For 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]?
Ver. 7. Who hath God so nigh unto them.] Yea, this was it that made them so great a nation, who otherwise were but methe mispar, few in number. This made Moses so passionately cry out, "Happy art thou, O Israel! who is like unto thee, O people, saved by the Lord!" Deu 33:29
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...
WHAT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. GOD. a god, or gods. Hebrew 'Elohim. App-4. NIGH. nigh to help. Compare Psalms 32:9; Psalms 34:18; Psalms 119:151;...
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...
_For what great nation … hath a god so nigh_ Both noun, _élohím_, and adj., _ḳerobim_, are plural. _Elohîm_may signify _a god_, or _gods_, as Deuteronomy 6:14 and elsewhere; or the general idea of Dei...
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...
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
_FOR 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?_ What nation is there so great? Here he represents their privileges...
4:7 God (d-9) Or '[its] god.'...
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...
כִּ֚י מִי ־גֹ֣וי גָּדֹ֔ול אֲשֶׁר ־לֹ֥ו אֱלֹהִ
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...
For what nation [is there so] great, who [hath] God [so] (g) nigh unto them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him [for]? (g) Helping us, and delivering us out of all dangers...
Gods. Supposing they deserved that title, which of them has the power to shew their votaries such favours as the true God hath shewn to us? The idols are nothing but devils, which seek to destroy. (Ca...
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...
7._For what nation is there so great? _Moses now repeats in his own name what he had stated in the person of others, as if to shew by additional reasons, that not without cause would the Jews be celeb...
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...
Ver. 7 FOR WHAT NATION IS THERE SO GREAT,.... Not so much for their number, for they were the fewest of all people; nor for the largeness of their territories, for the land they were going to possess...
_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...
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, in whose midst God has revealed Himself in so open and definite a manner, AS THE LORD, OUR GOD, IS IN ALL THINGS THAT WE CALL UPON HI...
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...
GOD NIGH UNTO THEM, by glorious miracles, by the pledges of his special presence, by the operations of his grace, and particularly, as it here follows, by his readiness to hear our prayers, and to giv...
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 4:7 great H1419 nation H1471 God H430 near H7138 LORD H3068 God H430 call H7121 (H8800)...
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 Samuel 7:23; Deuteronomy 5:26; Ephesians 2:12; Isaiah 43:4; Is
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 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...