Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Deuteronomy 9:21
Ver. 21. And I took your sin— That is to say, the occasion or matter of your sin, the idol which you had made: it is a metonymy frequently found in Scripture. See Isaiah 31:7.
Ver. 21. And I took your sin— That is to say, the occasion or matter of your sin, the idol which you had made: it is a metonymy frequently found in Scripture. See Isaiah 31:7.
Verse Deuteronomy 9:21. _I TOOK YOUR SIN, THE CALF WHICH YE HAD MADE_] _See this fully explained, Clarke "_Exodus 32:20_"_....
5. WARNING AGAINST SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THEIR PREVIOUS FAILURES Chapter S 9:1-10:11 _ 1. The warning (Deuteronomy 9:1)_ 2. The failures of the past (Deuteronomy 9:7) 3. The intercession of Moses...
DEUTERONOMY 9:7_ b-_ DEUTERONOMY 10:11 (or DEUTERONOMY 10:9). Narrative of the legislation on Mount Horeb; for the purpose apparently of illustrating...
BURNT IT. burnt it up. Hebrew. _saraph._ App-43. DESCENDED. Compare Exodus 32:20, which is here explained....
Characteristically expanded, with variations, from Exodus 32:20: one item in the latter, _and made the children of Israel drink of it_, is omitted....
b. HOW TO PREVENT THE THREAT (Deuteronomy 9:1 to Deuteronomy 11:21) (1) BY A REALISTIC SELF-EVALUATION (Deuteronomy 9:1 to Deut
_AND I TOOK YOUR SIN, THE CALF WHICH YE HAD MADE, AND BURNT IT WITH FIRE, AND STAMPED IT, AND GROUND IT VERY SMALL, EVEN UNTIL IT WAS AS SMALL AS DUST: AND I CAST THE DUST THEREOF INTO THE BROOK THAT...
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONTINUED) The rebellions and provocations of the wilderness are recalled, to show the people that it is not of their own merit that they are to inherit the promises, nor by t...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 V1 ‘Listen to this, *Israelites. Now you will go across the River Jordan. You will go into th...
I TOOK YOUR SIN... AND I CAST THE DUST THEREOF INTO THE BROOK. — The stream from the rock in Horeb not only gave Israel drink, but bore away their “sin” upon its waters. “And that Rock was Christ.” Th...
וְֽ אֶת ־חַטַּאתְכֶ֞ם אֲשֶׁר ־עֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם אֶת...
ISRAEL'S ELECTION, AND MOTIVES FOR FAITHFULNESS Deuteronomy 9:1; Deuteronomy 10:1; Deuteronomy 11:1 THE remaining Chapter s of this special introduction to the statement of the actual laws beginni
MOSES' INTERCESSION FOR A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE Deuteronomy 9:15 During the remainder of this chapter Moses continues to remind the people of their rebellions. It is well, when we are tempted to self-adu...
It is interesting to note that as the final announcement of their approaching entrance to the land was made the difficulties which the people had faced at Kadesh\-barnea were recognized as still confr...
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, [and] ground [it] very small, [even] until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook...
_Sin. The Scripture designates by this name not only the evil action, but also the propensity to it, the object, matter, occasion, punishment, or victim of sin. --- The calf. He broke the idol in piec...
See Commentary on Exodus 32:7....
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 8, 9, 10, AND 11. In chapter 8, in the most instructive and touching language as to the care God had taken of them, while keeping them in dependence, and His...
AND I TOOK YOUR SIN, THE CALF WHICH YE HAD MADE,.... Which was the object of their sin, which lay in making and worshipping it; see Isaiah 31:7 AND BURNT IT WITH FIRE, AND STAMPED IT; with his feet a...
Deu. 9:21. "And I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount." This brook in all probability was the water out of the rock, for that rock was in Mount Horeb (Exodus 17:1-8),...
_I cast the dust thereof into the brook_ That there might be no monument nor remembrance of the calf left....
1 Moses disswadeth them from the opinion of their owne righteousnesse, by rehearsing their seuerall rebellions. 1 HEARE, O Israel, thou art to passe ouer Iordan this day, to goe in, to possesse natio...
Instances of Rebellious Behavior. In support of the term "stiff-necked people," which he had just applied to the children of Israel, Moses now adduces a few incidents from the wilderness journey....
And I took your sin, the visible expression of their idolatry, THE CALF WHICH YE HAD MADE, AND BURNED IT WITH FIRE, AND STAMPED IT, AND GROUND IT VERY SMALL, EVEN UNTIL IT WAS AS SMALL AS DUST; AND I...
WARNINGS BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS REBELLIONS (vs.1-29) In spite of Israel's many failures in the wilderness. God would keep His Word to bring them to the land of promise. Israel is told to go in and dispo...
7-29 That the Israelites might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy it was, that they had not been destroyed in the w...
YOUR SIN, i.e. the object and matter of your sin, as sin is taken ISAIAH 31:7. I CAST THE DUST THEREOF INTO THE BROOK, that there might be no monument or remembrance of it left....
"Hear, O Israel; thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven; a people great and tall, the children of th...
Deuteronomy 9:21 took H3947 (H8804) sin H2403 calf H5695 made H6213 (H8804) burned H8313 (H8799) fire...
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MOLTEN CALF INCIDENT (DEUTERONOMY 9:20). The molten calf incident had nearly been catastrophic both for the people and for Aaron. But Moses had acted swiftly to deal suitably...
CONTENTS: Israel reminded of their unworthiness to possess the land in themselves. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. CONCLUSION: Our gaining of the heavenly Canaan must be attribu...
Deuteronomy 9:1. _This day;_ at this time, or in the course of a month. Day is often used in scripture for the whole of a man's life, for a season, and for a short time. Deuteronomy 9:19. _I was afrai...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:7 The golden calf incident is retold at length to demonstrate Israel’s stubbornness. ⇐...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:21 No mention is made here of forcing Israel to drink the water containing the ground-up golden calf (compare Exodus 32:20)....
CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses dissuadeth them from self-righteousness by recital of past sins and rebellion. DEUTERONOMY 9:1. This day, this time. Once before they had been at the borders of Canaan; but did n...
EXPOSITION DISSUASIVES FROM SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. DEUTERONOMY 9:1 Israel might acknowledge that it was of God's free gift that they possessed the land of Canaan, and yet might flatter themselves by th...
As we have told you the word Deuteronomy means the second law. It is really a rehearsal, sort of a capsulation by Moses of the law that was given. Deuteronomy itself, though it covers the forty years...
Exodus 17:6; Exodus 32:20; Hosea 8:11; Isaiah 2:18; Isaiah 30:22;...
Into the brook — That there might be no monument or remembrance of it left....