1._At that time the Lord said unto me _He had had intercourse with the people for some time, before he returned into the mount with the second tables; and therefore he now begins to relate more fully what he had already mentioned in the inverted order of time, _i.e., _that he stayed in the mount for... [ Continue Reading ]
6._And the children of Israel. _Since it is not the design of Moses to specify the stations here, as he does in Numbers 33:0, but only to mark the place in which Aaron died, I have therefore thought fit to connect what we read here with the preceding narrative. In the death of Aaron, they might reco... [ Continue Reading ]
8._At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi _Moses does not exactly observe the order of time in the chapter from which this passage is taken, since he deemed it sufficient to collect here and there what was required to complete his general exhortation. The object indeed of the recital of t... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 10:12._And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require? _After having expounded each Commandment in its order, it now remains for us to see what is the sum of the contents of the Law, and what the aim and object of its instructions. For Paul elicits its true use, when he declares tha... [ Continue Reading ]
14._Behold the heaven. _He again enforces upon them the grace, on account of which we have seen that the people were under obligation to God; because this was the most effectual observation for moving them to submit themselves to their deliverer, to whom they were reminded that they owed altogether... [ Continue Reading ]
16._Circumcise, therefore. _From this inference it appears wherefore mention was made of this adoption,. viz., that the _Jews _should more earnestly and solemnly serve God, whom they had known from experience to be so gracious. He requires, then, a reciprocal love; for nothing could be more base tha... [ Continue Reading ]
He confirms the foregoing decree by a reference to the nature of God Himself; for the vile and abject condition of those with whom we have to do, causes us to injure them the more wantonly, because they seem to be altogether deserted. But God declares that their unhappy lot is no (102) obstacle to H... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 19:12._And ye shall not swear by my name falsely. _Although Moses is treating of the duties of the Second Table, and had previously forbidden men to deal fraudulently with their neighbors, he still adds this sentence by way of confirmation. It may, however, be inferred from the second clau... [ Continue Reading ]
21._He is thy praise. _That he may the more easily persuade his countrymen that nothing is better, or more desirable for them than to devote themselves to God’s service, Moses reminds them that they have nothing to boast of out of Him; as if he had said, that they were happy in this one respect, tha... [ Continue Reading ]