Deuteronomy 3:1--5:12
Bashan ...... Bashan <01316> [Bashan.]
Bashan, one of the most fertile districts of the Holy Land, was bounded on the west by the Jordan and lake of Gennesareth, on the east by Trachonitis, on the south by the brook Jabbok, and on the north by mount Hermon; and seems to have been composed of two or three districts, on the south the land of Gilead, on the north the region of Argob, and east of both, the plain of Hauran. (See ver. 13-15.) The scenery of this elevated tract is described by Mr. Buckingham as extremely beautiful: its plains covered with a fertile soil; its hills covered with forests, and at every new turn presenting the most beautiful landscapes that can be imagined.
Og <05747> [Og.]
Edrei <0154> [Edrei.]
This town is placed by Eusebius about 25 miles northward from Bostri; and mentioned by Burckhardt under the name of Draa.
afraid <03372> [Fear.]
do ....... did <06213> [as thou didst.]
cities ................. cities <05892> [all his cities.]
region <02256> [all the region.]
put ...... divine judgment <02763> [we utterly.]
done <06213> [as we did.]
land <0776> [the land.]
Hermon <02768> [Hermon.]
Mount Hermon is the south-eastern branch of Lebanon, beyond Jordan. The Chaldee Targumist, who places it at C‘sarea and Samaritan interpreter call it {toor talga,} "the mountain of snow," because of its being always covered with snow; and Jerome informs us, that it lies higher than Paneas or C‘sarea Philippi, and that in the summer time snow used to be carried from thence to Tyre. It is now call El Heish, and is comprised in the district of Kanneytra.
Senir <08149> [Shenir.]
[Senir.]
cities ................ cities <05892> [the cities.]
Edrei <0154> [Edrei.]
Rephaites <07497> [giants.]
Rabbath <07237> [Rabbath.]
[Rabbah. nine cubits.]
Aroer <06177> [from Aroer.]
rest <03499> [the rest.]
called <01931 07121> [which was called.]
Michaelis says, "The tradition that giants formerly dwelt in this part, still remains in Arabia, only that it makes them rather taller than Moses does Og, and calls the land in which they lived, not Bashan, but Hadrach, which name occurs in Zec 9:1. I received this information from the verbal communication of a credible Arab, who was born on the other side of Jordan, about three-days journey from Damascus."
Jair <02971> [Jair.]
Argob <0709> [Argob.]
Geshurites <01651> [Geshuri.]
Bashan <01316> [Bashan-havoth-jair.]
Machir <04353> [Machir.]
Reubenites <07206> [Reubenites.]
Wadi ........ wadi .......... Wadi Jabbok <02999 05158> [river Jabbok.]
Chinnereth <03672> [Chinnereth.]
sea ......... Sea <03220> [the sea.]
<0798> [Ashdoth-pisgah. or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill.]
instructed <06680> [I commanded.]
Israelites .... battle <02428 01121> [meet for the war. Heb. sons of power.]
return <07725> [return.]
commanded <06680> [I commanded.]
Lord <03068> [so shall.]
afraid <03372> [shall not.]
Lord <03068> [for the Lord.]
greatness <01433> [thy greatness.]
god <0410> [what God.]
good land ........... good <02896 0776> [the good land.]
Lebanon <03844> [Lebanon.]
Lebanon is a long chain of limestone mountains, extending from near the coast of the Mediterranean on the west to the plains of Damascus on the east, and forming the extreme northern boundary of the Holy Land. It is divided into two principal ridges, running parallel to each other in a north-north-east direction; the most westerly of which was properly called Libanus, and the easterly Anti-Libanus: the Hebrews did not make this distinction. It is computed to be fifteen or sixteen hundred fathoms in height. They are by no means barren, but are almost all well cultivated and well peopled; their summits being in many parts level, and forming extensive plains, in which are sown corn and all kinds of pulse. Vineyards, and plantations of olive, mulberry, and fig trees, are also cultivated in terraces formed by walls; and the soil of the declivities and hollows is most excellent, and produces abundance of corn, oil, and wine.
