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Deuteronomy 8:1 open_in_new
commandments. Hebrew singular. every commandment.
this day. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26.
the LORD. Jehovah. App-4.
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Deuteronomy 8:2 open_in_new
God. Hebrew 'Elohim. App-4.
forty. The number of Probation. See App-10.
to know. get to know. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
commandments. Written in Hebrew text plural, but read singular, Compare Deuteronomy 6:25. the whole Law regarded as one great command.
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Deuteronomy 8:3 open_in_new
manna. See note on Exodus 16:31.
man. Hebrew. 'adam. This verse quoted by Christ. Matthew 4:4.Luke 4:4.
by. Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6). "by [eating] bread".
bread. food, by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6,
by every. Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6). "by [keeping] every word": or by obeying.
mouth. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
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Deuteronomy 8:4 open_in_new
Thy raiment. Compare Deuteronomy 29:5.Nehemiah 9:20; Nehemiah 9:21. Not mentioned in Exodus, Leviticus, or Numbers.
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Deuteronomy 8:6 open_in_new
as. according as.
a man. Hebrew. i. h. App-14.
chasteneth. correcteth, applicable to instruction as well as chastisement. 2 Samuel 7:14.Psalms 89:32.Proverbs 3:12.
his son. Compare Proverbs 3:12 and Hebrews 12:5; Hebrews 12:6.
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Deuteronomy 8:7 open_in_new
hills. mountains.
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Deuteronomy 8:8 open_in_new
vines. All three (fig, olive, and vine) mentioned in this verse. See notes on Judges 9:8-12.
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Deuteronomy 8:9 open_in_new
scarceness. Hebrew. miskenuth = poverty, misery; occurs only here.
brass. bronze, or copper.
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Deuteronomy 8:11 open_in_new
forget. Note the emphasis put on this by the Structure, as in the whole book. Compare Judges 3:7; Hosea 13:6.
judgments, and... statutes. See note on Deuteronomy 4:1.
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Deuteronomy 8:12 open_in_new
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6), in Deuteronomy 8:12 and Deuteronomy 8:13.
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Deuteronomy 8:14 open_in_new
bondage. bondmen, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6.
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Deuteronomy 8:15 open_in_new
wilderness. desert, Compare Deuteronomy 1:19.
serpents. Hebrew. nachash.
drought. Hebrew. zimm'on. Only here and Psalms 107:33, and Isaiah 35:7. Who brought. Compare Psalms 114:8.
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Deuteronomy 8:17 open_in_new
wealth. Hebrew. strength, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for the wealth it procures. App-6.
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Deuteronomy 8:20 open_in_new
destroyeth. Hebrew. abad, cause to perish.