as [it is] at this day. 24. Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes ] This phrase is natural to the time and standpoint assumed throughout Deu 6:20-25, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:24”

And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore unto our fathers. 23. and he brought us out ] This translation stifles the emphatic and even exultant note of the order in the original: But us He brought out from thence, cp. Deu … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:23”

And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: 22. signs and wonders before our eyes ] See on Deu 4:34. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and sore,…. Meaning the ten … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:22”

Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: 21. bondmen ] See on Deu 5:6. mighty hand ] See on Deu 4:34. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Ver. 21 Then shall thou say unto thy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:21”