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Unwilling, as it might seem, to close his discourse with words of
terror, Moses makes a last appeal to them in these verses in a
different strain.
Deuteronomy 4:34
TEMPTATIONS - Compare Deuteronomy 7...
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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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FOR EVER. all the days: i.e. for all time....
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_thou shalt keep his statutes and his commandments_ Return to the
keynote in Deuteronomy 4:1.
_prolong thy days_ See on Deuteronomy 4:26....
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3. THE GLORY AND GREATNESS OF ISRAEL'S GOD (Deuteronomy 4:32-40)
32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee,
since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one
e...
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_(FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS A MERCIFUL GOD;) HE WILL NOT FORSAKE THEE,
NEITHER DESTROY THEE, NOR FORGET THE_ _ COVENANT OF THY FATHERS WHICH
HE SWARE UNTO THEM._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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4:40 ever. (b-46) Lit. 'all the days.'...
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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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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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MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES
Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...
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ISRAEL'S PECULIAR PRIVILEGES
Deuteronomy 4:32
Every argument that love and wisdom, the great past and the miracles
of the Exodus could suggest, was brought to bear on the hearts of the
chosen people,...
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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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Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I
command thee this day, that it may (b) go well with thee, and with thy
children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] day...
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If we read these verses with an enlightened understanding, and
paraphrase them in gospel terms, as they really ought to be read by
every awakened and regenerated soul, how precious do the evidences of...
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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 ONLY GOD_
‘Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the
Lord He is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath; there is
none else,’ etc.
Deuteronomy 4:39
Moses promis...
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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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THOU SHALL KEEP THEREFORE HIS STATUTES, AND HIS COMMANDMENTS,.... All
his laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, partly being under
obligation to him for all the great and good things done by him for...
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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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Thou shalt keep, therefore, His statutes and His commandments which I
command thee this day, both those pertaining to them, concerning them,
as men, and those having reference to them as the covenant...
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The Appeal Supported by a Reference to God's Kindness...
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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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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 4:40 keep H8104 (H8804) statutes H2706 commandments H4687
command H6680 (H8764) today H3117 well H319
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THEIR RETURN IS CERTAIN BECAUSE OF THE GRACIOUSNESS AND UNIQUENESS OF
YAHWEH (DEUTERONOMY 4:30).
When they find themselves in tribulation and these things come on them
in the latter days, they will re...
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Deuteronomy 4:39
Moses promised the Jews that if they trusted in God, they would be a
strong, happy, and prosperous people. On the other hand, he warned
them that if they forgot the Lord their God, p...
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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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_Thou shalt keep therefore His statutes, and His commandments,. ..
that it may go well with thee._
A COMMAND AND A PROMISE
I. Moses enjoins an obligation, which is really the highest privilege.
1....
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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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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 4:25-5
Moses enforces the warning against idolatry, by predicting the evil
that should come upon the nation through the apostasy of those who
should in after times turn from Je...
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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 Timothy 4:8; Deuteronomy 12:25; Deuteronomy 12:28; Deuteronomy 22:7;...
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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...