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Deuteronomy 4:27
few in number Heb. idiom men of a number, easily counted, instead of being innumerable, as the stars in heaven for multitude.
few in number Heb. idiom men of a number, easily counted, instead of being innumerable, as the stars in heaven for multitude.
Verse Deuteronomy 4:27. _THE LORD SHALL SCATTER YOU AMONG THE NATIONS_] This was amply verified in their different captivities and dispersions....
Compare with these verses Leviticus 26:33, and Deuteronomy 28:64 ff....
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...
SCATTER. Hebrew. _puz_. disperse. See Genesis 10:18; Genesis 11:4; Genesis 11:9, not used in Leviticus 26:33, but is used in...
_VER._ 27-29. _AND THE LORD SHALL SCATTER YOU,_ &C.— See the notes on ch. 28: and 30: When it is said of the idols, in ver. 28 that _they neither see nor hear,_ &c. the sacred writer intends only to r...
I MUST NOT GO OVER THE JORDAN (Deuteronomy 4:22)See under Deuteronomy 1:37. c. PUNISHMENT FOR IDOLATRY: BANISHMENT FROM THE LAND (Deuteronomy 4:25-28) 25 When thou shalt beget children, and children'...
_AND THE LORD SHALL SCATTER YOU AMONG THE NATIONS, AND YE SHALL BE LEFT FEW IN NUMBER AMONG THE HEATHEN, WHITHER THE LORD SHALL LEAD YOU._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
4:27 company (b-16) Lit. 'men of number,' or 'that can be numbered.' a usual idiom; see Genesis 34:30 ; 1 Chronicles 16:19 ; Psalms 105:12 ; and cf. ch. 33.6;...
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...
AND THE LORD SHALL SCATTER YOU. — Our familiarity with this fact in history must not blind us to its force when uttered as a _prophecy._ The fact that the Jews were taken captive for idolatry, and dis...
וְ הֵפִ֧יץ יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּ † עַמִּ֑ים...
MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...
JEHOVAH “A JEALOUS GOD” Deuteronomy 4:15 How often Moses repeats, “ _take heed._ ” We must watch as well as pray and keep our souls diligently. We must specially beware of idols-that is, any visible...
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 the LORD shall (s) scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. (s) So that his curse will make his former blessings ineff...
_Nations. This prediction we see verified at the present day. They are despised by all. No one of their numerous masters embraces their religion. No one of their numerous masters embraces their religi...
Observe the vast earnestness of the Sacred Preacher in the arguments he adopts to interest the feelings of the people; and how he dwells, again and again, upon the same very powerful motives to induce...
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 THE LORD SHALL SCATTER YOU AMONG THE NATIONS,.... As they were by both captivities; the ten tribes were dispersed among the cities of the Medes, and the two tribes throughout the empire of Babylon...
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 the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you, Leviticus 26:33. All the judgments of the Lord upon His disobed...
The Appeal Supported by a Reference to God's Kindness...
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...
24-40 Moses urged the greatness, glory, and goodness of God. Did we consider what a God he is with whom we have to do, we should surely make conscience of our duty to him, and not dare to sin against...
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 4:27 LORD H3068 scatter H6327 (H8689) peoples H5971 left H7604 (H8738) few H4962 number H4557 nat
WHAT THEIR FATE WILL BE IF THEY TURN AWAY FROM HIM TO GRAVEN IMAGES (DEUTERONOMY 4:25). This fate had already been portrayed by what had happened to their fathers who were driven from the land (Deuter...
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 4:27 SCATTER. See Deuteronomy 28:64. FEW IN NUMBER. See...
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 4:25-5 Moses enforces the warning against idolatry, by predicting the evil that should come upon the nation through the apostasy of those who should in after times turn from Je...
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 28:62; Ezekiel 12:15; Ezekiel 32:26; Nehemiah 1:3;...
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...