Deuteronomy 9:29

7-29 That the Israelites might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy it was, that they had not been destroyed in the wilderness. It is good for us often to remember against ourselves, with sorrow and shame, our former sins; that we may see how much we are indebted to free grace, and may humbly own that we never merited any thing but wrath and the curse at God's hand. For so strong is our propensity to pride, that it will creep in under one pretence or another. We are ready to fancy that our righteousness has got for us the special favour of the Lord, though in reality our wickedness is more plain than our weakness. But when the secret history of every man's life shall be brought forth at the day of judgment, all the world will be proved guilty before God. At present, One pleads for us before the mercy-seat,...

EXPOSITION DISSUASIVES FROM SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. DEUTERONOMY 9:1 Israel might acknowledge that it was of God's free gift that they possessed the land of Canaan, and yet might flatter themselves by thinking it was because of their righteousness and goodness that the gift was bestowed. To guard against this, _Moses _tells them that not because of their righteousness would God go before them and drive out the mighty peoples that then occupied the land, but because of the wickedness of these peoples themselves were they to be extirpated (Deuteronomy 9:1). He further reminds them of their transgressions in the past, and how they thereby came under the Divine displeasure, and were saved

YET THEY ARE THY PEOPLE,.... Though they had sinned against him: AND THINE INHERITANCE; which he would not forsake and cast off; at least Moses hoped on this account he would not, and makes use thereof as an argument with him why he should not, and which he repeats, adding in effect what he had said before: WHICH THOU BROUGHTEST OUT BY THY MIGHTY POWER AND STRETCHED OUT ARM; even out of the land of Egypt; the doing of which was plainly the effect of his almighty power, and an evidence of it, considering the weakness of Israel and the strength of Egypt, and the manner in which the Lord brought about this surprising event....

5. WARNING AGAINST SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THEIR PREVIOUS FAILURES Chapter S 9:1-10:11 _ 1. The warning (Deuteronomy 9:1)_ 2. The failures of the past (Deuteronomy 9:7) 3. The intercession of Moses (Deuteronomy 9:25) 4. The results of the intercession (Deuteronomy 10:1) This chapter and the first eleven verses of the tenth are aimed against the spirit of self righteousness. First there is the warning. This is followed by their shameful history of the past, which showed that a boast of being righteous, or having any righteousness had to be positively excluded in their

_And I prayed_, etc.] details his intercession. Cp. Exodus 32:11-13, JE, but probably editorial. Here the deuteronomic additions are _which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness_(_greatness_in Pl. passages Deuteronomy 5:24, here and Deuteronomy 11:2); _look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness_(the masc. noun, while the fem. is used in Deuteronomy 9:4), _nor to their sin; great power and stretched out arm_(see on Deuteronomy 4:34); and there are some variations....

b. HOW TO PREVENT THE THREAT (Deuteronomy 9:1 to Deuteronomy 11:21) (1) BY A REALISTIC SELF-EVALUATION (Deuteronomy 9:1 to Deuteronomy 10:11) (Moses rehearses the story of the two tables of stone and the Israelite's sin at Sinai. This is done so Israel might see their previous course: rebelliousness, stubbornness, and disobedience.) Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven, 2 a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can sta

PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONTINUED) The rebellions and provocations of the wilderness are recalled, to show the people that it is not of their own merit that they are to inherit the promises, nor by their own strength that they are to dispossess the inhabitants of Canaan, but by the grace and power of God....

DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 V1 ‘Listen to this, *Israelites. Now you will go across the River Jordan. You will go into the country and you will possess it. It belongs to nations that are greater and stronger than you. Their cities are large. They have walls round them that reach the sky. V2 The people are tall and strong. They are the *Anakites. They are giant people. People have said that nobody can fight against them. V3 But you can be sure that the *LORD your God will go ahead of you. He is like a fierce fire. He will *destroy the *Anakites as you advance. You will force them out and you will kill them quickly. The *LORD has promised that....

THY PEOPLE... WHICH THOU BROUGHTEST OUT. — So Exodus 32:11. It is noticeable that God said to Moses, “_Thy_ people which _thou_ broughtest out... have corrupted themselves” (Exodus 32:7). Moses said, “Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against _thy people which thou hast brought forth?_”...

וְ הֵ֥ם עַמְּךָ֖ וְ נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֹוצֵ֨אתָ֙ בְּ כֹחֲךָ֣ הַ גָּדֹ֔ל וּ בִֽ זְרֹעֲךָ֖...