14<\/strong>. that I will give the rain of your land<\/em> ] The Heb. text is evidently due to the same hand which inserted Deu 11:13<\/em><\/span>, for it immediately follows that verse, and as evidently the original reading is that of Sam., LXX and Vulg. that<\/em> he<\/strong> will give the rain<\/em> to thy<\/strong> land<\/em>, which connects with Deu 11:12<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n in its season<\/em>, etc.] The agricultural year in Palestine consisted of two seasons, a rainy and a dry. ‘Towards the end of October heavy rains begin to fall, at intervals, for a day or several days at a time. These are what the English Bible calls the early<\/em> or former<\/em> rain, Heb. yreh, the pourer<\/em>. It opens the agricultural year; the soil, hardened and cracked by the long summer, rainless since May, is loosened, and the farmer begins ploughing. Till the end of November the average rainfall is not large, but it increases through December, January and February, begins to abate in March, and is practically over by the end of April. The latter rains<\/em>, Heb. malosh<\/em>, from a root meaning to be late<\/em>, are the heavy showers of March and April. Coming as they do when the grain is ripening, and being the last before the long summer drought, they are of far more importance to the country than all the rains of the winter months, and that is why these are so frequently passed over in Scripture, and emphasis is laid only on the early and latter rains 1 [129] ’ ( HGHL<\/em>, pp. 63, 64). The annual rainfall is considerable: at Jerusalem it averages over 25 inches, about the same as the annual rainfall in London. Whether it was more copious in ancient times is a question much debated. For this and other details see the present writer’s Jerusalem<\/em>, i. 19, 77 f. The growth of the vine and olive depend, like the ripening of the corn, essentially on the latter rain; and the olive requires the rainless summer for the ripening of its berries ( op. cit.<\/em> 300).<\/p>\n [129] This has given people the idea that there are only two periods of rain in the Syrian year, at the vernal and the autumnal equinoxes; but the whole of the winter is the rainy season, as indeed we are told in the parallel lines of the Song of Songs: Lo the winter is past, the rain is over and gone<\/em> (Deu 2:11<\/span>).<\/p>\n The first rain and the latter rain – <\/B>The former is the proper term for the autumn rain, falling about the time of sowing, and which may be named the former, as occurring in the early part of the Hebrew civil year, namely, in October and November. The other word is applied to the spring rain, which falls in March and April, because it fits the earth for the ingathering of harvest. Between these two wet periods, and except them, there was little or no rain in Canaan.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 14<\/span>. The rain – in his due season, the first rain and the<\/B><\/I> <\/B>latter rain<\/B><\/I>] By the first<\/I> or former rain<\/I> we are to understand that which fell in Judea about November, when they sowed their seed, and this served to moisten and prepare the ground for the vegetation of the seed. The latter rain<\/I> fell about April, when the corn was well grown up, and served to fill the ears, and render them plump and perfect. Rain rarely fell in Judea at any other seasons than these. If the former rain<\/I> were withheld, or not sent in due season, there could be no vegetation: if the latter rain<\/I> were withheld, or not sent in its due season, there could be no full corn in the ear, and consequently no harvest. Of what consequence then was it that they should have their rain in due season<\/I>! God, by promising this provided they were obedient, and threatening to withhold it should they be disobedient, shows that it is not a general providence<\/I> that directs these things, but that the very rain of heaven falls by particular direction<\/I>, and the showers are often regulated by an especial<\/I> providence.<\/P><\/p>\n The rain of your land, <\/B>i.e. which is needful and sufficient for your land; or which is proper to your land, not common to Egypt, where, as all authors agree, there is little or no rain. <\/P> The first rain and the latter rain; <\/B>the first fell in seed time, to make the corn spring, the other a little before harvest, to ripen it. See Jer 5:24<\/span>; Joe 2:23<\/span>; Amo 4:7<\/span>; Jam 5:7<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 14. the first rain and the latterrain<\/B>The early rain commenced in autumn, that is, chieflyduring the months of September and October, while the latter rainfell in the spring of the year, that is, during the months of Marchand April. It is true that occasional showers fell all the winter;but, at the autumnal and vernal seasons, they were more frequent,copious, and important; for the early rain was necessary, after a hotand protracted summer, to prepare the soil for receiving the seed;and the latter rain, which shortly preceded the harvest, was of thegreatest use in invigorating the languishing powers of vegetation(Jer 5:24<\/span>; Joe 2:23<\/span>;Amo 4:7<\/span>; Jas 5:7<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season<\/strong>,…. Such a quantity of it as the land required, a sufficiency of it to make it fruitful, and that in proper time:<\/p>\n the first rain and the latter rain<\/strong>; the former rain in Marchesvan, the latter rain in Nisan, as the Targum of Jonathan; the first fell about our October, which was at or quickly after seedtime, to water the seed that it might take root, and grow and spring up; and the latter fell about March, a little before harvest, to ripen the corn, and swell and plump the ears of it, and make them yield more and better;<\/p>\n [See comments on Joe 2:23]<\/span>,<\/p>\n that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil<\/strong>; which were the principal things the land afforded for the sustenance of men; bread corn, the stay and staff of human life, and which strengthens man’s heart, and makes him fit for labour; wine, which is his drink, and makes the heart of man glad and cheerful; and oil, which in these countries was used instead of butter, and was fattening, and made the face to shine, Ps 104:15<\/span>. The ingathering of these fruits were at different times; the barley harvest first, the wheat harvest next, and after that the vintage, and the gathering of the olives; and by means of rain in due season they were favoured with each of these.