Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Deuteronomy 8:9
Whose stones are iron — Where are mines of iron in a manner as plentiful as stones, and upon which travellers must tread, as in other parts they do upon stones.
Whose stones are iron — Where are mines of iron in a manner as plentiful as stones, and upon which travellers must tread, as in other parts they do upon stones.
Verse Deuteronomy 8:9. _A LAND WHOSE STONES ARE IRON_] Not only meaning that there were iron mines throughout the land, but that the loose stones were strongly impregnated with iron, ores of this meta...
See Exodus 3:8 note, and the contrast expressed in Deuteronomy 11:10, between Palestine and Egypt. The physical characteristics and advantages of a country like Palestine must have been quite strange...
4. THOU SHALT REMEMBER! PROVISION AND WARNING CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Remember the forty years and Jehovah's care (Deuteronomy 8:1)_ 2. The gracious provision in the land (Deuteronomy 8:7) 3. Warning again...
DEUTERONOMY 8. Israel's duty to be faithful and obedient to Yahweh enforced by a recital of His loving treatment of them in the wilderness (Deuteronomy 8:1). Unless they are faithful they will perish...
SCARCENESS. Hebrew. _miskenuth =_ poverty, misery; occurs only here. BRASS. bronze, or copper....
_without scarceness_ The noun is found only here, and its adj. thrice only in the late Ecclesiastes 4:13; Ecclesiastes 9:15 f.; cp. Isaiah 40:20. Scarcity of bread is a great curse of the desert nomad...
_VER._ 9. _A LAND WHOSE STONES ARE IRON_— i.e. Where the iron mines are as plentiful as quarries of stone in other places. _Out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass; i.e._ copper, of which brass is ma...
LESSON EIGHT DEUTERONOMY 8:1 TO DEUTERONOMY 11:32 7. THE THREAT FROM WITHIN (Deuteronomy 8:1 to Deuteronomy 11:21)
_A LAND WHEREIN THOU SHALT EAT BREAD WITHOUT SCARCENESS, THOU SHALT NOT LACK ANY THING IN IT; A LAND WHOSE STONES ARE IRON, AND OUT OF WHOSE HILLS THOU MAYEST DIG BRASS._ A land whose stones are iron...
8:9 copper. (a-29) The word often rendered 'brass.'...
Iron is found in various parts of Palestine, especially in the N. Basalt (see on Deuteronomy 3:11) is found E. of the Jordan. Copper, here called BRASS, is found in the Lebanon range and to the E. of...
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONTINUED) The people are reminded of God's goodness to them at the time of the exodus and during their sojourn in the wilderness. They are exhorted to humility and obedience,...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 8 V1 ‘Be careful to *keep all the *commandments that I ordered you today. Then you will live an...
WHOSE STONES ARE IRON, AND OUT OF WHOSE HILLS THOU MAYEST DIG BRASS. — We do not hear of mining operations in Palestine from sacred history. “Brass,” _i.e.,_ copper; and so in all passages....
אֶ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹ֤א בְ מִסְכֵּנֻת֙ תֹּֽאכַל ־
THE BREAD OF THE SOUL Deuteronomy 8:1 IN the Chapter s which follow, _ viz_. 8., 9., and Deuteronomy 10:1, we have an appeal to history as a motive for fulfilling the fundamental duty of loving God a...
BEWARE OF FORGETTING GOD Deuteronomy 8:1 “Thou shalt remember,” Deuteronomy 8:2; “thou shalt consider,” Deuteronomy 8:5; “thou shalt bless,”...
Still continuing this discourse, Moses declared that the land when purified of the corrupt people was to be possessed by the people of God as His chosen nation. He showed that the first condition of p...
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land (f) whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. (f) Where there are mi...
Iron, equal in hardness, and used to cut things, in the same manner as we use iron or steel, Isaias lx. 17. --- Brass. There were mines of both in Mount Libanus; and David collected great quantities o...
There was a striking contrast to Israel, considered only in a natural sense, between the land of Canaan and the wilderness. But take it in a gospel sense, and how is the description heightened! The la...
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...
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...
A LAND WHEREIN THOU SHALL EAT BREAD WITHOUT SCARCENESS,.... That is, should have plenty of all sorts of provisions, which bread is often put for: THOU SHALL NOT LACK ANYTHING IN IT; for necessity and...
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. Ver. 9. _Thou shalt not la...
_Depths_ Deep wells, or springs, or lakes, which were numerous and large. _Whose stones are iron_ Where iron mines are as plentiful as quarries of stone are in other places. _Thou mayest dig brass_ Th...
1 An exhortation to obedience in regard of Gods dealing with them. 1 ALL the commaundements which I commaund thee this day, shall yee obserue to doe, that yee may liue, and multiply, and goe in, and...
a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, not in poverty, misery, and want; THOU SHALT NOT LACK ANYTHING IN IT, everything being supplied that was needed for comfortable and even luxurio...
A Reference to God's Goodness...
REMEMBER! DO NOT FORGET! (vs.1-20) Israel was left no opportunity to say they did not understand what God was telling them. He repeated it in many different ways and insisted on it in no uncertain t...
1-9 Obedience must be, 1. Careful, observe to do; 2. Universal, to do all the commandments; and 3. From a good principle, with a regard to God as the Lord, and their God, and with a holy fear of him....
Where are mines of iron in a manner as plentiful as stones, and upon which travellers must tread, as in other parts they do upon stones; AND OUT OF WHOSE HILLS THOU MAYEST DIG BRASS, to wit, in great...
"All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord aware unto your fathers. And thou shalt rememb...
Deuteronomy 8:9 land H776 which H834 eat H398 (H8799) bread H3899 without H3808 scarcity H4544 nothing H2637 ...
YAHWEH PURPOSES TO MAKE WONDERFUL PROVISION FOR THEM (DEUTERONOMY 8:7). In these verses we have a glowing picture of all the good things which Yahweh has ahead for His covenant people. Analysis in t...
CONTENTS: Israel reminded of God's gracious past dealings and warned to walk in His Way. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is good for us to remember all the ways both of God's providences and...
Deuteronomy 8:4. _Thy raiment waxed not old._ By a miracle the Lord preserved the clothes of the Israelites from wearing and decay, or by means of trade and war with the supplies they brought from Egy...
_The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land._ THE LAND OF PROMISE We will first take the central picture which is presented to us, and we shall then notice the neighbouring thoughts held up to u...
CRITICAL NOTES.—In addition to the danger of being ensnared by idolatry, after their settlement in Canaan, Israel might fall into pride and forget God in the enjoyment of its products. To guard agains...
EXPOSITION FURTHER EXHORTATION TO OBEDIENCE, ENFORCED BY A REVIEW OF GOD'S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS. Deu
And all the commandments which I command thee this day you shall observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land. And thou shalt remember all the way the LORD thy God le...
1 Chronicles 22:14; Deuteronomy 33:25; Job 28:2; Joshua 22:8...
LEST WE FORGET Deuteronomy 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We remember a verse which reads, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for in...