Chapter 9

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to pass Deut 3:18, Deut 11:31, Deut 27:2; Josh 1:11, Josh 3:6, Josh 3:14, Josh 3:16, Josh 4:5, Josh 4:19

this day The Hebrew hyyom, "this day," frequently denotes, as here, this time. They had come, 38 years before this, nearly to the verge of the promised land, but were not permitted, because of their unbelief and rebellion, at that day or time, to enter; but this time they shall certainly pass over. This was spoken in the eleventh month of the fortieth year of their journeying; and it was on the first month of the following year they passed over, and during this interval Moses died.

nations Deut 4:38, Deut 7:1, Deut 11:23

cities Deut 1:28; Num 13:22, Num 13:28-33


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great Deut 2:11-12, Deut 2:21

Who can stand Deut 7:24; Exod 9:11; Job 11:10; Dan 8:4, Dan 11:16; Nah 1:6


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Understand Deut 9:6; Matt 15:10; Mark 7:14; Eph 5:17

goeth over Deut 1:30, Deut 20:4, Deut 31:3-6; Josh 3:11, Josh 3:14; Mic 2:13; Rev 19:11-16

a consuming fire Deut 4:24; Isa 27:4, Isa 30:27, Isa 30:30, Isa 30:33, Isa 33:14; Nah 1:5-6; 2Thess 1:8; Heb 12:29

he shall Deut 7:1-2, Deut 7:16, Deut 7:23-24; Exod 23:29-31; Isa 41:10-16; Rom 8:31


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Speak not Deut 9:5, Deut 7:7-8, Deut 8:17; Ezek 36:22, Ezek 36:32; Rom 11:6, Rom 11:20; 1Cor 4:4, 1Cor 4:7; Eph 2:4-5; 2Tim 1:9; Titus 3:3-5

for the wickedness Deut 12:31, Deut 18:12; Gen 15:16; Lev 18:24-25


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Not for Though the Canaanites were expelled for their wickedness, it does not follow, that the Israelites were established in their room on account of any distinguished virtue, or because they deserved it. On many occasions, it may be seen in the history of the world, that God punishes the wicked by the instrumentality of other men, who are as wicked as themselves. Not the Israelites' righteousness, but the wickedness of the inhabitants, and the promise of God to their fathers, was the cause of their obtaining Canaan. Titus 3:5

that he may Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15, Gen 15:7, Gen 17:8, Gen 26:4, Gen 28:13; Exod 32:13; Ezek 20:14; Mic 7:20; Luke 1:54-55; Acts 3:25, Acts 13:32-33; Rom 11:28, Rom 15:8


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Understand Deut 9:3-4; Ezek 20:44

giveth thee Moses repeats this a third time, that, if it were possible, he might root out of the Israelites the opinion of their own deserts, before God rooted out the Canaanites from their country.

a stiffnecked Deut 9:13, Deut 10:16, Deut 31:27; Exod 32:9, Exod 33:3, Exod 34:9; 2Chr 30:8, 2Chr 36:13; Ps 78:8; Isa 48:3-4; Ezek 2:4; Zech 7:11-12; Acts 7:51; Rom 5:20-21


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Remember In order to destroy the opinion which the Israelites had of their own righteousness, it was necessary to call to mind some of their most notorious provocations and rebellions, which Moses exhorts them to preserve in their mind, as a means to keep them humble. Deut 8:2; Ezek 16:61-63, Ezek 20:43, Ezek 36:31; 1Cor 15:9; Eph 2:11; 1Tim 1:13-15

from the day Deut 31:27, Deut 32:5-6; Exod 14:11, Exod 16:2, Exod 17:2; Num 11:4, Num 14:1-10, Num 16:1-35; Num 20:2-5, Num 21:5, Num 25:2; Neh 9:16-18; Ps 78:8-72, Ps 95:8-11


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Also in Horeb Or rather, "Even at Horeb," for there is a peculiar emphasis here, even there where they had lately received the law, attended with the most astonishing appearances and circumstances. Exod 32:16; Ps 106:19-22


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I was Exod 24:12, Exod 24:15, Exod 24:18

the tables Deut 9:15; Exod 31:18, Exod 34:28; Jer 31:31-32; Gal 4:24

then I Exod 24:18, Exod 34:28; 1Kgs 19:8; Matt 4:2

I neither Deut 9:18; 1Kgs 13:8-9; 2Kgs 6:22


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the Lord Exod 31:18

written with Deut 10:4; Matt 12:28; Luke 11:20; 2Cor 3:3; Heb 8:10

all the words Deut 4:10-15, Deut 5:6-21, Deut 18:16; Exod 19:17-19, Exod 20:1-18


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the tables of the covenant Deut 9:9; Num 10:33; Heb 8:6-10, Heb 9:4


