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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...
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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)
4. The w...
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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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HE WILL NOT FORSAKE. First occurrence of this promise. Repeated in
Deuteronomy 31:6 for the journey. Repeated to Joshua for conflict,
Joshua 1:5; Joshua 1:6. to Solomon for work, 1 Chronicles 28:20. t...
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Threat of Exile with Promise of Grace on Repentance
If, with the slackness of increasing years, Israel give way to
idolatry (Deuteronomy 4:25) Moses testifies that they shall perish
from the land (De...
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d. REPENTANCE WILL REVEAL GOD'S GRACE (Deuteronomy 4:29-31)
29 But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find
him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all th...
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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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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 Lan...
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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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כִּ֣י אֵ֤ל רַחוּם֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ
לֹ֥א יַרְפְּךָ֖ וְ לֹ֣א יַשְׁחִיתֶ֑ךָ
וְ לֹ֤א יִשְׁכַּח֙ אֶת...
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MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES
Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;
Deuteronomy 30:1.
WITH the twenty-sixth chapter the entirely homogeneous central portion
of the Book of...
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JEHOVAH “A JEALOUS GOD”
Deuteronomy 4:15
How often Moses repeats, “ _take heed._ ” We must watch as well as
pray and keep our souls diligently. We must specially beware of
idols-that is, any visible...
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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 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
(u) sware unto them.
(u) To certify to them even more the a...
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Reader! pause over those verses, and then call to mind that,
concerning the dispersed of Israel, even now in the present hour this
blessed promise hath not lost its force. The promise is sure. The
eve...
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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 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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FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS A MERCIFUL GOD,.... In Christ, in whom he has
proclaimed his name as such, of which Moses had a comfortable view,
Exodus 34:6 and therefore could attest it from his own knowled...
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_In the latter days_ Either in general in succeeding ages and
generations, or particularly in the days of the Messiah, commonly
called in Scripture, _the latter_, or _last days._ Here the apostacy
and...
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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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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 t...
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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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i.e. Made with thy fathers, including their posterity, as GENESIS
17:7....
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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 4:31 LORD H3068 God H430 merciful H7349 God H410) forsake
H7503 (H8686) destroy H7843 (H8686) forget H7911 (H8799) covenant
H1285 fathers H1 swore H7650 (H8738)
the Lord - Exodus 34:6-7;...
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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 r...
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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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_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 4:31 MERCIFUL. God’s mercy does
not contradict his jealous anger (v. Deuteronomy 4:24; compare
Deuteronomy 5:9; Exodus 34:6). God is merciful because of his COVENANT
wi...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 30:9; Exodus 34:6; Exodus 34:7; Jeremiah 14:21; Jonah
4:2; Leviticus 26:42; Leviticus 26:45; Luke 1:72; Micah 7:18; Nehemiah
1:5;...
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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...