kecilkan semua
Teks -- Deuteronomy 11:1-32 (NET)
Paralel
Ref. Silang (TSK)
ITL
Nama Orang, Nama Tempat, Topik/Tema Kamus
kecilkan semuaTafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)
That is, acknowledge and consider it with diligence and thankfulness.
Wesley: Deu 11:4 - Unto this day The effect of which destruction continueth to this day, in their weakness and fear, and our safety from their farther attempts against us.
The effect of which destruction continueth to this day, in their weakness and fear, and our safety from their farther attempts against us.
Wesley: Deu 11:7 - Your eyes have seen All of them had seen some, and some of them had seen all the great things done in Egypt and at the Red-sea, and in the Wilderness. What our eyes have ...
All of them had seen some, and some of them had seen all the great things done in Egypt and at the Red-sea, and in the Wilderness. What our eyes have seen, especially in our early days, should be improved by us long after.
Wesley: Deu 11:10 - With thy foot That is, with great pains and labour of thy feet, partly by going up and down to fetch water and disperse it, and partly by digging furrows with thy f...
That is, with great pains and labour of thy feet, partly by going up and down to fetch water and disperse it, and partly by digging furrows with thy foot, and using engines for distributing the water, which engines they thrust with their feet. For tho' the river Nile did once in a year overflow the grounds, and made them fruitful, yet often it failed them, at least in part, and then they were put to great pains about their ground. And when it did overflow sufficiently, and left its mud upon the earth, yet that mud was in a little time hardened, and needed another watering, and much digging and labour both of the hand and feet, especially in places more remote from that river; which inconvenience Canaan was free from.
Wesley: Deu 11:11 - Of hills and valleys And therefore much more healthful than Egypt was, which as it was enriched, so it was annoyed with the Nile, which overflowed the land in summer time,...
And therefore much more healthful than Egypt was, which as it was enriched, so it was annoyed with the Nile, which overflowed the land in summer time, and thereby made the country both unpleasant and unhealthful. And health being the greatest of all outward blessings, Canaan must therefore needs be a more desirable habitation than Egypt.
Wesley: Deu 11:11 - The rain of heaven Which is more easy, being given thee without thy charge or pains; more sweet and pleasant, not hindering thy going abroad upon thy occasions, as the o...
Which is more easy, being given thee without thy charge or pains; more sweet and pleasant, not hindering thy going abroad upon thy occasions, as the overflow of the Nile did, whereby the Egyptians were confined in a great measure to their houses; more safe and healthful, being free from that mud which attends upon the waters of the Nile; and more certain too, the former and the latter rain being promised to be given to them in their several seasons, upon condition of their obedience, which condition, tho' it may seem a clog and inconvenience, yet indeed was a great benefit, that by their own necessities and interest they might be obliged to that obedience, upon which their happiness depended both for this life and the next.
Wesley: Deu 11:12 - Careth for In a special manner watering it immediately as it were by his own hand, without man's help, and giving peculiar blessings to it, which Egypt enjoys no...
In a special manner watering it immediately as it were by his own hand, without man's help, and giving peculiar blessings to it, which Egypt enjoys not.
Wesley: Deu 11:12 - To the end of the year To give it the rain, and other blessings proper to the several seasons. But all these mercies, and the fruitfulness of the land consequent upon them, ...
To give it the rain, and other blessings proper to the several seasons. But all these mercies, and the fruitfulness of the land consequent upon them, were suspended upon their disobedience. And therefore it is not at all strange that some later writers, describe the land of Canaan as a barren soil, which is, so far from affording ground to question the authority of the scriptures, that it doth much more confirm it, this, being an effect of that threatning that God would turn a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of these that dwell in it, Psa 107:34.
Wesley: Deu 11:14 - The ruin of your land Which is, proper to your land, not common to Egypt, where, as all authors agree, there is little rain. The first rain fell in seed time, to make the c...
Which is, proper to your land, not common to Egypt, where, as all authors agree, there is little rain. The first rain fell in seed time, to make the corn spring, the other a little before harvest, to ripen it.
Wesley: Deu 11:15 - I will send grass in thy fields So godliness has here the promise of the life which now is. But the favour of God puts gladness into the heart, more than the increase of corn, wine a...
So godliness has here the promise of the life which now is. But the favour of God puts gladness into the heart, more than the increase of corn, wine and oil.
Wesley: Deu 11:17 - Shut up the heaven Which is compared sometimes to a great store-house wherein God lays up his treasures of rain, Job 38:22, the doors whereof God is said to open when he...
Which is compared sometimes to a great store-house wherein God lays up his treasures of rain, Job 38:22, the doors whereof God is said to open when he gives rain, and to shut when he witholds it.
Wesley: Deu 11:18 - Lay up Let us all observe these three rules, Let our hearts be filled with the word of God. Lay up these words in your hearts, as in a store-house, to be use...
Let us all observe these three rules, Let our hearts be filled with the word of God. Lay up these words in your hearts, as in a store-house, to be used upon all occasions. Let our eyes be fixed upon the word of God: Bind them for a sign upon your hand, which is always in view, and as frontlets between your eyes, which you cannot avoid the sight of. Let our tongues be employed about the word of God, especially with our children, who must be taught this, as far more needful than the rules of decency, or the calling they are to live by.
Wesley: Deu 11:21 - As the days of heaven As long as the heaven keeps its place and continues its influences upon earth.
As long as the heaven keeps its place and continues its influences upon earth.
Wesley: Deu 11:24 - Every place Not absolutely, as the Rabbins fondly conceit, but in the promised land, as it is restrained in the following words; either by possession, or by domin...
Not absolutely, as the Rabbins fondly conceit, but in the promised land, as it is restrained in the following words; either by possession, or by dominion, namely, upon condition of your obedience.
Wesley: Deu 11:24 - Euphrates On the east. So far the right of dominion extended, but that their sins cut them short: and so far Solomon extended his dominion.
On the east. So far the right of dominion extended, but that their sins cut them short: and so far Solomon extended his dominion.
Wesley: Deu 11:28 - Which ye have not known Which you have no acquaintance with, nor experience of their power, or wisdom, or goodness, as you have had of mine.
Which you have no acquaintance with, nor experience of their power, or wisdom, or goodness, as you have had of mine.
Wesley: Deu 11:29 - Put Heb. Thou shalt give, that is, speak or pronounce, or cause to be pronounced. So the word to give is used, Deu 13:1-2; Job 36:3; Pro 9:9. This is, mor...
Heb. Thou shalt give, that is, speak or pronounce, or cause to be pronounced. So the word to give is used, Deu 13:1-2; Job 36:3; Pro 9:9. This is, more particularly expressed, Deu 27:12-13.
Looking toward Gilgal, tho' at some considerable distance from it.
Wesley: Deu 11:30 - Beside the plains of Moreh This was one of the first places that Abram came to in Canaan. So that in sending them thither to hear the blessing and the curse, they were minded of...
This was one of the first places that Abram came to in Canaan. So that in sending them thither to hear the blessing and the curse, they were minded of the promise made to Abram in that very place, Gen 12:6-7.
JFB: Deu 11:1 - Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge The reason for the frequent repetition of the same or similar counsels is to be traced to the infantine character and state of the church, which requi...
The reason for the frequent repetition of the same or similar counsels is to be traced to the infantine character and state of the church, which required line upon line and precept upon precept. Besides, the Israelites were a headstrong and perverse people, impatient of control, prone to rebellion, and, from their long stay in Egypt, so violently addicted to idolatry, that they ran imminent risk of being seduced by the religion of the country to which they were going, which, in its characteristic features, bore a strong resemblance to that of the country they had left.
JFB: Deu 11:2-9 - I speak not with your children which have not known . . . But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did Moses is here giving a brief summary of the marvels and miracles of awful judgment which God had wrought in effecting their release from the tyranny o...
Moses is here giving a brief summary of the marvels and miracles of awful judgment which God had wrought in effecting their release from the tyranny of Pharaoh, as well as those which had taken place in the wilderness. He knew that he might dwell upon these, for he was addressing many who had been witnesses of those appalling incidents. For it will be remembered that the divine threatening that they should die in the wilderness, and its execution, extended only to males from twenty years and upward, who were able to go forth to war. No males under twenty years of age, no females, and none of the tribe of Levi, were objects of the denunciation (see Num 14:28-30; Num 16:49). There might, therefore, have been many thousands of the Israelites at that time of whom Moses could say, "Your eyes have seen all the great acts which He did"; and with regard to those the historic review of Moses was well calculated to stir up their minds to the duty and advantages of obedience.
JFB: Deu 11:10-12 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out The physical features of Palestine present a striking contrast to those of the land of bondage. A widely extending plain forms the cultivated portion ...
The physical features of Palestine present a striking contrast to those of the land of bondage. A widely extending plain forms the cultivated portion of Egypt, and on the greater part of this low and level country rain never falls. This natural want is supplied by the annual overflow of the Nile, and by artificial means from the same source when the river has receded within its customary channel. Close by the bank the process of irrigation is very simple. The cultivator opens a small sluice on the edge of the square bed in which seed has been sown, making drill after drill; and when a sufficient quantity of water has poured in, he shuts it up with his foot. Where the bank is high, the water is drawn up by hydraulic engines, of which there are three kinds used, of different power, according to the subsidence of the stream. The water is distributed in small channels or earthen conduits, simple in construction, worked by the foot, and formed with a mattock by the gardener who directs their course, and which are banked up or opened, as occasion may require, by pressing in the soil with the foot. Thus was the land watered in which the Israelites had dwelt so long. Such vigilance and laborious industry would not be needed in the promised land. Instead of being visited with moisture only at one brief season and left during the rest of the year under a withering blight, every season it would enjoy the benign influences of a genial climate. The hills would attract the frequent clouds, and in the refreshing showers the blessing of God would especially rest upon the land.
JFB: Deu 11:12 - A land which the Lord thy God careth for That is, watering it, as it were, with His own hands, without human aid or mechanical means.
That is, watering it, as it were, with His own hands, without human aid or mechanical means.
JFB: Deu 11:14 - the first rain and the latter rain The early rain commenced in autumn, that is, chiefly during the months of September and October, while the latter rain fell in the spring of the year,...
The early rain commenced in autumn, that is, chiefly during the months of September and October, while the latter rain fell in the spring of the year, that is, during the months of March and April. It is true that occasional showers fell all the winter; but, at the autumnal and vernal seasons, they were more frequent, copious, and important; for the early rain was necessary, after a hot and protracted summer, to prepare the soil for receiving the seed; and the latter rain, which shortly preceded the harvest, was of the greatest use in invigorating the languishing powers of vegetation (Jer 5:24; Joe 2:23; Amo 4:7; Jam 5:7).
JFB: Deu 11:15-17 - I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle Undoubtedly the special blessing of the former and the latter rain [Deu 11:14] was one principal cause of the extraordinary fertility of Canaan in anc...
Undoubtedly the special blessing of the former and the latter rain [Deu 11:14] was one principal cause of the extraordinary fertility of Canaan in ancient times. That blessing was promised to the Israelites as a temporal reward for their fidelity to the national covenant [Deu 11:13]. It was threatened to be withdrawn on their disobedience or apostasy; and most signally is the execution of that threatening seen in the present sterility of Palestine. MR. LOWTHIAN, an English farmer, who was struck during his journey from Joppa to Jerusalem by not seeing a blade of grass, where even in the poorest localities of Britain some wild vegetation is found, directed his attention particularly to the subject, and pursued the inquiry during a month's residence in Jerusalem, where he learned that a miserably small quantity of milk is daily sold to the inhabitants at a dear rate, and that chiefly asses' milk. "Most clearly," says he, "did I perceive that the barrenness of large portions of the country was owing to the cessation of the early and latter rain, and that the absence of grass and flowers made it no longer the land (Deu 11:9) flowing with milk and honey."
