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Verse Deuteronomy 4:24. _THY GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE_] They had seen
him on the mount as an _unconsuming_ fire, while appearing to Moses,
and giving the law; and they had seen him as a _consuming_ fir...
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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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A CONSUMING FIRE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. Compare
Exodus 24:17; Hebrews 12:29.
CHILDREN. sons....
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_VER._ 24. _FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE_— That is,
inflexibly just in punishing the contemners of his law; and who, from
the rectitude of his nature, will be as far from letting moral evi...
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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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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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Cp. Deuteronomy 9:3; Hebrews 12:29. On the nature of the divine
jealousy see on Exodus 20:5....
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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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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 LORD THY GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE. — The writer of the Epistle to
the Hebrews makes use of this in Deuteronomy 12:29, to enforce the
lessons not of Sinai, but of Pentecost, and of the voice of “Him...
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כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֵ֥שׁ
אֹכְלָ֖ה ה֑וּא...
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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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For the LORD thy God [is] a (p) consuming fire, [even] a jealous God.
(p) To those that come not to him with love and reverence, but rebel
against him....
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_Fire. God often appeared in the midst of fire. All the land shall be
devoured by the fire of his jealousy, Sophonias i. 18., and iii. 8.
(Calmet) --- By these expressions, we are exhorted not to do a...
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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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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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FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE,.... To his enemies; his
wrath is like fire to burn up and destroy all that oppose him and
break his commands, and especially idolaters; whose sin of all other...
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For the LORD thy God [is] a consuming fire, [even] a jealous God.
Ver. 24. _For the Lord thy God._] And should therefore be served
truly, that there be no halting; and totally, that there be no
halvi...
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_A consuming fire_ A just and terrible God, who, notwithstanding his
special relation to you, will severely punish you, if you provoke him.
_A jealous God_ Who, being espoused to you, will be highly i...
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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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For the Lord, thy God, is a consuming fire, even a jealous God, whose
righteous anger devours the children of disobedience. We should
remember at all times that God will not be mocked, but that He res...
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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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24-40 Moses urged the greatness, glory, and goodness of God. Did we
consider what a God he is with whom we have to do, we should surely
make conscience of our duty to him, and not dare to sin against...
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A CONSUMING FIRE; a just and terrible God, who, notwithstanding his
special relation to thee, will severely punish and destroy thee if
thou provokest him by idolatry, or other ways. A JEALOUS GOD, who...
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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 4:24 LORD H3068 God H430 consuming H398 (H8802) fire H784
jealous H7067 God H410
thy God -...
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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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_Even a jealous God._
THE JEALOUSY OF GOD
The assertion that such a quality as this belongs to God as one of the
attributes of His moral character involves a number of deep and awful
considerations;...
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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 Corinthians 10:22; Deuteronomy 29:20; Deuteronomy 32:16; Deuteronomy
32:21;...
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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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A consuming fire — A just and terrible God, who, notwithstanding his
special relation to thee, will severely punish thee, if thou provoke
him. A jealous God — Who being espoused to thee, will be highl...