Deuteronomy 29:7

_AND WHEN YE CAME UNTO THIS PLACE, SIHON THE KING OF HESHBON, AND OG THE KING OF BASHAN, CAME OUT AGAINST US UNTO BATTLE, AND WE SMOTE THEM:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

7._And when ye came unto this place. _This, a third instance (of God’s goodness), because He had smitten the first enemies, who encountered them to impede their passage, and thus had already begun to bring them into a place of rest. For inasmuch as the two tribes and a half had here chosen their home, they might behold as in a mirror that the possession of the promised land awaited them. Hence, then, Moses concludes that they were under obligation to keep the law, and exhorts them to shew their gratitude by faithful and sincere obedience. The object, therefore, of the recital is, to procure reverent attention to his doctrine; since the word שכל _, _(261) _shakal, _in _Hiphil, _means to act successfully as well as prudently. I have set down both readings, since they are alike suitable to the sense. For we have seen in chapter 4, that this was the people’s only

1-9 Both former mercies, and fresh mercies, should be thought on by us as motives to obedience. The hearing ear, and seeing eye, and the understanding heart, are the gift of God. All that have them, have them from him. God gives not only food and raiment, but wealth and large possessions, to many to whom he does not give grace. Many enjoy the gifts, who have not hearts to perceive the Giver, nor the true design and use of the gifts. We are bound, in gratitude and interest, as well as in duty and faithfulness, to keep the words of the covenant....

EXPOSITION RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT IN THE PLAINS OF MOAB. (Deuteronomy 29-30.) The first verse of this chapter is placed in the Hebrew text at the end of Deuteronomy 28:1; but in the LXX. and Vulgate the arrangement is as in the Authorized Version, where it appears as the title of the section that follows. In that section is contained an address to the people by Moses, in which he appeals to them to enter anew into the covenant with the Lord, which had been before concluded at Horeb; denounces apostasy as what would lead certainly to their being rejected of God; assures them at the same time of God's readiness to restore them should they sincerely repent and return to him; and once more sets bef

AND WHEN YE CAME UNTO THIS PLACE,.... The borders of Moab, the wilderness before it, to which joined the plains they were now in; see Numbers 21:13; SIHON KING OF HESHBON, AND OG KING OF BASHAN, CAME OUT AGAINST US UNTO BATTLE; not together, but one after the other, and that very quickly; as soon almost as they had fought with the one, and conquered him, the other came out against them: AND WE SMOTE THEM; killed them and their armies, and the inhabitants of their countries; the history of which see in Numbers 21:23....

25. THE REPETITION OF THE COVENANT AND THE REPETITION OF THE CURSE CHAPTER 29 _ 1. The repetition of the covenant (Deuteronomy 29:1)_ 2. The repetition of the curse (Deuteronomy 29:16) The words of the covenant are once more brought to their remembrance. Once more all the goodness of the Lord towards them is unfolded by Moses, how the Lord had dealt with Egypt and how their eyes had seen the signs and great miracles. (Verses 5 and 6 are the direct words of Jehovah, ending with the declaration, “I am the LORD, your God.”) Again the forty years are mentioned, during which their clothes and their shoes did not get old. God took care of them and provided for their needs in the wilderness. Bread from heaven was their portion and therefore they had no need of sti

DEUTERONOMY 29:1 belongs, as in the Heb. Bible, to the preceding chapter. It is the formal ending of the great discourse (Deuteronomy 4:44, Deuteronomy 12-26, Deuteronomy 28). Deuteronomy 29 (except Deuteronomy 29:1) and Deuteronomy 30 form ostensibly Moses-' third address, in the course of which Israel is urged to obey Yahweh and to enter into covenant relations with Him (Deuteronomy 29:2), words of warning (Deuteronomy 29:16) being followed by words of promise ...

_came unto this place_ Deuteronomy 1:31; Deuteronomy 9:7. _Sihon … and Og_ Deuteronomy 2:32 ff., Deuteronomy 3:1 ff....

_VER._ 7, 8. _AND WHEN YE CAME UNTO THIS PLACE_— They were now in a part of the country which they had conquered, ch. Deuteronomy 4:45. The sense appears to be this: "As, therefore, God has thus far performed his covenant with you, given you victory over your enemies, and their land for an inheritance to your tribes; do you take care to perform your part in return, and to keep the words of his covenant—that ye may prosper." REFLECTIONS.—The former covenant was made at Sinai. This is a repetition of it: as they were a new generation, it was needful that they should themselves consent to the gracious terms proposed to them. 1. To induce them thereunto, Moses puts them in mind of God's astonishing interposition to save them from Egypt, his care of them in the wilderness, and the possessions they began to enjoy in Bashan and Heshbon. Past mercies are an engagemen

2. THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD (Deuteronomy 29:2-9) And Moses called unto all Isreal, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; 3 the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders: 4 but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day, 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxed old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxed old upon thy foot. 6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God, 7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them: 8 and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to