275 And the LORD * thall ſcatter you among the nations, and ye ſhall be lefe + few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD ſhall lead you.
28 And * there ye ſhall ſerve gods b, the work of mens hands, woed and ſtone, * which neither ſee, nor hear, nor eat, nor {mell,
b (i.e.) Idols. You ſhall be compelled by men, and given up by me to Idolatry. So that very thing which was your choice, ſha] bz your puniſhment : it being juſt and uſual for God to puniſh one fin by giving them up to another, as 1s manifeſt from Roz, 1. 24. 25.
29 * But if from thence thou ſhalt ſeek the LORD thy God, thou ſhalt find im, if thou ſeek him c with all thy hearr 4, and with all thy foul.
c If thou deſiceſt his help and favour. Sez Deut. 30.1. 1ſa. 55.6. d(7.e.) ſincerely and fervently. : =
30 When thou art in tribulation, and all theſe things + are come upon thee, even in the latter days e, if thou
fe, Eurn to the LORD thy God, and ſhalt be obedient unto
thee.
* Chap: 7; 19: and 29: 3:
*Chap;
32: 39:
* Exod:
24: 16:
Heb: 12: Ws | /-
F. * Joſh: 2:
his voice 3
e Either in general, in ſucceeding Ages and Generations: or par- ticu/ariy, in the days of the Meſſizzs, which are commoaly called in Scripture the latter, or laſt days, as Iſa; 2: 2: Hof: 3: 5: Micah 4: 1: Dan: 2: 44: Heb: 1: 2: and 9: 26. And ſo this may reſpect the con- verſion 'and redemption of the F-wiſh Nation even in thoſe times when their caſe ſeems moſt deſperate, when they bave forlaken their God, and reje&ted their Meſfias for many ages, to. wit, towards the end of the World.
21 ( For the LORD thy God 3s a merciful God ) he will not forſake thee, neither deſtroy thes,nor forget the covenant of thy fathers f, which he ſware unto them.
F (5.e.) Made with thy fathers including their poſterity ,as Gen.17.7-.
22 For ask now of the days that are paſt, which were before thee, ſince the day that God created man upon the earth, and «5k from the one ſide of heaven g unto the other, whether there hath been any ſuch thing, as this great thing 5s or hath been heard like ir.
g ( i.e. ) Of the Earth under Heaven. Ask all the Inhabitants of the world. Compare Marth. 24.31. with Mark 13. 27.
Did ever people hear the voice of God ſpeaking our of the midiſt of the fre, as thou haſt heard, and. iive b?
h (i.e. ) And was not overwhelmed and conſumed by ſuch a glo- T10usS appearance. See Exod. 24.11. and 33. 20.
34 Or hath God affayed to go and take hima nation from che midſt of another nation, * by temptations z, by ſigns, and by wonders, and by war, and by a migtity hand, and by a ſtretched-our arm, and by great terrours k, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes ?
7 By tribulations and perſecutions, which are commonly called ter:- prations, which are here fitly mentioned, as one grear occaſion firſt of their cries unto God, and then of Gods coming tor their reſcue. Or, zemptations 1s the general title, which is explained by the following particulars, ſigns, and wonders, &c. which are called temptations, be- cauſe they were trials both to the Fgyptians and Iſraelites, whether thereby they would be induced to believe and obezy God or no. k Rai- ſed in the minds of the Egyptians, as the Hiſtory ſheweth : comprr- Dent. 2. 25: and 34. I2, or, by terrible things done among them.
35 Unto thee it was ſhewed, that thou mightelt know, that the LORD he #is God, *there is none elſe belides him.
36 * Out of heaven *t he made thee to hear his voice, that he might inſtruct thee : and uponearth « he ſhewed thee his great fire, and thou heardeſt his words out of
the midft of the fire.
s ( (7. e. ) Our of the air, above Mount Sina:. 20- 18, 22. « at the top of Mount $:1at.
37 And becauſe he loved thy fathers, therefore he choſe their ſeed after them, and brought thee out in his ſight x with his mighty power out of Egypt ;
x Keeping his eye fixed upon him, as the Father doth on his be- loved child. Or, with his preſence. i. e. He did not ſend them forth by Moſes, but he himſelf was preſent with them, and as it were marched along with them, in the pillar of cloud and fire.
33 Todrive out nations from before thee, greaterand mightier than thou arr, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as #t 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, rhere js none elſe.
49 Thou ſhalt keep therefore his ſtatutes, and his commandments, which I command chee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee: and that thou mayeſt proloag thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for cyer,
See Exod. 19. 9. &
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Chap. V. |
41 Then Moſes ſevered three cities y on this ſide Jordan towards the ſun-riſing. | y As God had commanded him, Numb, 35.6, 14.
42 That the ſlayer might flee thither, which ſhould kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him nor in times paſt ; ' and that fleeing unto one of theſe cities, he mightlive :
43 Namely, * Bezer in the wilderneſs. in the plain + x,g.. countrey of the Reubznites ; and Ramoth in Gilead of 25: s: the Gadites, and Golan in Baſhan of the Manaſlites.
And this z 5s the law which Moſes ſer before the children of Iirael : z Which hath been generally intimated already, bur is more particularly and punCtually expreſſcd inthe following Chapter, to which theſe words are a preface.
45 Theſe are the teſtimanies, and the ſtatutes, ard the judgments which Moſes ſpake unto the children of [frael, after they came forth out of Egypt ; 2
46 On this ſide Jordan, * in the valley over againſt + chap: Beth-Peor,in the landefSihon King ofthe Amorites,who 3: 29: 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 iand of * Og King of Baſhan, two Kings of the Amorites, which were ,; , | ou this fide Jordan toward the ſun-riſfing, * Nam, |
43 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river 21 33: | Arnon, even unto Mount Sion, whieh is * Hermon ; Go, 3: Js}
49 Andallthe plain on this fide Jordan, eaſtward,even ,. ,** | unto the ſea of theplain under che * ſprings of Piſgah. Pal: 133;
ERHAP. Y.