Flaming up into the air, which is oft called heaven; and the midst or the heart of it is not only that which is strictly and properly the middle part, but that which is within it, though but a little way, in which sense places or persons or things are said to be in the heart of the sea, Exodus 15:8 Proverbs 23:34 Ezekiel 28:2; and Christ in the heart of the earth, Matthew 12:40.
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 La
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...
THICK DARKNESS. See Exodus 20:21, and compare Hebrew. _araphel_. 2 Samuel 22:10; 1 Kings 8:12.Psalms 97:2....
_ye came near and stood under the mountain_ E, Exodus 19:17, _took station in the nether part of the mount_. _burned with fire_ J, Exodus 19:18, _Mount Sinai was all on smoke … as the smoke of a furna...
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...
_VER._ 10, 11, 12. _THOU STOODEST BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD_— See on ch. Deuteronomy 1:9. _Unto the midst of heaven,_ ver. 11 is, in the Heb. _in the heart of heaven, i.e. in the air._ So Tyre is said t...
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...
_AND YE CAME NEAR AND STOOD UNDER THE MOUNTAIN; AND THE MOUNTAIN BURNED WITH FIRE UNTO THE MIDST OF_ _ AND YE CAME NEAR AND STOOD UNDER THE MOUNTAIN; AND THE MOUNTAIN BURNED WITH FIRE UNTO THE MIDST O...
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...
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...
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...
DARKNESS, CLOUDS, AND THICK DARKNESS. — The “blackness, and darkness, and tempest” of Hebrews 12:18....
וַ תִּקְרְב֥וּן וַ תַּֽעַמְד֖וּן תַּ֣חַת הָ ה
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 ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain (i) burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. (i) The law was given with fearful miracles,...
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...
11_And ye came near, and stood. _This explanatory narrative is intended to prove the same thing, viz., that Moses was only the ambassador and minister of God, because the mountain burned in the sight...
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 YE CAME NEAR AND STOOD UNDER THE MOUNTAIN,.... At the foot of it, in the lower part of the mountain, as the Targum of Jonathan, and agrees with Exodus 19:17 AND THE MOUNTAIN BURNT WITH FIRE UNTO...
_The midst of heaven_ Flaming up into the air, which is often called heaven. _No similitude_ No resemblance or representation of God, whereby either his essence, or properties, or actions were represe...
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 ye came near and stood under the mountain, at its foot; AND THE MOUNTAIN BURNED WITH FIRE UNTO THE MIDST OF HEAVEN, so that the fire and the smoke rose up into the sky as far as the eye could reac...
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...
MIDST: _ Heb._ heart...
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...
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 4:11 near H7126 (H8799) stood H5975 (H8799) mountain H2022 mountain H2022 burned H1197 (H8802) fi
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 5:23; Exodus 19:16; Exodus 20:18; Exodus 20:19...
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...
The midst of heaven — Flaming up into the air, which is often called heaven....
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.”...