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**If, &c.** Beginning of Moses' fourth address. See note on [Deuteronomy 1:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/1) .

**proveth:** i.e. suffereth you to be proved. Hebrew idiom, which speaks of doing what one allows to be done.
**your soul** = yourself. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**cleave.** Compare [Deuteronomy 10:20](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/20) .

**bondage** = bondmen. See note on [Deuteronomy 5:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/6) . eleven times in this book.
**So shalt thou put. . . away.** This expression occurs put . . . away. Hebrew. *ba'ar,* to burn up in order to clear out.
**the evil** = the wicked thing. Hebrew. *ra'a.* App-44 .

**own soul** = own self. Hebrew. *nephesh* , Hebrew. *nephesh* . App-13 .
**entice . . . secretly.** Both (Hebrew) words used here.

**eye.** Figure of speech *Prosopopoeia,* App-6 .

**wickedness.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.*

**hath given** = giveth.

**men.** Hebrew, plural of ' *ish* or *'enosh.* App-14 .
**children** = sons.
**Belial.** First occurrence. A word denoting all that is wicked and worthless; hopeless, as to character and destiny. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy,* App-6 , for the Evil One as the instigator of all the uncleanness of heathenism. Compare [2 Corinthians 6:15](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/6/15) .

**diligently** = thoroughly. Occurs only here and [Deuteronomy 17:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/17/4) ; [Deuteronomy 19:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/19/18) .
**behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .

**destroying** = exterminating. Hebrew. *haram* .
**edge.** Hebrew "mouth". Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), App-6 , for edge.

**burn** = burn up. Hebrew. *saraph.*
**heap for ever.** Compare [Joshua 8:28](../../../kjv/joshua/8/28) .

**cursed** = devoted [to destruction]. Compare [Joshua 6:18](../../../kjv/joshua/6/18) ; [Joshua 7:1](../../../kjv/joshua/7/1) .
**as** = according as.

**this day.** See note on [Deuteronomy 4:26](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/26) .

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