Deuteronomy 11:1-13
love <0157> [thou shalt.]
This verse is the practical improvement of the conclusion of the foregoing chapter; while the next verse begins another view of the subject.
do ..... keep <08104> [keep.]
statutes <02708> [his statutes.]
mind ............... experienced <03045> [And know.]
Moses seems here to have addressed himself particularly to the elders, who had in their youth witnessed the wonderful works which Jehovah had wrought both for them and among them; and who were bound to remember them for their own warning, and testify them to the rising generation who had not been eye-witnesses.
judgments <04148> [the chastisement.]
greatness <01433> [his greatness.]
strength <02389> [his mighty.]
waters <04325> [how he made.]
did ... Dathan <06213 01885> [he did unto.]
[substance, or, living substance which followed them. in their possession. Heb. at their feet.]
attention <08104> [Therefore.]
strong <02388> [that ye may.]
long <0748> [prolong.]
promised <07650> [sware.]
land <0776> [a land.]
irrigated ... hand <07272 08248> [wateredst it with thy foot.]
Rain seldom falls in Egypt; the land being chiefly watered 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 the different parts of the field where irrigation is necessary. It is no unusual thing in the East to see a man, with a small mattock, making a little trench for the water to run into; and, as he opens the passage, the water following, he uses his foot to raise up the mould against the side of this little channel, to prevent the water from being shed unnecessarily, before it reaches the place of its destination. Hence he may justly be said to water the ground with his foot.
looks after <01875> [careth for. Heb. seeketh. the eyes.]
pay close attention <08085> [diligently.]
love <0157> [to love.]
