Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 11:28
Other gods which ye have not known With which you have no acquaintance, and of whose power, and wisdom, and goodness, you have no experience, as you have had of mine.
Other gods which ye have not known With which you have no acquaintance, and of whose power, and wisdom, and goodness, you have no experience, as you have had of mine.
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...
A CURSE. the curse....
The summing up and clinching of the whole discourse, Deuteronomy 11:5-11: a blessing to Israel if they obey the commandments of God, a curse if they do not obey but turn after other gods. Cp. Deuteron...
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...
DISCOURSE: 204 THE GREAT ALTERNATIVE Deuteronomy 11:26. _Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; a blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you th...
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...
_A BLESSING, IF YE OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
OTHER GODS, WHICH YE HAVE NOT KNOWN] i.e. who have not revealed themselves in deeds of deliverance and kindness, as Jehovah has done, and who have no claim upon your reverence and obedience. The argum...
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONCLUDED) Some injunctions to obedience, with the blessing it entails, and the curse that follows disobedience....
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...
וְ הַ קְּלָלָ֗ה אִם ־לֹ֤א תִשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל
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....
And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not (k) known. (k) He reprove...
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...
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...
AND A CURSE, IF YE WILL NOT OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD,.... Accursed in body and estate, in basket and store; in their families, flocks, and herds; within doors and without; in city, a...
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...
and a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord, your God, but turn aside out of (deliberately leave) THE WAY WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY TO GO AFTER OTHER GODS WHICH YE HAVE NOT KNOWN....
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...
Which you have no acquaintance with, nor experience of their power or wisdom or goodness, as you have had of mine....
"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 11:28 curse H7045 obey H8085 (H8799) commandments H4687 LORD H3068 God H430 aside H5493 (H8804)
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...
_A blessing and a curse._ TWO MOUNTAINS Mount Ebal, we are told, “is a barren, stony, and arid crag”; so would God “smite the apostates with barrenness, hunger, and misery.” Gerizim was “covered with...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 11:28 Since the people are in a covenant relationship with THE LORD YOUR GOD, it would be foolish for them to worship the Canaanite Baals, with whom they have had no su...
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...
Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 29:19; Galatians 3:10; Isaiah 1:20;...
Which ye have not known — Which you have no acquaintance with, nor experience of their power, or wisdom, or goodness, as you have had of mine....