_NOW THESE ARE THE COMMANDMENTS, THE STATUTES, AND THE JUDGMENTS, WHICH THE LORD YOUR GOD COMMANDED TO TEACH YOU, THAT YE MIGHT DO THEM IN THE LAND WHITHER YE GO TO POSSESS IT:_ Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord ... commanded. The grand design of all t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THOU MIGHTEST FEAR THE LORD THY GOD, TO KEEP ALL HIS STATUTES AND HIS COMMANDMENTS, WHICH I COMMAND THEE, THOU, AND THY SON, AND THY SON'S SON, ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE; AND THAT THY DAYS MAY BE PROLONGED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HEAR THEREFORE, O ISRAEL, AND OBSERVE TO DO IT; THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH THEE, AND THAT YE MAY INCREASE MIGHTILY, AS THE LORD GOD OF THY FATHERS HATH PROMISED THEE, IN THE LAND THAT FLOWETH WITH MILK AND HONEY._ As the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee. The reference is to Genesis 15:5; E... [ Continue Reading ]
_HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD:_ HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD - or, as the words may perhaps be better translated, 'Hear, O Israel: _ YAHWEH_ (H3068) is our God (_ 'ELOHIYM_ (H430), plural), Yahweh alone.' [The Septuagint has: kurios ho Theos heemoon kurios heis estin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THINE HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIGHT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY UNTO THY CHILDREN, AND SHALT TALK OF THEM WHEN THOU SITTEST IN THINE HOUSE, AND WHEN THOU WALKEST BY THE WAY, AND WHEN THOU LIEST DOWN, AND WHEN THOU RISEST UP._ Thou shalt teach them diligently, х_ WªSHINANTAAM_ (H8150)] - thou shalt sharpen them. It is probab... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT BIND THEM FOR A SIGN UPON THINE HAND, AND THEY SHALL BE AS FRONTLETS BETWEEN THINE EYES._ Thou shalt bind them for a sign, х_ Lª'OWT_ (H226)] - for a token, a memorial. Rings were and are used on the wrists and the fingers, with seals containing some moral or religious sentiment or... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT WRITE THEM UPON THE POSTS OF THY HOUSE, AND ON THY GATES._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT FEAR THE LORD THY GOD, AND SERVE HIM, AND SHALT SWEAR BY HIS NAME._ Shalt swear by his name. The reference is to solemn and judicial oaths, an appeal to God being evidently sanctioned by the terms of the third commandment, though limited in practice to grave occasions, and directed by s... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL NOT GO AFTER OTHER GODS, OF THE GODS OF THE PEOPLE WHICH ARE ROUND ABOUT YOU;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_(FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD AMONG YOU) LEST THE ANGER OF THE LORD THY GOD BE KINDLED_ _ AGAINST THEE, AND DESTROY THEE FROM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH._ (For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) - literally, in the midst of you. The threatening in this verse, annexed to Deuterono... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD, AS YE TEMPTED HIM IN MASSAH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THY SON ASKETH THEE IN TIME TO COME, SAYING, WHAT MEAN THE TESTIMONIES, AND THE STATUTES, AND THE JUDGMENTS, WHICH THE LORD OUR GOD HATH COMMANDED YOU?_ When thy son asketh thee. The directions given for the instruction of their children form only an extension of the preceding counsels In... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL BE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, IF WE OBSERVE TO DO ALL THESE COMMANDMENTS BEFORE THE LORD OUR GOD, AS HE HATH COMMANDED US._ And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments. Every Israelite who yielded an external obedience to the Mosaic law was termed righteous,... [ Continue Reading ]