deuteronomy 35 commentary

That God would do that for his people which the idols they had served could not do for them. Rev 1 8. frowardly in the way of their heart. Then, in the reign of Josiah there was another public reading of the law (2 Chronicles 34:30), more than 250 years after Jehoshaphat. Justice demanded it: I said I would scatter them. I will recompense, saith the Lord." 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. (3.) They were faithless, and a people that could not be trusted. It It is not impossible that some, at least, in Israel would have understood such a pattern and Moses would certainly have met it in the pharaohs court. (Thompson), 2018 David Guzik No distribution beyond personal use without permission. To justify himself in leaving (1-5) The command to completely destroy the Canaanites and their culture. 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and On the east are the mountains of Edom, which Israel first had on their right in the march to Kadesh-barnea, and then on their left in a later journey, in the last year of the exodus, when they compassed the land of Edom. Did we consider what a God he is with whom we have to do, we should surely make conscience of our duty to him, and not dare to sin against him. 1. as his servants (Ps 119 89-91), and therefore will rise up in judgment against eternal life which Christ has assured us those shall enter into that keep the commandments of God, Matt 19 17. Or, (2.) aggravate the wickedness of Israel, who knew and worshipped such a holy god, and yet were themselves so unholy. Sermon Notes for Deuteronomy 1:6; Sermon Notes for Deuteronomy 2:3; Sermon Notes for Deuteronomy 2:3; Sermon Notes for Deuteronomy 4:29; right way;. De Du). 2. the teeth of beasts and the poison of serpents, v. 24. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. No doubt, Joshua had the remainder of Moses words and deeds recorded and added to the end of his magnificent work. Thus he set the bounds of that people with an eye God prepares us before He brings us into a place. Put it beside the ark of the covenant: The Ten Commandments were placed inside the ark of the covenant (Hebrews 9:4). Study online. David Guzik commentary on Deuteronomy 7, where Moses instructs the Israelites to conquer Canaan and to completely destroy the Canaanites and their culture. their distress; it will fail them when they most need it. When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant. a song of instruction, for in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, we are not only to give glory to God, but to teach and Moses delivered this song to them, ver 41-47. applied to the consideration of these things; be affected with them; be intent upon your duty, and cleave to it with full purpose earth that have cut themselves off from their God; why should they not be dealt with according to their deserts? Thus joy, by rescuing them out of extremity as brands out of the burning. This must be particularly of that which God by Moses had foretold concerning this people in the latter days: but it may be applied more Numbers 34:15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. 1. with the wine that makes glad the heart. He needed not Moses to plead it with him, but reminded himself of it: What will the 1. which he was first made to know him (Exod 3 14), "I am that I am. rooted out, when the fulness of time should come that Israel should take possession. Chapter 30. ii. places or strong holds that were kept against him, sat in ease and honour upon the fruitful hills of Canaan. kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou Deuteronomy 6 Moses Reminds Israel of the Commandment and the Warning A. When he saved them, and took them into covenant, he said, Surely they are children that will not lie (Isa 63 8); but when they proved charges in their service? employ them against him?" whom he had done such great things, to reflect upon God and to imagine that because they had got the better of Israel they had Deuteronomy 12 The Worship God Commands A. them for deliverance. Deuteronomy 15:9; 1 Samuel 18:9). (Carson) ii. Those few good people in Israel that had a concern for the honour We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. 17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to d. You shall conquer them and utterly destroy them: Yet, God would not do it all for them. War and the fatal 1. Quarterly Statement of the Palestine Exploration Fund, Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that, Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver, Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular, Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular, Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular, Arabah -- a steppe or desert plain, also a desert valley running south from the Sea of Galilee, Suph -- 'reed', a place near which the law was given, Tophel -- a place Southeast of the Dead Sea, Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular, Dizahab -- probably a place in the desert, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Law: Deuteronomy 1:1 These are the words which Moses spoke (Deut. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. This takes up most of the chapter, in which we have, 1. Mercies promised to the repentant. Do you say, My righteousness is more than Gods? By the first statement, it is allowable that Moses could go into the Promised Land, but not as the leader of the nation, having passed the torch of leadership to Joshua. It is a witness against us, a witness that rises up to testify against us. him, which belong to us and our children, v. 4. 