Bible Commentary

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish [aught] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. 2. Ye shall not add unto the word neither diminish from it ] So Deu 12:32 [Heb 13:1 ], cp. Jer 26:2, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 4:2”

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. 1. And now ] Emphatic call to the practical purpose of the discourse; the same … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 4:1”

So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. 29. the valley over against Beth-peor ] Heb. the gai = hollow, glen, ravine, inapplicable to the Jordan plain; rather one of the glens descending to this from the Moab-plateau. That suits the probable meaning of P e ‘or, gap or cleft (Ar. fughrah, ‘a river-mouth’; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 3:29”

But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. 28. But charge Joshua ] See notes introd. to this and the previous section. In P (Num 27:15-21) the charge to Joshua precedes the arrangement … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 3:28”

Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold [it] with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 27. the top of Pisgah ] Rather, the headland of the Pisgah. See on Deu 3:17, and cp. Deu 32:48 ff., … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 3:27”

But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. 26. But the Lord was wroth with me ] Heb. hith‘abber (lit. to exceed bounds) was enraged, a stronger term than that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 3:26”

I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that [is] beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. 25. the good land ] Deu 1:35. that goodly mountain ] To this day in Syria a whole range is called in the sing. mountain; and in fact from Nebo and the Ghr below … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 3:25”

O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God [is there] in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? 24. O Lord God ] Heb. my Lord Jehovah. thou hast begun ] But not fulfilled in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 3:24”

And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, 23. And I besought the Lord ] In the Pent. the Heb. verb is used with the Deity only here; but to beseech man in E, Gen 42:21. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 23 29. Moses’ Prayer and its Rejection At that time … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 3:23”

Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you. 22. Ye shall not fear them ] We may either take this Pl. as intended to comprise all the people with Joshua; or read, with Sam., some codd. of the LXX, and the Syriac, thou shall not fear them. Which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 3:22”