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The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:7-9
Thus from what they themselves had witnessed does Moses admonish the elder members of the congregation, summoning them to recognize in that the purpose of God to discipline and train them, that so they might keep his co…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:7
For but, read yea: Yea, your eyes have seen, etc. Deuteronomy 11:10, Deuteronomy 11:11 An additional motive to fidelity and obedience is here adduced, drawn from the peculiar excellence and advantages of the land. Canaa…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 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 to shorten the days of all men, and to shorten the days of a people'…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 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 Canaan, a type of that life, and find it a good land indeed to thee, keep the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:10-17
The order of nature subservient to moral purposes. (For information concerning methods of irrigation in Egypt, see the Exposition, and works on the subject.) Moses here reminds the people: 1. That the land of Canaan wou…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:10-17
Valuable possessions reserved for the righteous. The land of Palestine has always been a coveted prize by the surrounding nations. Compared with the territory south and east, it possesses qualities of excellence and bea…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:10-18
Canaan and Egypt. I. ITS CONTRAST WITH EGYPT. (Deuteronomy 11:10, Deuteronomy 11:11.) Not, like Egypt, a land rainless and artificially watered. It had no Nile. It drank in water from the rains of heaven. It was thus in…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:10-17
The land of promise. Moses now proceeds to indicate the characteristics of Canaan, and to contrast it with Egypt, which they had left. Egypt is not dependent upon the rains of heaven as Canaan is. The overflowing Nile h…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:12
Careth for; literally, searcheth or inquireth after, i.e. thinks about and cares for (LXX; ἐπισκοπεῖται, oversees; cf. Job 3:4; Psalms 142:4; Jeremiah 30:17; Ezekiel 34:8; Isaiah 62:12). The eyes of the Lord thy God;…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:13
Being thus wholly dependent on God, it behooved them to be careful to attend to his commandments and to obey them, that so his blessing might be continued to them and to the laud. If they would love and serve the Lord a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:14
The first rain; the rain which falls from the middle of October to the end of December, which prepares the soil for the seed, and keeps it moist after the seed is sown. The latter rain; that which falls in March and Apr…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:16
That your heart be not deceived; literally, lest your heart be enticed or seduced ( יִפְתָה). The verb means primarily to be open, and as a mind open to impressions from without is easily persuaded, moved either to good…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:17
He shut up the heaven. "The heaven conceived as a womb" (Schulz); cf. Genesis 16:2. The want of rain was regarded as a sign of the Divine displeasure and as a curse (1 Kings 8:35; Zechariah 14:17; Revelation 11:6).
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 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, unless there be good thoughts, good affections, and good principles in t…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 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 religion among them (Deuteronomy 11:18-20), which is much to the same purpor…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:18-25
Family training an dement of success. As in Deuteronomy 6:6-25, Moses again insists on the words of God being preserved among the people by faithful family instruction. The "home school" is, in fact, the great factor in…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:18-20
(Cf. Deuteronomy 6:7-9.)
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:18-21
(See Homily on Deuteronomy 6:4-9.)
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:18-21
God's Word potent to dominate the whole life. The Word of God, like light, is diffusive. It propagates itself. So long as its proper field of activity is unoccupied, it must spread. It radiates its magnetic influence on…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:21
(Cf. Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 6:2.) As the days of heaven upon the earth; as long as the heavens continue stretched over the earth, i.e. to the end of time, forever (of. Job 14:12; Psalms 89:29; Genesis 8:22).
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:22-25
The moral power of national righteousness. There was a definite territory assigned by God to Israel. They were promised it, but the prohibition against going beyond what God had allotted them, was as remarkable and stro…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:22-25
He who best serves is most fit to rule. Golden links of life unite our pious love with universal conquest. "All things become ours, if we are Christ's." I. LOYAL OBEDIENCE GENERATES LOVE. It is quite true that love is t…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:22-25
If they were sedulous to keep God's commandments, and faithfully adhered to him, loving him and walking in all his ways, he would drive out before them the nations of the Canaanites, and cause them to possess the territ…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:22-26
Vastness of promise. An inspiring statement of what God would do for the obedient nation. Shining through it we see the promise to the Church. God promises— I. VICTORY OVER ALL ENEMIES. (Deuteronomy 11:23.) The stronges…