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1321 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 150.1 (Matthew Henry)

chapter we have, I. The humble request of the tribes of Reuben and Gad for an inheritance on that side Jordan where Israel now lay encamped, Numbers 32:1-32:5. II …

1322 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 154.1 (Matthew Henry)

… this chapter the determination of another question that arose upon the case of the daughters of Zelophehad. God had appointed that they should inherit …

1323 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 155.1 (Matthew Henry)

… this chapter, and is continued to the latter end of the fourth chapter. In the first five verses of this chapter we have the date of the sermon, the place where …

1324 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 159.1 (Matthew Henry)

… this chapter we have the second edition of the ten commandments. I. The general intent of them; they were in the nature of a covenant between God and Israel, Deuteronomy …

1325 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 160.1 (Matthew Henry)

… this chapter, goes on with his charge to Israel, to be sure to keep up their religion in Canaan. It is much the same with Deuteronomy 4:1-4:40 I. His preface is a persuasive …

1326 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 161.1 (Matthew Henry)

… this chapter exhorts Israel, I. In general, to keep God’s commandments, Deuteronomy 7:11, 7:12. II. In particular, and in order to that, to keep themselves pure from …

1327 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 162.1 (Matthew Henry)

… this chapter Moses gives them, I. General exhortations to obedience, Deuteronomy 8:1, 8:6. II. A review of the great things God had done for them in the wilderness …

1328 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 164.1 (Matthew Henry)

… foregoing chapter, reminded them of their own sin, as a reason why they should not depend upon their own righteousness, in this chapter he sets before them …

1329 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 165.2 (Matthew Henry)

… preceding chapter concludes), therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God (so this begins). Those whom God has built up into families, whose beginning was small …

1330 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 166.1 (Matthew Henry)

… this chapter comes to the particular statues which he had to give in charge to Israel, and he begins with those which relate to the worship of God, and particularly …

1331 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 167.1 (Matthew Henry)

… foregoing chapter he had cautioned them against the peril that might arise from their predecessors the Canaanites. In this chapter he cautions them against …

1332 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 174.1 (Matthew Henry)

This chapter settles the militia, and establishes the laws and ordinances of war, I. Relating to the soldiers. 1. Those must be encouraged that were drawn up …

1333 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 176.1 (Matthew Henry)

… this chapter provide, I. For the preservation of charity and good neighbourship, in the care of strayed or fallen cattle, Deuteronomy 22:1-22:4. II. For the preservation …

1334 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 178.1 (Matthew Henry)

… this chapter we have, I. The toleration of divorce, Deuteronomy 24:1-24:4. II. A discharge of new-married men from the war, Deuteronomy 24:5. III. Laws concerning pledges …

1335 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 186.1 (Matthew Henry)

… this chapter we have, I. The song which Moses, by the appointment of God, delivered to the children of Israel, for a standing admonition to them, to take heed of …

1336 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 186.5 (Matthew Henry)

… this chapter, and the LXX. all along translates it Theos, God. The learned Mr. Hugh Broughton reckons that God is called the rock eighteen times (besides in this …

1337 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 187.1 (Matthew Henry)

… foregoing chapter, but still he has something more to say. He had preached them a farewell sermon, a very copious and pathetic discourse. After sermon he had …

1338 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 188.1 (Matthew Henry)

… . This chapter could not be written by Moses himself, but was added by Joshua or Eleazar, or, as bishop Patrick conjectures, by Samuel, who was a prophet, and wrote …

1339 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 191.1 (Matthew Henry)

This chapter, and that which follows it, give us the history of Israel’s passing through Jordan into Canaan, and a very memorable history it is. Long afterwards …

1340 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 193.1 (Matthew Henry)

… this chapter tells us, I. How their enemies were dispirited, Joshua 5:1. II. What was done at their first landing to assist and encourage them. 1. The covenant of …