Deuteronomy 31:3

_THE LORD THY GOD, HE WILL GO OVER BEFORE THEE, AND HE WILL DESTROY THESE NATIONS FROM BEFORE THEE, AND THOU SHALT POSSESS THEM: AND JOSHUA, HE SHALL GO OVER BEFORE THEE, AS THE LORD HATH SAID._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

3_The Lord thy God, he will go over. _By no ordinary consolation does he encourage their minds to renewed alacrity, because they should experience, even when he was dead, the unceasing favor of God. Hence we gather a lesson of especial usefulness, that whenever God raises up to us men endowed with excellent gifts, He is wont so to make use of their labors for a time, as still to retain others in His hand, and constantly to substitute others, unless our sins stand in the way. Hence it follows that the power of God is not to be tied to the illustrious qualities of men, as if their death was His destruction. It is true, indeed, that eminent men are rarely succeeded by their equals, (232) because our wickedness stifles the light of spiritual gifts, and, as far as it can, extinguishes them; still let this be deemed certain that, when God promotes our welfare by ministers of special eminence,...

1-8 Moses assures Israel of the constant presence of God with them. This is applied by the apostle to all God's spiritual Israel, to encourage their faith and hope; unto us is this gospel preached, as well as unto them; he will never fail thee, nor forsake thee, Hebrews 13:5. Moses commends Joshua to them for a leader; one whose wisdom, and courage, and affection they had long known; one whom God had appointed to be their leader; and therefore would own and bless. Joshua is well pleased to be admonished by Moses to be strong and of good courage. Those shall speed well, who have God with them; therefore they ought to be of good courage. Through God let us do valiantly, for through him we shall do victoriously; if we resist the devil, he will flee from us....

Verse Deuteronomy 31:3. _JOSHUA, HE SHALL GO OVER BEFORE THEE_] Numbers 27:17, c....

PART IV.—FAREWELL ADDRESS OF MOSES, WITH HIS PARTING SONG AND BENEDICTION. CHAPTERS 31-33. EXPOSITION _Moses _had now finished his work as the legislator and ruler and leader of Israel. But ere he finally retired from his place, he had to take order for the carrying forward of the work by the nomination of a successor to himself in the leadership; by committing the keeping of the Law to the priests; and by anew admonishing the people to obedience, encouraging them to go forward to the conquest of Canaan, animating them with the assurance of the Divine favor and blessing, and pronouncing on them his parting benediction. Deuteronomy

THE LORD THY GOD, HE WILL GO OVER BEFORE THEE,.... This he said to encourage the people of Israel; that though he should die, and not go over with them, their ever living and true God, the great Jehovah, the Lord of hosts, he would go before them, and fight their battles for them; so that they had nothing to fear from their enemies: [AND] HE WILL DESTROY THOSE NATIONS FROM BEFORE THEE; the seven nations which then inhabited the land: AND THOU SHALT POSSESS THEM; their countries, cities, and houses, fields, and vineyards: [AND] JOSHUA, HE SHALL GO OVER BEFORE THEE; as their general to fight for them, subdue their enemies, and put them into the possession of the land, and divide it to them: AS THE LORD HATH SAID; Deuteronomy 3:28....

III. THE FINAL WORDS OF MOSES AND THE VISION OF THE FUTURE 1. Moses' Final Charge, The Written Law Delivered, and Jehovah's Word to Moses CHAPTER 31 _ 1. The final charge of Moses (Deuteronomy 31:1)_ 2. The written law delivered (Deuteronomy 31:9) 3. Jehovah's word to Moses--Moses to Joshua (Deuteronomy 31:14) 4. A prophecy (Deuteronomy 31:24) The final words of Moses to the people are full of tenderness and affection. There he stood, an hundred and twenty years old, a witness to the grace of His God. His eye was still the eye of youth, for it knew

DEUTERONOMY 31-34. Moses-' last words and the closing events of his life. The narrative parts (based on JE and in part on P) resemble chs. 1- 3, and are probably by the same author or compiler. Deuteronomy 32:1 (the Song of Moses) and Deuteronomy 33 (the Blessing of Moses) are independent pieces of unknown origin. DEUTERONOMY 31:1. See RV refs. for parallel passages. Deuteronomy 31:1. Read (with LXX), And when Moses had finished speaking these words, etc. Deuteronomy 31:7. go with: read (with Sam. Syr., Vulg., and two Heb. MSS), bring, as in...

THE LORD. Jehovah. Note the Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6) in this verse, which in the Hebrew text begins and ends with "Jehovah". GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. AS. according as. Compare the references to past statements: Deuteronomy 2:9; Deuteronomy 3:28; Exodus 23:20; Exodus 23:23; Exodus 33:2.Numbers 27:15....

_will go over before thee_ Deuteronomy 9:3, where also there follows (with much else) as here, _he will destroy, thou shalt_ DISPOSSESS or SUCCEED _them_(but in another form of the vb.). This part of the _v_. may be a later intrusion, for the remainder follows naturally in Deuteronomy 31:2....