Deuteronomy 34:10

Verse Deuteronomy 34:10. There arose not a prophet, c.] Among all the succeeding prophets none was found so eminent in all respects nor so highly privileged as Moses with him God spoke face to face - admitted him to the closest familiarity and greatest friendship with himself. Now all this continued true till the advent of Jesus Christ, of whom Moses said, "A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me;" but how great was this person when compared with Moses! Moses desired to see God's glory; this sight he could not bear; he saw his back parts, probably meaning God's design relative to the latter days: but Jesus, the Almighty Saviour, in whom dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, who lay in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared God to man. Wondrous system of legal ordinances that pointed out and typified all these things! And more wonderful system of Gospel salvation, which is the body, soul, life, energy, and full accomplishment of all that was written in the LAW, in the PROPHETS, and in the PSALMS, concerning the sufferings and death of Jesus, and the redemption of a ruined world "by his agony and bloody sweat, by his cross and passion, by his death and burial, by his glorious resurrection and ascension, and by the coming of the Holy Ghost!" Thus ends the PENTATEUCH, commonly called the LAW of MOSES, a work every way worthy of God its author, and only less than the NEW COVENANT, the law and Gospel of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST.

Now to the ever blessed and glorious TRINITY, FATHER, WORD, and SPIRIT, the infinite and eternal ONE, from whom alone wisdom, truth, and goodness can proceed, be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

MASORETIC Notes on DEUTERONOMY

The number of verses in ELLAH HADDEBARIM, Deuteronomy, is 955; the symbol of which is חנץ in which word ץ tsade stands for 900, נ nun for 50, and ח cheth for 5.

The middle verse is Deuteronomy 17:10. And thou shalt observe to do all that they command thee.

Its Pareshioth or larger sections are 11, the numerical symbol of which is חג chag; Psalms 118:27: Bind the SACRIFICE with cords to the horns of the altar. In which word ח cheth stands for 8, and ג gimel for 3.

Its Sedarim or smaller sections are 27, the symbolical sign of which is יגיד yaggid; Proverbs 12:17: He that speaketh truth, SHOWETH FORTH righteousness. In which word the two י yods stand for 20, ד daleth for 4, and ג gimel for 3.

Its Perakim or modern chapters are 34, the symbol of which is לבב lebab; Psalms 111:1. I will praise the Lord with my whole HEART. In which word the two ב beths stand for 4, and the ל lamed for 30.

The number of open sections is 34, of its close sections 124, total 158; the symbol of which is ינחילם yanchilem, 148, and כב-וד cab-od, 10, 1 Samuel 2:8: To make them to INHERIT the throne of his GLORY. The numerical letters of the word ינחילם yanchilem, 148, with וד od, 10, taken from כבוד cabod, make 158, the total of its open and close sections.

The number of verses in the whole Pentateuch is 5845, the memorial symbol of which is החמה hachammah, Isaiah 30:26: Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of THE SUN. In which word, the letters taken in their proper order make the sum, המכה . "5845"

The middle verse of the Law is Leviticus 8:8: And he put the breastplate upon him, and he put in the breastplate the URIM and the THUMMIM.

The number of OPEN sections in the whole Law is 290, the symbol of which is פרי peri; (Cant.) Deuteronomy 4:16: Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious FRUITS. The number of its CLOSE sections is 379, the symbol of which occurs in the word בשבעה bishbuah; Numbers 30:10: Or bound her soul with a bond BY AN OATH.

Total number of all the open and close sections, 669, the memorial symbol of which is לא תחסר lo techsar; Deuteronomy 8:9: THOU SHALT NOT LACK any thing in it.

SECTIONS of the Book of Deuteronomy, carried on from Numbers, which ends with the FORTY-THIRD.

The FORTY-FOURTH, called דברים debarim, begins Deuteronomy 1:1, and ends Deuteronomy 3:22.

The FORTY-FIFTH, called ואתחנן vaethchannen, begins Deuteronomy 3:23, and ends Deuteronomy 7:11.

The FORTY-SIXTH, called עיב ekeb, begins Deuteronomy 7:12, and ends Deuteronomy 11:25.

The FORTY-SEVENTH, called ראה reeh, begins Deuteronomy 11:26, and ends Deuteronomy 16:17.

The FORTY-EIGHTH, called שפטים shophetim, begins Deuteronomy 16:18, and ends Deuteronomy 21:9.

The FORTY-NINTH, called תצא tetse, begins Deuteronomy 21:10, and ends Deuteronomy 25:19.

The FIFTIETH, called תבא tabo, begins Deuteronomy 26:1, and ends Deuteronomy 29:8.

The FIFTY-FIRST, called נצבים nitstsabim, begins Deuteronomy 29:9, and ends Deuteronomy 30:20.

The FIFTY-SECOND, called וילך vaiyelech, begins Deuteronomy 31:1, and ends Deuteronomy 31:30.

The FIFTY-THIRD, called האזינו haazinu, begins Deuteronomy 32:1, and ends Deuteronomy 32:51.

The FIFTY-FOURTH, called וזאת הברכה vezoth habberachah, begins Deuteronomy 33:1, and ends Deuteronomy 34:12.