<\/p>\n (14) The first rain (after sowing), the latter rain<\/strong> (just before harvest). In the ninth month and the first month respectively. (See Ezr. 10:9<\/span>; Ezr. 10:13<\/span>, and Joe. 2:23<\/span>.)<\/p>\n That thou mayest gather in.<\/strong>Literally, and thou shalt gather in. <\/em>Rashi reminds us that this may mean thou, and not thine enemies. <\/em>They that have gathered it shall eat it (Isa. 62:8-9<\/span>).<\/p>\n 14<\/strong>. <\/strong> The first rain and the latter rain <\/strong> In “the present time rain in an ordinarily good year falls first at the autumnal equinox. During November frequent thunderstorms occur, and about Christmas the weather is generally stormy. In January the heaviest rains fall, and in February sometimes none at all; but the weather is never settled till after the vernal equinox and the early April showers are past.” Survey of Western Palestine, Special Papers, <\/em> p. 196. In the Mishnah we find, “From what time shall they begin the form of praise that the Almighty power is manifested in giving rain? Rabbi Eliezer said from the first day of the feast of tabernacles. Others place it a few days later. Until what time shall rain be sought? Until the passover is finished. Comp. BARCLAY’S Talmud, <\/em> p. 158.<\/p>\n Ver. <\/em><\/strong>14. <\/strong>The first rain, and the latter rain<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> There is in these verses a remarkable change in the person, which is very common in Scripture, and frequently very expressive. See Dr. Lowth’s Praelec. Poet. prael. 15:In Judea and the neighbouring countries, they seldom have rain, but at two seasons, about the autumnal and vernal equinoxes, called the former and the latter rain: <\/em>the one fell out about the time of sowing the seed in November, and served to prepare the ground, and to make the grain take root in the earth; and the other, when the corn was well grown up, towards earing-time, about the middle of April, to make the ears full and plump for harvest. “It is an observation at or near Jerusalem,” says Dr. Shaw, “that, provided a moderate quantity of snow falls in the beginning of February, whereby the fountains are made to overflow, a little afterwards there is a prospect of a fruitful and plentiful year; the inhabitants making, upon these occasions, the like rejoicings with the Egyptians upon the cutting of the Nile; <\/em>but in the summer season these countries are rarely refreshed with rain. See Psa 4:7<\/span>. 1Sa 12:17<\/span>.” Travels, p. 335. Respecting the fertility of the land of Canaan, we refer to the same place, and to the Univ. Hist. vol. 3: b. 1 Chronicles 7<\/span> and Maundrell’s journey from Aleppo, page 65. See also 2 Samuel 24<\/span>. <\/p>\n Deu 11:14 That I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.<\/p>\n Ver. 14. That I will give you the rain.<\/strong> ] Rain God gives to all by a providence, Act 14:17 <\/em> Job 38:26 but to his Israel by virtue of a promise, whereby they might “live, not as by bread only, but as by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”<\/p>\n first rain = “early rain”. Falling middle of October to January, preparing ground for seeds. First occurrence of these rains. <\/p>\n latter rain. Falling in March and April, bringing on the harvest. Compare Lev 26:3, Lev 26:4. Joe 2:23. Jer 5:24. Zec 10:1. Jam 5:7. <\/p>\n wine. Hebrew. tirosh, new wine. See App-27. <\/p>\n Deu 28:12, Lev 26:4, Job 5:10, Job 5:11, Job 37:11-13, Psa 65:9-13, Jer 14:22, Eze 34:26, Joe 2:22, Joe 2:23, Jam 5:7 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 23:25 – And ye 2Sa 21:10 – until water Psa 68:9 – didst Jer 5:24 – that giveth Zec 10:1 – the time Mal 3:11 – neither Act 14:17 – and gave Gal 6:9 – for<\/p>\n Deu 11:14-15. I will give you Moses here personates God; or, rather, God speaks by him. The rain of your land Which is proper to your land, and not common to Egypt, where there is little rain. The first rain and the latter rain In Judea and the neighbouring countries there is seldom any rain, save at two seasons, about the autumnal and vernal equinox, called the former and latter rain. The first fell about the time of sowing their seed, and served to prepare the ground, and make the grain take root in the earth; and the other when the corn was well grown, toward earing-time, to make the ears full and plump for harvest. I will send grass in thy fields So godliness has here the promise of the life which now is. But the favour of God puts gladness into the heart more than the increase of corn, wine, and oil.<\/p>\n 11:14 That I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, {e} the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.<\/p>\n (e) In the seed time, and toward harvest.<\/p>\n That I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 14. that I will give the rain of your land ] The Heb. text is evidently due to the same hand … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:14”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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