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The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:51
(Cf. Numbers 20:13, Numbers 20:24.) Because ye sanctified me not (cf. Numbers 27:14; 1 Peter 3:15).
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:52
Yet thou shalt See the land (cf. Hebrews 11:13). HOMILETICS
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:1-5
To all his precepts, warnings, and prophecies, Moses added a solemn blessing. He begins with a description of the glorious appearances of God, in giving the law. His law works like fire. If received, it is melting, warm…
Moses's Blessing on Israel. (b. c. 1451.)
MOSES'S BLESSING ON ISRAEL. (B. C. 1451.) The Deuteronomy 33:1 is the title of the chapter: it is a blessing. In the foregoing chapter he had thundered out the terrors of the Lord against Israel for their sin; it was a…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:6-23
The order in which the tribes are here blessed, is not the same as is observed elsewhere. The blessing of Judah may refer to the whole tribe in general, or to David as a type of Christ. Moses largely blesses the tribe o…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:6-7
Here is, I. The blessing of Reuben. Though Reuben had lost the honour of his birthright, yet Moses begins with him; for we should not insult over those that are disgraced, nor desire to perpetuate marks of infamy upon a…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:8-11
In blessing the tribe of Levi, Moses expresses himself more at large, not so much because it was his own tribe (for he takes no notice of his relation to it) as because it was God's tribe. The blessing of Levi has refer…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:12-17
Here is, I. The blessing of Benjamin, Deuteronomy 33:12. Benjamin is put next to Levi, because the temple, where the priests' work lay, was just upon the edge of the lot of this tribe; and it is put before Joseph becaus…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:18-21
Here we have, I. The blessings of Zebulun and Issachar put together, for they were both the sons of Jacob by Leah, and by their lot in Canaan they were neighbours; it is foretold, 1. That they should both have a comfort…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:22-25
Here is, I. The blessing of Dan, Deuteronomy 33:22. Jacob in his blessing had compared him to a serpent for subtlety; Moses compares him to a lion for courage and resolution: and what could stand before those that had t…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:24-25
All shall be sanctified to true believers; if their way be rough, their feet shall be shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. As thy days, so shall thy strength be. The “day” is often in Scripture put for the…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:26-29
None had such a God as Israel. There is no people like the Israel of God. What is here said of the church of Israel is to be applied to the spiritual church. Never were people so well seated and sheltered. Those who mak…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:26-29
These are the last words of all that ever Moses, that great writer, that great dictator, either wrote himself or had written from his dictation; they are therefore very remarkable, and no doubt we shall find them very i…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 34:1-4
Moses seemed unwilling to leave his work; but that being finished, he manifested no unwillingness to die. God had declared that he should not enter Canaan. But the Lord also promised that Moses should have a view of it,…
Moses on Mount Pisgah. (b. c. 1451.)
MOSES ON MOUNT PISGAH. (B. C. 1451.) Here is, I. Moses climbing upwards towards heaven, as high as the top of Pisgah, there to die; for that was the place appointed, Deuteronomy 32:49-50. Israel lay encamped upon the fl…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 34:5-8
Moses obeyed this command of God as willingly as any other, though it seemed harder. In this he resembled our Lord Jesus Christ. But he died in honour, in peace, and in the most easy manner; the Saviour died upon the di…
The Death of Moses. (b. c. 1451.)
THE DEATH OF MOSES. (B. C. 1451.) Here is, I. The death of Moses (Deuteronomy 34:5): Moses the servant of the Lord died. God told him he must not go over Jordan, and, though at first he prayed earnestly for the reversin…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 34:9-12
Moses brought Israel to the borders of Canaan, and then died and left them. This signifies that the law made nothing perfect, Heb 7:19 It brings men into a wilderness of conviction, but not into the Canaan of rest and s…
The Character of Moses. (b. c. 1451.)
THE CHARACTER OF MOSES. (B. C. 1451.) We have here a very honourable encomium passed both on Moses and Joshua; each has his praise, and should have. It is ungrateful so to magnify our living friends as to forget the mer…
Matthew Henry on Joshua 1:1-4
Joshua had attended upon Moses. He who was called to honour, had been long used to business. Our Lord Jesus took upon him the form of a servant. Joshua was trained up under command. Those are fittest to rule, who have l…
Joshua Directed and Encouraged. (b. c. 1451.)
JOSHUA DIRECTED AND ENCOURAGED. (B. C. 1451.) Honour is here put upon Joshua, and great power lodged in his hand, by him that is the fountain of honour and power, and by whom kings reign. Instructions are given him by I…
Matthew Henry on Joshua 1:5-9
Joshua is to make the law of God his rule. He is charged to meditate therein day and night, that he might understand it. Whatever affairs of this world we have to mind, we must not neglect the one thing needful. All his…
Matthew Henry on Joshua 1:10-15
Joshua says to the people, Ye shall pass over Jordan, and shall possess the land; because God had said so to him. We honour the truth of God, when we stagger not at the promise of God. The two tribes and a half were to…
Joshua's Address to the Reubenites. (b. c. 1451.)
JOSHUA'S ADDRESS TO THE REUBENITES. (B. C. 1451.) Joshua, being settled in the government, immediately applies himself to business; not to take state or to take his pleasure, but to further the work of God among, the pe…