Deuteronomy 11:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And know ye. — Or, and ye know.

Not with your children which have not known. — It must be remembered that all those who were less than twenty years of age at the date of the Exodus would still be living, and the events of their youth must have left a strong impression on their memories. Every man of forty-five years of age would feel the force of this address.

The chastisement. — Whether of the Egyptians in wrath, or of Israel in love.

His mighty hand.... — Or, His hand in its strength, and His arm in its length. The position of the adjectives is emphatic.

Deuteronomy 11:2

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,