"Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?"
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Verse Deuteronomy 4:34. _FROM THE MIDST OF_ ANOTHER _NATION_] This was
a most extraordinary thing, that a whole people, consisting of upwards
of 600,000 effective men, besides women and children, shou...
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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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HATH... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.
GOD: or,. god.
FROM, THE MIDST. Here we have the whole of Exodus, compare Jeremiah
32:21.
TEMPTATIONS. trials, or, provings.
AND. Note the Figure of s...
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_Or hath God assayed_ Rather, HATH A GOD. The verb _nissah_is rendered
in Deuteronomy 28:56 _adventured_. It is also used for the
_tempting_or _testing_of Israel by God, Deuteronomy 8:2; Deuteronomy
8...
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_VER._ 34. _HATH GOD ASSAYED,_ &C.— Another prodigy; that God, by
the ministry of two men like Moses and Aaron, should deliver his
people from the midst of a nation so powerful as the Egyptians. This...
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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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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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אֹ֣ו ׀ הֲ נִסָּ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֗ים לָ֠ בֹוא
לָ קַ֨חַת לֹ֣ו גֹוי֮ מִ קֶּ֣רֶב גֹּוי֒
בְּ...
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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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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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Or hath God assayed to go [and] take him a nation from the midst of
[another] nation, by (y) temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by
war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by...
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Temptations. The Chaldean and Arabic understand this of the prodigies
which God wrought in favour of his people; though they may also denote
the trials to which the Patriarchs and the Hebrews had been...
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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 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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OR HATH GOD ASSAYED TO GO AND TAKE HIM A NATION FROM THE MIDST OF
ANOTHER NATION,.... As he now had done, namely, the nation of Israel
out of the nation of the Egyptians; this he not only had assayed...
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_The one side of heaven_ That is, of the earth under heaven. Ask all
the inhabitants of the world. _And live_ And was not overwhelmed and
consumed by such a glorious appearance. _By temptations Tempta...
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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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BY TEMPTATIONS; by tribulations and persecutions, which are commonly
called _temptations_, which are here fitly mentioned as one great
occasion first of their cries unto God, and then of God's coming...
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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 4:34 God H430 try H5254 (H8765) go H935 (H8800) take H3947
(H8800) nation H1471 midst H7130 nation H1471 trials H4531 signs H226
wonders H4159 war H4421 mighty H2389 hand H3027 outstretche...
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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 4:32 The Lord’s approach to Israel
at Sinai was unique. BY A MIGHTY HAND AND AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM
represents God’s power (see Deuteronomy 7:19; Deuteronomy 11:2;
Deutero...
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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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1 Peter 5:6; Deuteronomy 26:8; Deuteronomy 29:3; Deuteronomy 34:12;
Deuteronomy 5:15; Deuteronomy 6:21; Deuteronomy 7:19; Deuteronomy 7:8;
Deuteronomy 7:9;...
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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...
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By temptations — Temptations is the general title, which is
explained by the following particulars, signs, and wonders, &c. which
are called temptations, because they were trials both to the Egyptians...