o(#.e.) As long as this viſible world laſts; whilſt the heaven keeps its place and continues its influences upon earth, until all theſe things be diſſolved. Compare P/al. 72. 5. and81. 5. and 89. 29. Jer. 33.25.
22 For it ye ſhal diligently keep all theſe command- ments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways,and to cleave unto him :
23 Then will the LORD drive out all theſe nations from before you, and ye hal poſſeſs greater nations,and mightier than yourſelves,
24 * Every place whereon the ſoles of your feet ſhal ,, ,; tread p, ſhal be yoursq : *trom the wilderneſs r, and *Ny J Lebanon s,, from the river, the river Euphrates 7, even - unto the uttermoſt ſea «, ſhal your coit be.
p Not abſolutely, as ifthe Jews ſhould be Lords of all the world, as the Rabbins fondly conceit, but in the promiſed\land, as it is re ſtrained in the following words. q Either by ied, or by do-
minion, to wit, upon condition of your obedience. »r To wit, of Sin, on the ſouth-t1de. 5 - na from Lebanon : Su to Lebaneon,which
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was the Northein border. 5 Onthe Eaſt. So far Xheir Right of Do- minion extended, but that their fins cut theni ſhort: and ſo far Solomon extended his Dominion. « Th eſtern or Midland Sea : Heb. the hindermoſt Sea : for the Eaſtgfh part of the World being ge- nerally eſteemed the foremoſt, az&The Southern on the right hand, Pſal. 89. 12. and conſeque the Northern on the left hand, the Weſtern part muſt needs be behind. Oftheſe bounds cf the Land ſee Gen. 10. 19.and 15. 18. Exod. 23. 31. Jo. 1. 3, 4*
25 There ſbal np man be able to ftand-before you :
2+ the LORD your God ſbal lay chefear of you, and the
dread of you upon all the land that ye ſhal tread upon, as he hath ſaid unto you. 26 * Behold, I ſet before you x and a curſe: x I propoſe them to your minds and to your choice.
27 * A blefling, if ye obey the commandments of the , LORD your God, which I command you this day: 28 Anda *curſe, if ye will not obey the command- +,,, ments ofthe 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 y. |
» Which you have no acquaintarge with,nor experience of their power or wiſdom or goodneſs, as you have had of mine.
29 And it ſhal come to paſs, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee into the land whither thou goett to poſſeſs it, that thou ſhalt = pur * the bleſſing upon . , ._ mount Gerizzim, and the curſe upon mount Ebal. 12, 13. bs 2 G z Heb Joſ's.33.
this day a blefling , , ch.30.15
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ap. XII.
nounced. So the word ro give is uſed, Deut. 13. 1, 2. J% 36. 3- Prov. 9. 9. This is more particularly expreſſed, Deut. 27. 12, 13: and Jof. 8. 33, whitherl refer the Reader.
20 Are they not on the other ſide Jordan by the way where the ſun goeth down, in the land of the Canaa- nites, which dwell in the champian over againſt Gil- gal || beſide the plains of Moreh?
|| Looking tewards Gilga!, though at ſome conſiderable diſtance from it, as this particle is ſometimes uſed. :
31 For ye ſhall paſs over Jordan, to go in to poſleſs the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye {hal poſſeſs it, and dwe!l therein.
32 Andye hal obſerve * to do all the ſtatutes and judgments which I ſet before you this day.
GHAP. XS.
Fhey are commanded to deſtroy all the places of Idolatry, 1---=3. And muſt worſhip Ged in his own place, and after his Will, 4----15. The eating of blood prohibited, 16. Where and how they ſhould eat the Tithe, 17,18» The Levite not to be forſaken, 19. They may eat Fleſh clean or unclean any where, 20---22. But nor the Blood, 23-25. Holy things 70 be eaten at the Altar of the Lord, 26-=28. They are. forbidden to enquire after the Heathen Worſhip, 29, 30. Or, to worſhip the true God, asthey,
31. But to keep to the Law in their Worſbip, 32. ;
6 | \Heſe arethe ſtatutes and judgments which ye ſhal
obſerve to do, in the land which the LORD
God of thy fathers giveth thee to poſſeſs ir, all the days | thatye live upon the earth, ;
hap.7.5- 2 * Yeſhal utterly deſtroy all the places « wherein the
$7, 77% nations, which ye ſhal || poſſeſs, ſerved their gods, up-
” - on the high mountains b, and upon the hills, and under
q: every green tree Cc. |
$ 2 Temples, Chappels, Altars, Groves, as appears from other Scri- ptures. 6 Which the Gentiles uſed to employ for their Idolatry. See Iſa, $7. 5,7. Exek. 6. 13. Hoſ. 4. 13. c As the Gentiles conſecrated di- vers trecs to their falſe gods,ſo they worſhipped theſe under them,
3 And* ye ſhal + overthrow their altars, and break their pillars d, and burn their groves with fire, and ye ſhal hew down the graven images of their gods, and deſtroy the names of them e out of that place, :
4 Upon which their Images vere ſer. e (3. e. ) All the memori- als of them, and the very names given to the places from the Idols.
4 Ye tbal not doſoeunto the LORD your God.
e ) 7. e.) Not worſhip him in ſeveral places, mountains, groves,
&-c. which ſenſe is evident from the following oppoſition.
5 Bur unto the place which the LORD your God
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[Judg. 2
Heb. cak down
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$9.2 Chr. . +" { hi "12. theref, even unto his habitation ſhal ye leek, and thi- ther thou ſhalt come. |
f(#. e. ) To ſetup his worſhip there, or which he ſhall call by his-name, as his houſe, or dwelling-place, &c. to wit, where the Ark ſhould be, the Tabernacle, or Temple : Which was firſt Shiloh, Joſ. 18. 1. next and eſpecially Jeruſalem. ;
6 And * thither ye ſhal bring your burnt-offerings, and your ſacrifices g, and your tithes 6, and heave-offer- ings i of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will- ofterings &, and the firſtlings of your herds, and of your flocks /.