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thou shalt.This verse is the practical improvement of the conclusion of the foregoing chapter; while the next verse begins another view of the subject. De 6:5 De 10:12 De 30:16-20 Ps 116:1
his statutes. De 4:1 De 4:5 De 4:40 De 6:1 Ps 105:45 Lu 1:74 Lu 1:75
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And know.Moses seems here to have addressed himself particularly to the elders, who had in their youth witnessed the wonderful works which Jehovah had wrought both for them and among them; and who were bound to remember them for their own warning, and testify them to the rising generation who had not been eye-witnesses. De 8:19 De 29:10 Pr 22:19 Ac 26:22
the chastisement. De 8:2-5
his greatness. De 5:24 De 9:26
his mighty. De 7:19
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he did unto. Nu 16:1 Nu 16:31-33 Nu 26:9 Nu 26:10 Nu 27:3 Ps 106:17
substance, or, living substance which followed them. intheir possession. Heb. at their feet.
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Therefore. De 8:10 De 8:11 De 10:12-15 De 26:16-19 De 28:47 Ps 116:12-16
that ye may. De 31:23 Jos 1:6 Jos 1:7 Ps 138:3 Isa 40:31 Da 10:19 2Co 12:9 2Co 12:10 Eph 3:16 Eph 6:10 Php 4:13 Col 1:11
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wateredst it with thy foot.Rain seldom falls in Egypt; the land being chiefly watered 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 the 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 into; and, as he opens the passage, the water following, he uses his foot to raise up the mould against the side of this little channel, to prevent the water from being shed unnecessarily, before it reaches the place of its destination. Hence he may justly be said to water the ground with his foot. Zec 14:18
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De 28:12 Le 26:4 Job 5:10 Job 5:11 Job 37:11-13 Ps 65:9-13 Jer 14:22 Eze 34:26 Joe 2:22 Joe 2:23 Jas 5:7
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And I will. 1Ki 18:5 Ps 104:14 Jer 14:5 Joe 1:18 Joe 2:22
send. Heb. give. eat and be full. De 6:11 De 8:10 Joe 2:19 Hag 1:6 Mal 3:10 Mal 3:11
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Take heed. De 4:9 De 4:23 Lu 21:8 Lu 21:34 Lu 21:36 Heb 2:1 Heb 3:12 Heb 4:1 Heb 12:15
your heart. De 13:3 De 29:18 Job 31:27 Isa 44:20 Jas 1:26 1Jo 5:21 Re 12:9 Re 13:14 Re 20:4
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the Lord's. De 6:15 De 30:17 De 30:18
shut up. De 28:23 De 28:24 1Ki 8:35 1Ki 17:1 2Ch 6:26 2Ch 7:13 Jer 14:1-6 Am 4:7 Hag 1:9-11
ye perish. De 4:26 De 8:19 De 8:20 De 30:18 Jos 23:13-16
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ye lay up. De 6:6-9 De 32:46 Ex 13:9 Ex 13:16 Ps 119:11 Pr 3:1 Pr 6:20-23 Pr 7:2 Pr 7:3 Col 3:16 Heb 2:1 2Pe 1:12 2Pe 3:1 2Pe 3:2
a sign. Mt 23:5
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to love. De 11:13 Mt 22:37 2Ti 4:8 1Jo 5:2 1Jo 5:3
to cleave. De 10:20 De 30:20 Ge 2:24 Ac 11:23 2Co 11:2 2Co 11:3
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put the blessing. De 27:12-26 Jos 8:30-35
Gerizim.Gerizim and Ebal, mountains west of Jordan, and in the tribe of Ephraim, are opposite, or parallel to each other, extending from east to west; mount Gerizim being on the south, and mount Ebal on the north. They are separated by the beautiful valley in which Shechem or Nablous is situated, which is only about 200 paces in width. Both mountains are much alike in length, height, and figure; being about a league in length, in the form of a semicircle, and so steep, on the side of Shechem, that there is scarcely any shelving: their altitude appeared to Mr. Buckingham nearly equal, not exceeding 700 or 800 feet from the level of the valley, which is itself elevated. But though they resemble each other in these particulars, yet in another they are very dissimilar; for, says Maundrell, "though neither of the mountains has much to boast of as to its pleasantness, yet, as one passes between them, Gerizim seems to discover a somewhat more verdant, fruitful aspect then Ebal: the reason of which may be, because fronting towards the north, it is sheltered from the heat of the sun by its own shade; whereas Ebal, looking southward, and receiving the sun that comes directly upon it, must by…
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