JFB: Deu 11:18-25 - lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them (See on Deu 6:1).
(See on Deu 6:1).
JFB: Deu 11:24 - Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours Not as if the Jews should be lords of the world, but of every place within the promised land. It should be granted to them and possessed by them, on c...
Not as if the Jews should be lords of the world, but of every place within the promised land. It should be granted to them and possessed by them, on conditions of obedience:
JFB: Deu 11:24 - Euphrates Their boundary on the east. Their grant of dominion extended so far, and the right was fulfilled to Solomon.
Their boundary on the east. Their grant of dominion extended so far, and the right was fulfilled to Solomon.
Clarke: Deu 11:1 - Thou shalt love the Lord Thou shalt love the Lord - Because without this there could be no obedience to the Divine testimonies, and no happiness in the soul; for the heart t...
Thou shalt love the Lord - Because without this there could be no obedience to the Divine testimonies, and no happiness in the soul; for the heart that is destitute of the love of God, is empty of all good, and consequently miserable. See the note on Deu 10:12.
Clarke: Deu 11:6 - What he did unto Dathan, etc. What he did unto Dathan, etc. - See the notes on Numbers 16 (note).
What he did unto Dathan, etc. - See the notes on Numbers 16 (note).
Clarke: Deu 11:8 - Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments - Because God can execute such terrible judgments, and because he has given such proofs of his power an...
Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments - Because God can execute such terrible judgments, and because he has given such proofs of his power and justice; and because, in similar provocations, he may be expected to act in a similar way; therefore keep his charge, that he may keep you unto everlasting life.
Clarke: Deu 11:10 - Wateredst it with thy foot Wateredst it with thy foot - Rain scarcely ever falls in Egypt, and God supplies the lack of it by the inundations of the Nile. In order to water th...
Wateredst it with thy foot - Rain scarcely ever falls in Egypt, and God supplies the lack of it 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 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 by, 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. Thus he may be said to water the ground with his foot. See several useful observations on this subject in Mr. Harmer, vol. i., pp. 23-26, and vol. iii., p. 141. "For watering land an instrument called janta is often used in the north of Bengal: It consists of a wooden trough, about fifteen feet long, six inches wide, and ten inches deep, which is placed on a horizontal beam lying on bamboos fixed in the bank of a pond or river in the form of a gallows. One end of the trough rests upon the bank, where a gutter is prepared to carry off the water, and the other is dipped into the water by a man standing on a stage near that end, and plunging it in with his foot. A long bamboo, with a large weight of earth at the farther end of it, is fastened to that end of the janta near the river, and passing over the gallows, poises up the janta full of water, and causes it to empty itself into the gutter."This, Mr. Ward supposes, illustrates this passage. See Hindoo Customs, etc., vol. iii., p. 104. But after all, the expression, wateredst it with thy foot, may mean no more than doing it by labor; for, as in the land of Egypt there is scarcely any rain, the watering of gardens, etc., must have been all artificial. But in Judea it was different, as there they had their proper seasons of rain. The compound word
Clarke: Deu 11:14 - The rain - in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain The rain - in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain - By the first or former rain we are to understand that which fell in Judea about N...
The rain - in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain - By the first or former rain we are to understand that which fell in Judea about November, when they sowed their seed, and this served to moisten and prepare the ground for the vegetation of the seed. The latter rain fell about April, when the corn was well grown up, and served to fill the ears, and render them plump and perfect. Rain rarely fell in Judea at any other seasons than these. If the former rain were withheld, or not sent in due season, there could be no vegetation: if the latter rain were withheld, or not sent in its due season, there could be no full corn in the ear, and consequently no harvest. Of what consequence then was it that they should have their rain in due season! God, by promising this provided they were obedient, and threatening to withhold it should they be disobedient, shows that it is not a general providence that directs these things, but that the very rain of heaven falls by particular direction, and the showers are often regulated by an especial providence.
Clarke: Deu 11:18 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words Therefore shall ye lay up these my words - See Deu 6:4-8 (note), and Exo 13:9 (note).
Clarke: Deu 11:24 - From the river From the river - Euphrates, which was on the east, to the uttermost sea - the Mediterranean, which lay westward of the promised land. This promise, ...
From the river - Euphrates, which was on the east, to the uttermost sea - the Mediterranean, which lay westward of the promised land. This promise, notwithstanding the many provocations of the Israelites, was fulfilled in the time of Solomon, for "he reigned over all the kings from the river (Euphrates) even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt."See 2Ch 9:26, and the note, Num 34:12 (note).
Clarke: Deu 11:26 - Behold, I set before you - a blessing and a curse Behold, I set before you - a blessing and a curse - If God had not put it in the power of this people either to obey or disobey; if they had not had...
Behold, I set before you - a blessing and a curse - If God had not put it in the power of this people either to obey or disobey; if they had not had a free will, over which they had complete authority, to use it either in the way of willing or nilling; could God, with any propriety, have given such precepts as these, sanctioned with such promises and threatenings? If they were not free agents, they could not be punished for disobedience, nor could they, in any sense of the word, have been rewardable for obedience. A Stone is not rewardable because, in obedience to the laws of gravitation, it always tends to the center; nor is it punishable be cause, in being removed from that center, in its tending or falling towards it again it takes away the life of a man
That God has given man a free, self-determining Will, which cannot be forced by any power but that which is omnipotent, and which God himself never will force, is declared in the most formal manner through the whole of the sacred writings. No argument can affect this, while the Bible is considered as a Divine revelation; no sophistry can explain away its evidence, as long as the accountableness of man for his conduct is admitted, and as long as the eternal bounds of moral good and evil remain, and the essential distinctions between vice and virtue exist. If ye will obey, (for God is ever ready to assist), ye shall live; if ye will disobey and refuse that help, ye shall die. So hath Jehovah spoken, and man cannot reverse it.
Clarke: Deu 11:29 - Thou shalt put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal Thou shalt put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal - The etymology of these names may be supposed to cast some light on t...
Thou shalt put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal - The etymology of these names may be supposed to cast some light on this institution.
That the land of Judea was naturally very fertile, can scarcely be supposed by any who considers the accounts given of it by travelers; with the exception of a few districts, the whole land is dry, stony, and barren, and particularly all the southern parts of Judea, and all the environs of Jerusalem, most of which are represented as absolutely incapable of cultivation. How then could it ever support its vast number of inhabitants? By the especial providence of God. While God kept that people under his continual protection, their land was a paradise; they lent to all nations and borrowed from none. What has it been since? A demi-solitude, because that especial blessing no longer descends upon it. No land, says Calmet, was more fertile while under the benediction of God; none more barren when under his curse. Its present state is a proof of the declaration of Moses, Deu 28:23 : "The heaven over their head is brass; the earth under their feet, iron."The land itself, in its present state is an ample proof of the authenticity of the Pentateuch. Should facts of this kind be lost sight of by any who read the sacred writings?
Calvin: Deu 11:1 - Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God 1.Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God The whole address has this scope, that the people should testify their gratitude by their obedience, and...
1.Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God The whole address has this scope, that the people should testify their gratitude by their obedience, and thus being allured by God’s bounties, should reverently embrace His Law. On this account also, he requires them to love God, before he exhorts them to obey the Law itself. For, although he might have imperiously and menacingly commanded them, he preferred to lead them gently to obedience, by setting before them the sweetness of His grace. In sum, he exhorts them that, being invited by God’s love, they should love him in return. Meanwhile, it is well to observe that free affection is the foundation and beginning of duly obeying the Law, for what is drawn forth by constraint, or servile fear, cannot please God. He designates the precepts of the Law by various names, in order that they may zealously and attentively apply themselves to listen to God, who has omitted nothing calculated to regulate their life; for, by this variety of words, he signifies that God had familiarly and perfectly taught whatever was required. As to the three latter words, “his statutes, and judgments, and commandments,” what I have observed in Genesis and in the Psalms may be referred to. The word
Calvin: Deu 11:2 - And know ye this day 2.And know ye this day He again confirms the preceding sentence; because they had been more than sufficiently taught by the illustrious acts of God, ...
2.And know ye this day He again confirms the preceding sentence; because they had been more than sufficiently taught by the illustrious acts of God, how great was His power and how remarkable His mercy toward themselves. Two meanings may be given to the words; for some connect them thus, “Know ye this day the chastisement of the Lord,” and include in a parenthesis the clause, “for I speak not with your children, which have not known, and have not seen;” but others read the word of exhortation “know ye” separately, and 255 without any connection. The latter view pleases me best; although it little affects the substance of the matter which exposition we follow. For Moses admonishes them, that, if they only pay attention to the works of God, His glory, which may instruct them to fear Him, may be clearly beheld in them. In order, however, to urge them more vehemently, he adds, that he does not speak to posterity, to which the fame of these miracles would reach, but that he addresses eye-witnesses, who need no proof of them, having been assured of them by certain experience. He celebrates in many expressions of eulogy these miracles, whereby God had testified to them His power and goodness, lest they should lightly pass by what was worthy of their most earnest attention, and constant meditation. I forbear now to speak of other points, which I have elsewhere commented on. The word
Calvin: Deu 11:5 - And what he did unto you 5.And what he did unto you These things will be spoken of in their proper place in the regular course of the history, from which my method of teachin...
5.And what he did unto you These things will be spoken of in their proper place in the regular course of the history, from which my method of teaching has compelled me to wander a little. For Moses, to heighten the authority of the Law, sets before them compendiously the circumstances which had occurred in the desert, partly in order that God’s judgments might alarm them by their severity, and partly that His mercies might draw their minds towards Him by their graciousness. Finally, he concludes by saying that he does not speak of unknown things, but that he merely recalled to their recollection the works of God whereof they had been themselves spectators.
Calvin: Deu 11:16 - Take heed to yourselves 16.Take heed to yourselves By often inculcating the same thing, viz., that they should diligently take heed, he indirectly arraigns man’s proneness...
16.Take heed to yourselves By often inculcating the same thing, viz., that they should diligently take heed, he indirectly arraigns man’s proneness to superstition; and this too is again expressed in the words, “that your heart be not deceived;” for by them he signifies, that unless they take diligent heed to themselves, nothing will be more easy than for them to fall into the snares of Satan. Wherefore the impudence of the Papists is the less excusable, who intoxicate their own and others’ minds with security, when God constantly exhorts them to solicitude. Let us learn, then, that since many impostures and deceits besiege us on every side, we shall in the vanity of our nature be liable immediately to fall into them, unless we carefully guard ourselves. By the expression “turn aside,” he implies what has been before said, that whosoever declines to corrupted worship, impiously falls away from the true God. Unbelievers but little think so, for with them it is a light transgression to exceed in this respect; and they would wilfully blind the eyes of God with their inventions ( commentis), nay, there is nothing too silly for them to desire to be approved of, and sanctioned by God. But if it be objected that obedience is better than sacrifice, they shield themselves under the cover of their good intention, as if God were not at liberty to repudiate what they foolishly obtrude upon Him. At any rate, they so pertinaciously indulge themselves in their inconsiderate zeal, that they will hardly acknowledge the slightest fault in it. But, on the other side, God declares that all are apostates who do not confine themselves to the simplicity of the Law. A threat is again added, that God will avenge the violation of His worship, and will curse their land, until He shall destroy them by dearth and famine; and, finally, He pronounces that they shall perish off that land which God had promised them to the end that He might be there purely worshipped.
