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Deuteronomy 29:16

Deuteronomy 29:16
(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And ye have seen their abominations and their idols,.... Or, "their abominations, even their idols"; for the same are meant by both: it is common in Scripture to call the idols of the Gentiles…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 29:10-29

It appears by the length of the sentences here, and by the copiousness and pungency of the expressions, that Moses, now that he was drawing near to the close of his discourse, was very warm and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

for ye know, etc.] The necessity for such a covenant with Jehovah: viz. Israel's experiences of the idolatry of other peoples, which otherwise might seduce them to itself. The Egyptian idolatry has…

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