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A Conditional Blessing
Commentators emphasize that the promise of long life in the land for Israel and their children was not automatic. It was conditional upon their faithful obedience to God's commands. If they kept the covenant, their days would be multiplied 'as the days of the heavens above the earth,' signifying a blessing intended to be as permanent as the world itself.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 11:21
18th Century
Theologian
The sense is: “Keep the covenant faithfully, and so shall your own and your children’s days be multiplied as long as the heaven covers the earth.” …
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 11:21
19th Century
Bishop
In the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them. — "It is not written here ‘to give you,’ but …
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 11:21
17th Century
Pastor
That your days may be multiplied
Long life being a very desirable blessing, and which is promised to those that obey…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 11:18–25
17th Century
Minister
Let all be directed by the three rules given here.
- Let our hearts be filled with the word of God. There will not be good practices in …