Deuteronomy 6:1--8:20
commandments <04687> [the commandments.]
headed <03423 05674> [go to possess it. Heb. pass over.]
revere <03372> [fear.]
children .... grandchildren <01121> [and thy son.]
days <03117> [thy days.]
careful <08104> [and observe.]
increase <07235> [that ye may.]
land <0776> [in the land.]
Israel, Jehovah, our God,is one Jehovah." On this passage the Jews lay great stress; and it is one of the four passages which they write on their phylacteries: On the word {Elohim,} Simeon Ben Joachi says: "Come and see the mystery of the word {Elohim:} there are three degrees, and each degree is by itself alone, and yet they are all one, and joined together in one, and are not divided from each other."
[the Lord,]
love <0157> [thou shalt.]
God ..... mind <0430 03824> [God with all.]
mind <03824> [shall be.]
teach <08150> [And thou shalt.]
teach <08150> [teach. Heb. whet, or sharpen. shalt talk.]
land <0776> [land.]
large <01419> [great.]
eat <0398> [when thou.]
slavery <05650> [bondage. Heb. bondmen, or servants.]
revere <03372> [fear.]
serve ..... oaths <05647 07650> [and serve him.]
Our Saviour quotes these words thus: "And him only [aut¢ mon¢,] shalt thou serve;" from which it would appear, that the word {levaddo} was anciently in the Hebrew text, as it was in the Septuagint, Coptic, Vulgate (illi soli), and Anglo-Saxon. Dr. Kennicott argues that without the word only, the text would not have conclusive for the purpose for which our Lord advanced it. It is proper, however, to observe, that the word {levaddo} is not found in any MS. yet collated, though retained in the above versions.
oaths <07650> [shalt swear.]
<03212> [not go.]
gods <0430> [of the gods.]
jealous <07067> [is a jealous.]
anger <0639> [lest.]
remove <08045> [destroy.]
put ........ test <05254> [tempt.]
put ........ test ...... Massah <05254 04532> [tempted him.]
Do <06213> [shalt do.]
well <03190> [that it may.]
children <01121> [when thy son.]
later <04279> [in time to come. Heb. to-morrow.]
Pharaoh's <06547> [We were.]
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powerful <02389> [with a mighty.]
<05414> [shewed.]
devastating ... on <07451> [sore. Heb. evil. before.]
land <05414 0776> [to give us.]
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revere <03372> [to fear.]
go well <02896> [for our good.]
preserve <02421> [he might.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
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.
many ................ numerous <07227> [greater.]
over <05414> [deliver.]
utterly annihilate <02763> [utterly.]
Make ... treaty <03772 01285> [make no.]
anger <0639> [so will.]
tear <05422> [destroy.]
sacred pillars ............ idols <04676 06456> [images. Heb. statues, or pillars.]
cut down <01438> [and cut.]
burn up <08313> [burn.]
holy <06918> [an holy.]
prized <05459> [to be a special.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
numerous <07230> [ye were.]
his ....... faithfulness ............. Lord <03068 08104> [because.]
promise <07621> [oath.]
his ................... Lord .... out <03068 03318> [Lord brought.]
faithful <0539> [the faithful.]
keeps .......... keep <08104> [which keepeth.]
thousand <0505> [a thousand.]
pays ....................... repay <07999> [repayeth.]
ignore <0309> [slack.]
hate ............... hate <08130> [hateth.]
If <06118> [if. Heb. because.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
love <0157> [he will love.]
bless ......... bless <01288> [he will also.]
blessed <01288> [blessed.]
beyond ........ barrenness <06135> [male or.]
terrible ........... inflict ... on <07760 07451> [will put none.]
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.
terrible ........... inflict ... on <07760 07451> [will put none.]
destroy <0398> [consume.]
<05869> [thine eye.]
snare <04170> [for that will.]
<0559> [thou shalt.]
nations <01471> [These nations.]
fear <03372> [shalt not.]
must ... recall <02142> [remember.]
great <01419> [great.]
Lord <03068> [so shall.]
hornets <06880> [the hornet.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
great .... God <0410 01419> [a mighty God.]
expel <05394> [put out. Heb. pluck off. thou mayest.]
As the Israelites were not yet sufficiently numerous to fill the whole land occupied by these nations; and as wild and ferocious animals might be expected to multiply where the place was but thinly peopled, therefore God informs them that their extermination from before them should be gradual. Haynes says, "The approaching to Cana, at the close of the day, as we did, is at once terrifying and dangerous. The surrounding country swarms with wild beasts, such as tigers, leopards, jackals, etc., whose cries and howling, I doubt not, would strike the boldest traveller, who had not been frequently in a like situation, with the deepest sense of horror."
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
<06440> [unto thee. Heb. before thy face.]
<01949> [shall destroy.]
over <05414> [he shall.]
names <08034> [their name.]
Nobody <0376> [there shall.]
images <06456> [graven.]
covet <02530> [thou shalt.]
ensnared <03369> [snared.]
abhorrent <08441> [an abomination.]
bring ...................... detest ... abhor <0935 08262 08581> [shalt.]
<08262> [but thou shalt.]
Remember <02142> [remember.]
forty <03212 0705> [led thee.]
humbling <06031> [to humble.]
test ... to see if <05254 03045> [prove thee.]
to see if <03045> [to know.]
feeding ..... manna <0398 04478> [fed thee.]
humankind ... live <02421 0120> [doth.]
Many have attempted to give the following meaning to this text:--"God so amply provided for them all the necessaries of life, that they never were obliged to wear tattered garments, nor were their feet injured for lack of shoes or sandals." Now, though the Israelites doubtless brought out of Egypt more raiment than what they had upon them; and they might manufacture the fleeces of their flocks in the wilderness; and also might be favoured by Providence with other supplies from the neighbouring nations or travelling hordes of Arabs; yet, when we consider their immense numbers, their situation and long continuance in the wilderness, and the very strong expressions made use of in the text, why should we question the extraordinary and miraculous interposition of God in this respect, as well as in others, not less stupendous in their nature, or constant in their supply?
aware <03045> [consider.]
parent <0376> [as a man.]
<03212> [walk.]
wheat <02406> [wheat.]
barley <08184> [barley.]
vines <01612> [vines.]
olive trees <02132 08081> [oil olive. Heb. olive tree of oil.]
stones <068> [whose stones.]
eat <0398> [thou hast.]
praise <01288> [then thou.]
eat <0398> [Lest when.]
build <01129> [and hast built.]
self-important <03824> [thine heart.]
forget <07911> [thou forget.]
great <03212 01419> [led thee.]
serpents <05175 08314> [fiery serpents.]
<03318> [who brought.]
fed ..... desert <0398 04057> [fed thee.]
humbling ... test <06031 05254> [he might.]
good <03190> [to do thee.]
say <0559> [thou say.]
ability <03581> [My power.]
gives <05414> [he that.]
confirm <06965> [that he may.]
testify .... today <05749 03117> [I testify against.]
destroy <06> [so shall ye perish.]
