Deuteronomy 11:16

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

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 Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 11:16

Verse 16 16Take heed to yourselves. By often inculcating the same thing, viz., that they should diligently take heed, he indirectly arraigns man’s proneness to superstition; and this too is again expressed in the words, “that your heart be not deceived;” for by them he signifies, that unless they take diligent heed to themselves, nothing will be more easy than for them to fall into the snares of Satan. Wherefore the impudence of the Papists is the less excusable, who intoxicate their own and... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 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 would not require artificial irrigation, as that of Egypt had done; that it was a land specially cared for by God , who gave it the early rain after the sowing, and the latter rain before the harvest; so that there would be no occasion for them to put forth the same... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 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 beauty. But its fertility depends upon the rain supply, and rain supply was suspended on righteous loyalty. I. A MORAL PURPOSE UNDERLIES THE GEOLOGICAL CONFIGURATION OF OUR GLOBE . God can never experience surprise in the beneficial coincidences of events.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 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 has only to be guided along the water-courses in the proper season, and the fertility of the Nile valley is secured. The work of irrigation, the watering with the foot ( Deuteronomy 11:10 ), is the one thing needful in Egypt. But Canaan depends upon the continual care of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 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 a peculiar way a land dependent upon God. Egypt's fertility depended on God also, but less directly. Its contrivances for irrigation gave it, or might seem to give it, a semi-independence. Palestine was a land, on the contrary, whose peculiar conditions... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 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 or evil, the word came to signify to induce in a good sense, or to seduce in a bad sense. Here the people are cautioned against allowing themselves to be enticed so as to be led astray by seductive representations (cf. Job 31:27 ; Proverbs 20:19 ["flattereth"]; ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 11:16-17

Deuteronomy 11:16-17. That your heart be not deceived By the specious pretence of idolaters, persuading you that they enjoy fruitful seasons, and other temporal blessings, as a reward for their worship. And he shut up the heaven Withhold rain from you, which will be a sore judgment, quickly bringing a famine, whereby you will be wasted and consumed. Here, and elsewhere, heaven is compared to a great store-house, wherein God lays up his treasures of dew and rain, (Job 38:22,) the doors... read more

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