Deuteronomy 10:1-22

Practical Exhortations (continued)

1-5. The renewal of the broken covenant: see Exodus 34.

6-9. These vv are evidently a parenthesis.

The death of Aaron took place thirty-eight years after the departure from Sinai, but previous to the delivery of this discourse: see on Numbers 20:22; The notice of Aaron's death seems to be inserted here to show that the sin of Aaron and the people did not bring the priesthood to a close. The covenant was renewed, and Aaron was spared for nearly forty years to minister as the high priest; and on his death the priesthood was continued in his family. In Numbers 33:30 the same places are mentioned as being visited in a different order. In all probability the children of Israel visited these places twice.