"Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites."
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Verse Deuteronomy 4:43. _BEZER IN THE WILDERNESS_] As the cities of
refuge are generally understood to be types of the salvation provided
by Christ for sinners; so their names have been thought to exp...
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These verses are inserted between two distinct and complete discourses
for the reason to which they themselves call attention (“Then Moses
severed three cities,” etc.); i. e., the fact narrated took p...
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4. THE THREE CITIES OF REFUGE
CHAPTER 4:41-43
_ 1. The cities set apart (Deuteronomy 4:41)_
2. The cities named (Deuteronomy 4:43)
The first address being ended, an action of Moses takes place. To...
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Historical Note
_Then_, i.e. at the time of the preceding discourse in Moab, Moses set
apart three cities E. of Jordan as asylums for men, who unwittingly
and without previous hatred had slain their f...
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APPENDIX: APPOINTMENT OF EASTERN CITIES OF REFUGE (Deuteronomy
4:41-43)
41 Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the
sunrising; 42 that the manslayer might flee thither, that sla...
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_THEN MOSES SEVERED THREE CITIES ON THIS SIDE JORDAN TOWARD THE
SUNRISING;_
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan - (see the notes
at Numbers 35:6; Joshua 20:7)....
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4:43 plateau, (c-7) Lit. 'in the country of the plateau.'...
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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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THE APPOINTMENT OF THREE CITIES OF REFUGE.
(41) THEN MOSES SEVERED. — The word “then” appears to be a note
of time. It would seem that the appointment of the three cities of
refuge on the eastern sid...
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אֶת ־בֶּ֧צֶר בַּ † מִּדְבָּ֛ר בְּ
אֶ֥רֶץ הַ מִּישֹׁ֖ר לָ † רֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑י
וְ אֶת ־רָאמֹ֤ת...
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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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_Wilderness, or plains of Moab, at the mouth of the Jordan. It is
sometimes called Besor, and is very different from Bozra of Idumea,
(Isaias lxiii. 1,) a very famous city, known to profane authors by...
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GOD hath given commandment concerning those cities of refuge: Numbers
35:9. But of such importance was the thing itself, that Moses in the
very opening as it were, of his sermon, breaks off to follow...
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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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[NAMELY], BEZER IN THE WILDERNESS,.... In Joshua 20:8, it is added
"upon the plain"; this perhaps was the wilderness of Moab, in the
plains of it, the same with Bozrah, see Jeremiah 48:24 and in the
A...
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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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CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST ADDRESS...
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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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41-49 Here is the introduction to another discourse, or sermon, Moses
preached to Israel, which we have in the following chapters. He sets
the law before them, as the rule they were to work by, the w...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 4:43 Bezer H1221 wilderness H4057 plateau H4334 H776
Reubenites H7206 Ramoth H7216 Gilead H1568 Gadites H1425 Golan H1474
Bashan H1316 Manassites H4520
Bezer - Genesis 36:33. Joshua 20:8...
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST CITIES OF REFUGE (DEUTERONOMY 4:41).
The establishing of these cities of refuge was a deliberate act which
was a declaration of Moses' certainty that they were now here...
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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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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 4:41__ THREE CITIES of refuge are
set apart IN THE EAST BEYOND THE JORDAN. A person guilty of
unpremeditated murder could flee to one of these cities to escape
revenge...
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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 Chronicles 6:71; 1 Chronicles 6:80; 1 Kings 22:3; 1 Kings 22:4; 1
Kings 4:13; Deuteronomy 1:5; Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 17:19;
Deuteronomy 27:26;...
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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...