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Verse Deuteronomy 4:9. _ONLY TAKE HEED TO THYSELF_] Be circumspect and
watchful.
_KEEP THY SOUL DILIGENTLY_] Be mindful of thy eternal interests.
Whatever becomes of the _body_, take care of the _sou...
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A full stop should end Deuteronomy 4:9; and Deuteronomy 4:10 begin, At
the time that thou stoodest, etc. Deuteronomy 4:11 then ye came near,
etc. Moses, exhorting to heedful observance of the Law, str...
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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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TAKE HEED. Note the three occurrences in this chapter (verses:
Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 4:15; Deuteronomy 4:23).
THY SOUL. thyself. Hebrew thy _nephesh_....
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_Only_ Not restriction to one point, but emphasis on the principle of
the whole of the Law. For the use of this restrictive adverb so
frequent in D see on Deuteronomy 10:15.
_take heed to thyself_ Fo...
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DISCOURSE: 190
MOSES’ SOLEMN CHARGE TO ISRAEL
Deuteronomy 4:7. _What nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh
unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him
for? And what...
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2. THE TEMPTATION TO FORGET GOD'S UNIQUE REVELATION (Deuteronomy
4:9-31)
a. GOD APPEARED AT HOREB BY WORD, NOT BY PHYSICAL FORM (Deuteronomy
4:9-14)
9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul dil...
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_AND WHAT NATION IS THERE SO GREAT, THAT HATH STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS
SO RIGHTEOUS AS ALL THIS LAW, WHICH I SET BEFORE YOU THIS DAY?_
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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ONLY TAKE HEED TO THYSELF. — The exhortation contained in the
following verses lays special emphasis on one point — the worship of
the invisible Jehovah without images. This more than anything else
wo...
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רַ֡ק הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֩ וּ שְׁמֹ֨ר
נַפְשְׁךָ֜ מְאֹ֗ד פֶּן ־תִּשְׁכַּ֨ח
אֶת ־הַ דְּבָרִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר ־רָא֣וּ...
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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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“TAKE HEED TO THYSELF”
Deuteronomy 3:23; Deuteronomy 4:1
Strong faith was required by the two and a half tribes to leave their
wives and children while they went to succor their brethren. But God's...
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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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Only take heed to thyself, and (h) keep thy soul diligently, lest thou
forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart
from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy so...
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_Words. Hebrew also, "things." (Haydock) --- Both sacred and profane
authors use the term of seeing, to denote any of the senses, ver. 12.
Eschylus (in Prometh.) says, "you shall neither see the form...
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It is refreshing to see, that while both Testaments enjoin the same
precept, of keeping the soul diligently, (see Jude 1:21.) the apostle
had it in commission to tell the church, that the LORD is the...
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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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_LEST THOU FORGET!_
‘Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou
forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart
from thy heart all the days of thy life.’
D...
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9._Only take heed to thyself _The same particle, רק, _rak, _of which
I have just spoken, is used here, and its meaning in this place is, as
if Moses had said, that this _only _remained; unless it is p...
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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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ONLY TAKE HEED TO THYSELF,.... To walk according to this law, and not
swerve from it:
AND KEEP THY SOUL DILIGENTLY; from the transgressions and breaches of
it:
LEST THOU FORGET THE THINGS WHICH THIN...
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Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou
forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart
from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons,...
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_Only take heed_ Their only danger was, lest they should grow careless
and unmindful of all the wonderful things that God had done for them;
for which reason he would have every Israelite to make thes...
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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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Moses Reminds the People of the Law-Giving....
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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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1-23 The power and love of God to Israel are here made the ground and
reason of a number of cautions and serious warnings; and although
there is much reference to their national covenant, yet all may...
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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 4:9 heed H8104 (H8734) diligently H3966 keep H8104 (H8798)
yourself H5315 forget H7911 (H8799) things H1697 eyes H5869 seen H7200
(H8804) depart H5493 (H8799) heart H3824 days H3117 life H...
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THEY ARE FORTUNATE AMONG THE NATIONS BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY HAVE
RECEIVED (DEUTERONOMY 4:6).
This may be analysed as follows:
a They are to keep (shamar) Yahweh's statutes and judgments and do
them fo...
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Deuteronomy 4:9
In the business of life there are three parties concerned, three
parties of whose existence it behoves us to be equally and intensely
conscious. These three are God on the one hand, a...
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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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WHAT'S IN A KNOT?
Lest thou forget. Deuteronomy 4:9.
I wonder how many of you tie knots on your handkerchiefs to remind
yourselves of something you particularly want to remember? Years ago,
people...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 4:9 MAKE THEM KNOWN. Each generation
is responsible to instruct the next generation in the faith.
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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 4:1
ADMONITIONS AND EXHORTATIONS. Moses, having presented to the people
certain facts in their recent history which had in them a specially
animating and encouraging tendency,...
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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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Deuteronomy 11:19; Deuteronomy 29:29; Deuteronomy 31:19; Deuteronomy
6:7; Deuteronomy 4:15; Deuteronomy 4:23; Ephesians 6:4; Exodus 13:14;
Exodus 13:8;...
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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...