Verse 3
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it ,.... Or them, the commandments given them:
that it may be well with thee ; in body and estate:
and that ye may increase mightily ; not only in wealth and riches, but chiefly in numbers:
as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee ; a promise of increase of numbers was frequently made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; as that their seed should be as the stars of heaven, and as the dust of the earth, and the sand on the sea shore, innumerable; see Genesis 15:5 and this especially
in the land that floweth with milk and honey ; a very common periphrasis of the land of Canaan, because of the plenty of good things in it; see Exodus 3:8 .
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