Bible Commentary

And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken [is] good [for us] to do. And ye answered me and said,…. As the speech of Moses to the people is not expressed before, so neither this answer of theirs to him: the thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:14”

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 13. Take you ] Heb. Give yourselves: Jos 18:4. The people themselves are to elect as in Deu 16:18, consistently with the emphasis, so frequent in D, on the judicial responsibilities of the whole people. In … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:13”

How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 12. How ] This emphatic Heb. form is found in the Pent. only here, Deu 7:17, Deu 12:30, Deu 18:21, (Deu 32:30). can I myself alone bear ] See on Deu 1:9. your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:12”

(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye [are], and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 11. This verse is even more characteristic of the deuteronomic style. The Lord, the God of your fathers occurs indeed twice in JE; but either thus or with variants seven … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:11”

The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye [are] this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 10. the Lord your God ] See on Deu 1:6. as the stars in heaven ] So Deu 10:22; Deu 28:62; and Gen 22:17; Gen 26:4; Exo 32:13, in contexts that otherwise betray the editorial … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:10”

And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 9. at that time ] As the syntax implies this means when or after the command was given to depart from oreb; while in Ex. the institution of colleagues for Moses, E, Exo 18:12 ff., conies before … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:9”

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. 8. Behold ] Sg. but even if this reading be correct (Sam. and LXX read Pl.) it is meant as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:8”

Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all [the places] nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:7”

The LORD our God spoke unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: 6 8. The Command to start from oreb for the Land Jehovah spake: In oreb ye have dwelt enough (6); break up and march to the Mt of the Amorites and the parts adjacent as far as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:6”

On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, A. Duet Deu 1:5 to Deu 4:40. First Discourse and Introduction to the Law-Book 5. Special Title to the First Discourse of Moses Usually taken as the continuation of the general title to the Book, 1 a and 4, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:5”