BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE LORD - literally, “every outgoing of the mouth of the Lord.” Compare Deuteronomy 29:5. The term “word” is inserted by the King James Version after the Septuagint, which is followed by Matthew and Luke (see the marginal references). On the mea... [ Continue Reading ]
They had clothes, it would seem, in abundance (compare Exodus 12:34) at the beginning of the 40 years; and during those years they had many sheep and oxen, and so must have had much material for clothing always at command. No doubt also they carried on a traffic in these, as in other commodities, wi... [ Continue Reading ]
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 to Israel at the time Moses was speaking: compare Deuteronomy 3:25 note. To have praised the fertil... [ Continue Reading ]
Render: “Who brought thee through that great and terrible wilderness, the fiery serpent and the scorpion, and the dry land where are no waters.” On the fiery serpents see Numbers 21:6 note.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO DO THEE GOOD AT THY LATTER END - This is presented as the result of God’s dealings.... [ Continue Reading ]