The Biblical Illustrator - Deuteronomy 7:9
Deuteronomy 7:9Them that love Him and keep His commandments.Love God, and keep His commandmentsThe love of God, according to the Scripture notion of it, is a duty easy to be comprehended. And the text before us, which attaches so great a reward to this grace, does, at the same time, show us what it means in saying that God keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments. For the latter words fix and ascertain the meaning of the former, and give us to understand that... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 7:1-26
Deuteronomy 7:3 . Neither make marriages with them. See note on Ezra 10:2. Deuteronomy 7:5 . And cut down their groves. The patriarchal devotion being performed at first on hills, and in places destitute of shelter, woods and groves were most desirable retreats for the divine service. Hence Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba. Genesis 21:33. But houses of retirement and wickedness were built by the Israelites in the times of apostasy. The Egyptians and the Greeks were the first, after... read more