Deuteronomy 31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:5

And the Lord shall give them up before your face ,.... To ruin and destruction; the Targum of Jonathan is,"the Word of the Lord shall deliver them up:" that ye may do unto them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you ; that is, utterly destroy them, make no covenant with them, enter into no alliances nor contract any marriages with them; but demolish their altars, cut down their groves, and break their images in pieces; of which last Aben Ezra interprets the words;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:6

Be strong and of a good courage ,.... The Septuagint version is,"play the men, and be strong;'be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might, trusting and relying on him that goes before you; and so take heart, and be of good courage, and act the manly part; the apostle seems to refer to this passage, 1 Corinthians 16:13 , fear not, nor be afraid of them ; their enemies, though so numerous, so mighty, and some of them of a gigantic stature, and their cities strong and well... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:7

And Moses called unto Joshua ,.... Who might be at some distance from him, with the tribe to which he belonged. The Targum of Jonathan adds,"out of the midst of the people:" and said unto him, in the sight of all Israel ; now assembled together, and what follows was said in their hearing, to make him the more respectable to them: be strong and of a good courage ; the same that is said to the people in Deuteronomy 31:6 , and which was still more necessary in him, who was to be their... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:8

And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee ,.... The Word of the Lord, his Shechinah, according to the above Targum, and so in the next clause; the same that brought Israel out of Egypt, had gone before them in the wilderness, and now would go before Joshua and them into the land of Canaan: he will be with thee ; to guide and direct, to assist and strengthen, to protect and defend, to give success to his arms, and victory over his enemies: he will not fail thee, neither forsake... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:9

And Moses wrote this law ,.... The book of Deuteronomy, or the Pentateuch, the five books of Moses, which he had now finished, and which all of them together are sometimes called the law, Galatians 4:21 , and delivered it unto the priests, the sons of Levi ; who were the teachers of the law, as Aben Ezra observes; see Malachi 2:7 ; and therefore it was proper to put it into their hands, to instruct the people in it, and that the people might apply to them in any matter of difficulty,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:10

And Moses commanded them ,.... The priests and the elders, to whom the law was delivered: saying ; as follows: at the end of every seven years ; every seventh year was a year of rest to the land, and of remission of debts to poor debtors: at the close of this year or going out of it, according to the Misnah F20 Sotah, c. 7. sect. 8. , even on the eighth year coming in, the following was to be done, namely, the reading of the law; and so Jarchi interprets it of the first year... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:11

When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God ,.... As all the males were obliged to do three times in the year, and one of those times was the feast of tabernacles, and so a proper season for the reading of the law; see Exodus 23:14 ; in the place which the Lord shall choose ; the city of Jerusalem, and the temple there: thou shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing ; the book of Deuteronomy, as Jarchi, or it may be the whole Pentateuch: who were to read... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:12

Gather the people together, men, and women, and children ,.... At the three grand festivals in other years, only males were obliged to appear; women might if they would, but they were not bound to it; but at this time all of every age and sex were to be summoned and assembled together; and it is said F26 Bartenora in Misn. Megillah, c. 1. sect. 3. , when the king read in the book of the law, all the people were obliged to come and bring their families, as it is said Deuteronomy 31:12 ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:13

And that their children, which have not known anything ,.... Of God and of his law and of their duty to God, to their parents, and the rest of their fellow creatures: may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God ; hear the law of God, learn the meaning of it, and so be brought up in the fear, nurture, and admonition of the Lord, and serve him their Creator in the days of their youth: as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it ; this being a means to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:14

And the Lord said unto Moses ,.... Either at the same time, or quickly after; rather, perhaps, the same day: behold, thy days approach that thou must die ; which does not necessarily imply that he had some days to live, though but few; but that the time of his death drew nigh, his last moments were approaching; the time of his death being, as every man's is, fixed by the Lord, with whom is the number of his years, months, days, and moments, beyond which he cannot pass, Job 14:5 , ... read more

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