Calvin: Deu 11:18 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words 18.Therefore shall ye lay up these my words He again demands their serious attention, lest if the doctrine he propounds should be only lightly and ca...
18.Therefore shall ye lay up these my words He again demands their serious attention, lest if the doctrine he propounds should be only lightly and carelessly received, it should speedily be let slip; for to lay up in, or on, the heart, is the same as to hide deeply in it; although, where the word “soul” is added, the “heart” refers to the mind, or the intellectual faculties. In fine, he commands them to have the Law not only impressed on the mind, but embraced with sincere affection. In the next place, he commands that aid to the memory which we have just considered, viz., that they should wear the precepts on the arms and foreheads; as if God should constantly meet them, to arouse their senses. For (as has been said) God had no regard to the bands themselves, but would have them seen on their arms and foreheads for another object, viz., 236 to suggest and renew their care for religion. Again, He appointed them to occupy the place of ornaments, in order to accustom the people to take their chief delight in meditating on the Law. Thus that foolish ambition is sufficiently refuted, when hypocrites sought after a reputation for holiness by their fringes and other fopperies, as well as that gross error of the whole people, in thinking that they discharged their duty to God by their outward dress. What follows afterwards, that the precepts should be written on the gates of their cities, and on their private houses, tends to the same thing; for we have said, that since men’s minds are prone to vanity, and are easily distracted by innumerable allurements, they have need of such stays to hold them back. And this object is plainly expressed, when He commands them severally to speak of the precepts of the Law, whether they are sitting at home, or going abroad, or lying down, or rising up; because without diligent exercise, it usually happens that whatever men have once learnt is soon lost. He adds, also, another effect of this diligence, viz., that not only should each of them consult their own individual advantage, but also teach their children, whereby God’s Law would ever be maintained in rigor by perpetual succession.
Calvin: Deu 11:26 - Behold, I set before you this day 26.Behold, I set before you this day. He now embraces the two points at once, viz., that they would be blessed if they earnestly apply themselves to ...
26.Behold, I set before you this day. He now embraces the two points at once, viz., that they would be blessed if they earnestly apply themselves to the keeping of the Law, and cursed, if they shake off its yoke and revel in their lusts. But, when he says that he here sets before them a blessing and a curse, it is as much as to declare, that he does not merely tell them what is right, but that the reward is prepared if they obey; and if not, that the punishment is also at hand. Thus we see, that the doctrine which he had hitherto delivered is sealed by hope and fear, since they would not lose their labor if they obeyed it, nor be unpunished if they rejected it. But, that they may learn surely to embrace the promises and to fear the threatenings, he repeats what we have met with before, 203 that God, who is both a faithful rewarder, and a severe judge, is the Author of the Law; yet at the same time he magnifies his own ministry, 204 since it behooved them to depend upon God, and to acquiesce in His commandments, in such a manner as still to submit themselves to His Prophet. For such is men’s pride, that they desire to fly above the clouds to listen to God; whilst He would be heard in His servants, by whose mouth He speaks. Moses, therefore, would again enforce upon them this humility, when he states that he enjoins what God has commanded, as if to call himself the organ of the Holy Spirit.
Calvin: Deu 11:29 - And it shall come to pass, when the Lord 29.And it shall come to pass, when the Lord. I have lately expounded a similar passage, which, although it is subsequent in the order observed by Mos...
29.And it shall come to pass, when the Lord. I have lately expounded a similar passage, which, although it is subsequent in the order observed by Moses, yet, inasmuch as it sets out the matter more clearly, I have not hesitated for perspicuity’s sake to put first. I said that God’s intention was, whilst appointing the Israelites to proclaim their own condemnation, to lay them under more solemn obligation to keep the Law. If He had Himself declared His will through the Levites only, they ought indeed to have been seriously affected, and to have listened with reverence both to the blessings and the curses; but when each of them testifies with his own mouth what the Levites dictated by God’s command, the introduction of this assent, as a solemn ratification, 205 was more efficacious in awakening their zeal and attention. A more fitting season, however, for this protest was after they had entered the promised land than as if it had been made in the plain of Moab; for the sight of the land tended to its confirmation, as if they had been brought into court to make a covenant with God.
These 206 two mountains are situated opposite to each other, in such a manner that the two divisions of the people might easily stand to bless and to curse, so that they might in concert approve of the promises and threats of God.
Calvin: Deu 11:30 - Are they not on the other side of Jordan 30.Are they not on the other side of Jordan. Although the form of interrogation is common in Hebrew, yet in this place Moses affirms more vehemently ...
30.Are they not on the other side of Jordan. Although the form of interrogation is common in Hebrew, yet in this place Moses affirms more vehemently than as if he had only stated directly that these mountains were in the land of Canaan; for he wishes to encourage them in the confidence of entering the promised inheritance; just as he adds immediately afterwards, “Ye shall pass over Jordan.” For, although they had already experienced the miraculous power of God in the conquest of the Amorites, and in heir occupation of the land of Bashan, yet such was their incredulity, that it was necessary constantly to dissipate their fears, so that they might lay aside all hesitation, and boldly prepare to advance. Finally, he founds an exhortation upon this great goodness of God; for the actual enjoyment of the land ought to have stimulated them the more in the service of God, because they were made to inherit it for the purpose of keeping the Law.
TSK -> Deu 11:1; Deu 11:2; Deu 11:3; Deu 11:4; Deu 11:5; Deu 11:6; Deu 11:7; Deu 11:8; Deu 11:9; Deu 11:10; Deu 11:11; Deu 11:12; Deu 11:13; Deu 11:14; Deu 11:15; Deu 11:16; Deu 11:17; Deu 11:18; Deu 11:19; Deu 11:20; Deu 11:21; Deu 11:22; Deu 11:23; Deu 11:24; Deu 11:25; Deu 11:26; Deu 11:27; Deu 11:28; Deu 11:29; Deu 11:30; Deu 11:31; Deu 11:32
TSK: Deu 11:1 - thou shalt // keep // his statutes thou shalt : This verse is the practical improvement of the conclusion of the foregoing chapter; while the next verse begins another view of the subje...
TSK: Deu 11:2 - And know // the chastisement // his greatness // his mighty And know : Moses seems here to have addressed himself particularly to the elders, who had in their youth witnessed the wonderful works which Jehovah h...
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. Deu 8:19, Deu 29:10; Pro 22:19; Act 26:22
the chastisement : Deu 8:2-5
his greatness : Deu 5:24, Deu 9:26
his mighty : Deu 7:19
TSK: Deu 11:3 - -- Deu 4:34, Deu 7:19; Psa 78:12, Psa 78:13, 105:27-45, Psa 135:9; Jer 32:20, Jer 32:21
TSK: Deu 11:4 - how he made how he made : Exo 14:23-31, Exo 15:4, Exo 15:9, Exo 15:10, Exo 15:19; Psa 106:11; Heb 11:29
how he made : Exo 14:23-31, Exo 15:4, Exo 15:9, Exo 15:10, Exo 15:19; Psa 106:11; Heb 11:29
TSK: Deu 11:6 - he did unto // substance // in their possession he did unto : Num 16:1, Num 16:31-33, Num 26:9, Num 26:10, Num 27:3; Psa 106:17
substance : or, living substance which followed them
in their possessi...
he did unto : Num 16:1, Num 16:31-33, Num 26:9, Num 26:10, Num 27:3; Psa 106:17
substance : or, living substance which followed them
in their possession : Heb. at their feet
TSK: Deu 11:8 - Therefore // that ye may Therefore : Deu 8:10, Deu 8:11, Deu 10:12-15, Deu 26:16-19, Deu 28:47; Psa 116:12-16
that ye may : Deu 31:23; Jos 1:6, Jos 1:7; Psa 138:3; Isa 40:31; ...
TSK: Deu 11:9 - prolong // sware // a land prolong : Deu 4:40, Deu 5:16, Deu 6:2; Psa 34:12-22; Pro 3:2, Pro 3:16, Pro 9:11, Pro 10:27
sware : Deu 6:18, Deu 9:5
a land : Exo 3:8; Eze 20:6
TSK: Deu 11:10 - wateredst it with thy foot 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...
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. Zec 14:18
TSK: Deu 11:11 - -- Deu 8:7-9; Gen 27:28; Psa 65:12, Psa 65:13, Psa 104:10-13; Isa 28:1; Jer 2:7; Heb 6:7
TSK: Deu 11:12 - careth for // the eyes careth for : Heb. seeketh
the eyes : 1Ki 9:3; Ezr 5:5; Psa 33:18, Psa 34:15; Jer 24:6
TSK: Deu 11:13 - diligently // to love diligently : Deu 11:8, Deu 11:22, Deu 6:17; Psa 119:4
to love : Deu 4:29, Deu 6:5, Deu 6:6, Deu 10:12
TSK: Deu 11:14 - -- Deu 28:12; Lev 26:4; Job 5:10, Job 5:11, Job 37:11-13; Psa 65:9-13; Jer 14:22; Eze 34:26; Joe 2:22, Joe 2:23; Jam 5:7
TSK: Deu 11:15 - And I will // send // eat and be full And I will : 1Ki 18:5; Psa 104:14; Jer 14:5; Joe 1:18, Joe 2:22
send : Heb. give
eat and be full : Deu 6:11, Deu 8:10; Joe 2:19; Hag 1:6; Mal 3:10, Ma...
TSK: Deu 11:16 - Take heed // your heart // and serve Take heed : Deu 4:9, Deu 4:23; Luk 21:8, Luk 21:34, Luk 21:36; Heb 2:1, Heb 3:12, Heb 4:1, Heb 12:15
your heart : Deu 13:3, Deu 29:18; Job 31:27; Isa ...
TSK: Deu 11:17 - the Lord’ s // shut up // ye perish the Lord’ s : Deu 6:15, Deu 30:17, Deu 30:18
shut up : Deu 28:23, Deu 28:24; 1Ki 8:35, 1Ki 17:1; 2Ch 6:26, 2Ch 7:13; Jer 14:1-6; Amo 4:7; Hag 1:9...
TSK: Deu 11:18 - ye lay up // a sign ye lay up : Deu 6:6-9, Deu 32:46; Exo 13:9, Exo 13:16; Psa 119:11; Pro 3:1, Pro 6:20-23, Pro 7:2, Pro 7:3; Col 3:16; Heb 2:1; 2Pe 1:12, 2Pe 3:1, 2Pe 3...
TSK: Deu 11:19 - -- Deu 4:9, Deu 4:10, Deu 6:7; Psa 34:11, Psa 78:5, Psa 78:6; Pro 2:1, 4:1-27; Isa 38:19
TSK: Deu 11:21 - your days // as the days your days : Deu 4:40, Deu 5:16, Deu 6:2; Pro 3:2, Pro 3:16, Pro 4:10, Pro 9:11
as the days : Psa 72:5, Psa 89:28, Psa 89:29; Isa 65:20; Rev 20:6
TSK: Deu 11:22 - if ye shall // to love // to cleave if ye shall : Deu 11:13, Deu 6:17
to love : Deu 11:13; Mat 22:37; 2Ti 4:8; 1Jo 5:2, 1Jo 5:3
to cleave : Deu 10:20, Deu 30:20; Gen 2:24; Act 11:23; 2Co...
