John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 11:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And that ye may prolong your days in the land, etc.] Not only enter it, and take possession of it, but continue in it long, which depended upon their obedience to the laws of God: which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed; had promised with an oath, so that they might be assured of the enjoyment of it, though they could not be of their continuance in it, unless they obeyed the divine commands: a land that floweth with milk and honey; abounds with all good things, whose fruits are fat as milk, and sweet as honey; so the Targum of Jonathan.

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