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Deuteronomy 4:3,4

Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor. It appears, from this appeal to the spectators of the event, though it is not recorded in the history, that the pestilence and the sword of justice overtook only the guilty in that affair (Numbers 25:1), while the rest of the people were spared. The allusion to that recent and appalling judgment was seasonably made as a powerful dissuasive against idolatry; and the fact mentioned was calculated to make a deep impression on people who knew and felt the truth of it.

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See also Deuteronomy 4:3,4 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. HEARKEN, O ISRAEL! CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Obedience demanded (Deuteronomy 4:1)_ 2. The covenant to be observed (Deuteronomy 4:9) 3. Take heed unto yourselves lest ye forget (Deuteronomy 4:15

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SECOND PART OF MOSES-' FIRST ADDRESS. This contains exhortations to obedience from motives of self-interest and of gratitude to Yahweh, and forms an apparent logical unity with Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deut...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MEN. Hebrew. _ish_. See App-14. Baal-peor. See note on Deuteronomy 3:29 and Numbers 25:1; Numbers 25:9; Psalms 106:28;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Your eyes have seen_ Cp. Deuteronomy 3:21. _because of Baal-peor_ Heb. _in Ba-al-Pe-or_(in Beth-Ba-al-Pe-or), a place-name as in Hosea 9:10; cp. Deuteronomy 3:29. The sin and its punishment are relat...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Enforcement of the Impending Legislation The main purpose of the discourse, the enforcement of the Laws about to be given, for on the practice of these depends Israel's survival in the Land (Deuteron...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    LESSON FOUR DEUTERONOMY 4:1-43 B. SIGNIFICANCE OF PAST EVENTS (Deuteronomy 4:1-40) 1. BLESSINGS PROMISED FOR THOSE WHO HEED GOD'S ALL-SUFFICIENT LAW (Deuteronomy 4:1-8) a. PROSPERIT

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    4:3 Baal-Peor; (c-10) Baal-Peor, (c-17) Or 'the Baal of Peor.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    EXHORTATIONS TO OBEDIENCE This chapter contains the practical part of the discourse. Having briefly rehearsed the experiences of the Israelites in the wilderness up to the present point, Moses closes...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BECAUSE OF BAAL-PEOR] see Numbers 25:1....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    YOUR EYES HAVE SEEN. — Literally, _your eyes are they that see_ — _i.e.,_ you are witnesses of these things. The men who perished by the plague because of the iniquity of Beth peor — to the number of...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ הָֽ רֹאֹ֔ת אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר ־עָשָׂ֥ה י

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    On the ground of this survey Moser exhorted the people to be obedient, His appeal was based on the greatness of their God and the perfection of His law. Their whole existence as a nation centered arou...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Your (d) eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. (d) God's judgments executed on other idola...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Among you, when the guilty Israelites and the Madianites were slain, Numbers xxv., and xxxi._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Compare this with Numbers 25:4....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    3._Your eyes have seen what the Lord did. _This enlargement more clearly shews that so conspicuous was the example given in the punishment, that it could not be hidden from even the most ignorant; for...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, 3, AND 4. Let us examine a little more closely these Chapter s, which shew the pains the Spirit took, to set before the eyes of the people all the moti...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Are alive every one of you this day_ A singular providence watched over them, to preserve them in such good healthy that not one of so many thousands was dead since that time. Nor, in the war with th...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 An Exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses appointeth the three Cities of refuge on that side Iordan. 1 NOWE therefore hearken, O Israel, vnto the Statutes, and vnto the Iudgments which I teach you, fo...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Moses Reminds the People of the Law-Giving....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    Now therefore hearken O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgements which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 4:3 eyes H5869 seen H7200 (H8802) LORD H3068 did H6213 (H8804) Peor H1187 LORD H3068 God...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 4. MOSES URGES THEM TO RESPOND FULLY TO YAHWEH'S COVENANT AND REMEMBER WITH WHAT GLORY AND POWER IT CAME. Having established the certainty of their successful entry into the land Moses now fol...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The new generations taught the lessons of Sinai. Cities of refuge designated. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The review of God's providences concerning us should quicken us and engage...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 4:2. _Ye shall not add unto the word._ This would be to debase revelation, and treat the divine law as a defective production of man, that needed additions and retrenchments. Solon, the At...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 4:3 YOUR EYES HAVE SEEN. See also Deuteronomy 3:21. BAAL-PEOR. See...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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