申命記 10:12-21 JC

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:21

He is thy praise ,.... The object and matter of it, who deserves the praises of all his creatures, because of his perfections, works, and blessings of goodness; for all mercies temporal and spiritual come from him, and therefore he is greatly to be praised for them: praise is his due, and it is comely in his people to give it to him; see Jeremiah 17:14 . and he is thy God which hath done for thee these great and terrible things which thine eyes have seen ; which were done upon the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:12

Now, Israel, what doth the Lord - require of thee - An answer is immediately given. God requires, That ye fear him as Jehovah your God; him who made, preserves, and governs you. That ye walk in all his ways - that, having received his precepts, all of which are good and excellent, ye obey the whole; walking in God's ways, not your own, nor in the ways of the people of the land. That ye love him - have confidence in him as your father and friend, have recourse to him in all your... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens - All these words in the original are in the plural number: השמים ושמי השמים הן hen hashshamayim , ushemey hashshamayim ; behold the heavens and the heavens of heavens. But what do they mean? To say that the first means the atmosphere, the second the planetary system, and the third the region of the blessed, is saying but very little in the way of explanation. The words were probably intended to point out the immensity of God's creation, in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:16

Circumcise - the foreskin of your heart - A plain proof from God himself that this precept pointed out spiritual things, and that it was not the cutting away a part of the flesh that was the object of the Divine commandment, but the purification of the soul, without which all forms and ceremonies are of no avail. Loving God with all the heart, soul, mind, and strength, the heart being circumcised to enable them to do it, was, from the beginning, the end, design, and fulfillment of the whole... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:17

God of gods, and Lord of lords - That is, He is the source whence all being and power proceed; every agent is finite but himself; and he can counteract, suspend, or destroy all the actions of all creatures whensoever he pleases. If he determine to save, none can destroy; if he purpose to destroy, none can save. How absolutely necessary to have such a God for our friend! A great God - mighty - הגבר האל hael haggibbor , the mighty God; this is the very title that is given to our... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:21

He is thy praise - It is an eternal honor to any soul to be in the friendship of God. Why are people ashamed of being thought religious? Because they know nothing of religion. He who knows his Maker may glory in his God, for without him what has any soul but disgrace, pain, shame, and perdition? How strange is it that those who fear God should be ashamed to own it, while sinners boldly proclaim their relationship to Satan! read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:12

Verse 12 Deuteronomy 10:12.And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require? After having expounded each Commandment in its order, it now remains for us to see what is the sum of the contents of the Law, and what the aim and object of its instructions. For Paul elicits its true use, when he declares that its end is “charity, out of a pure heart and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,” (1 Timothy 1:5,) since even then it had its false interpreters, who, he says, had “turned aside... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:14

Verse 14 14.Behold the heaven. He again enforces upon them the grace, on account of which we have seen that the people were under obligation to God; because this was the most effectual observation for moving them to submit themselves to their deliverer, to whom they were reminded that they owed altogether themselves and all that they had. First, then, he admonishes them that they differed from others, not by their personal dignity, nor the excellency of their race, but because it pleased God to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:16

Verse 16 16.Circumcise, therefore. From this inference it appears wherefore mention was made of this adoption,. viz., that the Jews should more earnestly and solemnly serve God, whom they had known from experience to be so gracious. He requires, then, a reciprocal love; for nothing could be more base than not to testify their gratitude by a pious and righteous life. But, because men are by no means inclined or disposed to obey God, Moses exhorts them to self-renunciation, and to subdue and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:17

Verse 17 He confirms the foregoing decree by a reference to the nature of God Himself; for the vile and abject condition of those with whom we have to do, causes us to injure them the more wantonly, because they seem to be altogether deserted. But God declares that their unhappy lot is no (102) obstacle to His administering succor to them; inasmuch as He has no regard to persons. By the word person is meant either splendor, or obscurity, and outward appearance, as it is commonly called, as we... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 10:17

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