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Verse Deuteronomy 4:20. _OUT OF THE IRON FURNACE_] From this mention
of the word _iron furnace_ there can be little doubt that the
Israelites were employed in Egypt in the most laborious works of
_met...
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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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IRON FURNACE. Compare Genesis 15:17. Ex. Deuteronomy 3:2; Deuteronomy
3:3; 1 Kings 8:51.
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_But_, etc.] Heb. _But you_, emphatic, _hath Jehovah taken_. Israel,
so taken and redeemed, must worship Him alone.
_out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt_ Cp. the deuteronomic 1 Kings
8:51 and Jeremi...
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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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_VER._ 20. _IRON FURNACE_— The same phrase is used, 1 Kings 8:51 and
Jeremiah 11:4 to express the most cruel servitude, wherein God
suffered them to be tried, like metals in a furnace of iron. Moses,...
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b. WARNING AGAINST MAKING PHYSICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF GOD OR GODS
(Deuteronomy 4:15-24)
15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner
of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto...
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_BUT THE LORD HATH TAKEN YOU, AND BROUGHT YOU FORTH OUT OF THE IRON
FURNACE, EVEN OUT OF EGYPT, TO BE UNTO HIM A PEOPLE OF INHERITANCE, AS
YE ARE THIS DAY._
But the Lord hath ... brought you forth ou...
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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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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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וְ אֶתְכֶם֙ לָקַ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה וַ
יֹּוצִ֥א אֶתְכֶ
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MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES
Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...
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JEHOVAH “A JEALOUS GOD”
Deuteronomy 4:15
How often Moses repeats, “ _take heed._ ” We must watch as well as
pray and keep our souls diligently. We must specially beware of
idols-that is, any visible...
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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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But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the (n) iron
furnace, [even] out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance,
as [ye are] this day.
(n) He has delivered you out of most...
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_Furnace. This expression gives us some idea of the cruelties to which
the Hebrews had been exposed, 3 Kings viii. 41. Iron and other metals
were melted in furnaces: Hebrew cur, Ezechiel xxii. 20. In...
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I would have the Reader observe with me, how Moses delights to harp
upon that string of distinguishing mercy. The instances of it are very
many, through all the parts of the history. See it repeated i...
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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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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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BUT THE LORD HATH TAKEN YOU, AND BROUGHT YOU FORTH OUT OF THE IRON
FURNACE,.... The allusion is to the trying and melting of metals, and
fleeing them from dross, by putting them into furnaces strongly...
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_The Lord hath taken you_ Of his own free mercy, unmerited by you; and
_brought you forth out of the iron furnace_ The furnace wherein iron
and other metals are melted, to which Egypt is compared, fro...
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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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But the Lord hath taken you and brought you forth out of their on
furnace, a significant picture of the most severe misery and
oppression, EVEN OUT OF EGYPT, TO BE UNTO HIM A PEOPLE OF INHERITANCE,
AS...
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WARNING AGAINST IDOLATRY...
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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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i.e. The furnace wherein iron and other metals are melted, to which
Egypt is fitly compared, not only for the torment and misery which
they there endured, but also because they were thoroughly tried a...
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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 4:20 LORD H3068 taken H3947 (H8804) out H3318 (H8686) iron
H1270 furnace H3564 Egypt H4714 people
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THEY ARE TO REMEMBER THAT YAHWEH IS WITHOUT FORM, AND IS A CONSUMING
FIRE, AND MUST THEREFORE AVOID MAKING ANY GRAVEN IMAGE FOR WORSHIP
PURPOSES FOR THAT WOULD BE TO ADULTERATE AND MISREPRESENT YAHWEH...
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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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_The Lord hath taken you._
, to be unto Him a people of inheritance.
THE CHOSEN OF THE LORD
I. The people alluded to.
1. The title they may claim. “The chosen of God.”
2. The mercy shown. “The Lo...
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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 4:20 The people should worship the
Lord because he saved them from slavery in Egypt (IRON FURNACE; see
also 1 Kings 8:51;...
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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 Kings 8:51; 1 Peter 2:9; Deuteronomy 32:9; Deuteronomy 9:26;...
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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...