speak and say. Note the idiom, generally rendered "answer and say", where the first verb must always be rendered according to the context. Here "confess and say".
mighty. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel and Septuagint, read "and mighty". Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ), thus produced.
Verse 1
land. Heb 'erez = Canaan.
Verse 2
earth. Hebrew = ground or soil, 'adamah, as in Exodus 23:19 ; Exodus 34:26 . Leviticus 2:12 ; Leviticus 23:10 . Numbers 15:20 , Numbers 15:21 .Numbers 18:4 .Proverbs 3:9 , Proverbs 3:10 .
basket. Heb men'e (woven), only here and Deuteronomy 28:5 , Deuteronomy 28:17 .
to place = to cause to dwell.
Verse 3
profess = declare.
this day. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26 .
Verse 5
speak and say. Note the idiom, generally rendered "answer and say", where the first verb must always be rendered according to the context. Here "confess and say".
Syrian = an Aramaean: i.e. Jacob.
ready to perish = perishing. Genesis 42:1 , Genesis 42:2 .
mighty. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel and Septuagint, read "and mighty". Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ), thus produced.
Verse 7
we cried. See Exodus 2:23-25 ; Exodus 3:7 , &c. Psalms 107:6 .
Verse 10
land. Hebrew. 'adamah = ground or soil, as in references on "earth" in Deuteronomy 26:2 .
Verse 12
tithing all the tithes. Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ) = carefully and completely tithed thy increase. Compare Deuteronomy 14:28 , Deuteronomy 14:29 .
Verse 13
hallowed = holy.
transgressed = passed over. Hebrew. 'abar,
Verse 14
mourning. Hebrew ' avon , a Homonym: here = suffering, or sorrow (as in Genesis 35:18 (margin), and Hosea 9:4 ), but = might in Genesis 49:3 .
for the dead. Probably = defilement for touching a dead body.
Verse 15
holy. See note on Exodus 3:5 .
as = according as.
a land. Heb erez , the land of Canaan
Verse 16
statutes and judgments. See note on Deuteronomy 4:1 .
soul. Hebrew. nephesh . App-13 .
Verse 17
avouched = avowed.
and. Note Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ) in verses: Deuteronomy 26:17-19 .
Verse 18
peculiar = as a treasure. Compare Deuteronomy 7:6 , and see note on Exodus 19:5 .
Verse 19
as = according as. This is the end of the fourth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1 .