Commentary for Deuteronomy 7:19
הַמַּסֹּ֨ת הַגְּדֹלֹ֜ת אֲשֶׁר־רָא֣וּ עֵינֶ֗יךָ וְהָאֹתֹ֤ת וְהַמֹּֽפְתִים֙ וְהַיָּ֤ד הַחֲזָקָה֙ וְהַזְּרֹ֣עַ הַנְּטוּיָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הוֹצִֽאֲךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ כֵּֽן־יַעֲשֶׂ֞ה יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ לְכָל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה יָרֵ֖א מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃
the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out; so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid.
Rashi on Deuteronomy
המסות means, THE TRIALS (cf. Rashi on 4:34).
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Siftei Chakhamim
This refers to the pestilence. As it is written (Shmos 9:3), “Behold the hand of Adonoy is directed at your livestock, etc.”
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Rav Hirsch on Torah
V. 19. המסות וגו׳, es hat dir Gott von allen Seiten seiner Waltung bereits gleichsam Proben abgelegt (מסות), Erkenntnismittel seiner Wesenheit und Allmacht (אתות), Belehrung und Besserung bezweckende Schickungen (מופתים), wie er das, was er sein nennt, sich nicht entreißen lässt (יד חזקה), und wie seine Macht über alle Menschenmacht hinausreicht (כן יעשה .(זרוע נטויה, ganz in derselben Weise, wie bei deinem Auszuge aus Mizrajim, wird sich Gott dir bei deinem Einzuge in Kanaan erweisen.
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Rashi on Deuteronomy
והאתת AND THE SIGNS, for example (Exodus 4:3) “and it became a serpent”, and (Exodus 4:9) “It became blood on the dry land”. ...
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Siftei Chakhamim
This is a reference to the sword of the plague of (the Egyptian) first born. As it is written, “And his [the angel’s] sword was drawn in his extended arm upon Yerushalayim (Divrei Hayomim I 21:16).” Some explain this verse simply — that it refers to the sword Hashem had used to smite the first born. Others explain that the first born smote their fathers. For the first born knew they would be smitten because of the Jewish People, so they told their fathers to expel them from Egypt. Their fathers did not listen, so they [fought against their fathers and] killed thousands of them. And this is stated in the verse, “Who smote Egypt through their first born (Tehillim 136:10).” (Kolbo and Avudrohom).
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Rashi on Deuteronomy
והמפתים AND THE WONDERS, viz., the wondrous plagues.
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Rashi on Deuteronomy
והיה החזקה AND THE STRONG HAND — this refers to the pestilence (Sifrei Bamidbar 115:1; cf. the Passover Haggadah).
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Rashi on Deuteronomy
והזרע הנטיה AND THE OUTSTRETCHED ARM, this refers to the sword for the smiting of the firstborn (Exodus 4:23).
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