Deuteronomy 31:13

And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
children	וּבְנֵיהֶ֞ם u.ve.nei.Hem	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
known	יָדְע֗וּ ya.de.'U	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
hear	יִשְׁמְעוּ֙ yish.me.'U	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
learn	וְלָ֣מְד֔וּ ve.La.me.Du	H3925	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
fear	לְיִרְאָ֖ה le.yir.'Ah	H3372	to fear · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
as	הַיָּמִ֗ים hai.ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
live	חַיִּים֙ chai.Yim	H2416	alive · adjective, masculine plural absolute
land	הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה ha.'a.da.Mah	H127	soil (from its general redness) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
over	עֹבְרִ֧ים 'oe.Rim	H5674	to cross over · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
Jordan	הַיַּרְדֵּ֛ן hai.yar.Den	H3383	Jarden · definite article + proper noun, a place name
possess	לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ le.rish.Tah	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 11:2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God…
Deuteronomy 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by th…
Psalms 78:4-8 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful wo…
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 31:9-13

The law was given by Moses; so it is said, Joh 1:17. He was not only entrusted to deliver it to that generation, but to transmit it to the generations to come; and here it appears that he was faithful to that trust. I. Moses wrote this law, Deu 31:9. The learned bishop Patrick understands this of all the five books of Moses, which are often called the law; he supposes that though Moses had written most of the Pentateuch before, yet he did not finish it till now; now he put his last hand to that sacred volume. Many think that the law here (especially since it is called this law, this grand abridgment of the law) is to be understood of this book of Deuteronomy; all those discourses to the peop…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 31:10

At the end of every seven years, . . . thou shalt read this law--At the return of the sabbatic year and during the feast of tabernacles, the law was to be publicly read. This order of Moses was a future and prospective arrangement; for the observance of the sabbatic year did not commence till the conquest and peaceful occupation of Canaan. The ordinance served several important purposes. For, while the people had opportunities of being instructed in the law every Sabbath and daily in their own homes, this public periodical rehearsal at meetings in the courts of the sanctuary, where women and children of twelve years were present (as they usually were at the great festivals), was calculated t…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 31:13

And that their children, which have not known anything,.... Of God and of his law and of their duty to God, to their parents, and the rest of their fellow creatures: may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God; hear the law of God, learn the meaning of it, and so be brought up in the fear, nurture, and admonition of the Lord, and serve him their Creator in the days of their youth: as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it; this being a means to continue the fear, service, and worship of God in their posterity, and so of their long continuance in the land of Canaan.

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy — In all the Hebrew manuscripts the Pentateuch (q.v.) forms one roll or volume divided into larger and smaller sections called parshioth_ and _sedarim. It is not easy to say when it was divided into…
Geber — A valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon’s purveyors, having jurisdiction over a part of Gilead, comprising all the kingdom of Sihon and part of the kingdom of Og (Deut. 2; 31).
Hilkiah — Portion of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:54. (2.) 1 Chr. 26:11. (3.) The father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37). (4.) The father of Gemariah (Jer. 29:3). (5.) The father of the prophet Jeremiah (1:1).…
Children · Should be: Instructed in the ways of God — Should be: Instructed in the ways of God
Feast Of Sabbatical Year, The · Enactments respecting: Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles — Enactments respecting: Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles
Law Of Moses, The · Publicly read: At the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatical year — Publicly read: At the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatical year
Sabbatic Year · Ordinances concerning instruction in the law during — Ordinances concerning instruction in the law during
School · Like a Bible school — Like a Bible school
Scriptures, The · Should be: Read publicly to ALL — Should be: Read publicly to ALL
Word Of God · To be read publicly — To be read publicly

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 31:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 31:9-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 31:10

John Gill on Deuteronomy 31:13

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 31:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 31:9-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 31:10

John Gill on Deuteronomy 31:13

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 31:10-13

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 31:1-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 31:12

Rashi on Deuteronomy 31:12