TSK: Deu 11:23 - -- Deu 4:38, Deu 7:1, Deu 7:2, Deu 7:22, Deu 7:23, Deu 9:1, Deu 9:5; Exo 23:27-30, Exo 34:11
TSK: Deu 11:24 - -- Gen 15:18-21; Exo 23:31; Num 34:3-15; Jos 1:3, Jos 1:4, Jos 14:9; 1Ki 4:21, 1Ki 4:24; 2Ch 9:26
TSK: Deu 11:25 - There shall // as he hath There shall : Deu 2:25, Deu 7:24; Jos 1:5, Jos 2:9, Jos 5:1
as he hath : Exo 23:27
TSK: Deu 11:27 - -- Deu 28:1-14; Lev 26:3-13; Psa 19:11; Isa 1:19, Isa 3:10; Mat 5:3-12, 25:31-46; Luk 11:28; Joh 13:17, Joh 14:21-23; Rom 2:7; Jam 1:25; Rev 22:14
Deu 28:1-14; Lev 26:3-13; Psa 19:11; Isa 1:19, Isa 3:10; Mat 5:3-12, 25:31-46; Luk 11:28; Joh 13:17, Joh 14:21-23; Rom 2:7; Jam 1:25; Rev 22:14
TSK: Deu 11:28 - -- Deut. 28:15-68, Deu 29:19-28; Lev. 26:14-32; Isa 1:20, Isa 3:11; Mat 25:41; Rom 2:8, Rom 2:9; Gal 3:10
TSK: Deu 11:29 - put the blessing // Gerizim put the blessing : Deu 27:12-26; Jos 8:30-35
Gerizim : Gerizim and Ebal, mountains west of Jordan, and in the tribe of Ephraim, are opposite, or paral...
put the blessing : Deu 27:12-26; Jos 8:30-35
Gerizim : Gerizim and Ebal, mountains west of Jordan, and in the tribe of Ephraim, are opposite, or parallel to each other, extending from east to west; mount Gerizim being on the south, and mount Ebal on the north. They are separated by the beautiful valley in which Shechem or Nablous is situated, which is only about 200 paces in width. Both mountains are much alike in length, height, and figure; being about a league in length, in the form of a semicircle, and so steep, on the side of Shechem, that there is scarcely any shelvingcaps1 . tcaps0 heir altitude appeared to Mr. Buckingham nearly equal, not exceeding 700 or 800 feet from the level of the valley, which is itself elevated. But though they resemble each other in these particulars, yet in another they are very dissimilar; for, says Maundrell, ""though neither of the mountains has much to boast of as to its pleasantness, yet, as one passes between them, Gerizim seems to discover a somewhat more verdant, fruitful aspect then Ebalcaps1 . tcaps0 he reason of which may be, because fronting towards the north, it is sheltered from the heat of the sun by its own shade; whereas Ebal, looking southward, and receiving the sun that comes directly upon it, must by consequence be rendered more scorched and unfruitful."
| Famous Mountains | ||
| Amalek | in the tribe of Ephraim | Jdg 12:15 |
| Calvary | near Jerusalem | Luk 23:33 |
| Carmel | near the Mediterranean | Jos 19:26 |
| Ebal | near to Gerizim | Jos 8:30 |
| En-gedi | near the Dead Sea | Jos 15:62 |
| Gaash | in the tribe of Ephraim | Jos 24:30 |
| Gilboa | south of the valley of Israel | 2Sa 1:21 |
| Gilead | beyond Jordan | Gen 31:21-25 |
| Gerizim | on which afterwards stood a temple of the Samaritans | Jdg 9:7 |
| Hermon | beyond Jordan | Jos 11:3 |
| Hor | in Idumea | Num 20:22 |
| Horeb | in Arabia Petrea near Sinai | Deu 1:2 |
| Lebanon | separates Syria from Palestine | Deu 3:25 |
| Moriah | where the temple was built | 2Ch 3:1 |
| Nebo | part of the mountains of Abarim | Num 32:3 |
| Olives | east of Jerusalem divided only by brook Kidron | 1Ki 11:17; 2Ki 23:13; Act 1:12 |
| Paran | in Arabia Petrea | Gen 14:6 Deu 1:1 |
| Pisgah | beyond Jordan | Num 21:20 Deu 34:1 |
| Seir | in Idume | Gen 14:6 |
| Sinai | in Arabia Petrea | Exo 19:2 Deu 33:2 |
| Sion | near to mount Moriah | 2Sa 5:7 |
| Tabor | in the Lower Galilee | Jdg 4:6 |
kecilkan semuaTafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)
Know ye i.e. acknowledge and consider it with diligence and thankfulness.
Poole: Deu 11:4 - -- The effect of which destruction continueth to this day, in their weakness and fear, and our safety from all their further attempts against us.
The effect of which destruction continueth to this day, in their weakness and fear, and our safety from all their further attempts against us.
Poole: Deu 11:6 - In their possession In their possession Heb. at their feet , i.e. under their power, Psa 8:6 , which followed them, or belonged to them.
In their possession Heb. at their feet , i.e. under their power, Psa 8:6 , which followed them, or belonged to them.
Poole: Deu 11:7 - -- All of them had seen some, and some of them had seen all the great things done in Egypt, and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness.
All of them had seen some, and some of them had seen all the great things done in Egypt, and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness.
Poole: Deu 11:10 - -- i.e. With great pains and labour of thy feet, partly by going up and down to fetch water and disperse it, and partly by digging furrows with thy foo...
i.e. With great pains and labour of thy feet, partly by going up and down to fetch water and disperse it, and partly by digging furrows with thy foot, and using engines for distributing the water, which engines they thrust with their feet. For though the river Nilus did once in a year overflow the grounds, and made them fruitful, yet ofttimes it failed or scanted them, and then they were put to great pains about their ground; and when it did overflow sufficiently, and left its mud upon the earth, yet that mud was in a little time hardened, and needed another watering and much digging and labour both of the hands and feet, especially in places something higher or more remote from that river; which inconvenience Canaan was free from.
Poole: Deu 11:11 - A land of hills and valleys // Drinketh water of the rain of heaven A land of hills and valleys and therefore much more healthful than Egypt was, which as it was enriched, so it was annoyed with Nilus, which overflowe...
A land of hills and valleys and therefore much more healthful than Egypt was, which as it was enriched, so it was annoyed with Nilus, which overflowed the land in summer time, and thereby made the country both unpleasant and, which is much worse, unhealthful. And health being the greatest of all outward blessings, Canaan must therefore needs be a more desirable habitation than Egypt, which is the thing here implied.
Drinketh water of the rain of heaven which is more honourable, because this comes not from man’ s art or industry, but immediately from God’ s power and goodness; more easy, being given thee without thy charge or pains; more sweet and pleasant, not hindering thy going abroad upon thy occasions, as the overflow of Nilus did, whereby the Egyptians were confined in a great measure to their several houses; more safe and healthful, being free from that mud which attends upon the waters of Nilus; and more certain too, the former and the latter rain being promised to be given to them in their several seasons, upon condition of their obedience, which condition, though it may seem a clog and inconvenience, yet indeed was a great benefit, that by their own necessities and worldly interest they should be obliged to that obedience, upon which their happiness depended both for this life and for the next.
Poole: Deu 11:12 - Land which the Lord careth for // The eyes of the Lord are always upon us Land which the Lord careth for to wit, in a special manner, watering it immediately as it were by his own hand, without man’ s help, and giving ...
Land which the Lord careth for to wit, in a special manner, watering it immediately as it were by his own hand, without man’ s help, and giving peculiar blessings to it, which Egypt enjoys not.
The eyes of the Lord are always upon us to give it the rain and other blessings proper to the several seasons. But all these mercies, and the fruitfulness of the land consequent; upon them, were suspended upon their disobedience, as it here follows. And therefore it is not at all strange that some later writers decry the land of Canaan as in great part a barren soil, which is so far from affording any ground to question the Divine authority of the Holy Scriptures, in which its fruitfulness is declared, that it doth much more confirm it, this being but an effect of that threatening that God would turn a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of those that dwell in it , Psa 107:34 , and elsewhere; and the wickedness of the Israelites in succeeding ages being notorious, it is but just and fit that the barrenness of their land should be as evident and infamous.
Poole: Deu 11:14 - The rain of your land // The first rain and the latter rain The rain of your land i.e. which is needful and sufficient for your land; or which is proper to your land, not common to Egypt, where, as all authors...
The rain of your land i.e. which is needful and sufficient for your land; or which is proper to your land, not common to Egypt, where, as all authors agree, there is little or no rain.
The first rain and the latter rain the first fell in seed time, to make the corn spring, the other a little before harvest, to ripen it. See Jer 5:24 Joe 2:23 Amo 4:7 Jam 5:7 .
Poole: Deu 11:16 - That your heart be not deceived That your heart be not deceived by the specious pretenses of idolaters, who will plead the general consent of all nations, except yours, in the worsh...
That your heart be not deceived by the specious pretenses of idolaters, who will plead the general consent of all nations, except yours, in the worship of creatures, and that they worship the creatures only for God’ s sake, and as they are glorious works of God, whom they worship in and by them; which, and the like arguments, being commonly alleged by heathens for their idolatries, as their own writers declare, might possibly seduce an unwary Israelite; and therefore they are here cautioned against such deceit, and withal it is implied, that if a man’ s mind be corrupted and deceived, so as he believes idolatry to be lawful, this will not excuse him in the sight of God.
Poole: Deu 11:17 - -- Heaven is compared sometimes to a bottle, Job 38:37 , which may be either stopped or opened; sometimes to a great storehouse, wherein God lays up hi...
Heaven is compared sometimes to a bottle, Job 38:37 , which may be either stopped or opened; sometimes to a great storehouse, wherein God lays up his treasures of rain, Job 38:22 Psa 33:7 , the doors whereof God is said to open when he gives rain, and to shut when he withholds it. See 1Ki 8:35 2Ch 6:26 7:13 .
Poole: Deu 11:21 - -- i.e. As long as this visible world lasts, whilst the heaven keeps its place and continues its influences upon earth, until all these things be disso...
i.e. As long as this visible world lasts, whilst the heaven keeps its place and continues its influences upon earth, until all these things be dissolved. Compare Psa 72:5 81:15 89:29 Jer 33:25 .
Poole: Deu 11:24 - Every place // Shall be yours // From the wilderness // And Lebanon // The river Euphrates // Unto the uttermost sea // the hindermost sea Every place not absolutely, as if the Jews should be lords of all the world, as the rabbins fondly conceit; but in the Promised Land, as it is restra...
Every place not absolutely, as if the Jews should be lords of all the world, as the rabbins fondly conceit; but in the Promised Land, as it is restrained in the following words.
Shall be yours either by possession, or by dominion, to wit, upon condition of your obedience.
From the wilderness to wit, of Sin, on the south side.
And Lebanon ; and from Lebanon ; or, and to Lebanon , which was the northern border.
The river Euphrates on the east. So far their right of dominion extended, but that their sins cut them short; and so far Solomon extended his dominion.
