Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 30:14
But the (k) word [is] very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest (l) do it.
(k) Even the law and the gospel.
(l) By faith in Christ.
But the (k) word [is] very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest (l) do it.
(k) Even the law and the gospel.
(l) By faith in Christ.
Verse Deuteronomy 30:14. _BUT THE WORD_ IS _VERY NIGH UNTO THEE_] The doctrine of salvation preached by the apostles; _in thy mouth_, the promises of redemption made by the prophets forming a part of...
Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded Deuteronomy 30:10; hence, Deuteronomy 30:15 life and death, good and evil, are solemnly set before the people for their own choice; and an ea...
26. THE DISPERSION, THE RETURN AND THE FINAL APPEAL CHAPTER 30 _ 1. The message of hope (Deuteronomy 30:1)_ 2. The final appeal (Deuteronomy 30:11) These things, which Moses spoke into the ears of...
DEUTERONOMY 30:11 was probably intended to close Dt. Deuteronomy 30:11 is applied and adapted by Paul in Romans 6-8. Prefix to Deuteronomy 30:16 the following words found in the LXX and
The Conscience of the Law...
The Close of the Concluding Addresses The commandment is not too hard nor distant, but near, articulate, intelligible and practicable (Deuteronomy 30:11-14). Sheer life and death, good and evil, is s...
_But the word is very nigh unto thee]_So of God Himself, Deuteronomy 4:7, _q.v._, explained by what follows, _in thy mouth and in thy heart_(cp. Deuteronomy 6:6 f., Deuteronomy 11:18 f.), articulate,...
DISCOURSE: 225 THE WAY OF SALVATION PLAIN AND EASY Deuteronomy 30:11. This commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou...
_VER._ 11-14. _THIS COMMANDMENT—IS NOT HIDDEN FROM THEE,_ &C.— i.e. Is not abstruse and hard to be understood, but easy to be known and comprehended: _neither is it far off;_ so that they needed not t...
4. OBEDIENCE NOT IMPOSSIBLE (Deuteronomy 30:11-14) 11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldes...
_FOR THIS COMMANDMENT WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, IT IS NOT HIDDEN FROM THEE, NEITHER IS IT FAR OFF._ For this commandment ... is not hidden ... neither ... far off. That law of loving and obeying...
PROMISES AND APPEALS A promise of restoration, even after abandonment and rejection, is held out, on condition of repentance; and an appeal is made to the people to choos the way of obedience and lif...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 30 V1 ‘All these *blessings and *curses, that I have told you about, will happen to you. You wi...
Deuteronomy 30:11. THE LAW OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF FAITH. (11) FOR THIS COMMANDMENT. — Heb., _Mitzvah._ This duty, this form of obedience to the law. IS NOT HIDDEN FROM THEE — _i.e.,_ not to...
כִּֽי ־קָרֹ֥וב אֵלֶ֛יךָ הַ דָּבָ֖ר מְאֹ֑ד בְּ
MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...
THE SUPREME CHOICE Deuteronomy 30:11 The immediate purpose of this passage is to encourage the people by reminding them that all things needful for a holy life are within their reach. Paul refers to...
Continuing his discourse, Moses uttered words thrilling at first with tenderness and urgent appeal. In the first ten verses of the chapter we have the long look ahead of love. He seems to have seen t...
_Heart. Septuagint add, "and in thy hands." Thou art often obliged to talk about the law, and to learn it by heart. Nothing hinders thee, with the grace of God, from putting it in practice. (Calmet) -...
We cannot err in the application of these things to the LORD JESUS and his Gospel; because the HOLY GHOST hath directly done so by the ministry of his servant the apostle. He calls it the righteousnes...
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 must now dwell a little on this last point. Chapter 30 furnishes us with an important principle. It supposes that the people have already incurred the consequences of disobedience, and they are see...
BUT THE WORD [IS] VERY NIGH UNTO THEE,.... In the ministration of it by those who clearly, plainly, and faithfully preach it, and in the application of it by the Spirit of God to the heart; and in the...
But the word [is] very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. Ver. 14. _Very nigh._] Nigher than the skin is to the flesh, or the flesh to the bones; it is within thy...
_In heaven_ Shut up there, but it hath been thence delivered and published in thy hearing. _Neither beyond the sea_ The knowledge of this commandment is not to be fetched from far distant places, to w...
1 Great mercies promised vnto the repentant. 11 The Commaundement is manifest. 15 Death and life are set before them. 1 AND it shall come to passe when all these things are come vpon thee, the bles...
But the Word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. The Word of the Law had not been written down in secret and hidden from the eyes of the people, but it had b...
DEATH AND LIFE SET BEFORE ISRAEL...
GOD'S GRACE TO THOSE WHO RETURN (vs.1-10) There are some (even Christians) who insist that Israel has departed so far from God that they can never be restored. But they must ignore chapter 30:1-10, a...
11-14 The law is not too high for thee. It is not only known afar off; it is not confined to men of learning. It is written in thy books, made plain, so that he who runs may read it. It is in thy mou...
IN THY MOUTH; thou knowest it so well, that it is the matter of thy common discourse; thou professest thy knowledge and belief of it: or, in the months of thy priests and Levites, who are daily preach...
This chapter is one of very deep interest and importance. It is prophetic, and presents to us some of "the secret things" referred to at the close of the Preceding chapter. It unfolds some of those mo...
Deuteronomy 30:14 word H1697 very H3966 near H7138 mouth H6310 heart H3824 do H6213 (H8800) very -...
HIS COMMANDMENT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED (DEUTERONOMY 30:11). Moses again stressed that what he was calling on them to do was not difficult to achieve. It did not demand great expenditure of...
CONTENTS: The Palestinian covenant declared. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Those shall have life who choose it. Those who come short of life and happiness must thank themselves. They would hav...
Deuteronomy 30:5. _The Lord thy God will bring thee into the land,_ when thou art penitent, by the marvellous munificence of Darius, and of Cyrus his nephew. What a luminous vision of future things! T...
_This commandment, is not hidden._ THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF SALVATION I. Clearness. “With the heart man believeth unto righteousness.” “Ah,” you say, “there it comes in again. Whenever we go elsewher...
THE WORD IN THE HEART The word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. Deuteronomy 30:14. There was once a little boy called Willie, of whom George Macdonald...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 30:11 NOT TOO HARD. When the heart is circumcised (see note on v. 6), keeping the law is possible. THE WORD... IS...
CRITICAL NOTES.—Israel were rejected and exiled on account of apostacy, but not absolutely east off for ever. If they would return to the Lord he would turn his favour towards them again, and gather t...
EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 30:1 Though rejected and exiled because of rebellion and apostasy, Israel should not be absolutely or forever cast off. When dispersed among the nations, if the people should r...
Chapter 30. It shall come to pass when all these things are come upon thee the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and you call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord...
Acts 13:26; Acts 13:38; Acts 28:23; Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 33:31;...
In thy mouth — Thou knowest it so well, that it is the matter of thy common discourse. In thy heart — In thy mind, (as the heart is very commonly taken) to understand and believe it. In a word, the La...