It [is] not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Ver. 12. Who shall go up for us to heaven?] And yet to know heavenly things, is to ascend into heaven. Pro 30:4
Verse Deuteronomy 30:12. _IT IS NOT IN HEAVEN_] Shall not be communicated in that way in which the prophets received the living oracles; but the WORD shall _be made flesh, and dwell among you_....
Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded Deuteronomy 30:10; hence, Deuteronomy 30:15 life and death, good and evil, are solemnly set before the people for their own choice; and an ea...
26. THE DISPERSION, THE RETURN AND THE FINAL APPEAL CHAPTER 30 _ 1. The message of hope (Deuteronomy 30:1)_ 2. The final appeal (Deuteronomy 30:11) These things, which Moses spoke into the ears of...
DEUTERONOMY 30:11 was probably intended to close Dt. Deuteronomy 30:11 is applied and adapted by Paul in Romans 6-8. Prefix to Deuteronomy 30:16 the following words found in the LXX and
The Close of the Concluding Addresses The commandment is not too hard nor distant, but near, articulate, intelligible and practicable (Deuteronomy 30:11-14). Sheer life and death, good and evil, is s...
_not in heaven_ Not among the _hidden things_still with God, Deuteronomy 29:29 (28), and requiring a mediator. God has not left men to hunger for it; it has been mediated and heard....
The Conscience of the Law...
DISCOURSE: 225 THE WAY OF SALVATION PLAIN AND EASY Deuteronomy 30:11. This commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou...
_VER._ 11-14. _THIS COMMANDMENT—IS NOT HIDDEN FROM THEE,_ &C.— i.e. Is not abstruse and hard to be understood, but easy to be known and comprehended: _neither is it far off;_ so that they needed not t...
4. OBEDIENCE NOT IMPOSSIBLE (Deuteronomy 30:11-14) 11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldes...
_FOR THIS COMMANDMENT WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, IT IS NOT HIDDEN FROM THEE, NEITHER IS IT FAR OFF._ For this commandment ... is not hidden ... neither ... far off. That law of loving and obeying...
PROMISES AND APPEALS A promise of restoration, even after abandonment and rejection, is held out, on condition of repentance; and an appeal is made to the people to choos the way of obedience and lif...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 30 V1 ‘All these *blessings and *curses, that I have told you about, will happen to you. You wi...
Deuteronomy 30:11. THE LAW OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF FAITH. (11) FOR THIS COMMANDMENT. — Heb., _Mitzvah._ This duty, this form of obedience to the law. IS NOT HIDDEN FROM THEE — _i.e.,_ not to...
לֹ֥א בַ † שָּׁמַ֖יִם הִ֑וא לֵ אמֹ֗ר...
MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...
THE SUPREME CHOICE Deuteronomy 30:11 The immediate purpose of this passage is to encourage the people by reminding them that all things needful for a holy life are within their reach. Paul refers to...
Continuing his discourse, Moses uttered words thrilling at first with tenderness and urgent appeal. In the first ten verses of the chapter we have the long look ahead of love. He seems to have seen t...
Work. There is no need of studying the mysteries of astrology, as the Magi do, to understand the will of God. (Grotius) --- St. Paul adds, (ver. 7,) or who shall descend into the deep? which is not in...
We cannot err in the application of these things to the LORD JESUS and his Gospel; because the HOLY GHOST hath directly done so by the ministry of his servant the apostle. He calls it the righteousnes...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
We must now dwell a little on this last point. Chapter 30 furnishes us with an important principle. It supposes that the people have already incurred the consequences of disobedience, and they are see...
IT [IS] NOT IN HEAVEN,.... The scheme of it was formed in heaven, it was hid in the heart of God there, before revealed; it was ordained before the world was for our glory; it was brought down from th...
_In heaven_ Shut up there, but it hath been thence delivered and published in thy hearing. _Neither beyond the sea_ The knowledge of this commandment is not to be fetched from far distant places, to w...
1 Great mercies promised vnto the repentant. 11 The Commaundement is manifest. 15 Death and life are set before them. 1 AND it shall come to passe when all these things are come vpon thee, the bles...
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, who shall go up for us to heaven and bring it unto us that we may hear it and do it?...
DEATH AND LIFE SET BEFORE ISRAEL...
GOD'S GRACE TO THOSE WHO RETURN (vs.1-10) There are some (even Christians) who insist that Israel has departed so far from God that they can never be restored. But they must ignore chapter 30:1-10, a...
11-14 The law is not too high for thee. It is not only known afar off; it is not confined to men of learning. It is written in thy books, made plain, so that he who runs may read it. It is in thy mou...
IN HEAVEN, i.e. shut up there; but it hath been thence delivered and published in thy hearing....
This chapter is one of very deep interest and importance. It is prophetic, and presents to us some of "the secret things" referred to at the close of the Preceding chapter. It unfolds some of those mo...
Deuteronomy 30:12 heaven H8064 say H559 (H8800) ascend H5927 (H8799) heaven H8064 bring H3947 (H8799) hear
HIS COMMANDMENT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED (DEUTERONOMY 30:11). Moses again stressed that what he was calling on them to do was not difficult to achieve. It did not demand great expenditure of...
CONTENTS: The Palestinian covenant declared. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Those shall have life who choose it. Those who come short of life and happiness must thank themselves. They would hav...
Deuteronomy 30:5. _The Lord thy God will bring thee into the land,_ when thou art penitent, by the marvellous munificence of Darius, and of Cyrus his nephew. What a luminous vision of future things! T...
_This commandment, is not hidden._ THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF SALVATION I. Clearness. “With the heart man believeth unto righteousness.” “Ah,” you say, “there it comes in again. Whenever we go elsewher...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 30:11 NOT TOO HARD. When the heart is circumcised (see note on v. 6), keeping the law is possible. THE WORD... IS...
CRITICAL NOTES.—Israel were rejected and exiled on account of apostacy, but not absolutely east off for ever. If they would return to the Lord he would turn his favour towards them again, and gather t...
EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 30:1 Though rejected and exiled because of rebellion and apostasy, Israel should not be absolutely or forever cast off. When dispersed among the nations, if the people should r...
Chapter 30. It shall come to pass when all these things are come upon thee the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and you call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord...
John 3:13; Proverbs 30:4; Romans 10:6; Romans 10:7...
In heaven — Shut up there, but it hath been thence delivered and published in thy hearing....