Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Deuteronomy 4:8
Whereby he implies that the true greatness of a nation doth not consist in pomp or power, or largeness of empire, as commonly men think, but in the righteousness of its laws.
Whereby he implies that the true greatness of a nation doth not consist in pomp or power, or largeness of empire, as commonly men think, but in the righteousness of its laws.
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...
SO RIGHTEOUS. See App-15. Compare 2 Samuel 7:23....
_And what great nation … hath statutes … so righteous_ This challenge is as just as the preceding. Other great codes and systems of ethics there undoubtedly were in Israel's world (e.g. the Code of Ḫa...
Enforcement of the Impending Legislation The main purpose of the discourse, the enforcement of the Laws about to be given, for on the practice of these depends Israel's survival in the Land (Deuteron...
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 n...
_VER._ 8. _WHAT NATION IS THERE SO GREAT,_ &C.— That which constitutes the principal glory of a nation, is a pure worship, sincerely offered to the true God, and a right administration of justice. Upo...
LESSON FOUR DEUTERONOMY 4:1-43 B. SIGNIFICANCE OF PAST EVENTS (Deuteronomy 4:1-40) 1. BLESSINGS PROMISED FOR THOSE WHO HEED GOD'S ALL-SUFFICIENT LAW (Deuteronomy 4:1-8) a. PROSPERIT
_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....
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...
WHAT NATION IS THERE SO GREAT, THAT HATH STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS SO RIGHTEOUS? — These words direct our attention to the law of Moses, as distinctly _in advance of the time_ when it was given....
וּ מִי֙ גֹּ֣וי גָּדֹ֔ול אֲשֶׁר ־לֹ֛ו חֻקִּ֥ים
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...
_Eyes. Most of these laws had been already promulgated, so that the people could set a just value upon them. But Moses undertakes to place the in a more beautiful point of view, as it were altogether,...
Into what an astonishing degree of nearness, are believers now brought by the blood of JESUS! Reader! pause and contemplate your vast privileges; and ask your own heart that question, Am I indeed brou...
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 WHAT NATION IS THERE SO GREAT, THAT HATH STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS SO RIGHTEOUS,.... Founded in justice and equity, and so agreeable to right reason, and so well calculated and adapted to lead person...
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? Ver. 8. _So righteous._] _See Trapp on "_ Deu 1:1 _"_...
_So nigh_ By glorious miracles, by the pledges of his special presence, by the operations of his grace, and particularly by his readiness to hear our prayers, and to give us those succours which we ca...
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 what nation is there so great that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this Law which I set before you this day? All true righteousness of life has its roots in God, and the more the k...
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...
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 4:8 great H1419 nation H1471 statutes H2706 righteous H6662 judgments H4941 law H8451 set H5414 (H8802
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 for...
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...
_And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and Judgments so righteous?_ A RIGHTEOUS BIBLE The appeal of Moses is the eternal appeal of the Bible. That is the appeal to common sense and to...
_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 4:7 God is SO NEAR to his people, especially in answering their prayers (WHENEVER WE CALL UPON HIM). God is also “very near” them through his word ...
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 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 3:17; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 10:13;...
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...
So righteous — Whereby he implies that the true greatness of a nation doth not consist in pomp or power, or largeness of empire, as commonly men think, but in the righteousness of its laws....