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but your eyes have seen all the great work of Yahweh which he did.

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Faith Based on Experience

Commentators emphasize that Moses is grounding his call to obedience in the Israelites' own personal experience. He isn't asking them to believe stories, but to remember what their 'eyes have seen.' As one scholar notes, their eyes were the literal 'witnesses' to God's great works, making their responsibility to obey deeply personal and undeniable.

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Deuteronomy

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Deuteronomy 11:7

19th Century

Bishop

But your eyes have seen. —Literally, For your eyes are the witnesses (literally; the seers) of all …

John Gill

John Gill

On Deuteronomy 11:7

17th Century

Pastor

But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which
he did ;
Even all before…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Deuteronomy 11:1–7

17th Century

Minister

Observe the connection of these two: Thou shalt love the Lord, and keep his charge. Love will work in obedience, and that only is acceptab…