Deuteronomy 4:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

I call. Figure of speech Deasis. App-6. Compare Deuteronomy 31:28.

heaven and earth. the heavens and the earth (always plural and with Hebrew particle. eth, except Genesis 2:1. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1). One of the thirteen occurrences of the Hebrew expressions noted in the Massorah. Genesis 1:1.Exodus 20:11; Exodus 31:17; Exodus 4:26; Exodus 30:19. Exo 31:28. 2Ki 19:15. 2 Chronicles 2:12.Isaiah 37:16; Jeremiah 23:24; Jeremiah 32:17; Haggai 2:6; Haggai 2:21.

this day.. solemn idiom, used for great emphasis. Occurs forty-two times (see App-10) in this book: Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 4:39; Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 6:6; Deuteronomy 7:11; Deuteronomy 8:1; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 8:19; Deuteronomy 9:1; Deuteronomy 9:3; Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 10:11; Deuteronomy 10:2; Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 10:13, Deu 10:26, Deu 10:27, Deu 10:28, Deu 10:32. Deuteronomy 13:18; Deuteronomy 15:5; Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 19:9; Deuteronomy 26:3; Deuteronomy 26:16; Deuteronomy 26:17; Deuteronomy 26:18; Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 27:4; Deuteronomy 27:10; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 28:13; Deuteronomy 28:14; Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 30:2; Deuteronomy 30:8; Deuteronomy 30:11; Deuteronomy 30:15; Deuteronomy 30:16; Deuteronomy 30:18; Deuteronomy 30:19; Deuteronomy 32:46. It is this Old Testament idiom in Luke 23:43.

destroyed. exterminated. Hebrew. shmad.

Deuteronomy 4:26

26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.