No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you. No man will be able to stand against youThis phrase is a powerful assurance of divine protection and victory. The Hebrew root for "stand" is "עָמַד" (amad), which implies not just physical standing but also the ability to withstand or oppose. Historically, this promise was given to the Israelites as they prepared to enter the Promised Land, a land filled with formidable enemies. The assurance here is that no human power can prevail against those whom God supports. This reflects a broader biblical theme that God’s people, when obedient and aligned with His will, are invincible against their adversaries. the LORD your God
This phrase emphasizes the personal relationship between God and His people. "LORD" is translated from "YHWH," the sacred and personal name of God, signifying His eternal presence and covenant faithfulness. "Your God" personalizes this relationship, indicating that the Israelites are His chosen people. This covenant relationship is central to the identity of Israel and is a recurring theme throughout Deuteronomy, underscoring God’s commitment to His people and His role as their divine protector and guide. will put the fear and dread of you
The Hebrew words for "fear" (מוֹרָא, mora) and "dread" (פַּחַד, pachad) convey a sense of overwhelming terror and awe. This divine-induced fear is not merely psychological but a supernatural intervention by God to ensure the success of His people. Historically, this was evident as surrounding nations heard of Israel’s victories and the miraculous acts of God on their behalf, leading to a paralyzing fear that prevented them from effectively opposing Israel. This concept is echoed in other biblical narratives, such as the fear that fell upon the inhabitants of Jericho (Joshua 2:9-11). upon all the land you enter
This phrase indicates the scope of God’s promise, extending to "all the land" that the Israelites would enter. The land, in this context, refers to Canaan, the Promised Land, which was inhabited by various nations. The promise of divine-induced fear upon these nations underscores God’s sovereignty over all lands and peoples. It also highlights the fulfillment of God’s promises to the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, regarding the inheritance of the land. as He has promised you
This phrase serves as a reminder of God’s faithfulness to His word. The promises made to the patriarchs and reiterated throughout the Exodus and wilderness journey are being fulfilled. This assurance is rooted in the covenantal promises found in earlier scriptures, such as Genesis 12:7 and Exodus 23:27. It reinforces the reliability of God’s word and His unwavering commitment to His people. For the Israelites, this was a call to trust in God’s promises and to act in faith, knowing that God’s word is sure and steadfast. Persons / Places / Events 1. Moses- The leader of the Israelites who is delivering God's message to the people. He is reiterating God's promises and commandments as they prepare to enter the Promised Land. 2. Israelites- The chosen people of God, who are being prepared to enter and conquer the Promised Land. They are the recipients of God's promises and commandments. 3. Promised Land- The land of Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and his descendants. It represents God's faithfulness and the fulfillment of His promises. 4. The LORD (Yahweh)- The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who promises to go before His people and ensure their victory over their enemies. 5. Canaanites- The inhabitants of the Promised Land, who will be overcome by the Israelites as God fulfills His promise to His people. Teaching Points God's FaithfulnessGod's promises are sure and steadfast. Just as He promised the Israelites victory over their enemies, He remains faithful to His promises to us today. Divine ProtectionThe assurance that no man will stand against the Israelites highlights God's protective power. Believers can trust in God's protection in their spiritual battles. Fear of the LordThe fear and dread that God places upon the land serve as a reminder of His sovereignty. We are called to live in reverence and awe of God, recognizing His supreme authority. Courage in ObedienceThe Israelites are encouraged to be courageous as they obey God's commands. Similarly, we are called to step out in faith, trusting in God's promises as we follow His will. Victory through GodThe victory promised to the Israelites is a result of God's intervention. Our victories in life are not by our strength but through God's power working in and through us. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the promise in Deuteronomy 11:25 encourage you in facing your personal challenges today? 2. In what ways can you see God's faithfulness in your life, similar to His faithfulness to the Israelites? 3. How can the concept of divine protection in this verse be applied to spiritual battles you face? 4. What does it mean to live in the fear of the Lord, and how can this perspective influence your daily decisions? 5. How can the assurance of victory through God, as seen in Deuteronomy 11:25, inspire you to step out in faith in areas where you feel called to act? Connections to Other Scriptures Joshua 1:5- This verse echoes the promise that no one will be able to stand against the Israelites, as God assures Joshua of His presence and support. Exodus 23:27- God promises to send His terror ahead of the Israelites to drive out their enemies, similar to the promise in Deuteronomy 11:25. Romans 8:31- This New Testament verse reflects the principle that if God is for us, no one can stand against us, showing the continuity of God's protection and support for His people. People Abiram, Canaanites, Dathan, Eliab, Moses, Pharaoh, ReubenPlaces Arabah, Beth-baal-peor, Egypt, Euphrates River, Gilgal, Jordan River, Lebanon, Moreh, Mount Ebal, Mount Gerizim, Red SeaTopics Able, Dread, Face, Fear, Foot, Lay, Presence, Promised, Spoken, Stand, Station, Terror, Tread, WhereverDictionary of Bible Themes Deuteronomy 11:22 8208 commitment, to God Library Canaan on Earth
Many of you, my dear hearers, are really come out of Egypt; but you are still wandering about in the wilderness. "We that have believed do enter into rest;" but you, though you have eaten of Jesus, have not so believed on him as to have entered into the Canaan of rest. You are the Lord's people, but you have not come into the Canaan of assured faith, confidence, and hope, where we wrestle no longer with flesh and blood, but with principalities and powers in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus--when …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856The God of the Rain
(Fifth Sunday after Easter.) DEUT. xi. 11, 12. The land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven. A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year, even unto the end of the year. I told you, when I spoke of the earthquakes of the Holy Land, that it seems as if God had meant specially to train that strange people the Jews, by putting them into a country where they …
Charles Kingsley—The Gospel of the Pentateuch Gilgal, in Deuteronomy 11:30 what the Place Was.
