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The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:10
The blessing of a thankful spirit. I. A THANKFUL SPIRIT CONSERVES THE BLESSINGS OF THE FAST. It goes back on God's dealings with it. It keeps alive the memory of his goodness. It delights in counting over the blessings…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:11-18
(See Homiletics: Deuteronomy 6:10-19.)
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:11-14
Wealth is apt to engender in the possessor of it a spirit of self-gratulation and pride, and abundance of good things to induce men to be luxurious, "to trust in uncertain riches," and to be forgetful of the bounteous h…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:15
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, etc. "The fiery serpent" and "the scorpion" (sing.) are in apposition to the "wilderness," and illustrate its terribleness. Fiery ser…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:16
(See Homiletics: Deuteronomy 8:1-6.) Deuteronomy 8:17, Deuteronomy 8:18 Danger of self-glorification. The enjoyment of God's mercies, which should be so provocative of thankfulness, may become a snare, if we are not car…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:16
Good at the latter end. I. GOD'S DISCIPLINE OF US IS NOT WITHOUT ITS END. No man even, whose action has any meaning in it, but has an end in what he does. It may be alleged that God's action has regard to men only in th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:16
The grand end of all God's dealings with the Israelites in the desert, both the trials to which they were subjected and the benefits they received, was that he might do them good ultimately. Thy latter end; not the end…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:1-6
Moses represents the strength of the enemies they were now to encounter. This was to drive them to God, and engage their hope in him. He assures them of victory, by the presence of God with them. He cautions them not to…
Victory Promised. (b. c. 1451.)
VICTORY PROMISED. (B. C. 1451.) The call to attention (Deuteronomy 9:1), Hear, O Israel, intimates that this was a new discourse, delivered at some distance of time after the former, probably the next sabbath day. I. Mo…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:7-29
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…
Cautions Against Self-Righteousness; Israel Reminded of Their Rebellions. (b. c. 1451.)
CAUTIONS AGAINST SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS; ISRAEL REMINDED OF THEIR REBELLIONS. (B. C. 1451.) That they might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses here shows them what a mir…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 10:1-11
Moses reminded the Israelites of God's great mercy to them, notwithstanding their provocations. There were four things in and by which the Lord showed himself reconciled to Israel. God gave them his law. Thus God has in…
God's Great Kindness to Israel. (b. c. 1451.)
GOD'S GREAT KINDNESS TO ISRAEL. (B. C. 1451.) There were four things in and by which God showed himself reconciled to Israel and made them truly great and happy, and in which God's goodness took occasion from their badn…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-5
The covenant renewed. The severe intercession of Moses succeeds at last, and he is directed to get two tables like unto the first, and to bring them up to God for his inscription upon them. He was also directed to make…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-22
EXPOSITION RENEWED EXHORTATIONS TO OBEDIENCE.
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-11
Moses' intercession and its results.
The Pulpit Commentary on 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 th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-12
Tokens of mercy. Various pledges of his forgiveness were given by God to the people. I. THE RENEWAL OF THE TABLES. (Deuteronomy 10:1-5.) 1. Reconciliation to God is only possible through return to obedience. God cannot…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-5
The Law deposited in the ark. The first attempt to convey God's Law to man in a written form had proved a failure. The human links in the system had snapped. Moses had overrated the people's loyalty. The people had over…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:6-9
The separation of the sons of Levi. The tables of stone in the ark had to be committed to special officers. These were the sons cf. Levi. God called them to this, a high and glorious honor surely. They were also to mini…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:6-11
Progress. Progress is the law of human life. Perfection is reached only by steady advancement. I. PROGRESS IS MARKED BY DISTINCT STAGES. There are times for action, and times for rest. Neither body nor mind can, in our…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time; the time when the covenant was restored at Sinai, not the time when Aaron died. The appointment of the tribe of Levi for service took place in connection with that of Aaron and his sons to the priesthood (…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:9
(Cf. Numbers 18:20-24.) Deuteronomy 10:10, Deuteronomy 10:11 Moses here sums up the general result of his intercession. As at the first, he was on the mount the second time forty days and forty nights; and in response t…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:10-22
New obedience. Moses, having detailed the success of his intercession in Horeb, and that the threatened doom was averted and the pilgrimage proceeded with, goes on in this passage to analyze the obedience to be rendered…