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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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FORBIDDEN THEE. Hebrew. _zivvah,_. Homonym. to command, and to forbid.
Here it. forbid, also in Judges 13:14, where it is wrongly rendered
"command"....
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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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_FURTHERMORE THE LORD WAS ANGRY WITH ME FOR YOUR SAKES, AND SWARE THAT
I SHOULD NOT GO OVER JORDAN, AND THAT I SHOULD NOT GO IN UNTO THAT
GOOD LAND, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE FOR AN INHERITAN...
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4:23 forbidden (a-34) Lit. 'bidden,' as ch. 2.37...
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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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(21-23) THE LORD WAS ANGRY WITH ME FOR YOUR SAKES... I MUST DIE IN
THIS LAND... BUT YE SHALL GO OVER... TAKE HEED UNTO YOURSELVES. —
The argument appears to be this: “I cannot go with you to warn you;...
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הִשָּׁמְר֣וּ לָכֶ֗ם פֶּֽן
־תִּשְׁכְּחוּ֙ אֶת ־בְּרִ֤ית...
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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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_Made. Hebrew, "and make to thyself a sculpture, the likeness of any
thing which the Lord thy God commanded thee." He ordered them to
abstain from idolatry. (Du Hamel)_...
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Observe the vast earnestness of the Sacred Preacher in the arguments
he adopts to interest the feelings of the people; and how he dwells,
again and again, upon the same very powerful motives to induce...
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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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23._Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget. _There is no
contradiction in the sense, that he should first of all altogether
forbid that idols should be made; and, secondly, speak only of
worshippin...
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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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TAKE HEED UNTO YOURSELVES,.... Since he should not be long with them,
to advise, instruct, and caution them:
LEST YE FORGET THE COVENANT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, which he made with
you; what that requir...
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_Lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God_ Lest you either
disregard the knowledge of God's law, or wilfully disobey it, now it
is declared to you, and thereby bring misery and destruction up...
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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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Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord,
your God, which he made with you, and make you, a graven image or the
likeness of anything which the Lord, thy God, hath forbidden t...
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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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Or, _commanded thee_, to wit, not to do, which is easily understood by
comparing this place with EXODUS 20:4,5, and with GENESIS 3:11, where
this phrase is fully expressed. See more on Leviticus 4:2...
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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 4:23 heed H8104 (H8734) forget H7911 (H8799) covenant
H1285 LORD H3068 God H430 made H3772 ...
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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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_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 4:23 TAKE CARE suggests how easy it
is to fall into idolatry (see v. Deuteronomy 4:19). consu
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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 Chronicles 16:15; Deuteronomy 29:25; Deuteronomy 31:20; Deuteronomy
6:12;...
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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...