The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:10-21
Apostasy in heart a root of bitterness. In the midst of this paragraph there is an expression of which the writer to the Hebrews makes use as a warning. It is found in the eighteenth verse: "Lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood." In the Epistle to the Hebrews 12:10 , the sacred writer says, "Looking diligently … lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled." The root bearing gall and wormwood which Moses deprecates is,... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:10-15
National covenanting. This covenant— I. WAS MADE WITH THE NATION AS SUCH . National covenanting finds modern exemplifications in the Scotch covenants, and in the " Solemn League and Covenant " of 1643-44. Irrespective, however, of the particular stipulations of these covenants, the propriety of such engagements must be pronounced doubtful. The case of Israel can scarcely be pleaded as a precedent. Certainly, were God to reveal himself to any nation now as he did to that... read more