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Enough <07227> [Let it.]
up <05927> [thee up.]
Pisgah <06449> [Pisgah. or, the hill.]
take <05375> [lift up.]
Commission Joshua <03091 06680> [charge Joshua.]
lead <05674> [for he shall.]
[Jesus.]
statutes <02706> [unto the statutes.]
Statutes, every thing that concerned morals and the rites and ceremonies of religion; judgments, all matters of civil right and wrong.
live <02421> [that ye may.]
<03068> [what the.]
<0376> [for all the men.]
It appears from this appeal, that the pestilence, as well as the sword of the magistrates, singled out the guilty persons and spared the rest. (Ps 91:6-8). The legislator, in order to deter the Jews from idolatry, alludes to this fact, but he notices no circumstance but one, which, though in the original narrative was not stated, was infinitely the most important to advert to on this occasion; but which no persons, but spectators of the fact, and perfectly acquainted with every individual concerned in it, could possibly feel the truth of.
The people had been often ready to conclude that Moses taught them by his own authority; but at the close of his life he solemnly assured them that he had instructed them exactly as the Lord had commanded him, neither more, nor less, nor otherwise. This is a most express declaration that he was divinely inspired, and utterly incompatible with his integrity of character, if he was not. Scott.
wise <02451> [this is your.]
great <01419> [Surely.]
nation <01471> [what nation.]
god .......... God <0430> [who hath.]
pay ... careful attention <05315 08104> [keep thy soul.]
disregard <05493> [lest they.]
teach ..... children ... grandchildren <03045 01121> [teach them.]
You ..................................... days <03117> [the day.]
You ................................. revere ..... days <03372 03117> [fear me.]
stood <05975> [stood.]
above <03820> [midst. Heb. heart.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
speech <08544> [no similitude.]
heard ......... only ... voice <08085 02108 06963> [only ye heard a voice. Heb. save a voice.]
revealed ............... writing <05046 03789> [And he.]
ten <06235> [ten.]
writing <03789> [he wrote.]
very <03966> [Take ye.]
form <08544> [of similitude.]
corrupt <07843> [corrupt.]
likeness <08403> [the likeness.]
Such as Baal-peor, the Roman Priapus; Ashtaroth or Astarte, the Greek and Roman Venus, and many others.
In these verses there is an evident allusion to the idolatrous worship in Egypt. Among the Egyptians, almost everything in nature was the object of their idolatry; among beasts were oxen, heifers, sheep, goats, lions, dogs, monkeys, and cats; among birds, the ibis, crane, and hawk; among reptiles, the crocodile, serpents, frogs, flies, and beetles; all the fish of the Nile, and the Nile itself; besides the sun, moon, planets, stars, fire, light, air, darkness, and night. These are all included in the very circumstantial prohibition in the text, and very forcibly in the general terms of Ex 20:4, the reason of which prohibition becomes self-evident, when the various objects of Egyptian idolatry are considered.
see <07200> [when thou.]
creation <06635> [the host.]
Lord <03068> [which the Lord.]
assigned <02505> [divided. or, imparted.]
iron-smelting <01270> [the iron.]
people <05971> [a people.]
guard <08104> [heed.]
forget <07911> [lest ye forget.]
do ..... image <06213 06459> [make you.]
God <0430> [thy God.]
jealous God <0410 07067> [a jealous God.]
produced <03205> [beget.]
become corrupt <07843> [corrupt. See on ver.]
make ........ do ... evil things <07451 06213> [do evil.]
invoke heaven <05749 08064> [I call heaven.]
