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Deuteronomy 11:14

Deuteronomy 11:14
That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you,.... For their idolatry, nothing being more provoking to him than that, it being contrary to his nature and being, as well as to his will, and to his…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The first rain and the latter rain - The former is the proper term for the autumn rain, falling about the time of sowing, and which may be named “the former,” as occurring in the early part of the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 11:8-17

Still Moses urges the same subject, as loth to conclude till he had gained his point. "If thou wilt enter into life, if thou wilt enter into Canaan, a type of that life, and find it a good land indeed…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

that I will give the rain of your land The Heb. text is evidently due to the same hand which inserted Deu 11:11, for it immediately follows that verse, and as evidently the original reading is that of…