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"32. For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since "the day that God created man upon "the earth, and ask from the one side "of heaven unto the other, whether "there hath been any such thing as this "great thing is, or hath been heard like "it? 33. Did ever people hear the "voice of God speaking out of the "midst of the fire, as (n) thou hast heard, "and live? 34. Or hath God assayed "to go and take him (o) a nation from "the midst of another nation, by tempt"ations (p), by signs, and by wonders, "and by war, and by a mighty hand, "and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that "the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35. Unto "thee it was shewed, that thou mightest "know that the LORD he is God; there " is none else besides him. 36. Out of "heaven he made thee to hear his voice, "that he might instruct thee; and upon "earth he shewed thee his great fire, " and thou heardest his voice out of the "midst of the fire. 37. And because "he loved thy fathers, therefore he "chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with "his mighty power out of Egypt: 66 38. To drive out nations from before “thee, greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in to give thee their "land for an inheritance, as it is this day. "39. Know therefore this day, and "consider it in thine heart, that the "LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none "else. 40. Thou shalt keep therefore "his statutes, and his commandments

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which I command thee this day, that "it may go well with thee, and with thy "children after thee, and that thou

(n) v. 33. "As thou hast heard," i. e. when the Ten Commandments were delivered at mount Sinai. See Exod. xix. 21. xx. 22. and post, 546. Deut. v. 4. 22, 23, 24.

(o) v. 34. "A nation, &c." i. e. " one "nation from the midst of another," as the Israelites were taken from the midst of the Egyptians.

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(p) Temptations," or trials.

(9) v. 41. 46, 47. "This side," i. e. "the "east side."

"mayest prolong thy days upon the "earth, which the LORD thy God giv"eth thee, for ever." 41. Then Moses severed three cities on this (q) side Jordan towards the sun-rising: 42. That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities, he might live: 43. Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. 44. And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: 45. These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt; 46. On this (q) side Jordan in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt: 47. And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this (q) side Jordan, towards the sunrising; 48. From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon. 49. And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

CHAP. V.

AND Moses () called all Israel, and said unto them, "Hear, O Israel, the "statutes and judgments which I speak "in your ears this day, that ye may "learn them, and keep and do them. "2. The (s) LORD our God made a co"venant with us in (t) Horeb. 3. The

(r) v. 1. "Called, &c." This was the fortieth year after the departure from Egypt, the last year of the life of Moses; before Christ 1451.

(s) v. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 9. 11, 12. 14, 15, 16. 22. 24, 25. 27, 28. 32, 33. "The Lord." Heb. "Jehovah." Gr. Κύριος.

(t)" Horeb," i. e. "Mount Sinai :" in the first year after they left Egypt. See Exod. xix. and xx.

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"LORD made not this covenant with 66 our fathers, but with (u) us, even us, "who are all of us here alive this day. "4. The LORD talked with you face to "face in the mount, out of the midst of "the fire, 5. (I (v) stood between the "LORD and you at that time, to shew 66 you the word of the LORD: for

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were afraid by reason of the fire, and "went not up into the mount) saying, "6. "I am the LORD thy God, which "brought thee out of the land of Egypt, "from the house of bondage. 7. Thou "shalt have none other Gods be"fore me. 8. Thou shalt not make "thee any graven image, or any like"ness of any thing that is in heaven "above, or that is in the earth beneath, 66 or that is in the waters beneath the "earth. 9. Thou shalt not bow down "thyself unto them; nor serve them : "for I the LORD thy God am a jealous "God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers

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upon the children, unto the third and "fourth generation of them that hate

❝ me, 10. And shewing mercy unto "thousands of them that love me and "keep my commandments. 11. Thou "shalt not take the name of the LORD "thy God in vain, for the LORD will "not hold him guiltless that taketh his "name in vain. 12. Keep the sabbath"day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy "God hath commanded thee. 13. Six "days thou shalt labour and do all thy "work: 14. But the seventh day is the "sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it "thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor "thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy "man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, "nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any "of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is "within thy gates; that thy man-servant " and thy maid-servant may rest as well "as thou. 15. And remember that "thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God

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(u) v. 3. "Us," so that he is appealing to their own knowledge.

(v) v. 5. "I stood, &c." See Exod. xix. 20. Exod. xx. 18, 19.

