I Not into one place, where all could not hear, bur into divers Aſſemblies or Synagogues. m Who hereby are required to go to Jeruſalem at this ſolemnity, as they were permitted to do in other ſolemnities, when the Males only were enjoyned to go, Exod. 23. 17. n= Towit, ſuch of them as could underſtand, as appears from Nehem. 8. 2, 3: 0 (i. e.) The Profelytes, though others alſo were ad- mitted. p That they may then certainly and conſtantly do ſo, though they had alſo other opportunities to do ſo, as upon the Sat- dath-days, 4#s 15. 21, and other ſolemn feaſts, yea even in their private houſes.
13 And that their children which have not known any thing, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land, whether-ye go over Jordan to poſlels it. |
14 And the LORD ſaid unto Moſes, Behold, thy days approach that thou muſt die : call Joſbua and pre- ſent your ſelves in the tabernacle q of the congregation, that * I may give him a charge ry. And Moſes and Jo-
ſhua went and preſented themſelyes in the Tabernacle _
of the congregation. | | 9 Either properly ſo called, for though the Prieſts only might
and Joſhua, 1=—8. He delivereth the Law unto the Prieſts to read it 5 every ſeventh year to the People, 9 — 13. God putteth Joſhua into his Office; foretelleth to Moſes and him the future diſobedience and miſery of the People, enjoyneth Moſes a ſong to teſtifie againſt the People, 14 — 23. Moſes chargeth the Levites to lay wp the Book of the Law beſide the Ark of the Covenant, 24 27. Aſſembleth all the People to hear his ſong, 28 30. Ae Moſes went and ſpake @ theſe words unto all Iſrael,
a (3, e.) Proceeded or continued to ſpeak an uſual Hebrew phraſe. Or,went to the place where he had afſemblcd all the People, that he might ſpeak to them. Po, 2 And he. ſaid unto them, * I aw an hundred and | 'Ch:34-7- twenty years old this day : I-can no more go out and
| eNum.... Oe in b; alſo the LORD hath ſaid unto me, * Thou - .- 43 ſbalt not go over this Jordan. | 27. : b (7. e) Perform the Office of a Leader or Governour, cither be- We. cauſe I now find a decay of my mind and body : Which ſeems not
well to agree with Deut. 34. 7. or becauſe I foreſee the time of my death approaches.
3 The LORD thy God he will go over before thee and he will deftroy theſe nations from before thee, and thou ſhalt poſſeſs them : and Joſbua, he ſhall go over be-
. forethee, * as the LORD hath ſaid.
| 4 And'the LORD ſhall dounto them, * as he did to
'*Numb:' Sjhon, and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the 21: 24:33" Jand of them c whom he deſtroyed. |
of £ Which he gave to you to poſleſs. |
*Cb.7.2. «| And * the LORD hall give them up before your faced, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
d (5. e.) Into your power. See on Deut. 1.8.
6 Be ftrong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he #t 3s that doth go with thee, he will not fail thee,nor forſake thee.
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"EN the fight of all Ifrael,be ſtrong, & ofa good courage; for | thou muſt go with this people unto the land which the
LORD hath fworn untotheir fathers to give them, and
thouſbalt cauſe them to inherit ir. | 8 And the LORD he #: is that doth go before thee, - *Joſh.1.9. he will be with thee, he will nor fail thee, neither for- bs, ake thee : * fear nor, neither be diſmayed.
9 And Moſes wretethis law e, and delivered it unto
the prieſts, the ſons of Levif, which bare the ark g of | the was of the LORD, and unto all the elders of ' Urael 5.
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7 And Moſes called unto Joſhua, and ſaid unto him in |
ordinarily enter there, yet others might go in upon a call and com- ; mand from God, which here they had : Or in the Court of the Ta-
| 15. The Court coming here under the name of the Tabernacle, as elſe-where it comes under the name of the Temple, » Immediately fiom my ſelf for his greater encouragement, and to gain him more authority with the People. 7 Exod?
I5 And * the LORD appeared in the tabernacle, in 33g. a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar cf the cloud, ſtood over the door of the tabernacle.
16 And the LORD faid unto Moſes, Behold, thou , .. ſhalt +TNeep s with thy fathers,and this people will riſe j;, ju, up, and go a whoring ? after the gods of the ſtrangers of the land «, whither they go to beamongſt them,and will forſake me, and break my coyenant which I have made with them.
s The death of Men, both Good and bad, is oft called a /teep, be- cauſe they ſhall certainly awake out of it by reſurre&ion. See Pal. 76.5. Dan. 12.2, 1 Theſ. 4.13, &c. 2 Pet. 3. 4. t God certainly fore- ſees all things to come, yea,even thoſe which depend upon the wills of Men, or contingencies of the things, as this un abbienabiy did. e % (7, e.) Of the Canaanites, who now are Poſſeſſors, but ſhortly will be turned out of their Poſſeſſions, and become as ſtrangers in their own land. This aggravates their folly to worſhip ſuch gods as could neither preſerve their friends, nor annoy their enemies.
17 Then my anger ſhall be kindled againſt them in that day, and I will forſake them, and Iwill * hide m face x from them, and they ſhall be devoured, and ma- Pl. ny evils and troubles ſhall + befall them, ſo that they {7;.,. -, will ſay in that day, Are not theſe evils come upon ns, ray # becauſe our God 7s not amongſt us ? |
x (i.e.) Withdraw my favour and help.
18 And I will ſurely hide my face in that day, for all the evils which they ſhall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
19 Now therefore write'ye this ſong y for you, and teach it the children of Iſrael ; put it in their mouths z, that this ſong may be a witneſs for me a againſt the children of 11raet. n |
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y Which is contained Dev, 32. and is put into a ſong, that it may be better learned, and more fixed intheir minds and memories. z Cauſe them to learn it, and ſing it one to another, to oblige them to more circumſpettion and watchfulneſs. s Of my kindnefs in giving them ſo many Bleſſings, of my patience in bearing ſo long with them, of my clemency in giving them ſuch fair and plain
warnings, and my juſtice in puniſhing ſuch an unthankful, perverſe and incorrigible people, E 20 For when I ſhall kaye brought them into the land
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