Verse Deuteronomy 32:47. Through this thing ye shall prolong your days] Instead of being cut off, as God here threatens, ye shall be preserved and rendered prosperous in the land which, when they passed over Jordan, they should possess.
These verses were, no doubt, added by the author of the supplement to Deuteronomy. For the statements contained in them, consult the marginal references....
3. THE BLESSING OF MOSES Chapter S 32:44-33:29 _ 1. Introduction (Deuteronomy 32:44)_ 2. Jehovah's manifestation (Deuteronomy 33:1) 3. The blessing of Reuben, Judah and Levi (D
Moses'song is a didactic poem, a theodicy in which Yahweh's ways are vindicated. In its sentiments and artistic form it is unsurpassed in the poetry of the OT. Its dominant theme is Yahweh's justice a...
IN THE LAND. on the soil. The end of Moses' ninth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1....
_vain_ Or, _empty_, without profit. _it is your life_ As in Deuteronomy 30:20. _prolong your days … whither ye go over_, etc.] For these formulas see on Deuteronomy 4:26....
A Postscript Moses again exhorts all Israel to attend to the Law and enforce it on their children, for it is their life, by which they shall prolong their days in the Land. Both the ideas and the lan...
DISCOURSE: 238 A MINISTER’S DYING CHARGE TO HIS PEOPLE Deuteronomy 32:46. _Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do...
THOUGHT QUESTIONS 32:44-47 564. Who is Hoshea? Cf. Numbers 13:16. 565. What is involved in fulfilling the injunction to set your heart? 566. Hearing, heeding, living, the word of God will give u...
THE SONG OF MOSES The theme of this noble Song is the goodness of Jehovah in choosing Israel and bringing them into a rich land. When they provoke Him with their forgetfulness and unfaithfulness, He d...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 32 V1 ‘Listen, HEAVENs, and I will speak. Oh earth, hear the words that I
FOR IT IS NOT A VAIN THING FOR YOU. — Not too light a thing for you, not unworthy of your attention. IT IS YOUR LIFE. — For the last time in this book the people are assured that the very end of thei...
כִּ֠י לֹֽא ־דָבָ֨ר רֵ֥ק הוּא֙ מִכֶּ֔ם כִּי
THE SONG AND BLESSING OF MOSES (A) THE SONG OF MOSES Deuteronomy 32:1 CRITICS have debated the date, authorship, and history of this song. For the present purpose it is sufficient, perhaps, to refe...
MOSES VIEWS WHAT OTHERS SHALL POSSESS Deuteronomy 32:36 Sometimes God leaves us to ourselves that we may learn our weakness and sinfulness. Then, when our power is gone and we seem destined to be des...
Here we have the song itself. The first part (verses Deuteronomy 32:1; Deuteronomy 32:1) consists of a call to attention. Heaven and earth are called to listen while the servant of God proclaims the n...
For it [is] not a (x) vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. (x) For I will perform m...
_Live. Hebrew, "it is your life." They were to cherish the law as their own lives; for their prosperity and length of days depended on their observance of it._...
When Moses had finished his song, which he delivered not only in the hearing of the people, but particularly of Joshua, his successor, as if that he might be a witness both for the LORD and for himsel...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
We have the prophetic song, which is based on the foreknown fall of the people. First, it declares the perfectness of Jehovah, whatever may take place; it is Israel who have corrupted themselves (comp...
FOR IT [IS] NOT A VAIN THING FOR YOU,.... That is, the law is not, and the observance of it in them and their children; it was no light and trifling matter, but of great importance and consequence, ob...
For it [is] not a vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. Ver. 47. _For it is not a va...
1 Moses song, which setteth foorth Gods mercy and vengeance. 46 He exhorteth them to set their hearts vpon it. 48 God sendeth him vp to mount Nebo, to see the land, and die. 1 GIUE eare, O yee heau...
For it is not a vain thing for you, an empty, meaningless proclamation; BECAUSE IT IS YOUR LIFE, Deuteronomy 30-20; AND THROUGH THIS THING YE SHALL PROLONG YOUR DAYS IN THE LAND WHITHER YE GO OVER JOR...
Conclusion of Moses Address the Lord's Command to Him...
GOD: MAJESTIC AND FAITHFUL (vs.l-4) In these four verses the introduction of this song of Moses is both magnificent and beautiful. The heavens and the earth are called to hear the faithful words from...
44-47 Here is the solemn delivery of this song to Israel, with a charge to mind all the good words Moses had said unto them. It is not a trifle, but a matter of life and death: mind it, and you are ma...
It is not an unprofitable or contemptible work I advise you to, but well worthy of your most serious care, oft to remember and diligently to consider it....
"And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words; of this song, until they were ended." It is not too much to say that one of the very grandest and most comprehensive sections...
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A SUMMARY OF MOSES' FINAL ACTIVITY (DEUTERONOMY 32:46). A summary is now given of what was in fact Moses' final activity before his death. The song being completed Moses, together with Joshua (Hoshea...
CHAPTER 32 THE SONG OF MOSES. Having written the Complaint Document as a song to be sung by the children of Israel until its words were fulfilled and it could be called on as a witness against them,...
CONTENTS: The song and exhortation of Moses. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: The warning and consoling words of God sent down from heaven should sink into our hearts and soften them as t...
Deuteronomy 32:1. _Give ear, oh ye heavens, and I will speak._ This ode, which is full of rhythm, and of almost every poetic excellence and beauty, has been called the Swan song of Moses, who died sin...
_For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life._ RELIGION A NECESSITY Religion is not a luxury, but a necessity of our being. It is not a vain service, because it is our life. Immersed...
_Command your children to observe to do all the words of this law._ THE ADVANTAGE OF A RIGHT EDUCATION I. The advantages, and indeed necessity, of right education. Other creatures arrive, without the...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 32:46 IT IS... YOUR VERY LIFE. Compare “he is your life”; Deuteronomy 30:19.
The song composed by Moses and recited to the people as a witness against them. “It embraces the whole future history of Israel, and bears all the marks of prophetic testimony in the perfectly ideal p...
EXPOSITION SONG OF MOSES AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS DEATH. In accordance with the Divine injunction, Moses composed an ode, which he recited in the hearing of the people, and committed to writing, to re...
So this is the song that Moses taught the children of Israel. And incidentally it was the first hit rock song. It is a song about the Rock. Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye gre...
1 Peter 3:10; 1 Timothy 4:8; 1 Timothy 6:6; 2 Peter 1:16; 2 Peter 1:3
Not vain — It is not an unprofitable or contemptible work I advise you to, but well worthy of your most serious care....