Unto the uttermost sea the western or midland sea; Heb.
the hindermost sea for the eastern part of the world being generally esteemed the foremost, and the southern on the right hand, Psa 89:12 , and consequently the northern on the left hand, the western part must needs be behind. Of these bounds of the land see Gen 10:19 15:18 Exo 23:31 Jos 1:3,4 .
I propose them to your minds and to your choice.
Poole: Deu 11:28 - -- Which you have no acquaintance with, nor experience of their power or wisdom or goodness, as you have had of mine.
Which you have no acquaintance with, nor experience of their power or wisdom or goodness, as you have had of mine.
Poole: Deu 11:29 - Thou shalt put the blessing Thou shalt put the blessing Heb. thou shalt give , i.e. speak or pronounce, or cause to be pronounced. So the word to give is used, Deu 13:1,2 Job...
Thou shalt put the blessing Heb. thou shalt give , i.e. speak or pronounce, or cause to be pronounced. So the word to give is used, Deu 13:1,2 Job 36:3 Pro 9:9 . This is more particularly expressed Deu 27:12,13 Jos 8:33 , whither I refer the reader.
Poole: Deu 11:30 - Over against Gilgal Over against Gilgal looking towards Gilgal , though at some considerable distance from it, as this particle is sometimes used.
Over against Gilgal looking towards Gilgal , though at some considerable distance from it, as this particle is sometimes used.
Haydock: Deu 11:2 - Know Know, &c. Reflect on the wonders of God, which you must explain to your children, who were not born, or able to discern them, when they were effecte...
Know, &c. Reflect on the wonders of God, which you must explain to your children, who were not born, or able to discern them, when they were effected at the Red Sea, and in the punishment of the seditious, ver. 7. Hebrew, "know ye this day, for I do not address myself to your children, who know not, (or have not understanding,) and saw not," &c. (Calmet)
Day. So that none of the Egyptians have since been able to molest you.
Haydock: Deu 11:8 - That That. Fear might stimulate them to observe God's command, lest they should be overtaken by a similar chastisement. (Haydock)
That. Fear might stimulate them to observe God's command, lest they should be overtaken by a similar chastisement. (Haydock)
Haydock: Deu 11:10 - Gardens Gardens. Hebrew, "where thou didst sow the seed, and water it with the foot, as a garden," by means of various machines or wheels, which were turned...
Gardens. Hebrew, "where thou didst sow the seed, and water it with the foot, as a garden," by means of various machines or wheels, which were turned by the feet. (Philo) ---
Solinus (ii. 22, 36,) takes notice of this inconvenience in Egypt. The country is watered only by the Nile, which overflows for six weeks, about the beginning of June. Various canals or reservoirs are formed to preserve a sufficient supply of water during the remainder of the year. Pliny ([Natural History?] xviii.) observes, that "if the Nile rise less than 12, or more than 16 cubits high, famine is inevitable." (Calmet) See Genesis xlii. 3. ---
Prince Radzivil saw the canals of Egypt, which the people said had been dug by the Hebrews. Augustus ordered his soldiers to clean them out. (Suetonius, c. 18.) ---
After the seed was committed to the earth, it was necessary to water it frequently, as the sun would harden the soil too much. No rain falls in that part of Egypt where the Hebrews had dwelt, according to many respectable authors; (Tirinus) or at least what little may fall is not sufficient to keep the earth moist. Proclus allows that some showers are felt in Lower Egypt, which lies nearest to the Mediterranean Sea; and travellers often take notice of them, in their journeys from Alexandria to Memphis. Yet the country in general is destitute of this advantage, Zacharias xiv. 18. (Lloyd) (Haydock)
Haydock: Deu 11:14 - Rain Rain, which falls in Judea, chiefly about the vernal and the autumnal equinoxes, in March and October. ---
The latter rain (Hebrew malkosh, ) is ...
Rain, which falls in Judea, chiefly about the vernal and the autumnal equinoxes, in March and October. ---
The latter rain (Hebrew malkosh, ) is that which falls when the seed is just sown, though the Rabbins pretend that yore has this signification, in opposition to the Septuagint. It fell at the beginning of the Jewish year, which commenced in September, Joel ii. 23., and Zacharias x. 1. (Calmet) ---
Rain contributed to make the seeds take root, and to bring the fruit to maturity, and God promises to give what may be requisite, provided his people serve him with fidelity. (Haydock) ---
His grace helps us to begin and to perfect every good work. (Worthington)
Haydock: Deu 11:15 - Hay Hay. Seed-grass was sown, like corn, in Palestine, as it is still in the Levant, where meadows are unknown. The hay consisted chiefly of trefoil, a...
Hay. Seed-grass was sown, like corn, in Palestine, as it is still in the Levant, where meadows are unknown. The hay consisted chiefly of trefoil, and was carried on beasts in long journeys, Genesis xliii. 27., and Judges xix. 19. Cattle fed commonly on straw and barley. The hay grass which grew on mountains was of a different sort, and used for pasturage, (Job xl. 15,) though it might also be cut, Proverbs xxvii. 25. (Calmet)
Haydock: Deu 11:17 - You You. In all this discourse, Moses attributes the fertility of the promised land to the blessing of God, and indeed it seems to be naturally far from...
You. In all this discourse, Moses attributes the fertility of the promised land to the blessing of God, and indeed it seems to be naturally far from being so luxuriant as to be able to feed so many inhabitants. Travellers inform us, that a great part is incapable of cultivation. But it is no longer the object of God's complacency, ver. 12. It is under the curse, chap. xxviii. 23. (Calmet)
Haydock: Deu 11:18 - Place Place. Hebrew, "that they may be as frontlets between your eyes," chap. vi. 9., and Exodus xiii. 9. (Haydock)
Place. Hebrew, "that they may be as frontlets between your eyes," chap. vi. 9., and Exodus xiii. 9. (Haydock)
Haydock: Deu 11:20 - Posts Posts. Upon one post the Jews hang boards, enclosing a piece of parchment, with the 13th to the 21st verse of this chapter; and from ver. 4. to the ...
Posts. Upon one post the Jews hang boards, enclosing a piece of parchment, with the 13th to the 21st verse of this chapter; and from ver. 4. to the 9th of the 6th chapter, they hang with great solemnity upon the other post.
Haydock: Deu 11:21 - Earth Earth, as long as the world shall endure. The psalmist (Psalm lxxxviii. 30,) expresses the duration of the reign of the Messias nearly in the same t...
Earth, as long as the world shall endure. The psalmist (Psalm lxxxviii. 30,) expresses the duration of the reign of the Messias nearly in the same terms. See Baruch i. 2. (Calmet) ---
If the Jews had continued faithful to God, and had submitted to the Messias, they might never have been banished from their country. (Haydock)
Haydock: Deu 11:24 - Yours // Western sea Yours. The nations of Chanaan, how strong soever, should fall, and their country be lawfully possessed by the Hebrews. ---
Western sea. Hebrew, "...
Yours. The nations of Chanaan, how strong soever, should fall, and their country be lawfully possessed by the Hebrews. ---
Western sea. Hebrew, "the sea of the back." The Jews speak of the different parts of the world, with respect to a man who has his face turned towards the east, Genesis xiii. 9. The countries, from the desert of Zin to the Euphrates, were never entirely occupied by the Israelites, except under the reigns of David and Solomon. (Calmet) ---
God never intended to subject the whole world to their dominion, as the Rabbins would hence infer. (Menochius)
Haydock: Deu 11:26 - Curse Curse. Their respective effects you shall experience, according to your behaviour. (Calmet) ---
God helps our free will to do good. (St. Augustin...
Curse. Their respective effects you shall experience, according to your behaviour. (Calmet) ---
God helps our free will to do good. (St. Augustine, q. 15.) (Worthington)
Haydock: Deu 11:29 - Put the blessing // Garizim Put the blessing, &c. See Deuteronomy xxvii. 12, &c., and Josue viii. 33, &c. (Challoner) ---
Six tribes were to be stationed on each of these mou...
Put the blessing, &c. See Deuteronomy xxvii. 12, &c., and Josue viii. 33, &c. (Challoner) ---
Six tribes were to be stationed on each of these mountains, chap. xxviii. ---
Garizim. Eusebius says that the Samaritans are grossly deceived, in placing this mountain in the vicinity of Sichem, instead of Jericho. But this is a mistake; for Jotham addressed the inhabitants of Sichem from that mountain, Judges ix. 7. Morizon informs us that it is of the same shape as Hebal, and separated from it only by a valley of about 200 paces, in which the town of Sichem stands. Hebal is a barren rock, while Garizim is very fertile, (Ludolf.) though an ancient poet makes both equally covered with verdure. (Ap. Eusebius, præp. ix. 22.) (Calmet)
Haydock: Deu 11:30 - Far Far. Hebrew, "over against Galgal, beside the plains of More, or Aluni More." Samaritan reads, "the plain of More, near Sichem," as Exodus xx. 17...
Far. Hebrew, "over against Galgal, beside the plains of More, or Aluni More." Samaritan reads, "the plain of More, near Sichem," as Exodus xx. 17. (Haydock) ---
This is styled the noble vale, Genesis xii. 6. (Calmet) ---
The road from Jericho to the Mediterranean Sea, left these mountains on the north. The Chanaanite inhabited all that region, from Galgal to Sichem. How far these places were distant from each other, is not here specified; though Eusebius seems to have inferred from this text, that Garizim was near Jericho. But the plain might be very extensive or noble, and reach from Sichem as far as Galgala.
Haydock: Deu 11:32 - Fulfil Fulfil. How inconsistent must such exhortations be, if, as Protestants assert, the commandments be impossible, and "the law exacteth impossible thin...
Fulfil. How inconsistent must such exhortations be, if, as Protestants assert, the commandments be impossible, and "the law exacteth impossible things." (Luther in Gal. iii.) (Haydock)
Gill -> Deu 11:1; Deu 11:2; Deu 11:3; Deu 11:4; Deu 11:5; Deu 11:6; Deu 11:7; Deu 11:8; Deu 11:9; Deu 11:10; Deu 11:11; Deu 11:12; Deu 11:13; Deu 11:14; Deu 11:15; Deu 11:16; Deu 11:17; Deu 11:18-20; Deu 11:21; Deu 11:22; Deu 11:23; Deu 11:24; Deu 11:25; Deu 11:26; Deu 11:27; Deu 11:28; Deu 11:29; Deu 11:30; Deu 11:31; Deu 11:32
Gill: Deu 11:1 - Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God // and keep his charge // and his statutes and his judgments, and his commandments, alway Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God,.... Because he is so great and glorious in himself, and because he had done such great and good things for...
Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God,.... Because he is so great and glorious in himself, and because he had done such great and good things for them, the Israelites, particularly in the multiplication of them, the last thing mentioned:
and keep his charge; whatsoever the Lord had charged them to observe, even what follow:
and his statutes and his judgments, and his commandments, alway; all his laws, ceremonial, judicial, and moral; and that constantly and continually, all the days of their lives.
Gill: Deu 11:2 - And know you this day // for I speak not unto your children which have not known, and which have not seen, the chastisement of the Lord your God // his greatness, his mighty hand, and stretched out arm And know you this day,.... Take notice of, and diligently attend unto, what is now about to be delivered:
for I speak not unto your children which ...
