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- Deuteronomy
- Chapter 11
- Verse 9
Deuteronomy 11:9
And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
But the land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and valleys,.... And so could not be watered by the overflow of a river, and by canals cut out of it, and in the manner Egypt was; which was…
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
prolong your days See on Deu 4:26.
which the Lord sware See on Deu 1:8.
flowing with milk and honey See above on Deu 6:3; and the note to Exo 3:8.
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