(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
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Gill's Exposition
For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you,.... He was near to them, in the midst of them, his tabernacle being placed between their camps; and was a God jealous of his honour and glory in…
The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly…
Here is, I. A brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience, Deu 6:4, Deu 6:5. These two verses the Jews reckon one of the choicest portions of scripture: they…
Cambridge Bible
in the midst of thee So Deu 7:21; Deu 23:14 (contr. Deu 1:42). Hosea has the same thought, Hos 11:9, and Jeremiah, Jer 14:9.
a jealous God As in Deu 4:24; Deu 5:9; see note on Exo 20:5.
lest the…
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