Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
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Gill's Exposition
And it cometh to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse,.... That is, the man before compared to a root bearing bitter herbs, when he should hear the curses pronounced by the law against such…
Barnes' Notes
The word here and in Deu 32:32 rendered “gall,” is in Hos 10:4 translated “hemlock.” It is the name of a plant of intense bitterness, and of quick growth; and is therefore repeatedly used in…
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…
Cambridge Bible
lest there should be Perhaps better, may there not be!
this day Not in LXX and here out of place.
to go to serve Deu 13:6; Deu 13:13 (7, 14), Deu 17:3.
a root that beareth Only here.
gall Heb. rôsh,…
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