Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Deuteronomy 9:1-29
CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses dissuadeth them from self-righteousness by recital of past sins and rebellion.Deuteronomy 9:1. This day, this time. Once before they had been at the borders of Canaan; but did not enter. Fenced Oriental cities surrounded with high walls; cf. Deuteronomy 1:28.Deuteronomy 9:2. Anak, cf. Numbers 13:22-33; Joshua 11:21.Deuteronomy 9:3. He, emphatic, consuming, cf. Deuteronomy 4:24; Hebrews 12:29. Swift and complete destruction.Deuteronomy 9:4. My right. The land given not on... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 9:8
When your miraculous deliverance out of Egypt was fresh in memory; when God had but newly manifested himself to you in so stupendous and dreadful a manner, and had taken you into covenant with himself; when God was actually conferring further mercies upon you. read more