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I call. Figure of speech Deasis. App-6. Compare Deu_31:28.
heaven and earth = the heavens and the earth (always plural and with Hebrew particle 'eth, except Gen_2:1. See note on Deu_1:1). One of the thirteen occurrences of the Hebrew expressions noted in the Massorah. Gen_1:1. Exo_20:11; Exo_31:17. Exo_4:26; Exo_30:19; Exo_31:28. 2Ki_19:15. 2Ch_2:12. Isa_37:16. Jer_23:24; Jer_32:17. Hag_2:6, Hag_2:21.
this day. A solemn idiom, used for great emphasis. Occurs forty-two times (see App-10) in this book: Deu_4:26, Deu_4:39, Deu_4:40; Deu_5:1; Deu_6:6; Deu_7:11; Deu_8:1, Deu_8:11, Deu_8:19; Deu_9:1, Deu_9:3; Deu_10:13; Deu_10:11, Deu_10:2, Deu_10:8, Deu_10:13, Deu_10:26, Deu_10:27, Deu_10:28, Deu_10:32; Deu_13:18; Deu_15:5, Deu_15:15; Deu_19:9; Deu_26:3, Deu_26:16, Deu_26:17, Deu_26:18; Deu_27:1, Deu_27:4, Deu_27:10; Deu_28:1, Deu_28:13, Deu_28:14, Deu_28:15; Deu_30:2, Deu_30:8, Deu_30:11, Deu_30:15, Deu_30:16, Deu_30:18, Deu_30:19; Deu_32:46. It is this Old Testament idiom in Luk_23:43.
destroyed = exterminated. Hebrew. shmad.