The Israelites, if obedient, would have been subject to no maladies but those common to fallen man, and generally very healthy and long lived; being exempted from pestilential diseases, which have often most tremendously scourged guilty nations; and from such maladies in particular, as they had witnessed in Egypt, by which God afflicted their cruel oppressors, (Ex 15:26.) This must be referred to the national covenant; for though godliness often secures the most solid temporal advantages, yet temporal blessings were not, even among them, uniformly dispensed to individuals according to their obedience; but they were to the nation, with an exactness which is not observed towards any other people.

Le 26:3,4 [All]

terrible ........... inflict ... on <07760 07451> [will put none.]

28:27,60 Ex 9:11 15:26 Ps 105:36,37 [All]

Deuteronomy 9:1

9:1

cross <05674> [to pass.]

3:18 11:31 27:2 Jos 1:11 3:6,14,16 4:5,19 [All]

Today <03117> [this day.]

The Hebrew {hyyom,} "this day," frequently denotes, as here, this time. They had come, 38 years before this, nearly to the verge of the promised land, but were not permitted, because of their unbelief and rebellion, at that day or time, to enter; but this time they shall certainly pass over. This was spoken in the eleventh month of the fortieth year of their journeying; and it was on the first month of the following year they passed over: and during this interval Moses died.

nations <01471> [nations.]

4:38 7:1 11:23 [All]

cities <05892> [cities.]

1:28 Nu 13:22,28-33 [All]

Deuteronomy 13:7

Deuteronomy 20:15

Deuteronomy 30:11

30:11

difficult <06381> [it is not hidden.]

Or as the word {niphlaith} implies, not too wonderful for thee to comprehend or perform; but easily to be acquainted with, and understood, because clearly revealed: neither is it afar off; it was proclaimed in you ears from mount Sinai, and is now proclaimed in the sanctuary: it is not in heaven; for it has been already revealed: neither is it beyond the sea; that you need travel for instruction, as the ancient philosophers did, or seek instruction from men, at immense labour and expense; but the word is very nigh to thee; brought to thy very doors; in thy mouth, and in thy heart; made so familiar as to afford a topic of common discourse, that it might be laid up in the memory and reduced to practice.

Ps 147:19,20 Isa 45:19 Ro 16:25,26 Col 1:26,27 [All]

Deuteronomy 7:1

7:1

Lord <03068> [the Lord.]

4:38 6:1,10,19,23 9:1,4 11:29 31:3,20 Ex 6:8 15:7 Nu 14:31 Ps 44:2,3 78:55 [All]

Hittites <02850> [the Hittites.]

With respect to the situation of these nations in the land of Canaan, Calmet remarks, that the Canaanites chiefly inhabited Phoenecia; the Hittites, the mountains south of the promised land; the Hivites, mount Ebal, and Gerizim, and towards Hermon; the Girgashites, beyond Jordan, towards the lake of Gennesareth, the Jebusistes, about Jerusalem; the Amorites, the mountains west of the Dead Sea, and part of the land of Moab; and that the Perizzites were probably not a distinct nation, but villagers scattered through the country.

Ge 15:18-21 Ex 23:28 33:2 [All]

many ................ numerous <07227> [greater.]

4:38 4:1-3 20:1 [All]