CHAPTER X _Moses is commanded to make a second set of tables_, 1, 2. _He makes an ark, prepares the two tables, God writes on them the_ _ten commandments, and Moses lays them up in the ark_, 3-5. _The Israelites journey from_ Beeroth _to_ Mosera, _where Aaron_ _dies_, 6; _and from thence to_ G... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 10:3. _SHITTIM WOOD_] Exodus 25:5, Exodus 25:5, and succeeding verses, and on the parallel places in the margin.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 10:4. _TEN COMMANDMENTS_] Exodus 20:1, Exodus 20:1, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 10:6. _AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TOOK THEIR JOURNEY, C._] On this and the three following verses see _Kennicott's_ remarks at the end of this chapter. Deuteronomy 10:22, Deuteronomy 10:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 10:12. _NOW, ISRAEL, WHAT DOTH THE LORD - REQUIRE OF THEE_] An answer is immediately given. God requires, 1. That ye _fear_ him as Jehovah your God; him who made, preserves, and governs you. 2. _That ye walk in all his ways _- that, having received his precepts, all of which are... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 10:14. _BEHOLD, THE HEAVEN AND THE HEAVEN OF HEAVENS_] All these words in the original are in the plural number: הן השמים ושמי השמים _hen hashshamayim, ushemey hashshamayim; behold the_ _heavens and the heavens of heavens_. But what do they mean? To say that the first means the atm... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 10:16. _CIRCUMCISE - THE FORESKIN OF YOUR HEART_] A plain proof from God himself that this precept pointed out spiritual things, and that it was not the _cutting away a part of the flesh that was_ the object of the Divine commandment, but the _purification of the_ _soul_, without w... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 10:17. _GOD OF GODS, AND LORD OF LORDS_] That is, He is the source whence all being and power proceed; every agent is finite but himself; and he can counteract, suspend, or destroy all the actions of all creatures whensoever he pleases. If he determine to save, none can destroy; if... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 10:21. _HE IS THY PRAISE_] It is an eternal honour to any soul to be in the friendship of God. Why are people ashamed of being thought religious? Because they know nothing of religion. He who knows his Maker may glory in his God, for without him what has any soul but disgrace, pain... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 10:22. _WITH THREESCORE AND TEN PERSONS_] And now, from so small a beginning, they were multiplied to more than 600,000 souls; and this indeed in the space of forty years, for the 603,000 which came out of Egypt were at this time all dead but Moses, Joshua, and Caleb. How easily ca... [ Continue Reading ]