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A full stop should end Deuteronomy 4:9; and Deuteronomy 4:10 begin, At
the time that thou stoodest, etc. Deuteronomy 4:11 then ye came near,
etc. Moses, exhorting to heedful observance of the La
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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
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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...
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SPECIALLY. Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6. Might be supplied by
the word "Remember".
HOREB. Occurs three times before Deut. (viz. Exodus 3:1; Exodus 17:6;
Exodus 33:6). Sinai is the general word,...
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Against Idolatry
The truth that is beneath the whole Law: God is revealed not in
images, but by words and deeds of redemption. Warned to lay their
experience to heart (Deuteronomy 4:9), Israel are re...
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_the day_ Governed by _lest thou forget_in Deuteronomy 4:9; or an acc.
of time.
_thou stoodest before … thy God_ So Sam., the nation being still
regarded as an individual; LXX _ye stood_.
_Assemble...
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_VER._ 10, 11, 12. _THOU STOODEST BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD_— See on
ch. Deuteronomy 1:9. _Unto the midst of heaven,_ ver. 11 is, in the
Heb. _in the heart of heaven, i.e. in the air._ So Tyre is said t...
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2. THE TEMPTATION TO FORGET GOD'S UNIQUE REVELATION (Deuteronomy
4:9-31)
a. GOD APPEARED AT HOREB BY WORD, NOT BY PHYSICAL FORM (Deuteronomy
4:9-14)
9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul dil...
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_SPECIALLY THE DAY THAT THOU STOODEST BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD IN
HOREB, WHEN THE LORD SAID UNTO ME, GATHER ME THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND
I WILL MAKE THEM HEAR MY WORDS, THAT THEY MAY LEARN TO FEAR ME AL...
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FIRST DISCOURSE (DEUTERONOMY 1:14 TO DEUTERONOMY 4:43)
The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The
Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the
Promised Land...
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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...
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See Exodus 19:20; Exodus 24:3. At Mt. Sinai the people entered into a
national covenant with Jehovah their Redeemer, promising to keep the
Law delivered unto them there....
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DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE
LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD
DEUTERONOMY
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 4
V1 ‘Therefore, everyone in *Israel, listen to the rules and the
laws that I will teach to you...
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THE DAY THAT THOU STOODEST BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD IN HOREB. — The
Church of Israel dated from Sinai, as the Church of Christ does from
Pentecost. It is noticeable that the giving of the Law appears t...
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יֹ֗ום אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָמַ֜דְתָּ לִ פְנֵ֨י
יְהוָ֣ה אֱ
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MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES
Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...
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“TAKE HEED TO THYSELF”
Deuteronomy 3:23; Deuteronomy 4:1
Strong faith was required by the two and a half tribes to leave their
wives and children while they went to succor their brethren. But God's
c...
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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...
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The part of Israel's history, which Moses here referred to, hath been
already commented upon. To that I refer: See Exodus 19:18. But,
Reader, we never can sufficiently attend to this interesting part...
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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...
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10._The day _(227) _that thou stoodest. _The word _day _might be taken
in the accusative, as if in apposition. It is, at any rate, clear that
he explains more fully what he had briefly alluded to befo...
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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...
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SPECIALLY THE DAY THAT THOU STOODEST BEFORE THE LORD IN HOREB,....
Above all things Moses would have them take care not to forget the day
the law was given from Mount Sinai, which was so awful and sol...
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Deuteronomy 4:10 [Specially] the day that thou stoodest before the
LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the
people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may
l...
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_Only take heed_ Their only danger was, lest they should grow careless
and unmindful of all the wonderful things that God had done for them;
for which reason he would have every Israelite to make thes...
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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...
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MOSES INSISTS ON OBEDIENCE
(vs.1-14)
Because God had already blessed Israel and intended to bless them more
greatly still. Moses urges them to "listen to the statutes and
judgments" he is teaching th...
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1-23 The power and love of God to Israel are here made the ground and
reason of a number of cautions and serious warnings; and although
there is much reference to their national covenant, yet all may...
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Some of them stood in Horeb in their own persons, though then they
were but young; the rest stood then in the loins of their parents, in
whom they may well be said to stand there, because they are sai...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 4:10 day H3117 stood H5975 (H8804) before H6440 LORD H3068
God H430 Horeb H2722 LORD H3068 said...
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THEY ARE EVER TO REMEMBER THE GREAT AND WONDROUS EXPERIENCE OF HOREB
(SINAI) AND TAKE NOTE OF HIS STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS (DEUTERONOMY
4:10).
Moses now stressed the importance of the Sinai/Horeb experi...
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FEAR
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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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...
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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...
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_Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the
judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go
in and possess the land._
MOSES’ DISCOURSE
1. In general it is...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 4:10 To FEAR the Lord means to
respect, obey, and worship him.
⇐...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—From the mention of what God had done for Israel,
Moses passes to the obedience of the law. They were under deep
obligation to keep it, and in doing so, consisted their wisdom,
greatne...
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EXPOSITION
DEUTERONOMY 4:1
ADMONITIONS AND EXHORTATIONS. Moses, having presented to the people
certain facts in their recent history which had in them a specially
animating and encouraging tendency,...
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NOW therefore (Deuteronomy 4:1)
Moses is now making application.
NOW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and to the
judgments, which I teach you, to do them, that you may live, and go in
a...
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1 Samuel 12:24; Deuteronomy 5:2; Deuteronomy 5:29; Ecclesiastes 12:13;...
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PARTING WORDS
Deuteronomy 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It is, perhaps, strange to some that we speak of the fourth chapter of
Deuteronomy as "Parting words," yet the whole Book of Deuteronomy
centers in t...
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Thou stoodest — Some of them stood there in their own persons,
though then they were but young, the rest in the loins of their
parents....
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Was the law given at Horeb or at Mt. Sinai?
PROBLEM: Exodus 19:11 affirms that Moses received the Law at “Mt.
Sinai” (cf. v. 18). But here in Deuteronomy 4:10 it claims that
Moses got it “in Horeb.”...