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The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:21-29
Moses' longing to enter the Promised Land refused. The two conquests over Sihon and over Og had filled Moses with a sense of God's matchless power. With a warrior's instinct—for he had had a warrior's training, it is be…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:22
The "he" here is emphatic; as God himself would fight for them, why should they be afraid?
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:23-29
Prayer of Moses. Moses knew that he was not to enter the Promised Land with the people; but, reluctant to relinquish the enterprise which he had so far conducted until he should see it successfully finished, he besought…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:23-27
(See Homiletics, Deuteronomy 32:41-52, and Deuteronomy 34:1-12.) HOMILIES BY D. DAVIES
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:23-29
God's refusal of man's wishes. We have in this singularly pathetic passage of the private history of Moses— I. AN AFFECTING ENTREATY. "I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land," etc. (Deuteronomy 3:24, Deutero…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:24
O Lord God: O Lord Jehovah. For what God, etc. (comp. Exodus 15:11; Psalms 86:8; Psalms 89:6; Psalms 113:5, etc.). "The contrast drawn between Jehovah and other gods does not involve the reality of heathen deities, but…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:25
That goodly mountain; not any mountain specially, but the whole mountain elevation of Canaan, culminating in the distant Lebanon, as it appeared to the eye of Moses from the lower level of the 'Arabah. This was "goodly,…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:26
The Lord was wroth, etc. (cf. Deuteronomy 1:37; Numbers 20:12; Numbers 27:13, Numbers 27:14). Let it suffice thee; literally, Enough for thee! i.e. either Thou hast said enough; say no more, or Be content; let what I ha…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:27
Comp. Numbers 27:12, of which this is a rhetorical amplification. There the mountains of Abarim are mentioned; here Pisgah, the northern portion of that range, is specified. The top of Pisgah; i.e. Mount Nebo (Deuterono…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:28
(Comp. Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 3:21; Deuteronomy 31:7; Numbers 27:23.)
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:29
In the valley over against Beth-peor; i.e. in the plains of Moab (Arboth Moab, Numbers 22:1; cf. Deuteronomy 4:46; Deuteronomy 34:6). Beth-pe'or, i.e. the house or temple of Pe'or, the Moabitish Baah There was a hill Pe…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1-21
The Decalogue. Moses here recalls the Sinaitic covenant, and wishes the Israelites to remember that, though given to their fathers primarily, it was also applicable to them. They were in many cases present as children t…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1-33
EXPOSITION THE DECALOGUE THE BASIS OF THE COVENANT, THE ESSENCE OF THE WHOLE LAW, AND THE CONDITION OF LIFE AND FELICITY.
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1-5
Moses reminds them of the making of the covenant at Horeb, and of the revelation of the fundamental law of the covenant there. As he was about to recapitulate the laws which God their King had enacted, it was fitting th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1
And Moses called all Israel [called to all Israel], and said. "The calling refers not to the publicity of the address, but to the clear voice which, breaking forth from the inmost heart of Moses, aimed at penetrating, a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1-5
The Abrahamic covenant renewed. So solicitous was God for the well-being of Israel that, on critical epochs in their history, he reminds them of their privileged condition. Three main thoughts arrest our attention— I. C…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1-33
Reminiscences of Horeb. I. THE COVENANT. (Deuteronomy 5:2, Deuteronomy 5:3.) 1. Proposed by God (Exodus 19:3-7). 2. Accepted by the people (Exodus 24:7). 3. Entailed obligations on subsequent generations (cf. Deuteronom…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:5
Mediation. I. MEDIATION IN GENERAL. Mediation has a God-ward side and a man-ward side. The requirements of God's holiness—the needs of man's heart. 1. On God's side, communion with sinners can only be maintained on term…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:6
The Divine Law based on a divinely revealed relationship. "I am the Lord thy God," etc. This little word thy, in this connection, gives us the basis on which the Law was set. Of the event called "the giving of the Law,"…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:6-21
The Divine plan for the conduct of our life on earth. Had we been left in ignorance what the Divine intention in human life was, it had been a calamity indeed. Waste and failure must have been the disastrous result. For…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:6
I am Jehovah thy God. "The Law, the establishing rule for men, can proceed only from him who alone and over all stands fast; i.e. from God, specially as Jehovah. The eternal, unchangeable One, since he demands the obedi…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:7-16
FIRST TABLE OF THE LAW praecepta pietatis.
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:7-21
Repetition of the Ten Commandments. On these, as the basis of the covenant, the whole legislation rests, and therefore a rehearsal of them is a fitting introduction to a repetition and enforcement of the laws of the the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:7
In this, the first commandment, the great principle and basis of all true religion is asserted—monotheism, as opposed to polytheism or pantheism There is but one God, and that God is Jehovah, the self-existent and etern…