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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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EVEN TEN. Hebrew the ten.
WROTE. See note on Exodus 17:14. only here and Deuteronomy 10:4 in
Deut. See also App-47....
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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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_AND HE DECLARED UNTO YOU HIS COVENANT, WHICH HE COMMANDED YOU TO
PERFORM, EVEN TEN COMMANDMENTS; AND HE WROTE THEM UPON TWO TABLES OF
STONE._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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HIS COVENANT... TEN COMMANDMENTS. — See on Deuteronomy 5.
HE WROTE THEM. — See on Deuteronomy 10:2....
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וַ יַּגֵּ֨ד לָכֶ֜ם אֶת ־בְּרִיתֹ֗ו
אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִ
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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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And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to (k)
perform, [even] ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of
stone.
(k) God joins this condition to his covenant....
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Stone. Josephus (Antiquities iii. 4, 6,) says, that each table
contained five precepts, two and a half being inscribed on one side.
The Jews now suppose that four appeared on one table, and six on the...
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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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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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AND HE DECLARED UNTO YOU HIS COVENANT,.... So the law was called,
because it contained, on the part of God, things which he would have
done or avoided, to which were annexed promises of long life and...
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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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And he declared unto you His covenant which He commanded you to
perform, even ten commandments, Exodus 20:1; Exodus 34:28; AND HE
WROTE THEM UPON TWO TABLES OF STONE. The covenant consisted
essentiall...
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Moses Reminds the People of the Law-Giving....
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 4:13 declared H5046 (H8686) covenant H1285 commanded H6680
(H8765) perform H6213 (H8800) Ten H6235
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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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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 4:13 The TEN COMMANDMENTS
(literally, “Ten Words”) are a concise summary of the Sinai
COVENANT (Ex
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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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2 Corinthians 3:7; Deuteronomy 10:1; Deuteronomy 10:4; Deuteronomy
5:1;...
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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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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.”...