i ch. 8. 17. 1 Cor. 4. 4, 7. Lev. 18.24,25. ch. 18. 12. i 4 Speak not thou in thine heart, Rom.11.6,20. after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this * Gen. 15. 16. land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. 5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may m Gen. 12. 7. perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, 26.4. & 28. 13. Isaac, and Jacob. 1 Tit. 3. 5. & 13. 15. & 15. 7. & 17. 8. & n ver. 13. Ex. 32. 9. & 33. 3. & 34. 9. o Ex. 14. 11. & 16. 2. & 17. 2. Num. 11. 4. & m 6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. 7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of 20. 2. & 25. 2. the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD. ch. 31. 27. 8 Also Pin Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you. 9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I neither did eat bread nor drink water: rebellions of Israel. 10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words which the LORD spake with you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly. of forty days and forty nights, that 11 And it came to pass at the end the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. B. C. 1451. Ex. 31. 18. t Ex. 19. 17. & 20. 1. ch. 4. 10. & 10. 4. & 18. 16. u Ex. 32. 7. 12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quick-x ch. 31. 29. ly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. Judg. 2. 17. 13 Furthermore the LORD spake Ex. 32. 9. unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: b 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. : z ver. 6. ch. 10. 16. & 31. 27. 2 Kings 17. 14. a Ex. 32. 10. b ch. 29. 20. Ps. 9. 5. & 109. 13. c Num. 14. 12 • Ex. 19. 18. ch. 4. 11. & 5. 23. 15 So I turned and came down Ex. 32. 15. from the mount, and the mount burned with fire and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. 16 And I looked, and, behold, ye Ex. 32. 19. had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. 17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. Ps. 106. 23. 18 And I fell down before the _Ex. 34. 28. LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 19 For I was afraid of the anger Ex.32. 10,11. and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened i Ex. 32. 14. & unto me at that time also. 22 And at Taberah, and at "Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath. 23 Likewise when the LORD sent Nam 11.4,34. you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your PPs 106.24, 25. God, and 'ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. • Nom. 13. 3. & 14. 1. What God doth require. B. C. 1451. i Ex. 34. 29. 5 And I turned myself and 'came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; Ex. 40. 20. and there they be, as the LORD commanded me. 11 Kings 8. 9. Num. 33.31. Num. 33. 30. Num. 20. 28. & 33. 38. 33. 6¶ And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of them children of Jaakan to " Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. 7P From thence they journeyed unto p Num. 53. 32, Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. 8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, 'to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, 'to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and 'to bless in his name, unto this day. 9 "Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him. q Num. 3. 6. & 4. 4. & 8. 14. & 16. 9. r Num. 4. 15. s ch. 18. 5. t Lev. 9. 22. Num. 6. 23. ch. 21. 5. u Num. 18. 20, 24. ch. 18. 1, 2. Ez. 44. 28. I Ex. 34. 28. ch. 9. 18, 25. 1491. days. 10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days | Or, former and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. y Ex. 32. 14, 33, 34.&33.17. ch. 9. 19. z Ex. 32. 34. & 33. 1. journey. 11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, † take thy journey before the Heb. go in people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. 12 ¶ And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? a ch. 10. 12. & 30. 16, 20. b Zech. 3. 7. c ch. 8. 5. f Ps. 78. 12. & 135. 9. & 15. 9, 10. Ps. 106. 11. CHAPTER XI. The people are exhorted to obedience, 2 by their own experience of God's great works; 8 by the promise of God's special blessings; 16 and in view of his judgments. 18 These words to be laid up in their hearts, and taught to their children. 26 A blessing and a curse set before them. THEREFORE thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. 2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, 3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; 4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to Ex.14.27, 28. their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day; h Num. 16. 1, 31. & 27. 3. Ps. 106. 17. || Or, living substance which followed them. Heb, was at their feet. 19. 5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; 6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: 7 But your eyes have seen all the ch. 5. 3. & 7. great acts of the LORD which he did. 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command k Josh. 1. 6,7. you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; 1 ch. 4. 40. & 5. 16. Prov. 10. 27. m ch. 9. 5. n Ex. 3. 8. 