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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 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 (so this begins). Those whom God has built up into families, whose beginning was small, but whose latter end greatly increases, should use that as an argument with themselves why they should serve God. Thou shalt keep his charge, that is, the oracles of his word and ordinances of his worship, with which they were entrusted and for which they were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:5

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. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:6

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, Numbers 16:1 , how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up; the history of which see in Numbers 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 11:6

What he did unto Dathan, etc. - See the notes on Numbers 16 (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 11:5

Verse 5 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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:1-7

Ocular demonstrations of God's nearness increase human responsibility. Men disposed to skepticism often ask for clearer proof of the existence of God. But they deceive themselves. If they used well such evidence as they have, they would find it ample. We should not overlook the fact that the Hebrews, under Moses, and that the Jews in the days of Christ, had clearest demonstrations of God's presence. Yet they believed not; they were conspicuous examples of unbelief. I. EXTERNAL ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:1-9

Divine judgments upon others, to ensure obedience in us. Moses wishes to bring all possible motive to bear upon the people to secure their obedience in Canaan. He has just been speaking of their national development from a family of seventy to a multitude as numerous as the stars. Such a blessing should encourage them to love the Lord their God, and to "keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments; and his commandments, always." Obedience is thus founded upon gratitude , which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:1-12

EXPOSITION Moses here renews his exhortation to obedience, enforced by regard to their experience of God's dealings with them in Egypt and in the wilderness, and by consideration of God's promises and threatenings. The blessing and the curse are set before them consequent on the keeping or the transgressing of the Law. Israel was to love the Lord, and manifest this by the steadfast observance of all that he had enjoined upon them. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:2-9

The voice of God in passing events to be heeded, interpreted, and obeyed. As in former paragraphs, we have here much repetition of the same teachings which had been already given. We therefore select for homiletic treatment the one distinctive feature which marks it. The people of God are now on the verge of Canaan, Multitudes of them had been born since the march through the wilderness had begun forty years before. They could not have seen the wonders in Egypt, nor could they know, except... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:2-22

Obligations arising from personal experience. "Chastisement" ( Deuteronomy 11:2 ) in its wide sense of discipline. The educative process by which God converted, or aimed at converting, the hordes who left Egypt into a nation of brave, free, God-fearing, self-respecting, obedient men and women. This education blended deliverance with judgment on their enemies; loving-kindness in the bestowal of mercies, with severe chastisements in cases of rebellion; attention to their necessities, with... read more

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