CHAPTER XI _The people are exhorted to obedience from a consideration of_ _God's goodness to their fathers in Egypt_, 1-4, _and what he did in the wilderness_, 5, _and the judgment on_ Dathan _and_ Abiram, 6, _and from the mercies of God in general_, 7-9. _A comparative description of Egypt an... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 11:6. _WHAT HE DID UNTO DATHAN, C._] See the notes on Numbers 16:24-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 11:8. _THEREFORE SHALL YE KEEP ALL THE COMMANDMENTS_] Because God can execute such terrible judgments, and because he has given such proofs of his power and justice; and because, in similar provocations, he may be expected to act in a similar way; therefore keep his charge, that he... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 11:10. _WATEREDST_ IT _WITH THY FOOT_] Rain scarcely ever falls in Egypt, and God supplies the lack of it by the inundations of the Nile. In order to water the grounds where the inundations do not extend, water is collected in ponds, and directed in streamlets to different parts o... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 11:14. _THE RAIN - IN HIS DUE SEASON, THE FIRST RAIN AND THE_ _LATTER RAIN_] By the _first_ or _former rain_ we are to understand that which fell in Judea about November, when they sowed their seed, and this served to moisten and prepare the ground for the vegetation of the seed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 11:18. _THEREFORE SHALL YE LAY UP THESE MY WORDS_] See Deuteronomy 6:4, and Exodus 13:9, Exodus 13:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 11:24. _FROM THE RIVER_] Euphrates, which was on the _east_, to _the uttermost sea _- the Mediterranean, which lay _westward_ of the promised land. This promise, notwithstanding the many provocations of the Israelites, was fulfilled in the time of Solomon, for "he reigned over all... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 11:26. _BEHOLD, I SET BEFORE YOU - A BLESSING AND A CURSE_] If God had not put it _in the power_ of this people either to _obey or_ _disobey_; if they had not had a _free will_, over which they had complete authority, to use it either in the way of _willing_ or _nilling_; could Go... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 11:29. _THOU SHALT PUT THE BLESSING UPON MOUNT GERIZIM, AND_ _THE CURSE UPON MOUNT EBAL._] The etymology of these names may be supposed to cast some light on this institution. גרזים _gerizzim_, from גרז _garaz_, to _cut, cut off, cut down; hence_ גרזים gerizzim, the _cutters down,... [ Continue Reading ]