1 m 9 And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, "a land that floweth with milk and honey. to obey the law of God. 10 ¶ For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 11 P But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven : 12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. 13 ¶ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken 'diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, 'to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, B. C. 1451. o Zech. 14. 18. P ch. 8. 7. 14 That I will give you the rain Lev. 26. 4. of your land in his due season, "the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. x Ps. 104. 14. 15 And I will send grass in thy Heb. give. fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest y eat and be full. 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; y ch. 6. 11. Joel 2. 19. z ch. 29. 18. Job 31. 27. a ch. 8. 19. & 30. 17. b ch. 6. 15. 2 Chr. 6. 26. 8. 19, 20. & 30. 18. Josh. 23. 13, 15, 16. 17 And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest dye perish quickly from off d ch. 4. 26. & the good land which the LORD giveth you. 18 T Therefore shall ye lay up these ch. 6. 6. & 32. my words in your heart and in your soul, and 'bind them for a sign upon f ch. 6. 8. your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. ach. 30. 1, 15, 19. I ch. 23. 2. 7 ch. 28. 15. 1 1 25 There shall no man be able to stand before you for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. t 26 ¶ Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: 28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest ch. 27. 12, 13. to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. Josh. 8. 33. 1 Or, inherit. @2 Kings 16. 4 & 17, 10, 11. 1 Jer. 36. 1 Heb. break doen. 2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green a tree: 3 Andye shall overthrow their Nam 33 52 altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images Judg. 2. 2. Place of God's service. of their gods, and destroy the names B. C. 1451. of them out of that place. 4 'Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. f ver. 31. 5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of 8 ver. 11. all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come : 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: k 7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and 'ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, "every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. 10 But when "ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; 11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: ch. 26. 2. Josh. 9. 27. 1 Kings 8. 29. 2 Chr. 7. 12. Ps. 78. 68. h Lev. 17. 3, 4. i ver. 17. ch. 14. 22, 23. & 15. 19, 20. ch. 14. 26. ver. 12, 18. Lev. 23. 40. ch. 16. 11, 14, 15. & 26. 11. & 27. 7. m Judg. 17. 6. & 21. 25. n ch. 11. 31. o ver. 5, 14, 18, 21, 26. & ch. 14. 23. & 15. 20. & 16.2, &c. & 17. 8. & 18. 6. & 23. 16. & 26. 2. & 31.11. Josh. 18. 1. 1 Kings 8. 29. Ps. 78. 68. † Heb. the choice of your vows. 12 And Pye shall rejoice before the p ver. 7. LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. q ch. 10. 9. & 14. 29. 13 Take heed to thyself that thou Lev. 17. 4. offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: 14 'But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. t ⚫ ver. 11. 15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest ver. 21. kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of ch. 14. 5. & the hart. u u ver. 22. 15. 22. Gen. 15. 18. & 28. 14. Ex. 34. 24. ch. 11. 24. & 19. 8. c ver. 15. d ver. 16. + Heb. be strong. 20 ¶ When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. 23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; Lev. 17.11,14. and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. • Gen. 9. 4. Enticers to idolatry thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God. B. C. 1451. m Ex. 23. 23. ch. 19. 1. Josh. 23. 4. 29 ¶ When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwell-Heb. inheritést in their land; 30 Take heed to thyself " that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. est, or, possessest them. a ch. 7. 16. Heb. after them. o ver. 4. Lev. 18. 3, 26, 30. 2 Kings 17.15. nution of the. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every tabomina- Heb. abomi tion to the LORD which he hateth have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters p Lev. 18. 21. they have burnt in the fire to their gods. 32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. & 20. 2. ch. 18. 10. Jer. 32. 35. Ez. 23. 37. q ch. 4. 2. & 13. 18. Josh. 1. 7. Prov. 30. 6. Rev. 22. 18. or a dreamer of dreams, and giv-a Zech. 10. 2. eth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; b Matt. 24. 24. 2 Thess. 2. 9. c See ch.18.22. Jer. 28. 9. Matt. 7. 22. 1 Cor. 11. 19. 2 Thess. 2. 11. Rev. 13. 14. 2 Kings 23. 3. 2 Chr. 34. 31. 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and 'cleavefch. 10, 20. & unto him. 30. 20. Jer. 14. 15. Zech. 13, S. revolt against the LORD. 5 And that prophet, or that dream-ch. 18. 20. er of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you Heb. spoken away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. 6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast 1 Sam. 18. 1, not known, thou, nor thy fathers; |
