Over against — Looking toward Gilgal, tho' at some considerable distance from it. Beside the plains of Moreh — This was one of the first places that Abram came to in Canaan. So that in sending them thither to hear the blessing and the curse, they were minded of the promise made to Abram in that very place, Genesis 12:6.
ISRAEL'S RESPONSIBILITY, THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God (Deuteronomy 11:1)_ 2. If ye hearken unto my commandments (Deuteronomy 11:10) 3. The b...
DEUTERONOMY 11. Continues the exhortation to love and obey Yahweh, giving motives and promises and pointing out the consequence of disobedience. Deuteronomy 11:2. Read (adding one Heb. consonant), for...
ARE THEY NOT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. OTHER SIDE. These particulars connect this place with the rehearsing of the law to Abraham. Compare Genesis 12:6. CHAMPAIGN. plain. Heb _'arabah._...
Deuteronomy 10:12 to Deuteronomy 11:32. Final Exhortations, Introductory to the Laws Enforced by the preceding Retrospect, the discourse continues to urge its practical conclusions of full fear and l...
A return to the Sg. form of address, with phrases peculiar to that form (see Deuteronomy 6:10; Deuteronomy 7:1). Whether it is original here, or dependent on Deuteronomy 27:12 f. (cp....
_VER._ 30. _OVER AGAINST GILGAL_— These words do not refer to the situation of the two mountains Gerizim and Ebal, which were in the middle of the tribe of Ephraim, several miles west from Gilgal; but...
8. THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE (Deuteronomy 11:26-32) 26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing, if ye shall hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, which...
11:30 of (d-24) Or 'beyond the way toward the going down of the sun which crosses the land of.' plain (e-31) The _ Arabah_ , see ch. 1.1.Joshua 3:16 ....
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONCLUDED) Some injunctions to obedience, with the blessing it entails, and the curse that follows disobedience....
THE CHAMPAIGN] i.e. the plain, RV 'Arabah': see on Deuteronomy 1:1. PLAINS OF MOREH] RV 'oaks of Moreh': see Genesis 12:6. The Samaritans claim that Moreh and Moriah (Genesis 22:2) are the same, and t...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 11 V1 ‘Therefore, love the *LORD your God. Always *keep his instructions, his rules and his *co...
WHERE THE SUN GOETH DOWN. — A memorable passage, as attesting the true position of the speaker, east of Jordan, over against Jericho. The sun has been seen by travellers from that very spot going down...
הֲ לֹא ־הֵ֜מָּה בְּ עֵ֣בֶר הַ יַּרְדֵּ֗ן
ISRAEL'S ELECTION, AND MOTIVES FOR FAITHFULNESS Deuteronomy 9:1; Deuteronomy 10:1; Deuteronomy 11:1 THE remaining Chapter s of this special introduction to the statement of the actual laws beginni
THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE Deuteronomy 11:18 Never in this world do we reach a position from which it is impossible to fall away. The dew and the rain of God's blessing are contingent on obedience; a...
As Moses concluded his great call to the people to the pathway of obedience, he reminded them what varied experiences they had had from which they knew the nature of the government and power of God....
[Are] they not on the other side Jordan, by the way (l) where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? (l) Mean...
Far. Hebrew, "over against Galgal, beside the plains of More, or Aluni More." Samaritan reads, "the plain of More, near Sichem," as Exodus xx. 17. (Haydock) --- This is styled the noble vale, Genesis...
It is truly refreshing to attend to the practical exhortation which Moses makes, from what he had before said on this interesting subject, if interpreted upon gospel principles. There is indeed a bles...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
30._Are they not on the other side of Jordan_. Although the form of interrogation is common in Hebrew, yet in this place Moses affirms more vehemently than as if he had only stated directly that these...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 8, 9, 10, AND 11. In chapter 8, in the most instructive and touching language as to the care God had taken of them, while keeping them in dependence, and His...
ARE THEY NOT ON THE OTHER SIDE JORDAN,.... Opposite to that where Moses now was in the plains of Moab, even in Samaria; so in the Misnah t it is said, "as soon as Israel passed over Jordan, they came...
_Put_ Hebrew, _Thou shalt give;_ that is, speak, or pronounce, or cause to be pronounced. This is more particularly expressed Deuteronomy 27:12. _Over against_ Looking toward Gilgal, though at some co...
1 An exhortation to obedience, 2 by their owne experience of Gods great works, 8 by promise of Gods great blessings, 16 and by threatnings. 18 A carefull study is required in Gods words. 26 The b...
Are they, the two mountains, NOT ON THE OTHER SIDE, the west side, JORDAN, BY THE WAY WHERE THE SUN GOETH DOWN, IN THE LAND OF THE CANAANITES, WHICH DWELL IN THE CHAMPAIGN, in the great steppes, OVER...
THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE...
SOWING AND REAPING (vs.1-32) This chapter emphasizes the results of obedience in contrast to the consequences of disobedience. It begins with the commandment to love the Lord their God, which of cour...
26-32 Moses sums up all the arguments for obedience in two words, the blessing and the curse. He charged the people to choose which they would have. Moses then appointed a public and solemn proclamat...
OVER AGAINST GILGAL; looking towards _Gilgal_, though at some considerable distance from it, as this particle is sometimes used....
"Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgements, and his commandments, alway. And know ye this day; for I speak not with your children which have...
Deuteronomy 11:30 side H5676 Jordan H3383 toward H310 H1870 setting H3996 sun H8121 land H776 Canaanites H3669
BLESSING AND CURSING (DEUTERONOMY 11:26). Most suzerainty treaties and some law codes had cursings against those who disobeyed their requirements, and many had both blessings and cursings. This was es...
CONTENTS: Warnings and exhortations to obedience. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The closer dependence we have had on God, the more cheerful should be our obedience to Him. In absolute obedienc...
Deuteronomy 11:10. _Water it with thy foot._ Egypt was watered periodically by the overflowing of the Nile; and the husbandman, following the retiring waters, sowed his seed. When the droughty season...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 11:30 ARABAH. See Deuteronomy 1:1 and note; 1:7....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Deuteronomy 11:1 develops more fully the other features of Divine Requirements, Deuteronomy 10:12. Love must be seen in perpetual observance of commands. _Keep_, Leviticus 8:35;...
EXPOSITION Moses here renews his exhortation to obedience, enforced by regard to their experience of God's dealings with them in Egypt and in the wilderness, and by consideration of God's promises an...
In chapter eleven he continues his warnings to them, as they are about to come into the land. And he reminds them again of the miracles that God did for them in bringing them out of Egypt. How He spoi...
Genesis 12:6; Joshua 5:9; Judges 7:1...