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**and to do.** No "and" in Hebrew text, but it is read in some codices with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.
**this day.** See note on [Deuteronomy 4:26](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/26) .
**above all nations.** See [Deuteronomy 26:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/19) .

**these blessings.** Figure of speech *Hypotyposis.* App-6 .

**Blessed.** Figure of speech *Anaphora.* App-6 . "Blessed" six times. Compare note on "Cursed", [Deuteronomy 27:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/27/15) .

**basket.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject) for its contents.
**store** = kneading-troughs, put for the dough in them.

**comest in.** Compare [Psalms 121:8](../../../kjv/psalms/121/8) .

**storehouses** = barns. Hebrew. *'aSamaritan Pentateuch* Occurs only here and [Proverbs 3:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/3/10) .
**settest thine hand** = lettest thine hand go forth. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause) for all that is wrought by it. App-6 .
**hand.** Some codices, with three early printed editions, Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Vulgate, read "hands".

**holy.** See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .
**as** = according as.

**people** = Peoples.

**in goods** = for good; or, in that which is good.
**thy ground** = thy soil.
**in the land** = on the soil. Hebrew. *adamah* .

**season.** Compare [Deuteronomy 11:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/11/14) .
**hand.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "hands".
**lend.** Compare [Deuteronomy 15:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/15/6) and [Proverbs 22:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/7) .

**the head, and not the tail.** Figure of speech *Pleonasm* ( App-6 ) for great emphasis.
**above . . . and not beneath.** Figure of speech *Pleonasm.* See note above.

**go aside.** Compare [Deuteronomy 17:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/17/11) , [Deuteronomy 17:20](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/17/20) . [Proverbs 4:27](../../../kjv/proverbs/4/27) .

**statutes.** See note on [Deuteronomy 4:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/1) .
**these curses.** Figure of speech *Hypotyposis.* App-6 .

**pestilence.** Probably true Oriental plague.
**land** = soil. Hebrew. *'adamah.*

**consumption.** Probably phthisis.
**fever.** Probably a continued fever of some kind.
**inflammation.** Probably the rigor and heat of malarial intermittent fever.
**extreme burning.** Probably prickly-heat.

**shall cause.** Note the fulfilment of verses: [Deuteronomy 28:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/25) , [Deuteronomy 28:37](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/37) , [Deuteronomy 28:46](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/46) , Deu 25:48 , Deu 25:49 , Deu 25:50 , Deu 25:52 , Deu 25:62 , reaching down to the present day.

**thy carcase.** Septuagint *hoi nekroi,* with article, denoting corpses as distinct from the people who are dead.
**unto all fowls.** Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "for the bird".
**fray** = frighten (Old English).

**botch** = elephantiasis.
**emerods** = Old English spelling of modern Hemorrhoids. or "piles". Written "posteriors" in Hebrew text, but read "tumours" by way of Figure of speech *Euphemism.*
**scab** = aggravated psoriasis.
**itch** = prurigo.

**lie with.** Hebrew. *Euphemism* for "ravish".

**might** = power. Hebrew. *'el.* App-4 .
**hand.** Some codices, with three early printed editions and Syriac, read plural, "hands".

**labours.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause) for the result or fruit of them. App-6 .

**nations** = peoples. Compare [1 Kings 9:8](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/8) . [Psalms 44:13](../../../kjv/psalms/44/13) , [Psalms 44:14](../../../kjv/psalms/44/14) .

**locust.** Hebrew. *'arbeh.* Used of the Egyptian plague. [Exodus 10:4](../../../kjv/exodus/10/4) , &c.

**coasts** = borders, or confines.

**locust** = grasshopper. Hebrew. *zelazal,* from noise of its wings.
**consume.** Hebrew possess.

**very high.** Hebrew "high, high". Figure of speech *Epizeuxis.* App-6 .
**very low.** Hebrew "low, low". Figure of speech *Epizeuxis.* App-6 . Compare the Figure of speech [Isaiah 26:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/3) .

**statutes.** See note on [Deuteronomy 4:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/1) .

**for ever.** Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Whole). App-6 . The whole of time put for a part of it.

**yoke of iron.** Put by Figure of speech for a heavy yoke or a grievous bondage.

**thee.** The judgments that follow are for "the Jew first", but also for the Gentile. Compare [Isaiah 13:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/9) . [Romans 2:7-10](../../../kjv/romans/2/7-10) .
**as** = according as.

**of fierce countenance.** Hebrew = strong of face: "strong" put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct) for boldness or fierceness. Compare [Isaiah 5:26-29](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/26-29) .

**wine.** Hebrew. *tirosh.* See App-27 . Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac, read "or new wine".

**eat.** Compare [Jeremiah 19:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/9) .

**adventure.** Old English idiom for "venture to go".

**written.** See note on [Exodus 17:14](../../../kjv/exodus/17/14) .
**this book.** See App-47 , and Compare [Deuteronomy 28:61](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/61) below.
**name.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct) for Him who bears it. App-6 .

**the book of this law** = this book of the law. Compare [Deuteronomy 28:58](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/58) . [Deuteronomy 29:21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/29/21) ; [Deuteronomy 30:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/30/10) . [2 Kings 22:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/22/13) , and App-47 .

**all people** = all kinds of peoples. Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Genus).

**mind.** Hebrew. *nephesh,* soul. App-13 .

**fear.** Hebrew. *Homonym* : *pahad* , to fear, here and [Job 23:15](../../../kjv/job/23/15) ; but = rejoice, [Isaiah 60:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/5) .

**Would God.** Figure of speech *Eu* c *h* e. App-6 .

**into Egypt.** So [Hosea 8:13](../../../kjv/hosea/8/13) ; [Hosea 9:3](../../../kjv/hosea/9/3) . May be put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* for servitude.
**ships.** Second occurrence in O.T. See [Genesis 49:13](../../../kjv/genesis/49/13) .
**sold** = put up for sale.
**buy you.** This is the end of Moses' fifth address. See note on [Deuteronomy 1:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/6) .

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