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Arise Exod 32:7-8

corrupted Deut 4:16, Deut 31:29, Deut 32:5; Gen 6:11-12; Jude 1:10

are quickly Deut 9:16; Judg 2:17; Ps 78:57; Hos 6:4; Gal 1:6


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I have Gen 11:5, Gen 18:21; Exod 32:9-10; Ps 50:7; Jer 7:11, Jer 13:27; Hos 6:10; Mal 3:5

stiffnecked Deut 9:6, Deut 10:16, Deut 31:27; 2Kgs 17:14


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Let me Exod 32:10-13; Isa 62:6-7; Jer 14:11, Jer 15:1; Luke 11:7-10, Luke 18:1-8; Acts 7:51

blot Deut 29:20; Exod 32:32-33; Ps 9:5, Ps 109:13; Prov 10:7; Rev 3:5

and I will Num 14:11-12


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I turned Exod 32:14, Exod 32:15-35

the mount Deut 4:11, Deut 5:23; Exod 9:23, Exod 19:18; Heb 12:18


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I looked Exod 32:19; Acts 7:40-41


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cast them Moses might have done this through distress and anguish of spirit, on beholding their abominable idolatry and dissolute conduct; or probably he did it emblematically, and perhaps by the direction of God; intimating thereby, that as by this act of his the tables were broken in pieces, on which the Law of God was written, so they, by their present conduct, had made a breach in the covenant, and broken the laws of their Maker and Sovereign. Deut 9:17


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I fell down The transgressions of the people rendered this second forty days' fasting necessary to Moses. Their pardon was indeed in some sense obtained before he ascended the mount; yet probably much of the time which he spent there was employed in supplication, and when he descended the second time, with the tables of the law in his hands, the pardon was, as it were, ratified and sealed. Deut 9:9; Exod 32:10-14, Exod 34:28; 2Sam 12:16; Ps 106:23


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For I Deut 9:8; Exod 32:10-11; Neh 1:2-7; Luke 12:4-5

But the Deut 10:10; Exod 32:14, Exod 33:17; Ps 99:6, Ps 106:23; Amos 7:2-3, Amos 7:5-6; Jas 5:16-17


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Exod 32:2-5, Exod 32:21, Exod 32:35; Heb 7:26-28


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I took Exod 32:20; Isa 2:18-21, Isa 30:22, Isa 31:7; Hos 8:11

the brook This was the stream which flowed from the rock that Moses smote with his rod (Exod 17:6), and to which the Psalmist alludes in Ps 78:16-20; Ps 105:41. Philo relates, that upon Moses' striking the rock, the water poured out like a torrent, affording not only a sufficient quantity for allaying their present thirst, but to fill their water vessels, to carry with them on their journey.


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Taberah Num 11:1-5

Massah Exod 17:7

Kibrothhattaavah Num 11:4, Num 11:34


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Likewise Deut 1:19-33; Num 13:1-33

ye rebelled Num 14:1-4, Num 14:10-41; Isa 63:10

ye believed Deut 1:32-33; Ps 78:22, Ps 106:24-25; Heb 3:18-19, Heb 4:2


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Deut 9:6-7, Deut 31:27; Acts 7:51


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Deut 9:16, Deut 9:18


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prayed Exod 32:11-13, Exod 34:9; Num 14:13-19; Ps 99:6, Ps 106:23; Jer 14:21

thine inheritance 1Kgs 8:51

which thou hast redeemed Deut 9:29, Deut 32:9; Ps 74:1-2; Isa 63:19

which thou hast brought forth Deut 7:8, Deut 13:5, Deut 15:15, Deut 21:8, Deut 26:7-8; Exod 15:13; 2Sam 7:23; Neh 1:10; Ps 77:15, Ps 107:2; Isa 44:23; Mic 6:4; Titus 2:14; Heb 9:12; Rev 5:9


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Remember Exod 3:6, Exod 3:16, Exod 6:3-8, Exod 13:5, Exod 32:13; Jer 14:21

look not Exod 32:31-32; 1Sam 25:25; Ps 78:8; Prov 21:12; Isa 43:24-25; Jer 50:20; Mic 7:18-19


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the land Gen 41:57; Exod 6:6-8; 1Sam 14:25

Because Deut 32:26-27; Exod 32:12; Num 14:15-16; Josh 7:7-9; Ps 115:1-2; Isa 43:25; Isa 48:9-11; Jer 14:7-9; Ezek 20:8-9, Ezek 20:14; Dan 9:18-19


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Yet they Deut 9:26, Deut 4:20; 1Kgs 8:15; Neh 1:10; Ps 95:7, Ps 100:3; Isa 63:19

which thou Deut 9:26, Deut 4:34


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