Deuteronomy 26:15
in Deuteronomy 26Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
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ASV
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the ground which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
KJV
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 26
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The first was appropriated to the Levites (Nu 18:21). The second, being the tenth of what remained, was brought to Jerusalem in kind; or it was converted into money, and the owner, on arriving in the capital, purchased sheep, bread, and oil (De 14:22, 23).
This site's exposition
I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning
on Deuteronomy 26:14-15
Clarke reads the third denial, offering any of it “for the dead”, as food given to an idol. The idol was often a dead man made a god.
This site's exposition
Look down from Your holy habitation
Henry marks the LORD looking down from heaven as a condescension toward even so great a people as Israel. Wesley notes that the prayer to bless comes only after the vow of obedience in verse 14. Psalm 67:6 joins the land's produce to the same blessing.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Look down - After that solemn profession of their obedience to God's commands, they are taught to pray for God's blessing whereby they are instructed how vain and ineffectual the prayers of unrighteous or disobedient persons are.
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven,....
We must learn hence to be public-spirited in prayer, and to wrestle with God for blessings for the land and nation, our English Israel, and for the universal church, which we are directed to have an eye to in our prayers, as the Israel of God, Gal. vi. In this prayer we are taught, 1.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Even though the avowal. The “avowal was recited at the time of the Afternoon Offering on the last day of Passover, in the fourth and seventh years of the Sabbatical cycle.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַשְׁקִיפָה֩ | hashkifah | look down ! | H8259 → | |
| מִמְּע֨וֹן | mimeon | from [the] habitation of | H4583 → | |
| קָדְשְׁךָ֜ | kodshecha | holiness your | H6944 → | 469 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| וּבָרֵ֤ךְ | uvarekh | and bless | H1288 → | 330 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַמְּךָ֙ | ʾamekha | people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאֲדָמָ֔ה | haadamah | the land | H127 → | 225 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתַ֖תָּה | natatah | you have given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָ֑נוּ | lanu | to <the> us | ||
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙ | nishba'ta | you swore | H7650 → | 186 times |
| לַאֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ | laavoteinu | to ancestors our | H1 → | 1212 times |
| אֶ֛רֶץ | ʾeretz | a land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| זָבַ֥ת | zavat | flowing of | H2100 → | 42 times |
| חָלָ֖ב | chalav | milk | H2461 → | 44 times |
| וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ ס | udevash | and honey | H1706 → | 54 times |
הַשְׁקִיפָה֩look down !
hashkifahH8259 →
מִמְּע֨וֹןfrom [the] habitation of
mimeonH4583 →
קָדְשְׁךָ֜holiness your
kodshechaH6944 →469 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַשָּׁמַ֗יִםthe heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
וּבָרֵ֤ךְand bless
uvarekhH1288 →330 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עַמְּךָ֙people your
ʾamekhaH5971 →1873 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָאֲדָמָ֔הthe land
haadamahH127 →225 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָתַ֖תָּהyou have given
natatahH5414 →2011 times
לָ֑נוּto <the> us
lanu
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙you swore
nishba'taH7650 →186 times
לַאֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּto ancestors our
laavoteinuH1 →1212 times
אֶ֛רֶץa land
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
זָבַ֥תflowing of
zavatH2100 →42 times
חָלָ֖בmilk
chalavH2461 →44 times
וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ סand honey
udevashH1706 →54 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 7:49‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?
it leads to
- Isaiah 66:1
This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 11:4
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- John 4:21
“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 66:1
Through
1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 23:24
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 2:6
But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as…
- 2 Chronicles 6:18
But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- Acts 7:48–49
However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
- Jeremiah 23:24
Through
Zechariah 2:13Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
it leads to
- Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
- Habakkuk 2:20
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.