Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Deuteronomy 4:13,14
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
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
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...
EVEN TEN. Hebrew the ten. WROTE. See note on Exodus 17:14. only here and Deuteronomy 10:4 in Deut. See also App-47....
Against Idolatry The truth that is beneath the whole Law: God is revealed not in images, but by words and deeds of redemption. Warned to lay their experience to heart (Deuteronomy 4:9), Israel are re...
_his covenant, which he commanded you_ Heb. _berîth_(prob. from a root = _to bind_) meant any compact, contract or bargain: between friends, 1 Samuel 18:3; man and wife, Proverbs 2:17; master and serv...
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...
EXHORTATIONS TO OBEDIENCE This chapter contains the practical part of the discourse. Having briefly rehearsed the experiences of the Israelites in the wilderness up to the present point, Moses closes...
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 Land...
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...
HIS COVENANT... TEN COMMANDMENTS. — See on Deuteronomy 5. HE WROTE THEM. — See on Deuteronomy 10:2....
וַ יַּגֵּ֨ד לָכֶ֜ם אֶת ־בְּרִיתֹ֗ו אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִ
MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...
“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 c...
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...
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to (k) perform, [even] ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. (k) God joins this condition to his covenant....
Stone. Josephus (Antiquities iii. 4, 6,) says, that each table contained five precepts, two and a half being inscribed on one side. The Jews now suppose that four appeared on one table, and six on the...
The part of Israel's history, which Moses here referred to, hath been already commented upon. To that I refer: See Exodus 19:18. But, Reader, we never can sufficiently attend to this interesting part...
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...
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...
AND HE DECLARED UNTO YOU HIS COVENANT,.... So the law was called, because it contained, on the part of God, things which he would have done or avoided, to which were annexed promises of long life and...
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...
And he declared unto you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, even ten commandments, Exodus 20:1; Exodus 34:28; AND HE WROTE THEM UPON TWO TABLES OF STONE. The covenant consisted essentiall...
Moses Reminds the People of the Law-Giving....
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 th...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
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...
Deuteronomy 4:13 declared H5046 (H8686) covenant H1285 commanded H6680 (H8765) perform H6213 (H8800) Ten H6235
THEY ARE EVER TO REMEMBER THE GREAT AND WONDROUS EXPERIENCE OF HOREB (SINAI) AND TAKE NOTE OF HIS STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS (DEUTERONOMY 4:10). Moses now stressed the importance of the Sinai/Horeb experi...
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...
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...
_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...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 4:13 The TEN COMMANDMENTS (literally, “Ten Words”) are a concise summary of the Sinai COVENANT (Ex
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...
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,...
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 a...
2 Corinthians 3:7; Deuteronomy 10:1; Deuteronomy 10:4; Deuteronomy 5:1;...
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 t...
Was the law given at Horeb or at Mt. Sinai? PROBLEM: Exodus 19:11 affirms that Moses received the Law at “Mt. Sinai” (cf. v. 18). But here in Deuteronomy 4:10 it claims that Moses got it “in Horeb.”...