A most solemn method of adjuration, in use among all the nations in the world; God and man being called upon to bear testimony to the truth of what was spoken, that if there was any flaw or insincerity it might be detected, and if any crime, it might not go unpunished. Such appeals to God shew at once the origin and use of oaths.
swiftly ..................... long <04118 0748> [ye shall.]
worship <05647> [ye shall.]
see <07200> [neither see.]
seek <01245> [But if.]
heart ... soul <03824 05315> [with all.]
things <01697> [all these.]
happen ...... latter <04672 0319> [are come upon thee. Heb. have found thee.]
latter <0319> [in the latter.]
return <07725> [if thou.]
obey <08085> [obedient.]
he <03068> [the Lord.]
forget <07911> [forget.]
ask .... distant ...... day <07592 03117> [ask now.]
end ...... other <07097> [from the one.]
deliver ... nation ....... nation <03947 01471> [take him.]
judgments <04531> [temptations.]
signs <0226> [by signs.]
power <02389> [by a mighty.]
very <01419> [and by great.]
alone <03045> [know.]
other <05750> [none else.]
loved <0157> [because.]
brought ... out <03318> [and brought.]
<06440> [in his sight.]
great <01419> [with his.]
dispossess <03423> [drive.]
day <03117> [as.]
consider <07725> [and consider.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Keep <08104> [keep.]
well <03190> [it may go.]
Bezer <01221> [Bezer.]
Bezer is the same as Bozra, formerly a royal city of Edom. \\See Note on "Ge 36:33"\\.
Ramoth <07216> [Ramoth.]
Ramoth was a celebrated city in the mountains of Gilead, placed by Eusebius fifteen miles east from Philadelphia or Ammon, and by Jerome in the neighbourhood of Jabbok, and consequently north of Philadelphia.
Golan <01474> [Golan.]
This city gave name to the district of Gaulonitis, now called Djolan, which comprises the plain to south of Djedour or Iturea, and to the west of Haouran: its southern frontier is the Nahar Aweired, by which it is separated from the district of Erbad, and the Sheriat el Mandhour, which separates it from the district of El Kefarat: on the west it is limited by the territory of Feik, and on the north-west by Djebel Heish, or mount Hermon.
This is evidently an introduction to the discourse of the subsequent chapters. Moses having practically improved some particulars in the history of Israel, proceeded to repeat and enforce the laws which he had delivered before, with additions and explanations, beginning with the ten commandments.
stipulations <05713> [These.]
statutes <02706> [statutes.]
ordinances <04941> [judgments.]
Transjordan <05676> [On this side.]
opposite <04136> [over.]
Beth Peor <01047> [Beth-peor.]
Beth-peor was a city which was situated, according to Eusebius, opposite Jericho, and six miles above Livias. As the name signifies "the house of Peor," it is probable that there was a temple to Peor, situated in this place, full in view of the people, while Moses was pressing upon them the worship of Jehovah alone; and perhaps the very temple where so many had sinned to their own destruction.
Moses <04872> [Moses.]
Aroer <06177> [Aroer.]
Mount <02022> [even unto.]
The Samaritan interpreter has, "unto the mountain of snow, which is Hermon." See Note on ch. 3:9.
Siyon <07865> [Sion.]
watershed <0794> [under the springs.]
Israel ........ Israel <03478> [all Israel.]
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
be careful ... keep <08104 06213> [keep, and. Heb. keep to.]
Lord <03068> [I am the.]
brought <03318> [brought.]
slavery <05650> [bondage. Heb. servants.]
image <06459> [graven image.]
worship <07812> [shalt not.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
On the import of the word {yehowah,} which we translate Lord, see Note on Ex. 3:15. The word {elohim,} which is rendered God, in the singular, {eloah,} and in Arabic {allah,} is derived from the Arabic {alaha,} he worshipped, adored, was struck with astonishment, fear, or terror: and hence, he adored with sacred honour and veneration: it also signifies, he succoured, liberated, kept in safety, or defended. Here we learn that {elohim} denotes the sole object of adoration; the perfections of whose nature must astonish all who contemplate them, and fill with horror all who rebel against him; that consequently he must be worshipped with reverence and religious fear; and that every sincere worshipper may expect help in all his weaknesses, etc., freedom from the power, guilt, and consequences of sin, and support and defence to the uttermost.
jealous God <0410 07067> [a jealous God.]
punish <06485> [visiting.]
show <06213> [shewing.]
choose .... keep <0157 08104> [love me.]