That which is said by Moses, that "Gerizim and Ebal were over-against Gilgal," Deuteronomy 11:30, is so obscure, that it is rendered into contrary significations by interpreters. Some take it in that sense, as if it were near to Gilgal: some far off from Gilgal: the Targumists read, "before Gilgal": while, as I think, they do not touch the difficulty; which lies not so much in the signification of the word Mul, as in the ambiguity of the word Gilgal. These do all seem to understand that Gilgal which …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Josiah, a Pattern for the Ignorant.
"Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place."--2 Kings …
John Henry Newman—Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII The Blessings of Noah Upon Shem and Japheth. (Gen. Ix. 18-27. )
Ver. 20. "And Noah began and became an husbandman, and planted vineyards."--This does not imply that Noah was the first who began to till the ground, and, more especially, to cultivate the vine; for Cain, too, was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iv. 2. The sense rather is, that Noah, after the flood, again took up this calling. Moreover, the remark has not an independent import; it serves only to prepare the way for the communication of the subsequent account of Noah's drunkenness. By this remark, …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Subjects of Study. Home Education in Israel; Female Education. Elementary Schools, Schoolmasters, and School Arrangements.
If a faithful picture of society in ancient Greece or Rome were to be presented to view, it is not easy to believe that even they who now most oppose the Bible could wish their aims success. For this, at any rate, may be asserted, without fear of gainsaying, that no other religion than that of the Bible has proved competent to control an advanced, or even an advancing, state of civilisation. Every other bound has been successively passed and submerged by the rising tide; how deep only the student …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life In the Fifteenth Year of Tiberius Cæsar and under the Pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas - a Voice in the Wilderness
THERE is something grand, even awful, in the almost absolute silence which lies upon the thirty years between the Birth and the first Messianic Manifestation of Jesus. In a narrative like that of the Gospels, this must have been designed; and, if so, affords presumptive evidence of the authenticity of what follows, and is intended to teach, that what had preceded concerned only the inner History of Jesus, and the preparation of the Christ. At last that solemn silence was broken by an appearance, …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah The Worship of the Synagogue
One of the most difficult questions in Jewish history is that connected with the existence of a synagogue within the Temple. That such a "synagogue" existed, and that its meeting-place was in "the hall of hewn stones," at the south-eastern angle of the court of the priest, cannot be called in question, in face of the clear testimony of contemporary witnesses. Considering that "the hall of hew stones" was also the meeting-place for the great Sanhedrim, and that not only legal decisions, but lectures …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life Among the People, and with the Pharisees
It would have been difficult to proceed far either in Galilee or in Judaea without coming into contact with an altogether peculiar and striking individuality, differing from all around, and which would at once arrest attention. This was the Pharisee. Courted or feared, shunned or flattered, reverently looked up to or laughed at, he was equally a power everywhere, both ecclesiastically and politically, as belonging to the most influential, the most zealous, and the most closely-connected religions …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life Covenanting Confers Obligation.
As it has been shown that all duty, and that alone, ought to be vowed to God in covenant, it is manifest that what is lawfully engaged to in swearing by the name of God is enjoined in the moral law, and, because of the authority of that law, ought to be performed as a duty. But it is now to be proved that what is promised to God by vow or oath, ought to be performed also because of the act of Covenanting. The performance of that exercise is commanded, and the same law which enjoins that the duties …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting The Old Testament Canon from Its Beginning to Its Close.
The first important part of the Old Testament put together as a whole was the Pentateuch, or rather, the five books of Moses and Joshua. This was preceded by smaller documents, which one or more redactors embodied in it. The earliest things committed to writing were probably the ten words proceeding from Moses himself, afterwards enlarged into the ten commandments which exist at present in two recensions (Exod. xx., Deut. v.) It is true that we have the oldest form of the decalogue from the Jehovist …
Samuel Davidson—The Canon of the Bible Deuteronomy
Owing to the comparatively loose nature of the connection between consecutive passages in the legislative section, it is difficult to present an adequate summary of the book of Deuteronomy. In the first section, i.-iv. 40, Moses, after reviewing the recent history of the people, and showing how it reveals Jehovah's love for Israel, earnestly urges upon them the duty of keeping His laws, reminding them of His spirituality and absoluteness. Then follows the appointment, iv. 41-43--here irrelevant (cf. …
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