And know you this day,.... Take notice of, and diligently attend unto, what is now about to be delivered:
for I speak not unto your children which have not known, and which have not seen, the chastisement of the Lord your God; who have no knowledge and experience of the chastisement of the Lord on themselves, or on their foes or friends; and with whom the argument drawn from it could not come with that force, and make that impression, as it might be thought it would, being used with them who had perfect knowledge of it. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it doctrine, which, being children, they were not instructed so perfectly in as they were who were adult persons, to whom Moses directs his discourse:
his greatness, his mighty hand, and stretched out arm: the exceeding greatness of his power, displayed in the following instances.
Gill: Deu 11:3 - And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt // unto Pharaoh king, of Egypt, and unto all his land And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt,.... The miraculous works done there, the ten plagues inflicted on the Egyptians fo...
And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt,.... The miraculous works done there, the ten plagues inflicted on the Egyptians for refusing to let Israel go:
unto Pharaoh king, of Egypt, and unto all his land; for those plagues not only affected him and his court, and his metropolis, but all parts of the land, the inhabitants of it everywhere.
Gill: Deu 11:4 - And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots // how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them // as they pursued after you And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots,.... At the Red sea, when they pursued Israel in order to bring them ...
And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots,.... At the Red sea, when they pursued Israel in order to bring them back or destroy them, after they had let them go, which army was very numerous; see Exo 14:7.
how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them; "or to flow over their faces" b:
as they pursued after you; so that they could not see their way, nor steer their course after them; and not only so, but were covered with the waters of the sea, drowned in them, and sunk to the bottom of them: and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day; either continued to destroy them yet more and more by one means or another; or else the destruction made by the several plagues upon them, and particularly that of their army at the Red sea, which was the strength and glory of the nation, was so general and extensive, that they never recovered it to that day; and so were in no capacity of coming out against them, and attacking them, and doing them any hurt, all the forty years they had been in the wilderness; of which no doubt they had knowledge, and of their condition and circumstances there.
Gill: Deu 11:5 - And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came unto this place. And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came unto this place. Meaning not so much the good things he did for them in divers places, as th...
And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came unto this place. Meaning not so much the good things he did for them in divers places, as the chastisements and corrections he had exercised them with for their murmurings, rebellions, idolatry, and uncleanness, as at Taberah, Kibrothhattaavah, on the coast of Edom, and plains of Moab; by fire, by sword, by plagues, and fiery serpents; the instances both before and after being of this sort.
Gill: Deu 11:6 - And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben // and their households and their tents // and all the substance that was in their possession // or was at their feet // in the midst of all Israel And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben,.... When they with Korah and his company quarrelled with Moses and Aaron...
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben,.... When they with Korah and his company quarrelled with Moses and Aaron about the priesthood, Num 16:1, how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up; the history of which see in Num 16:30.
and their households and their tents; not their houses and their tents, as the Septuagint and some other versions; for though the word signifies houses, and is often used for them, yet here it must signify families, their wives, and children; since they had no houses, but dwelt in tents, all which were swallowed up with them:
and all the substance that was in their possession; gold, silver, cattle, household goods, and whatever they were possessed of:
or was at their feet c; or which followed them, their living creatures; or was for them, as Aben Ezra interprets it; for, their use, service, and necessity: and this was done
in the midst of all Israel; openly and publicly, they beholding it, as follows; and therefore should be rendered, "before all Israel" d; and, besides, the tents of Dathan and Abiram, Reubenites, were not in the midst of Israel.
Gill: Deu 11:7 - But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did; But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did; Even all before related, with many others; and therefore the instruction they sho...
But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did; Even all before related, with many others; and therefore the instruction they should learn from thence should be as follows.
Gill: Deu 11:8 - Therefore shall you keep all the commandments which I command you this day // that ye may be strong // and go in and possess the land whither ye go to possess it Therefore shall you keep all the commandments which I command you this day,.... For the reasons before suggested, as well as for what follow:
that ...
Therefore shall you keep all the commandments which I command you this day,.... For the reasons before suggested, as well as for what follow:
that ye may be strong; healthful in body, and courageous in mind, for sin tends to weaken both; whereas observance of the commands of God contributes to the health and strength of the body, and the rigour of the mind; both which were necessary to the present expedition they were going upon:
and go in and possess the land whither ye go to possess it; the land of Canaan, they were marching towards in order to possess it; and nothing would more inspire them with courage, and cause them to enter it manfully without fear of their enemies, than obedience to the commands of God; whose presence being promised them on that account, they might expect it, and so had nothing to fear from the inhabitants of the land.
Gill: Deu 11:9 - And that ye may prolong your days in the land // which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed // a land that floweth with milk and honey And that ye may prolong your days in the land,.... Not only enter it, and take possession of it, but continue in it long, which depended upon their ob...
And that ye may prolong your days in the land,.... Not only enter it, and take possession of it, but continue in it long, which depended upon their obedience to the laws of God:
which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed; had promised with an oath, so that they might be assured of the enjoyment of it, though they could not be of their continuance in it, unless they obeyed the divine commands:
a land that floweth with milk and honey; abounds with all good things, whose fruits are fat as milk, and sweet as honey; so the Targum of Jonathan.
Gill: Deu 11:10 - For the land whither thou goest in to possess it // is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out // where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs For the land whither thou goest in to possess it,.... The land of Canaan they were about to take possession of:
is not as the land of Egypt, from ...
For the land whither thou goest in to possess it,.... The land of Canaan they were about to take possession of:
is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out; either the whole land of Egypt, or that part of it, Rameses, in which Israel dwelt, and which was the best of it, as Jarchi observes, and yet Canaan exceeded that; though the design of this passage is not so much to set forth the superior excellency and fertility of the land of Canaan to that of Egypt, which was certainly a very fruitful country; see Gen 13:10 but to observe some things in which they differed, whereby they both became fruitful, and in which Canaan had the advantage:
where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs; as a gardener when he has sowed his seed, or planted his plants, waters them that they may grow, by carrying his water pot from bed to bed, which requires much labour and toil. In Egypt rain seldom fell, especially in some places it was very rare, though that there was none at all is a vulgar mistake; See Gill on Zec 14:18 e. To supply the want of it the river Nile overflowed once a year, which not only moistened the earth, but left mud or slime upon it, which made it fruitful; but this was not sufficient, for what through the river not overflowing enough sometimes, and so as to reach some places, and through the heat of the sun hardening the earth again, it was found necessary to cut canals from it, and by water from thence to water it, as a gardener waters his seed and plants; and it is to this watering that respect is here had, not to the overflowing of the Nile, for that was before the seed was sown; but to the watering of it out of the canals, which was done after it was sown; the former was without any trouble of theirs, the latter with much labour; the manner in which it is done is expressed by the phrase "with thy foot", which the Targum explains "by thyself", by their own labour and industry. Jarchi is more particular; "the land of Egypt had need to "have water brought from the Nile with thy foot; he seems to have understood the phrase to signify carrying water on foot from the Nile to the place where it was wanted; but the custom still in use in Egypt, when they water their fields, plantations, or gardens, will give us a clear understanding of this phrase; as a late traveller informs us f, the water is drawn out of the river (Nile) by instruments, and lodged in capacious cisterns; when plants require to be refreshed, they strike out the plugs that are fixed in the bottoms of the cisterns, and then the water gushing out, is conducted from one rill to another by the gardener, who is always ready as occasion requires to stop and divert the torrent by turning the earth against it "with his foot", and opening at the same time with his mattock a new trench to receive it: and to the same purpose another learned person g has observed, that at other times (than the flowing of the Nile) they are obliged to have recourse to art, and to raise the water out of the river and some deep pits by the help of machines, which water is afterwards directed in its course by channels cut in the ground, which convey the water to those places where it is wanted; and when one part of the ground is sufficiently watered, they then stop that channel, by thrusting some earth into the entrance of it "with their foot", and then also "with their foot" open a passage into the next channel, and so on: and Philo the Jew h speaks of a machine with which they used to water fields, and was worked with the feet by going up the several steps within, which gave motion to it.
Gill: Deu 11:11 - But the land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and valleys But the land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and valleys,.... And so could not be watered by the overflow of a river, and by canals cut...
But the land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and valleys,.... And so could not be watered by the overflow of a river, and by canals cut out of it, and in the manner Egypt was; which was for the most part a plain and flat country, but not so Canaan, in which were many hills and mountains, as those about Jerusalem, Carmel, Tabor, Lebanon, and others; and plains and valleys, as the valley of Jezreel, &c. and which made it more delightful and pleasant for prospects; see Deu 8:7 and drinketh water of the rain of heaven; by which it was watered, refreshed, and made fruitful; not by means of men, but by the Lord himself, and so with much more ease to men, and without the toil and labour they were obliged to in Egypt, as well as it was both more healthful and pleasant; for the damps that arose from the overflow of the Nile were sometimes prejudicial to health; and during the season of its overflow, which was in the summer, they were obliged to keep in their houses, and could not walk abroad for weeks together; to which inconveniences the land of Canaan was not subject; but then, as its fertility depended on rain from heaven, the Israelites would be under the greater obligation to observe the commands of God, who could give and withhold it at his pleasure, and as they conducted themselves; which seems to be the general drift of this passage.
Gill: Deu 11:12 - A land which the Lord thy God careth for // the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year A land which the Lord thy God careth for,.... In a very particular and special manner; otherwise he has a general care of the whole world, and all the...
A land which the Lord thy God careth for,.... In a very particular and special manner; otherwise he has a general care of the whole world, and all the parts of it; for as the earth is his, and the fulness thereof, his providential care reaches everywhere; but as this spot was what he had chosen for his own residence, and the place of his worship, and for an habitation for his peculiar people; he exercised a more peculiar care over it, to make it fruitful, commodious, and pleasant; or which "he seeketh" i; that is, the good of it, and to make it convenient, useful, and delightful to his people; yea, which he sought for and desired for his own habitation, Psa 132:13,
the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year; his eyes of providence, to give the former and the latter rain, and that there be seedtime and harvest in their seasons, and that the fruits of it be produced at their proper time; some at the beginning, others at the end of the year, and others in the intervening months, and all wisely suited to the good of the inhabitants of it.
Gill: Deu 11:13 - And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day // to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day,.... In the name, and by the authority of...
And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day,.... In the name, and by the authority of the Lord, the only lawgiver:
to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul; see Deu 10:12. Jarchi interprets this of prayer; but it is not to be restrained to that only, but includes the whole service of God, in all the parts of it, performed from a principle of love to him, and in sincerity and truth.
Gill: Deu 11:14 - That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season // the first rain and the latter rain // that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season,.... Such a quantity of it as the land required, a sufficiency of it to make it fruitful,...
That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season,.... Such a quantity of it as the land required, a sufficiency of it to make it fruitful, and that in proper time:
the first rain and the latter rain; the former rain in Marchesvan, the latter rain in Nisan, as the Targum of Jonathan; the first fell about our October, which was at or quickly after seedtime, to water the seed that it might take root, and grow and spring up; and the latter fell about March, a little before harvest, to ripen the corn, and swell and plump the ears of it, and make them yield more and better; See Gill on Joe 2:23,
that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil; which were the principal things the land afforded for the sustenance of men; bread corn, the stay and staff of human life, and which strengthens man's heart, and makes him fit for labour; wine, which is his drink, and makes the heart of man glad and cheerful; and oil, which in these countries was used instead of butter, and was fattening, and made the face to shine, Psa 104:15. The ingathering of these fruits were at different times; the barley harvest first, the wheat harvest next, and after that the vintage, and the gathering of the olives; and by means of rain in due season they were favoured with each of these.