(w) v. 15. "Therefore, &c." This reason applied peculiarly to the Israelites: but the reason assigned, Exod. xx. 11. "For in six

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servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing "that is thy neighbour's." 22. These "words the LORD spake unto all your "assembly in the mount out of the "midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of "the thick darkness, with a great voice, " and he added no more: and he wrote "them in two tables of stone, and de"livered them unto me. 23. And it "came to pass when ye heard the voice "out of the midst of the darkness (for "the mountain did burn with fire) that

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ye came near unto me, even all the "heads of your tribes, and your elders. "24. And ye said, "Behold the LORD "our God hath shewed us his glory, " and his greatness, and we have heard "his voice out of the midst of the fire:

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we have seen this day that God doth “talk with man, and (x) he liveth. "25. Now therefore why should we die? "for this great fire will consume us. "If we hear the voice of the LORD our "God any more, then we shall die. "26. For who is there of all flesh that "hath heard the voice of the living God, "speaking out of the midst of the fire

(as we have) and lived? 27. Go (y) "thou near, and hear all that the LORD

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"ments which the (a) LORD your God "commanded to teach you, that ye "might do them in the (b) land whither ye go to possess it: 2. That thou "mightest fear the LORD thy God, to

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our God shall say; and speak thou 66 unto us all that the LORD our God "shall speak unto thee, and we will "hear it, and do it." 66 28. And the "LORD heard the voice of your words, "when ye spake unto me; and the "LORD said unto me, "I have heard "the voice of the words of this people, "which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have "spoken. 29. O that there were such "an heart in them, that they would fear "me, and keep all my commandments

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always, that it might be well with 66 them, and with their children for ever. "30. Go say to them, "Get you into 66 your tents again." 31. But as for "thee, stand thou here by me, and I "will speak unto thee all the command"ments, and the statutes, and the judg"ments which thou shalt teach them, "that they may do them in the land "which I give them to possess it." "32. Ye shall observe to do therefore,

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as the LORD your God hath com"manded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. "33. You shall walk in all the ways "which the LORD your God hath com"manded you, that ye may live, and "that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land "which ye shall possess."

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CHAP. VI.

Now (2) these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judg

(z) Continuation of the address of Moses. Before Christ, 1451.

(a) v. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 10. 12, 13. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. 24, 25. "The Lord." Heb." Jehovah." Gr. Kipros.

(6) v. 1. 3. "The land, &c." i. e. " of Canaan."

(c) v. 3. "As, &c." part of the oath to Abraham, (Gen. xxii. 17.) was "in multiplying, I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven:" and part of the promise to Isaac, (Gen. xxviii. 14.) "Thy seed shall "be as the dust of the earth."

(d) v. 4. "The Lord, &c." Heb. (literally)" Jehovah our God, (is) one Jehovah. Another instance of a plural for what we render "God," and from the solemnity of the introduction not to be lightly

keep all his statutes, and his com"mandments which I command thee; "thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, "all the days of thy life, and that thy

days may be prolonged. 3. Hear "therefore, O Israel, and observe to do "it, that it may be well with thee, and "that ye may increase mightily, as (c) "the LORD God of thy fathers hath "promised thee, in (b) the land that "floweth with milk and honey. 4. Hear, "O Israel, the (d) LORD our God is one "LORD. 5. And (e) thou shalt (g) love "the LORD thy God with all thine "heart, and with all thy soul, and with "all thy might. 6. And these words " which I command thee this day, shall "be in thine (h) heart. 7. And thou "shalt teach them diligently unto thy "children, and shalt talk of them when "thou sittest in thine house, and when "thou walkest by the way, and when "thou liest down, and when thou ris"est up. 8. And thou shalt bind them "for a sign upon thine hand, and "they shall be as frontlets between "thine eyes. 9. And thou shalt write "them upon the posts of thy house, "and on thy gates. 10. And it shall "be when the LORD thy God shall have "brought thee into the (i) land which

estimated. "Jehovah Aleinu. Jehovah "Ahed."

(e) v. 5. "And," or "therefore." Pearson on the Creed, 25.

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(g) "Love, &c." "The characteristic "excellence of the Mosaic law is, that it enjoins obedience upon this high principle, the love of God. 2 Hales, 257." (k) v. 6. Thine heart," to regulate all thy conduct, to be ever uppermost in thy thoughts, never to be lost sight of, even for a moment. The amplification in the three following verses shews the unvaried attention with which they were to be regarded.

(i) v. 10. "The land, &c." " of Canaan." Gen. xii. 5 to 7. Gen. xiii. 14, 15. Gen. xv. 18 to 21. Gen. xvii. 8. Gen. xxvi. 1 to 3. and Gen. xxviii. 18.

