Verse Deuteronomy 4:2. _YE SHALL NOT ADD_] Any _book, chapter, verse_ or _word_, which I have not spoken; nor give any comment that has any tendency to corrupt, weaken, or destroy any part of this rev...
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...
YE SHALL NOT ADD. Compare Ch. Deuteronomy 12:32.Proverbs 30:5; Proverbs 30:6; Jeremiah 23:28;...
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...
_Ye shall not add unto the word … neither … diminish from it_ So Deuteronomy 12:32 [Hebrews 13:1], cp. Jeremiah 26:2; Revelation 22:18
_VER._ 2. _YE SHALL NOT ADD UNTO THE WORD WHICH I COMMAND YOU,_ &C.— The meaning of these words, is plainly to be learned from a similar passage, chap. Deuteronomy 12:32. _What thing soever I command...
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
_YE SHALL NOT ADD UNTO THE WORD WHICH I COMMAND YOU, NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH OUGHT FROM IT, THAT YE MAY KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD WHICH I COMMAND YOU._ Ye shall not add unto the wo...
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...
YE SHALL NOT ADD UNTO THE WORD. — _The word,_ not “the words.” The _word_ is the substance of the Law. The _words_ in which it is expressed may be more or less. The law of Moses contains in it the ger...
לֹ֣א תֹסִ֗פוּ עַל ־הַ דָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָנֹכִי
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...
Ye shall (b) not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye (c) diminish [ought] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. (b) Think not to be...
Add any thing repugnant to the spirit of my law. No interpretation of this kind can be admitted. But this does not condemn well authorized traditions, and laws enacted by lawful superiors. The Jews al...
It is worthy of remark, how jealous the LORD is of his name and glory; in both Testaments of Scripture the precept of neither adding to, nor diminishing from, is strongly formed. See Revelation 22:18....
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...
YE SHALL NOT ADD TO THE WORD WHICH I COMMAND YOU, NETHER SHALL YOU DIMINISH OUGHT FROM IT,.... Neither make new laws of their own, and join them to the law of God, and set them upon a level with it, o...
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish [ought] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. Ver. 2. _Ye shall not add._]...
_Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you_ By desiring other doctrines, or ways of worship, than what I have taught or prescribed. For this were to accuse me of want of wisdom, or care, or f...
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...
Ye shall not add unto the Word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, for in either case the force of the commandment would be weakened and the Word of God changed into the prec...
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...
YE SHALL NOT ADD, by devising other doctrines or ways of worship than what I have taught or prescribed; see Numbers 15:39,40 Deu 12:8,32 1 Kings 12:33 Proverbs 30:6...
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 4:2 add H3254 (H8686) word H1697 command H6680 (H8764) take H1639 (H8799) keep H8104 ...
CHAPTER 4. MOSES URGES THEM TO RESPOND FULLY TO YAHWEH'S COVENANT AND REMEMBER WITH WHAT GLORY AND POWER IT CAME. Having established the certainty of their successful entry into the land Moses now fol...
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 12:32; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Galatians 3:15; Joshua 1:7;...
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...