Gill: Deu 11:15 - And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle // that thou mayest eat and be full And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle,.... By giving plentiful showers of rain at proper times, to cause it to spring up and grow, that s...
And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle,.... By giving plentiful showers of rain at proper times, to cause it to spring up and grow, that so there might be food for the cattle of every sort, greater or lesser; see Psa 104:13,
that thou mayest eat and be full; which refers to the preceding verse as well as to this; and the sense is, that the Israelites might eat of and enjoy the fruits of the earth to satiety; namely, their corn, wine, and oil; and that their cattle might have grass enough to supply them with.
Gill: Deu 11:16 - Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived // and ye turn aside // and serve other gods, and worship them Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived,.... By observing the influence of the heavens upon the fruitfulness of the earth, and so be ...
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived,.... By observing the influence of the heavens upon the fruitfulness of the earth, and so be drawn to the worship of the host of them, the sun, moon, and stars; or by the examples of nations round about them; and by the plausible arguments they may make use of, taken from the traditions of ancestors, from antiquity, and the consent of nations, and the great numbers of worshippers, and the like:
and ye turn aside; from the true God, and the worship of him; or from the law, as Jarchi, which directs to the worship of one God, and forbids idolatry, or the worshipping of images:
and serve other gods, and worship them; other gods than the one only living and true God; gods that made not the heavens and the earth, and which cannot give rain, nor any blessing and mercy of life, nor help and deliver their worshippers when in distress.
Gill: Deu 11:17 - And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you // and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain // and that the land yield not her fruit // and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you,.... For their idolatry, nothing being more provoking to him than that, it being contrary to his natu...
And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you,.... For their idolatry, nothing being more provoking to him than that, it being contrary to his nature and being, as well as to his will, and to his honour and glory:
and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain; the treasures and storehouses of it there, or the windows of it, the clouds, which when opened let it down, but when shut withhold it; the key of rain is one of the keys which the Jews say k the Lord keeps in his own hand, and with it he opens and no man shuts, and shuts and no man opens; see Deu 28:12.
and that the land yield not her fruit; which is unavoidably the case when rain is withheld:
and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you; for if the land does not yield its fruits sufficient to support the inhabitants of it, they must in course perish.
Gill: Deu 11:18-20 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart, and in your soul // and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart, and in your soul,.... Treasure up the laws of God delivered to them in their minds, retain the...
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart, and in your soul,.... Treasure up the laws of God delivered to them in their minds, retain them in their memories, and cherish a cordial affection for them; which would be an antidote against apostasy, idolatry, and other sins, Psa 119:11.
and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes; of this and the two following verses; see Gill on Deu 6:7; see Gill on Deu 6:8; see Gill on Deu 6:9.
Gill: Deu 11:21 - That your days may be multiplied // and the days of your children // in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them // as the days of heaven upon the earth That your days may be multiplied,.... Long life being a very desirable blessing, and which is promised to those that obey and keep the law; see Deu 30...
That your days may be multiplied,.... Long life being a very desirable blessing, and which is promised to those that obey and keep the law; see Deu 30:19.
and the days of your children; which are dear to parents, and the continuance of whose lives, next to their own, is most desirable, yea, as desirable as their own; and especially it is desirable that they might have a posterity descending from them, to enjoy for ever their estates and possessions; as it was to the people of Israel, that they might have a seed always to dwell
in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them; the land of Canaan, so often spoken of as the promise, oath, and gift of God:
as the days of heaven upon the earth; that is, as long as the heavens and the earth shall be, and the one shall be over the other, as they will be to the end of time.
Gill: Deu 11:22 - For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you to do them // to love the Lord your God // to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you to do them,.... Observe and take notice of them, even all of them, and so a...
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you to do them,.... Observe and take notice of them, even all of them, and so as not merely to have a theory or notional knowledge of them, but to put them in practice:
to love the Lord your God; and show it by obeying his commands, and which is the end of the commandment, and the principle from which all obedience should flow:
to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; see Deu 10:12.
Gill: Deu 11:23 - Then will the Lord drive out all those nations from before you // and ye shall possess greater nations, and mightier than yourselves Then will the Lord drive out all those nations from before you,.... By little and little, even all the seven nations which then inhabited the land of ...
Then will the Lord drive out all those nations from before you,.... By little and little, even all the seven nations which then inhabited the land of Canaan; and this he would do to make room for them, that they might inherit the land; see Deu 7:1.
and ye shall possess greater nations, and mightier than yourselves; countries whose inhabitants were more in number, and greater in strength, than they; and therefore the conquest of them was not to be ascribed to themselves, but to the Lord; this is often observed; see Deu 7:1.
Gill: Deu 11:24 - Every place wherein the soles of your feet shall tread // from the wilderness // and Lebanon // from the river, the river Euphrates // even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be Every place wherein the soles of your feet shall tread,.... Meaning in the land of Canaan; though the Jews vainly apply this to every land, and countr...
Every place wherein the soles of your feet shall tread,.... Meaning in the land of Canaan; though the Jews vainly apply this to every land, and country, and place therein, where any of them come; pleasing themselves with this foolish fancy, that all shall be theirs that the foot of any of them have trod upon, or they have dwelt in; but that it respects only the land of Canaan appears by the following description of it and its boundaries:
from the wilderness; the wilderness of Paran, which lay to the south of it, where Kadesh was, from whence the spies were sent, and was the southern border of it:
and Lebanon; which was a range of mountains to the north of it; and was the northern border of the land:
from the river, the river Euphrates; which was the eastern border of it, when it was carried to its utmost extent, as in the days of Solomon, 1Ki 4:21.
even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be: the Mediterranean sea, which was the western border of the land of Canaan, or "the hinder sea", and so it is called Zec 14:8, it lay at the back of them; for if a man stands with his face to the east, the south will be on his right hand, and the north on his left, and the west will be behind him, or at the back of him.
Gill: Deu 11:25 - There shall be no man able to stand before you // for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you, and the dread of you, upon all the land that ye shall tread upon // as he hath said unto you There shall be no man able to stand before you,.... Meaning not a single man, such an one as Og, or any of the sons of Anak, the giants; because it co...
There shall be no man able to stand before you,.... Meaning not a single man, such an one as Og, or any of the sons of Anak, the giants; because it could never be thought, imagined, or feared, that one man only should be able to stand against 600,000 fighting men, but any people or nation, though greater and mightier than they:
for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you, and the dread of you, upon all the land that ye shall tread upon: that is, upon all the land of Canaan, and the inhabitants of it; who should hear what wonderful things had been done for them in Egypt, and at the Red sea, and in the wilderness; and what they had done to Sihon and Og, and to their countries, and which accordingly was fulfilled, Jos 2:9.
as he hath said unto you; had promised them, Deu 2:25 and which was prophesied of in the prophetic song at the Red sea; see Exo 15:14.
Gill: Deu 11:26 - Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse,.... Meaning the law of God, and the statutes, judgments, and commandments of it; which, if o...
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse,.... Meaning the law of God, and the statutes, judgments, and commandments of it; which, if obeyed, blessings would be bestowed upon them; but if disobeyed, they would be liable to the curses of it, as the following words explain it; see Deu 30:15 everyone of the Israelites were called upon to see and consider this matter, it being an interesting one to them all.
Gill: Deu 11:27 - A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God // which I command you this day A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God,.... That is, a blessing should come upon them, even all temporal blessings they stood in...
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God,.... That is, a blessing should come upon them, even all temporal blessings they stood in need of; they should be blessed in body and estate, in their families, and in their flocks, in town and country; see Deu 28:1,
which I command you this day; afresh repeated to them, and enjoined them the observation of it in the name of the Lord.
Gill: Deu 11:28 - And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God // but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day // to go after other gods, which ye have not known And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God,.... Accursed in body and estate, in basket and store; in their families, flock...
And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God,.... Accursed in body and estate, in basket and store; in their families, flocks, and herds; within doors and without; in city, and country; going out, or coming in; in this world, and that to come, if divine goodness prevent not; see Deu 28:15.
but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day; which the law he gave them, and repeated to them, directed them to walk in:
to go after other gods, which ye have not known; to serve and worship the gods of other nations, strange gods, which neither they nor their fathers knew anything of, or ever received any good thing from; and which indeed are no gods, and nothing in the world, as an idol is.
Gill: Deu 11:29 - And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath bought thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it // that thou shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath bought thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it,.... Which is often observed, as bein...
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath bought thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it,.... Which is often observed, as being near at hand; and when and where many things were to be done, which could not be done in the place and circumstances they now were, particularly what follows:
that thou shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal; that is, pronounce the one on one mountain, and the other on the other mountain, or at least towards them, or over against them. The Targum of Jonathan is"ye shall set six tribes on Mount Gerizim, and six tribes on Mount Ebal; (#De 27:12,13) blessing they shall turn their faces against Mount Gerizim, and cursing they shall turn their faces against Mount Ebal;''with which agrees the account given in the Misnah;"six tribes went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and six to the top of Mount Ebal; and the priests and the Levites, and the ark, stood below in the middle; the priests surrounded the ark, and the Levites the priests, and all Israel were on this and on that side of the ark, as in Jos 8:33 then they turned their faces against Gerizim, they opened with the blessing, blessed is he that maketh not any graven or molten image, and both answered "Amen"; then they turned their faces against Mount Ebal, and opened with the curse, Deu 27:15 and both answered Amen s;''see the performance of this command in Jos 8:33.
Gill: Deu 11:30 - Are they not on the other side Jordan // by the way wherewith the sun goeth down // in the land of the Canaanites // that dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal // beside the plains of Moreh Are they not on the other side Jordan,.... Opposite to that where Moses now was in the plains of Moab, even in Samaria; so in the Misnah t it is said,...
Are they not on the other side Jordan,.... Opposite to that where Moses now was in the plains of Moab, even in Samaria; so in the Misnah t it is said,"as soon as Israel passed over Jordan, they came to Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal, which are in Samaria;''but those mountains were not near Jordan nor Jericho, to which the people of Israel came first, but sixty miles from thence; though they were, as Moses says, on the other side from the place they now were:
by the way wherewith the sun goeth down; or, as the Targum of Jonathan,"after the way of the sun setting;''following that, or taking their direction from thence, signifying that they lay to the west of Jordan:
in the land of the Canaanites; of that particular tribe or nation which were eminently called Canaanites, for these dwelt by the sea by the coast of Jordan, Num 13:29 or as further described:
that dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal; in the plain open champaign country opposite to Gilgal; not that Gilgal Joshua encamped at before he came to Jericho, which in Moses's time was not known by that name, but another, as Dr. Lightfoot u observes, and he thinks Galilee is meant:
beside the plains of Moreh; near to Shechem, Gen 12:6 and that Gerizim, one of these mountains, was not far from Shechem, is evident from Jdg 9:6 and so in the Misnah w it is said, that these mountains were on the side of Shechem, which is in the plains of Moreh, as in Deu 11:30 as the plains of Moreh here denote Shechem, so there: Benjamin of Tudela says x there is a valley between them, in which lies Shechem; and in his time there were on Mount Gerizim fountains and orchards, but Mount Ebal was dry like stones and rocks. The Targum of Jonathan here, instead of Moreh, reads Mamre; see Gen 13:18.
