Deuteronomy 9:3

Understand therefore this day ; rather, And thou knowest today or now. The expression corresponds to Deuteronomy 9:1 , "Thou art to pass … and thou knowest." In the victory they had obtained over Sihon and Og, they had already had experience of the Lord's going before them, and leading them on in triumph. The repetition of the He in this verse is very emphatic. Consuming fire (cf. Deuteronomy 4:24 ). Quickly , or suddenly . There is no contradiction here of what is said in Deuteronomy 7:22 ; for there the reference is to the possession of the land by Israel, here it is to the destruction which was to come on the Canaanites—the former was to be by degrees, the latter was to come suddenly and overwhelmingly. As Jehovah hath said unto thee (cf. Exodus 23:23 , Exodus 23:27 , etc.; Deuteronomy 2:24 , etc.).