Deuteronomy 10:14

_AND I STAYED IN THE MOUNT, ACCORDING TO THE FIRST TIME, FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS; AND THE LORD HEARKENED UNTO ME AT THAT TIME ALSO, AND THE LORD WOULD NOT DESTROY THEE._ Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully. Verse 16. CIRCUMCISE ... THE FORESKIN OF YOUR HEART. Here he teaches them the true and spiritual meaning of that rite, as was afterward more strongly urged by Paul (Romans 2:25), and should be applied by us to our baptism, which is "not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God." Verse 17. FOR THE LORD (YAHWEH) YOUR GOD ... - i:e., He is not merely a local deity, as the pagan regard their guardian divinities; and although, for high and important purposes

14._Behold the heaven. _He again enforces upon them the grace, on account of which we have seen that the people were under obligation to God; because this was the most effectual observation for moving them to submit themselves to their deliverer, to whom they were reminded that they owed altogether themselves and all that they had. First, then, he admonishes them that they differed from others, not by their personal dignity, nor the excellency of their race, but because it pleased God to prefer them, when He ruled equally over all. Literally it is, “Jehovah coveted to love your fathers,” by which expression, as may be gathered from many passages, the feeling of inclination to love them is undoubtedly marked. Jerome, therefore, has not aptly used the word “adhere.” (230) Now, this desire, whereby God was freely and liberally induced, Moses opposes to all other causes, lest Israel should a...

12-22 We are here taught our duty to God in our principles and our practices. We must fear the Lord our God. We must love him, and delight in communion with him. We must walk in the ways in which he has appointed us to walk. We must serve him with all our heart and soul. What we do in his service we must do cheerfully, and with good will. We must keep his commandments. There is true honour and pleasure in obedience. We must give honour to God; and to him we must cleave, as one we love and delight in, trust in, and from whom we have great expectations. We are here taught our duty to our neighbour. God's common gifts to mankind oblige us to honour all men. And those who have themselves been in distress, and have found mercy with God, should be ready to show kindness to those who are in the like distress. We are here taught our duty to ourselves. Circumcise your hearts. Cast away all corru...

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 atmosphere, the second the planetary system, and the third the region of the blessed, is saying but very little in the way of explanation. The words were probably intended to point out the immensity of God's creation, in which we may readily conceive one system of heavenly bodies, and others beyond them, and others still in endless progression through the whole vortex of space, every _star_ in the vast abyss of nature being a sun, with its peculiar and numerous attendant worlds! Thus there may be systems of systems in endless gradation up to the throne of God!...

EXPOSITION RENEWED EXHORTATIONS TO OBEDIENCE. DEUTERONOMY 10:1 _Moses_'_ intercession and its results_. DEUTERONOMY 10:1 AT THAT TIME. When Moses thus interceded, God commanded him to prepare two new tables of stone, and to construct an ark in which to keep them (cf. Exodus 34:1, etc.). Directions had been given for the construction of the ark before the apostasy of the people, and it was not made till after the tabernacle had been erected, nor were the tables placed in it till the tabernacle had been consecrated (cf....

BEHOLD, THE HEAVEN, AND THE HEAVEN OF HEAVENS, ARE THE LORD'S THY GOD,.... Made and possessed by him; the airy and starry heaven, the third heaven, which is the heaven of heavens, the seat of the divine Majesty, the habitation of angels and glorified saints: THE EARTH [ALSO], WITH ALL THAT THEREIN IS; that is his property, and at his disposal, being made by him, and all that is upon it, or contained in it, even whatsoever is on or in the whole terraqueous globe; see Psalms 115:15....

6. JEHOVAH'S LOVE AND HIS REQUIREMENTS OF HIS PEOPLE CHAPTER 10:12-22 _ 1. Jehovah's delight and love (Deuteronomy 10:12)_ 2. Admonition to fear and serve Jehovah (Deuteronomy 10:16) This section is especially precious. Jehovah speaks through Moses and reminds His people of Himself and His Love and what He requires of them. “Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens is Jehovah's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.” What a marvellous call to fear and serve such a Lord! What He required of them was a loving obedience, to fear Him, to walk in all His ways, to love Him and to serve Him. They were to be followers of Jehovah their God. He is God of gods, Lord of lords, great, mighty, terrible. His goodness again is revealed by Moses as an ince

DEUTERONOMY 10:12 TO DEUTERONOMY 11:32. Resumes Moses'second address interrupted by the long didactic narrative of Deuteronomy 9:7_ b_ - Deuteronomy 10:11. DEUTERONOMY 10:12 - Deuteronomy 11. Reasons why Israel should fear and serve Yahweh. Deuteronomy 10:12. _Cf._ Micah 6:8....

BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. HEAVEN OF HEAVENS. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6. = the highest heavens....

Deuteronomy 10:12 to Deuteronomy 11:32. Final Exhortations, Introductory to the Laws Enforced by the preceding Retrospect, the discourse continues to urge its practical conclusions of full fear and love to God, by worshipping and obeying Him (Deuteronomy 10:12-13); because, though all heaven and earth is His, He was pleased to love the fathers of Israel and to choose their posterity (Deuteronomy 10:14-15). Changing to the Pl. address the discourse urges Israel to circumcise their hearts and be no more stiffnecked, for their God is the greatest God and Lord, mightiest and most terrible