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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 what great nation … hath a god so nigh_ Both noun, _élohím_,
and adj., _ḳerobim_, are plural. _Elohîm_may signify _a god_, or
_gods_, as Deuteronomy 6:14 and elsewhere; or the general idea of
Dei...
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Enforcement of the Impending Legislation
The main purpose of the discourse, the enforcement of the Laws about
to be given, for on the practice of these depends Israel's survival in
the Land (Deuteron...
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DISCOURSE: 190
MOSES’ SOLEMN CHARGE TO ISRAEL
Deuteronomy 4:7. What nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh
unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him
for? And what n...
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LESSON FOUR DEUTERONOMY 4:1-43
B. SIGNIFICANCE OF PAST EVENTS (Deuteronomy 4:1-40)
1. BLESSINGS PROMISED FOR THOSE WHO HEED GOD'S ALL-SUFFICIENT LAW
(Deuteronomy 4:1-8)
a. PROSPERIT
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_FOR WHAT NATION IS THERE SO GREAT, WHO HATH GOD SO NIGH UNTO THEM, AS
THE LORD OUR GOD IS IN ALL THINGS THAT WE CALL UPON HIM FOR?_
What nation is there so great? Here he represents their privileges...
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4:7 God (d-9) Or '[its] god.'...
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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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כִּ֚י מִי ־גֹ֣וי גָּדֹ֔ול אֲשֶׁר
־לֹ֥ו אֱלֹהִ
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MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES
Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...
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“TAKE HEED TO THYSELF”
Deuteronomy 3:23; Deuteronomy 4:1
Strong faith was required by the two and a half tribes to leave their
wives and children while they went to succor their brethren. But God's
c...
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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 what nation [is there so] great, who [hath] God [so] (g) nigh unto
them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him
[for]?
(g) Helping us, and delivering us out of all dangers...
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Gods. Supposing they deserved that title, which of them has the power
to shew their votaries such favours as the true God hath shewn to us?
The idols are nothing but devils, which seek to destroy. (Ca...
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Into what an astonishing degree of nearness, are believers now brought
by the blood of JESUS! Reader! pause and contemplate your vast
privileges; and ask your own heart that question, Am I indeed brou...
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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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7._For what nation is there so great? _Moses now repeats in his own
name what he had stated in the person of others, as if to shew by
additional reasons, that not without cause would the Jews be
celeb...
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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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Ver. 7 FOR WHAT NATION IS THERE SO GREAT,.... Not so much for their
number, for they were the fewest of all people; nor for the largeness
of their territories, for the land they were going to possess...
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For what nation [is there so] great, who [hath] God [so] nigh unto
them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him
[for]?
Ver. 7. _Who hath God so nigh unto them._] Yea, this was...
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_So nigh_ By glorious miracles, by the pledges of his special
presence, by the operations of his grace, and particularly by his
readiness to hear our prayers, and to give us those succours which we
ca...
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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 what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, in
whose midst God has revealed Himself in so open and definite a manner,
AS THE LORD, OUR GOD, IS IN ALL THINGS THAT WE CALL UPON HI...
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Moses Reminds the People of the Law-Giving....
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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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GOD NIGH UNTO THEM, by glorious miracles, by the pledges of his
special presence, by the operations of his grace, and particularly, as
it here follows, by his readiness to hear our prayers, and to giv...
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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 4:7 great H1419 nation H1471 God H430 near H7138 LORD
H3068 God H430 call H7121 (H8800)...
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THEY ARE FORTUNATE AMONG THE NATIONS BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY HAVE
RECEIVED (DEUTERONOMY 4:6).
This may be analysed as follows:
a They are to keep (shamar) Yahweh's statutes and judgments and do
them for...
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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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_And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and Judgments
so righteous?_
A RIGHTEOUS BIBLE
The appeal of Moses is the eternal appeal of the Bible. That is the
appeal to common sense and to...
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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 4:7 God is SO NEAR to his people,
especially in answering their prayers (WHENEVER WE CALL UPON HIM). God
is also “very near” them through his word ...
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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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2 Samuel 7:23; Deuteronomy 5:26; Ephesians 2:12; Isaiah 43:4; Is
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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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So nigh — By glorious miracles, by the pledges of his special
presence, by the operations of his grace, and particularly by his
readiness to hear our prayers, and to give us those succours which we
ca...