Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Deuteronomy 9:5
Not for thy righteousness... dost thou go. — The pronoun is emphatic. There is no reason why thou of all others shouldest be thus honoured.
Not for thy righteousness... dost thou go. — The pronoun is emphatic. There is no reason why thou of all others shouldest be thus honoured.
Verse Deuteronomy 9:5. _FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THESE NATIONS_] So then it was not by any _sovereign_ act of God that these people were cast out, but for their _wickedness_; they had transgressed the l...
5. WARNING AGAINST SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THEIR PREVIOUS FAILURES Chapter S 9:1-10:11 _ 1. The warning (Deuteronomy 9:1)_ 2. The failures of the past (Deuteronomy 9:7) 3. The intercession of Moses...
DEUTERONOMY 9:1_ a_. Israel's victory over the Canaanites due to the wickedness of their foes and Yahweh's promise. Deuteronomy 9:6. stiffnecked: lit. hard, _i.e._ obstinate, of neck (Exodus 32:9). Th...
NOT. Compare Titus 3:5. Rom 11:6. 2 Timothy 1:9. THY FATHERS. All three named in connection with the oath....
_dost thou go in to possess_ Characteristic of the Sg. passages. _the wickedness of these nations wickedness_the direct opposite of _righteousness_; in disputes as to justice the _wicked_is the man wh...
DISCOURSE: 198 AGAINST SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SELF-CONCEIT Deuteronomy 9:4. Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness...
b. HOW TO PREVENT THE THREAT (Deuteronomy 9:1 to Deuteronomy 11:21) (1) BY A REALISTIC SELF-EVALUATION (Deuteronomy 9:1 to Deut
_NOT FOR THY RIGHTEOUSNESS, OR FOR THE UPRIGHTNESS OF THINE HEART, DOST THOU GO TO POSSESS THEIR LAND: BUT FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THESE NATIONS THE LORD THY GOD DOTH DRIVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE THEE, AN...
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONTINUED) The rebellions and provocations of the wilderness are recalled, to show the people that it is not of their own merit that they are to inherit the promises, nor by t...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 V1 ‘Listen to this, *Israelites. Now you will go across the River Jordan. You will go into th...
לֹ֣א בְ צִדְקָתְךָ֗ וּ בְ יֹ֨שֶׁר֙ לְבָ֣בְךָ֔
ISRAEL'S ELECTION, AND MOTIVES FOR FAITHFULNESS Deuteronomy 9:1; Deuteronomy 10:1; Deuteronomy 11:1 THE remaining Chapter s of this special introduction to the statement of the actual laws beginni
OFFENDING THE RIGHTEOUS GOD Deuteronomy 9:1 Who can read this chapter without emotion and admiration for its sublime eloquence! It is one of the most striking and moving Chapter s in this book! Mose...
It is interesting to note that as the final announcement of their approaching entrance to the land was made the difficulties which the people had faced at Kadesh\-barnea were recognized as still confr...
It is a precious consideration, in the view of distinguishing grace, that it originates in covenant mercy in JESUS. No one cause but the real cause, the sovereign will and pleasure of GOD, can be assi...
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...
5._Not for thy righteousness. _First of all, he would have the punishment inflicted upon these nations awaken the Israelites to fear, and thus that they should attribute nothing to themselves; because...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 8, 9, 10, AND 11. In chapter 8, in the most instructive and touching language as to the care God had taken of them, while keeping them in dependence, and His...
NOT FOR THY RIGHTEOUSNESS, OR FOR THE UPRIGHTNESS OF THINE HEART,.... Neither for their external righteousness before men, or their outward conformity to the law, nor for the inward sincerity of their...
_Not for thy righteousness_ Neither for thy upright heart nor holy life, the two things which God, above all others, regards. Here, therefore, all merit in them is excluded: and they are given to know...
1 Moses disswadeth them from the opinion of their owne righteousnesse, by rehearsing their seuerall rebellions. 1 HEARE, O Israel, thou art to passe ouer Iordan this day, to goe in, to possesse natio...
Not for thy righteousness or for the uprightness of thine heart, for that imaginary personal excellence, DOST THOU GO TO POSSESS THEIR LAND, this factor, if it existed, did not enter into the Lord's c...
Self-Righteousness Denounced....
WARNINGS BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS REBELLIONS (vs.1-29) In spite of Israel's many failures in the wilderness. God would keep His Word to bring them to the land of promise. Israel is told to go in and dispo...
1-6 Moses represents the strength of the enemies they were now to encounter. This was to drive them to God, and engage their hope in him. He assures them of victory, by the presence of God with them....
Neither for thy upright heart, nor holy life, which are the two things which God above all things regards, 1 CHRONICLES 29:17 PSALMS 15:1,2; and consequently he excludes all merit. And surely they who...
"Hear, O Israel; thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven; a people great and tall, the children of th...
Deuteronomy 9:5 righteousness H6666 uprightness H3476 heart H3824 go H935 (H8802) possess H3423 (H8800) land H776
CHAPTER 9 LET THEM NOT BECOME SELF-RIGHTEOUS, FOR THEY ARE A VERY STUBBORN PEOPLE. The thought of their forgetting Yahweh and taking the credit for themselves about their possession of the land and it...
CONTENTS: Israel reminded of their unworthiness to possess the land in themselves. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. CONCLUSION: Our gaining of the heavenly Canaan must be attribu...
Deuteronomy 9:1. _This day;_ at this time, or in the course of a month. Day is often used in scripture for the whole of a man's life, for a season, and for a short time. Deuteronomy 9:19. _I was afrai...
_Not for thy righteousness._ THAT OUTWARD SUCCESS, PROSPERITY, AND GREATNESS IN THE WORLD IS NO TRUE EVIDENCE OF GRACE I. Men are very prone to make the outward prosperity and increase which God give...
_Hear, O Israel._ THE CALL TO ATTENTION I. He represents to them the formidable strength of the enemies which they were now to encounter (Deuteronomy 9:1). This representation is much the same with t...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:1__ Continuing the theme of Israel’s “heart” problem, this section gives examples of Israel’s stubbornness. ⇐...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:4 DO NOT SAY IN YOUR HEART (see Deuteronomy 7:17 and note). While victory in the
CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses dissuadeth them from self-righteousness by recital of past sins and rebellion. DEUTERONOMY 9:1. This day, this time. Once before they had been at the borders of Canaan; but did n...
EXPOSITION DISSUASIVES FROM SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. DEUTERONOMY 9:1 Israel might acknowledge that it was of God's free gift that they possessed the land of Canaan, and yet might flatter themselves by th...
As we have told you the word Deuteronomy means the second law. It is really a rehearsal, sort of a capsulation by Moses of the law that was given. Deuteronomy itself, though it covers the forty years...
Acts 13:32; Acts 13:33; Acts 3:25; Exodus 32:13; Ezekiel 20:14;...
Not for thy righteousness — Neither for thy upright heart, nor holy life, which are the two things which God above all things regards. And consequently he excludes all merit. And surely they who did n...