Deu 31:16-18 | TSK | e4.org | thou shalt ; ; ; sleep Heb. lie down, Shochaiv , "lying down:" it signifies to rest, take rest in sleep, and metaphorically, to die. Though much stress cannot be safely laid upon this expression to prove the immortality of the soul, or that the people, in the time of Moses, had a distinct notion of its separate existence; yet is was understood in this sense by Jonathan, who paraphrases the words thus: "Thou shalt lie down in the dust with thy fathers; and thy soul ( nishmatoch ) shall be laid up in the treasury of the life to come, with thy fathers." and go a , ; ; ; , ; ; ; , , , ; ; , forsake me ; , , ; break my ; ;

‏ Deuteronomy 31:16-18

thou shalt Gen 25:8; 2Sam 7:12; Isa 57:2; Acts 13:36

sleep Heb. lie down, Shochaiv, "lying down:" it signifies to rest, take rest in sleep, and metaphorically, to die. Though much stress cannot be safely laid upon this expression to prove the immortality of the soul, or that the people, in the time of Moses, had a distinct notion of its separate existence; yet is was understood in this sense by Jonathan, who paraphrases the words thus: "Thou shalt lie down in the dust with thy fathers; and thy soul (nishmatoch) shall be laid up in the treasury of the life to come, with thy fathers." Job 20:11

and go a Exod 32:6, Exod 34:15; Lev 20:3-6; Judg 2:17-20; Ps 73:27, Ps 106:39; Isa 57:3-8; Jer 3:1-3; Ezek 16:15, Ezek 16:25-36, Ezek 23:5-8, Ezek 23:9-21; Hos 2:2-5; Rev 17:2-5, Rev 19:2

forsake me Deut 32:15; Judg 2:12, Judg 10:6, Judg 10:13; Jer 2:11-13

break my Lev 26:15; Judg 2:20; Jer 31:32

my anger Deut 29:20, Deut 32:21-22; Judg 2:14-15; Ps 2:12, Ps 90:11

I will forsake 1Chr 28:9; 2Chr 15:2; Jer 23:33, Jer 23:39; Hos 9:12

hide my face Though this may allude to the withdrawing of the Shechinah, or visible appearance of Jehovah, yet the general meaning of the expression in Scripture is, the withdrawing of his approbation and protection, of which his visible appearance was formerly the sign and pledge. Deut 32:20; Job 13:24; Ps 27:9, Ps 30:7, Ps 89:46, Ps 104:29; Isa 8:17, Isa 64:7; Ezek 39:23-24, Ezek 39:29

befall them Heb. find them, Neh 9:32 *marg. Job 34:11

Are not these Deut 29:24-27; Num 14:42; Judg 6:13; Isa 63:17

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