Deuteronomy 11:13-21

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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 commandments: Keep all the commandments which I command you this day; love God, and serve him with all your heart.? I. Because this was the way to get and keep possession of the promised land. 1. It was the way to get possession (Deut. 11:8): That you may be strong for war, and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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 (Deut. 11:18-20), which is much to the same purport with what we had before, Deut. 6:6 Let us all be directed by the three rules here given:?1. Let our hearts be filled with the word of God: Lay up these words in your heart and in your soul. The heart must be the treasury or store-house in which the word of God must be laid up, to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:13

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 Deuteronomy 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:14

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:15

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 Psalm 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:16

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:17

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 F11 Targum Jon. in Deut.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:18-20

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, Psalm 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 Deuteronomy 6:7 ; see Gill on Deuteronomy 6:8 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:21

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 Deuteronomy 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 11:14

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... read more

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