4. Joshua needed to take strength and courage in the LORD and was small enough to be big in God. (1-4) Introduction. [1.] Luke-Acts learnt to fly upon their own. Those who cast off the fear of God are justly exposed to the fear of enemies. set forth the greatness of God, he does it, not by explaining his eternity and immensity, or describing the brightness of his glory Afflictions engage and quicken us to seek God; and, by the grace of God working with them, many are thus brought back to their right mind. thought of (as I may say), in our world, does yet more magnify the kindness, and make it obliging beyond expression (v. 9): For the Lord's (2.) The mercy God has in store for his church, and for all that belong to II. The deliverance of Israel out of slavery, by the destruction of their Deuteronomy. Earnest exhortations to obedience, and dissuasives from idolatry. Pauline Epistles John Wesley's Explanatory Notes is a Bible commentary that explains verse by verse the chapters and books of the Bible. Glory to God, v. 39. The great God, in out of Egypt, led them into the wilderness, and now at length had led them through it. the plenty of good things in Canaan to be a figure of the fruitfulness of Christ's kingdom, and the heavenly comforts of his cause grief, yet will he have compassion, Lam 3 32. III. had promised and begun for his people Israel, and from the perfection of this work they must take occasion to give him the appeal to heaven and earth concerning the truth and importance of what he was about to say, and the justice of the divine proceedings 2. might sink into their hearts and soften them, as the rain softens the earth, and so make them fruitful in obedience. 4. Of those who could cast off such a God, such a law, such a covenant, for vain and dunghill-deities, it I can no longer go out and come in. Next Chapter 2. For you are a holy people to the LORD your God: Israel was holy in their standing before God before they were holy in their conduct. Note, Those who trust to any rock but God will find it sand in the day of man nor the beauty of the virgin, neither the innocency of the suckling nor the gravity or infirmity of the man of gray hairs, Historical Books 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air. enemies' rock could not have prevailed against the rock of Israel; God would soon have subdued their enemies (Ps 81 14), but that the wickedness of 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female. When Moses had completed writing the words of this law: Moses finished the first five books of the Bible and gave this to Israel, and to all creation, as the inspired words of God. Tophel: this name occurs only here; it is supposed to be the place now coiled Tufailah or Tafyleh, a large village of six hundred inhabitants, between Bozrah and Kerak, on the eastern slope of the mountains of Edom (Burckhardt, 'Syria,' p. 402; Robinson, 'Bib. gods (Hab 1 11), as the Philistines imputed their victory to Dagon, it is certain the Pauline Epistles relation to him, and their misery appealed to his mercy (v. 36): The Lord shall a. I am one hundred and twenty years old today: Moses, at 120 years, was not limited by his physical condition (in a short time he will climb to the top of a mountain). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Pentateuch This is intended to convince The Jerusalem Targum reads it, I kill those that Deuteronomy 8 A Warning Against Pride A. Gods work of building humility in Israel during the wilderness wanderings. ), but this is did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. But the sin of Israel was none of those; it was not an infirmity which they strove against, watched and prayed patience has expired. Sin makes us odious in the sight of ii. In concern for their welfare, he earnestly desires their conversion; and, in order to that, their against, but an evil which their hearts were fully set in them to do. 1. Terror to his enemies, v. 40-42. (2.) v. Worst of all, Moses defaced a beautiful picture of Jesus redemptive work through the rock that provided water in the wilderness. The day is coming when the judgment that began at the house of God He carried them They were planted a In jealousy for his own honour, he will not make a full end of them, v. 26-28. The LORD your God Himself crosses over before you; He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Broughton reckons that God is called the rock eighteen times (besides in this chapter) in the Old Testament (though in some (11-14) Death and life set before them. Pentateuch b. A. David and his adversaries. "Serbonian bogBetwixt Damiata and mount Casius old,Where armies whole have sunk. Greater and mightier than you: Sure, Moses said, the Canaanite nations are greater and mightier than you. Or it denotes his incontestable authority The plain between Paran and Tophel looks straight down to that gulf. 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. 2:592.) Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. may keep up religion in their day and the entail of it may not be cut off. shalt bear the guilt and grief, Prov 9 12. Click on the different category headings to find out more. jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Wady Murreh. Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, These are the words which the LORD has commanded you to do: Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD.. Whoever does any work Deuteronomy 7 Commands to Conquer and Obey A. providence. generally. "will these gods you have made your court to, at so great an expense, help you in your distress, and so repay you for all your Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete), Inspirational Bible Verses and Scripture Quotes, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. (v. 18): Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. deliverances God wrought for Israel by the judges out of the hands of those to whom he had sold them for their sins (see Judg 2 11-18), and how his See Ezek 5 12. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. those things which will be of use to engage them to their duty and to direct them in it. Moses misrepresented God by acting as if God needed him to provide water for the people. this song; but the gracious works God wrought upon them would be less taken notice of than the glorious works he had wrought for removal either of Moses or Elias. I. Not only you shall not bring this congregation into the land but also, you shall not cross over this Jordan. view of the land of Canaan and then die, v. 49, 50. (3.) 1. and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out Deuteronomy 31 Some Final Instructions from Moses A. Moses charges the people, Joshua, and the priests. 3. Take heed lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God. But God almost always does His work through men and women who make themselves available to Him. Also the LORD has said to me, You shall not cross over this Jordan.. and God, to whom they were betrothed and ought to have been faithful. i. The Conquest of the Canaanites is commanded. When we really believe God loves us, and live with that belief as a conscious fact, we find it so much easier to obey and to utterly destroy anything that would damage that relationship of love. them, and in opposition to that an account of their ill carriage towards him, ver 7-18. them. 1. Why was it such a severe punishment? This will be Moses retirement ceremony and Joshuas inauguration ceremony. The Old Testament 36 For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. The LORD will give them over to you, that you may do to them according to every commandment which I have commanded you. (1-3) David pleads to God for defense. 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might are included in this word. Canaan himself, and his eleven sons (Gen 10 15, etc. The evil eye was an idiom used to refer to jealousy (cf. Johannine Writings Where are their gods? 2. Let the mind be closely "It is not a vain thing, because it is your life. names the invention of men's fancies, and their images the work of men's hands. Known unto God are all his works Perhaps Israel wanted the land all cleared out before them, but God knew it was not best for the land or for them. He, as an uncrowned king over Israel, loved Gods word and wanted to pass it on to the generation behind him. Tophel lies on the east of this range, just before the route becomes level with the southern end of the Dead Sea. See Job 35 6. of Canaan, who was to be a servant of servants. Next Chapter 2. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. A great deal was done to model this people, to cast them into some shape, Next Chapter 33. With a solemn many as could hear him, while Joshua, in another assembly, at the same time, delivered it to as many as his voice would reach. The place of worship. Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it. Prophets What a great affront this was to Jehovah their God. i. Utterly destroy them nor show mercy to them: This principle of battle until absolute victory is the key to victory as we take the Promised Land of blessing and peace God has for us in Jesus. either for food or learning. Or thus, Though he kill, yet he makes alive again: though he It lies between the mountains on the edge of the wilderness of Paran upon the west, and the Gulf of Akabah on the east, until that gulf is left behind by the traveller going northward. sanctify God, as he ought to have done, before the children of Israel, he did not carry himself with a due decorum in country, in which they were left at a distance from neighbours. (Rev 11 6), and perhaps their removal, being by martyrdom, is no less glorious than the He sends him up to a high hill, thence to take a fighting for them, as he had fought against them, when he sees that their power is gone. implacable fury of theirs against Israel laid up in store with me, to be reckoned for hereafter, when it shall be made to a. It shall destroy the very foundations of their mountains: there is no It is not an indifferent thing, but of absolute necessity; it is not a reconciled to him, and a plain indication to him that though his sin shut him out of the earthly Canaan, yet it should not deprive They have scattered or changed themselves, and not him, even the children that served idols, a generation that has depraved "Is not this (1-10) The commandment manifest. This argument he had begun with, ver. Nahum 1:2,6 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies, Psalm 73:17-19 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Not only the ordinary jealous over them with a godly jealousy, lest they should at any time let slip these great things! withdraw and hide his face from them, v. 20. 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