Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 8:15
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.
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.
Verse Deuteronomy 8:15. _WHO LED THEE THROUGH THAT - TERRIBLE WILDERNESS_] See the account of their journeying in the notes, Exodus 16:1, c. Numbers 21:10-4, c. _FIERY SERPENTS_] Serpents
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...
WILDERNESS. desert, Compare Deuteronomy 1:19. SERPENTS. Hebrew. _nachash._ DROUGHT. Hebrew. _zimm'on._ Only here and Psalms 107:33, and Isaiah 35:7. Who brought. Compare...
_great and terrible wilderness_ Deuteronomy 1:19: cp. Deuteronomy 7:21. _fiery serpents and scorpions_ The former, in the collective singular _naḥash sarapḥ_, are described in the plural in Numbers 21...
_VER._ 15. _SCORPIONS_— The _scorpion_ is a small insect, which has a bladder full of poison: the belly is divided into seven rings, from the last of which the tail proceeds, which tail is armed with...
LESSON EIGHT DEUTERONOMY 8:1 TO DEUTERONOMY 11:32 7. THE THREAT FROM WITHIN (Deuteronomy 8:1 to Deuteronomy 11:21)
_BEWARE THAT THOU FORGET NOT THE LORD THY GOD, IN NOT KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND HIS JUDGMENTS, AND HIS STATUTES, WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY:_ Beware that thou forget not the Lord. After mentio...
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...
THE ROCK OF FLINT. — The rock in Horeb is called _tsûr;_ the rock smitten in Kadesh, _selagh._ The first word conveys the idea of “hardness”; the other is rather a “cliff,” or “height,” and suggests t...
הַ מֹּולִ֨יכֲךָ֜ בַּ † מִּדְבָּ֣ר ׀ הַ גָּדֹ֣ל...
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...
Breath. Hebrew saraphh, or the basilisk, as it is rendered, Isaias xxx. 6. It destroys both the grass and animals, by the burning infection of its breath. (Galen; Pliny, [Natural History?] viii. 19. S...
I bring the whole of these verses into one point of view for shortness sake, and, because the doctrine of the whole is one and the same; namely, that the LORD'S grace ought never to be made the occasi...
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...
WHO LED THEE THROUGH THAT GREAT AND TERRIBLE WILDERNESS,.... The wilderness of Paran, which was great and large, reaching from Sinai to Kadesh, eleven days' journey, and terrible to the sight, nothing...
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where [there was] no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;...
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...
who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, Isaiah 63:12, WHEREIN WERE FIERY SERPENTS, Numbers 21:6, AND SCORPIONS, AND DROUGHT, literally, "a land of thirst," WHERE THERE WAS NO WATER; W...
A WARNING AGAINST PRIDE...
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...
10-20 Moses directs to the duty of a prosperous condition. Let them always remember their Benefactor. In everything we must give thanks. Moses arms them against the temptations of a prosperous condit...
No text from Poole on this verse....
"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 8:15 led H3212 (H8688) great H1419 terrible H3372 (H8737) wilderness H4057 fiery H8314 serpents H5175
THE WARNING LEST WHEN THEY ARE BLESSED THEY FORGET WHO HAS BLESSED THEM (DEUTERONOMY 8:11). Knowing the hearts of the people Moses now saw fit to gave them a severe warning. He recognised that there w...
Deuteronomy 8:11 In the text we have Moses' answer to the first great question in politics: What makes a nation prosperous? To that wise men have always answered, as Moses answered, "Good government...
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...
_Beware that thou forget not the Lord._ NATIONAL WEALTH Here we have Moses’ answer to the first great question in politics--What makes a nation prosperous? To that wise men have already answered, as...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 8:15 WATER OUT OF THE FLINTY ROCK. See Exodus 17:6 and Num
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 Corinthians 10:4; Deuteronomy 1:19; Exodus 17:5; Hosea 13:5; Isa
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...