Deuteronomy 9:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

commandment. Hebrew mouth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for what is spoken by it. App-6.

Deuteronomy 9:23

23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.