"he sware unto thy fathers, to Abra"ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give "thee, great and goodly cities which 66 thou buildest not, 11. And houses "full of all good things which thou "filledst not, and wells digged which "thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive "trees which thou plantedst not, when "thou shalt have eaten and be full; "12. Then beware lest thou forget the "LORD which brought thee forth out "of the land of Egypt, from the house "of bondage. 13. Thou shalt fear the "LORD thy God and serve (k) him, "and shall swear by his name. 14. Ye "shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round "about 15. (For the LORD thy "God is a jealous God among you) "lest the anger of the LORD thy God "be kindled against thee, and destroy "thee from off the face of the earth. "16. Ye shall not tempt the LORD "your God, as ye tempted him in (1) "Massah. 17. You shall diligently "keep the commandments of the "LORD your God, and his testi"monies and his statutes which he "hath commanded thee. 18. And "thou shalt do that which is right and

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good in the sight of the LORD: that "it may be well with thee, and that "thou mayest go in and possess the

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as the LORD hath spoken. 20. And "when thy sou asketh thee in time to "come, saying, "What mean the tes"timonies, and the statutes, and the "judgments which the LORD our God "hath commanded you?" 21. Then "thou shalt say unto thy son, "We

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Jebusites, seven nations greater and "mightier than thou; 2. And when "the LORD thy God shall deliver them "before thee, thou shalt smite them, and "utterly destroy them, thou shalt make 66 no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: 3. Neither shalt thou "make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4. For they will turn away thy son from following me, that "they may serve other Gods: so will "the anger of the LORD be kindled "against you, and destroy thee sud"denly. 5. But thus shall ye deal "with them; ye shall destroy their "altars, and break down their images, ❝ and cut down their groves, and burn "their graven images with fire. 6. For "thou art a holy people unto the LORD "thy God: the LORD thy God hath "chosen thee to be a special people unto "himself, above all people that are upon

(v. 16. "In Massah," "by murmur"ing for want of water, and so distrusting "God's power to supply it." See Exod.

xvii. 1, 2. 7.

(m) Continuation of the address of Moses. Before Christ, 1451.

"the face of the earth. 7. The LORD "did not set his love upon you, nor "choose you, because ye were more in "number than any people (for ye were "the fewest of all people): 8. But "because the LORD loved you, and be"cause he would keep the (n) oath "which he had sworn unto your fa"thers, hath the LORD brought you "out with a mighty hand, and re"deemed you out of the house of bond"men, from the hand of Pharaoh king "of Egypt. 9. Know therefore that "the LORD thy God he is God, the "faithful God, which keepeth covenant "and mercy with them that love him "and keep his commandments, to a "thousand generations; 10. And re66 payeth them that hate him, to their 66 face, to destroy them: he will not be "slack to him that hateth him, he will 66 repay him to his face. 11. Thou "shalt therefore keep the command

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ments, and the statutes, and the "judgments which I command thee "this day, to do them. 12. Where"fore it shall come to pass, if ye "hearken to these judgments, and keep "and do them, that the LORD thy God "shall keep unto thee the (n) covenant "and the mercy which he sware unto "thy fathers. 13. And he will love thee, "and bless thee, and multiply thee: "he will also bless the fruit of thy "womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, "the increase of thy kine, and the "flocks of thy sheep, in the land which "he sware unto thy fathers to give "thee. 14. Thou shalt be blessed "above all people: there shall not be "male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15. And the "LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the "evil diseases of Egypt (which thou "knowest) upon thee; but will lay "them upon all them that hate thee. "16. And thou shalt consume all the

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"people which the LORD thy God shall "deliver thee, thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou 66 serve their Gods, for that will be a snare unto thee. 17. If thou shalt say in thine heart, "These nations are more than I, how can I dispossess "them? 18. Thou shalt not be afraid "of them: but shalt well remember "what the LORD thy God did unto "Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; "19. The great (o) temptations which "thine eyes saw, and the signs, and "the wonders, and the mighty hand, "and the stretched out arm, whereby "the LORD thy God brought thee out:

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so shall the LORD thy God do unto "all the people of whom thou art "afraid. 20. Moreover, the LORD "thy God will send the hornet among "them, until they that are left and hide "themselves from thee, be destroyed. "21. Thou shalt not be affrighted at "them for the LORD thy God is

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among you, a mighty God and ter"rible. 22. And the LORD thy God "will put out those nations before thee "by little and little: thou mayest not "consume them at once, lest the beasts "of the field increase upon thee. "23. But the LORD thy God shall "deliver them unto thee, and shall de"stroy them with a mighty destruction, "until they be destroyed. 24. And he "shall deliver their kings into thine "hand, and thou shalt destroy their 66 name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, "until thou have destroyed them. "25. The graven images of their gods "shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt "not desire the silver or gold that is on "them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou "be snared therein: for it is an abo"mination to the LORD thy God. "26. Neither shalt thou bring an abo"mination into thy house, lest thou be "a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt

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