Gill: Deu 11:31 - For ye shall pass over Jordan, to go in to possess the land Which the Lord your God giveth you // and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein For ye shall pass over Jordan, to go in to possess the land Which the Lord your God giveth you,.... They were now near it, and by this they are assure...
For ye shall pass over Jordan, to go in to possess the land Which the Lord your God giveth you,.... They were now near it, and by this they are assured they should pass over it, in order to take possession of the land God had given them, and which gift of his was a sufficient title to it:
and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein: should not only take possession of it, but make their abode in it; they are assured hereby of continuance in it, on condition they obeyed the laws of God, as follows.
Gill: Deu 11:32 - And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments // which I set before you this day And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments,.... Take notice of them, and heed unto them, so as to practise them:
which I set before ...
And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments,.... Take notice of them, and heed unto them, so as to practise them:
which I set before you this day; repeated in order to them, on the observance of which depended their continuance in the land of Canaan; and therefore this is so often repeated and urged.
buka semuaTafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Ayat / Catatan Kaki
NET Notes -> Deu 11:1; Deu 11:2; Deu 11:2; Deu 11:2; Deu 11:2; Deu 11:3; Deu 11:3; Deu 11:4; Deu 11:4; Deu 11:4; Deu 11:5; Deu 11:6; Deu 11:6; Deu 11:6; Deu 11:6; Deu 11:6; Deu 11:7; Deu 11:8; Deu 11:8; Deu 11:8; Deu 11:9; Deu 11:10; Deu 11:10; Deu 11:11; Deu 11:11; Deu 11:12; Deu 11:12; Deu 11:12; Deu 11:12; Deu 11:13; Deu 11:13; Deu 11:13; Deu 11:14; Deu 11:14; Deu 11:14; Deu 11:15; Deu 11:16; Deu 11:17; Deu 11:17; Deu 11:17; Deu 11:17; Deu 11:18; Deu 11:18; Deu 11:19; Deu 11:21; Deu 11:22; Deu 11:22; Deu 11:22; Deu 11:23; Deu 11:24; Deu 11:24; Deu 11:26; Deu 11:27; Deu 11:28; Deu 11:28; Deu 11:28; Deu 11:28; Deu 11:29; Deu 11:30; Deu 11:30; Deu 11:30
NET Notes: Deu 11:1 This collocation of technical terms for elements of the covenant text lends support to its importance and also signals a new section of paraenesis in ...
NET Notes: Deu 11:3 Heb “his signs and his deeds which he did” (NRSV similar). The collocation of “signs” and “deeds” indicates that t...
NET Notes: Deu 11:4 Heb “and the Lord destroyed them to this day” (cf. NRSV); NLT “he has kept them devastated to this very day.” The translation ...
NET Notes: Deu 11:7 On the addition of these words in the translation see note on “They did not see” in v. 3.
NET Notes: Deu 11:10 Heb “with your foot” (so NASB, NLT). There is a two-fold significance to this phrase. First, Egypt had no rain so water supply depended on...
NET Notes: Deu 11:12 From the beginning to the end of the year. This refers to the agricultural year that was marked by the onset of the heavy rains, thus the autumn. See ...
NET Notes: Deu 11:13 Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.
NET Notes: Deu 11:14 The autumn and the spring rains. The “former” (יוֹרֶה, yoreh) and “latter” (מַ...
NET Notes: Deu 11:16 Heb “Watch yourselves lest your heart turns and you turn aside and serve other gods and bow down to them.”
NET Notes: Deu 11:19 Or “as you are away on a journey” (cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT); NAB “at home and abroad.”
NET Notes: Deu 11:23 Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
NET Notes: Deu 11:24 Heb “the after sea,” that is, the sea behind one when one is facing east, which is the normal OT orientation. Cf. ASV “the hinder se...
NET Notes: Deu 11:26 A blessing and a curse. Every extant treaty text of the late Bronze Age attests to a section known as the “blessings and curses,” the form...
NET Notes: Deu 11:28 Heb “walk after”; NIV “by following”; NLT “by worshiping.” This is a violation of the first commandment, the most ...
NET Notes: Deu 11:29 Mount Gerizim…Mount Ebal. These two mountains are near the ancient site of Shechem and the modern city of Nablus. The valley between them is lik...
NET Notes: Deu 11:30 The MT plural “oaks” (אֵלוֹנֵי, ’eloney) should probably be altered (with many Greek...
Geneva Bible: Deu 11:2 And ( a ) know ye this day: for [I speak] not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, ...
Geneva Bible: Deu 11:5 And ( b ) what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;
( b ) As well concerning his benefits, as his corrections.
Geneva Bible: Deu 11:8 Therefore shall ye keep ( c ) all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go ...
Geneva Bible: Deu 11:10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst ...
Geneva Bible: Deu 11:14 That I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, ( e ) the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy...
Geneva Bible: Deu 11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not ( f ) deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
( f ) By devising foolish ...
Geneva Bible: Deu 11:21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as ( g ) the days of...
Geneva Bible: Deu 11:24 Every place whereon the soles of ( h ) your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, eve...
Geneva Bible: Deu 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other ...
Geneva Bible: Deu 11:30 [Are] they not on the other side Jordan, by the way ( l ) where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over a...
buka semuaTafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Rentang Ayat
MHCC: Deu 11:1-7 - --Observe the connexion of these two; Thou shalt love the Lord, and keep his charge. Love will work in obedience, and that only is acceptable obedience ...
MHCC: Deu 11:8-17 - --Moses sets before them, for the future, life and death, the blessing and the curse, according as they did or did not keep God's commandment. Sin tends...
MHCC: Deu 11:18-25 - --Let all be directed by the three rules here given. 1. Let our hearts be filled with the word of God. There will not be good practices in the life, unl...
MHCC: Deu 11:26-32 - --Moses sums up all the arguments for obedience in two words, the blessing and the curse. He charged the people to choose which they would have. Moses t...
Matthew Henry: Deu 11:1-7 - -- Because God has made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude (so the preceding chapter concludes), therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God ...
Matthew Henry: Deu 11:8-17 - -- Still Moses urges the same subject, as loth to conclude till he had gained his point. " If thou wilt enter into life, if thou wilt enter into Canaa...
Matthew Henry: Deu 11:18-25 - -- Here, I. Moses repeats the directions he had given for the guidance and assistance of the people in their obedience, and for the keeping up of relig...
Matthew Henry: Deu 11:26-32 - -- Here Moses concludes his general exhortations to obedience; and his management is very affecting, and such as, one would think, should have engaged ...
Keil-Delitzsch: Deu 11:1 - --
In Deu 11:1-12 the other feature in the divine requirements (Deu 10:12), viz., love to the Lord their God, is still more fully developed. Love was t...
Keil-Delitzsch: Deu 11:2-7 - --
To awaken this love they were now to know, i.e., to ponder and lay to heart, the discipline of the Lord their God. The words from " for (I speak) no...
Keil-Delitzsch: Deu 11:8-11 - --
And this knowledge was to impel them to keep the law, that they might be strong, i.e., spiritually strong (Deu 1:38), and not only go into the promi...
Keil-Delitzsch: Deu 11:12 - --
It was a land which Jehovah inquired after, i.e., for which He cared ( דּרשׁ , as in Pro 31:13; Job 3:4); His eyes were always directed towards i...
Keil-Delitzsch: Deu 11:13-32 - --
This peculiarity in the land of Canaan led Moses to close the first part of his discourse on the law, his exhortation to fear and love the Lord, wit...
Constable: Deu 5:1--26:19 - --IV. MOSES' SECOND MAJOR ADDRESS: AN EXPOSITION OF THE LAW chs. 5--26
". . . Deuteronomy contains the most compre...
Constable: Deu 5:1--11:32 - --A. The essence of the law and its fulfillment chs. 5-11
"In seven chapters the nature of Yahweh's demand...
Constable: Deu 7:1--11:32 - --3. Examples of the application of the principles chs. 7-11
"These clearly are not laws or comman...
Constable: Deu 11:1-32 - --The consequences of obedience and disobedience ch. 11
The section of Deuteronomy dealing with general stipulations of the covenant ends as it began, w...
Guzik -> Deu 11:1-32
Guzik: Deu 11:1-32 - Rewards for Obedience and the Choice Deuteronomy 11 - Rewards for Obedience and the Choice
A. How to be blessed.
1. (1-7) Remember the ways God has already blessed.
Therefore you shal...
buka semuaPendahuluan / Garis Besar
JFB: Deuteronomy (Pendahuluan Kitab) DEUTERONOMY, the second law, a title which plainly shows what is the object of this book, namely, a recapitulation of the law. It was given in the for...
JFB: Deuteronomy (Garis Besar)
MOSES' SPEECH AT THE END OF THE FORTIETH YEAR. (Deu. 1:1-46)
THE STORY IS CONTINUED. (Deu. 2:1-37)
CONQUEST OF OG, KING OF BASHAN. (Deu. 3:1-20)
AN E...
TSK: Deuteronomy (Pendahuluan Kitab) The book of Deuteronomy marks the end of the Pentateuch, commonly called the Law of Moses; a work every way worthy of God its author, and only less th...
TSK: Deuteronomy 11 (Pendahuluan Pasal) Overview
Deu 11:1, An exhortation to obedience; Deu 11:2, by their own experience of God’s great works; Deu 11:8, by promise of God’s great bl...
Poole: Deuteronomy (Pendahuluan Kitab) FIFTH BOOK of MOSES, CALLED DEUTERONOMY
THE ARGUMENT
Moses, in the two last months of his life, rehearseth what God had done for them, and their ...
Poole: Deuteronomy 11 (Pendahuluan Pasal) CHAPTER 11
Moses exhorts them to obedience by rehearsing God’ s works, Deu 11:1-9 , and by the excellency of the land they were to possess, De...
MHCC: Deuteronomy (Pendahuluan Kitab) This book repeats much of the history and of the laws contained in the three foregoing books: Moses delivered it to Israel a little before his death, ...
MHCC: Deuteronomy 11 (Pendahuluan Pasal) (Deu 11:1-7) The great work God wrought for Israel.
(Deu 11:8-17) Promises and threatenings.
(Deu 11:18-25) Careful study of God's word requisite.
...
Matthew Henry: Deuteronomy (Pendahuluan Kitab) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Fifth Book of Moses, Called Deuteronomy
This book is a repetition of very much both of the history ...
Matthew Henry: Deuteronomy 11 (Pendahuluan Pasal) With this chapter Moses concludes his preface to the repetition of the statutes and judgments which they must observe to do. He repeats the general...
Constable: Deuteronomy (Pendahuluan Kitab) Introduction
Title
The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible was its first two words,...
Constable: Deuteronomy (Garis Besar) Outline
I. Introduction: the covenant setting 1:1-5
II. Moses' first major address: a review...
Constable: Deuteronomy Deuteronomy
Bibliography
Adams, Jay. Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible. Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyt...
Haydock: Deuteronomy (Pendahuluan Kitab) INTRODUCTION.
THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY.
This Book is called Deuteronomy, which signifies a second law , because it repeats and inculcates the ...
Gill: Deuteronomy (Pendahuluan Kitab) INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY
This book is sometimes called "Elleh hadebarim", from the words with which it begins; and sometimes by the Jews "Mishne...
Gill: Deuteronomy 11 (Pendahuluan Pasal) INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 11
In this chapter, the exhortation to love the Lord, and keep his commands, is repeated and urged again and again from...
