Ver. 7, 8. And when ye came unto this place— They were now in a part of the country which they had conquered, ch. Deuteronomy 4:45-46. The sense appears to be this: "As, therefore, God has thus far performed his covenant with you, given you victory over your enemies, and their land for an inheritance to your tribes; do you take care to perform your part in return, and to keep the words of his covenant—that ye may prosper."
REFLECTIONS.—The former covenant was made at Sinai. This is a repetition of it: as they were a new generation, it was needful that they should themselves consent to the gracious terms proposed to them. 1. To induce them thereunto, Moses puts them in mind of God's astonishing interposition to save them from Egypt, his care of them in the wilderness, and the possessions they began to enjoy in Bashan and Heshbon. Past mercies are an engagement to fidelity, and encouragement still to expect greater. 2. He laments their past blindness, unbelief, and murmurings; repeatedly had they given sad proof of these, and to that day they remained in them. Note; (1.) Unbelief is a deep-rooted evil. (2.) 'Till God opens the eyes of our mind, we can neither know him, love him, nor serve him. 3. He charges them to attend now to the words of this covenant: and happy, if, at last, there were such a heart in them, firmly to believe the divine promises, and cheerfully to obey the divine commands; prosperity then could not but attend them.