Deuteronomy 13:1
IF, &C. Beginning of Moses' fourth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF, &C. Beginning of Moses' fourth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVETH: i.e. suffereth you to be proved. Hebrew idiom, which speaks of doing what one allows to be done. YOUR SOUL. yourself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
CLEAVE. Compare Deuteronomy 10:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
BONDAGE. bondmen. See note on Deuteronomy 5:6. eleven times in this book. SO SHALT THOU PUT... AWAY. This expression occurs put... away. Hebrew. _ba'ar,_ to burn up in order to clear out. THE EVIL. the wicked thing. Hebrew. _ra'a._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
OWN SOUL. own self. Hebrew. _nephesh_, Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13. ENTICE... SECRETLY. Both (Hebrew) words used here.... [ Continue Reading ]
EYE. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia,_ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra'a'._... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH GIVEN. giveth.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew, plural of. _ish_ or _'enosh._ App-14. CHILDREN. sons. BELIAL. First occurrence.. word denoting all that is wicked and worthless; hopeless, as to character and destiny. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy,_ App-6, for the Evil One as the instigator of all the uncleanness of heathenism. C... [ Continue Reading ]
DILIGENTLY. thoroughly. Occurs only here and Deuteronomy 17:4; Deuteronomy 19:18. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTROYING. exterminating. Hebrew. _haram_. EDGE. Hebrew "mouth". Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for edge.... [ Continue Reading ]
BURN. burn up. Hebrew. _saraph._ HEAP FOR EVER. Compare Joshua 8:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
CURSED. devoted [to destruction]. Compare Joshua 6:18; Joshua 7:1. AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS DAY. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26.... [ Continue Reading ]