Deuteronomy 11:8-14

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 11:8

Therefore shall you keep all the commandments which I command you this day ,.... For the reasons before suggested, as well as for what follow: that ye may be strong ; healthful in body, and courageous in mind, for sin tends to weaken both; whereas observance of the commands of God contributes to the health and strength of the body, and the rigour of the mind; both which were necessary to the present expedition they were going upon: and go in and possess the land whither ye go to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:9

And that ye may prolong your days in the land ,.... Not only enter it, and take possession of it, but continue in it long, which depended upon their obedience to the laws of God: which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed ; had promised with an oath, so that they might be assured of the enjoyment of it, though they could not be of their continuance in it, unless they obeyed the divine commands: a land that floweth with milk and honey ; abounds with all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land whither thou goest in to possess it ,.... The land of Canaan they were about to take possession of: is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out ; either the whole land of Egypt, or that part of it, Rameses, in which Israel dwelt, and which was the best of it, as Jarchi observes, and yet Canaan exceeded that; though the design of this passage is not so much to set forth the superior excellency and fertility of the land of Canaan to that of Egypt, which was... read more

John Gill

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

But the land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and valleys ,.... And so could not be watered by the overflow of a river, and by canals cut out of it, and in the manner Egypt was; which was for the most part a plain and flat country, but not so Canaan, in which were many hills and mountains, as those about Jerusalem, Carmel, Tabor, Lebanon, and others; and plains and valleys, as the valley of Jezreel, &c.; and which made it more delightful and pleasant for prospects; see ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:12

A land which the Lord thy God careth for ,.... In a very particular and special manner; otherwise he has a general care of the whole world, and all the parts of it; for as the earth is his, and the fulness thereof, his providential care reaches everywhere; but as this spot was what he had chosen for his own residence, and the place of his worship, and for an habitation for his peculiar people; he exercised a more peculiar care over it, to make it fruitful, commodious, and pleasant; or which... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 11:8

Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments - Because God can execute such terrible judgments, and because he has given such proofs of his power and justice; and because, in similar provocations, he may be expected to act in a similar way; therefore keep his charge, that he may keep you unto everlasting life. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 11:10

Wateredst it with thy foot - Rain scarcely ever falls in Egypt, and God supplies the lack of it by the inundations of the Nile. In order to water the grounds where the inundations do not extend, water is collected in ponds, and directed in streamlets to different parts of the field where irrigation is necessary. It is no unusual thing in the East to see a man, with a small mattock, making a little trench for the water to run by, and as he opens the passage, the water following, he uses his... read more

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