BY FOOT: A method of irrigation in which the farmer dug
little channels in the soil and dammed them up with earth. Then, to irrigate a
new section of the field, he would merely kick away a bit of earth.
Deu 11:18
Vv 18-25: A summary of the exposition of the commandments:
V 18: Deu 6:6-8. V 19: Deu 6:7; 4:9,10. V 20: Deu 6:9. V 21: Deu 6:21; 4:40. V 22: Deu 6:17-20. V 23: Deu 4:38; 9:1,2. V 24: Deu 1:7,8. V 25: Deu 2:24,25; 7:23,24.
Deu 11:30
THE GREAT TREES: "Elon". Root "strength" or "oak". The
Heb is consistently translated "tree(s)" in NIV, but "plain" in Gen 12:6; 13:18;
14:13; 18:1; Deu 11:30. Cp also Jdg 4:11; 9:6,37; 1Sa 10:3.