DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:1__ Continuing the theme of Israel’s “heart” problem, this section gives examples of Israel’s stubbornness. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:2 ANAKIM. See Deuteronomy 1:28 and note. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:3 QUICKLY contrasts with “little by little” in Deuteronomy 7:22. Compared with their long settlement in the land, the Canaanites will disappear quickly, but Israel’s conquest of the land will take a long time. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img")... [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:4 DO NOT SAY IN YOUR HEART (see Deuteronomy 7:17 and note). While victory in the Promised Land is God’s punishment of the nations’ wickedness, that does not imply Israel’s righteousness. Israel’s possession of the land is due solely to God’s faithfulness to his prom... [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:7 The golden calf incident is retold at length to demonstrate Israel’s stubbornness. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:8 EVEN AT HOREB, where they heard God’s voice directly, Israel misbehaved (compare Exodus 32:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:9 ALL THE WORDS... SPOKEN WITH YOU. That is, the Ten Commandments (see Deuteronomy 5:22). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:12 God distances himself from Israel. YOUR PEOPLE WHOM YOU HAVE BROUGHT and THIS PEOPLE contrasts with God’s earlier description of them as “my people” (Exodus 6:7). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:17 BROKE THEM. Moses’ breaking the tablets symbolized the deliberate ending of Israel’s covenant relationship with God. It was an impulsive gesture of fury and despair following God’s words recalled in vv. Deuteronomy 9:12. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsBy... [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:18 This is the second period of FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS (see vv. Deuteronomy 9:9). THE LORD LISTENED TO ME refers to Moses’ intercession for the people (see vv. Deuteronomy 9:25). AARON was Moses’ brother, the first high priest of Israel. ⇐ ⇔ [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:21 No mention is made here of forcing Israel to drink the water containing the ground-up golden calf (compare Exodus 32:20). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:25 FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS. Considering its placement in Exodus 32:11, it is unclear if this is the same period as in Deuteronomy 9:18. It may have occurred earlier (see vv. Deuteronomy 9:9), as the following prayer implies. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]