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I denounce to you this day, that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land, where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
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A Solemn and Certain Warning
Commentators like John Gill emphasize that this is not a vague threat but a solemn, certain declaration. The "perishing" promised for disobedience would manifest through specific judgments like war, famine, pestilence, or exile, ultimately cutting short their time in the promised land.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded (Deuteronomy 30:10–14); therefore, life and death, good and evil, are solemn…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I denounce unto you this day that you shall surely perish &c.] By one judgment or another; this he most solemnly av…
What could be said more moving, and more likely to make deep and lasting impressions? All people wish to obtain life and good, and to escape death …